The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-08-20
VERMONT
AS A
PLACE TO LIVE IN.

TT has sometimes been said that Vermont is good
State to emigrae from, but when the advantages OF
her situation SOIL climate, water, production and people
are fairly considered when we take the account of her
moral social educational and political privileges her
facilities for manufacturing, her nearness to the great
markets of the world her abundant means Tor the safe
and rapid transportation of her products to the great
business centres of our countIy-when all these and
many other circumstances in favor are allowed, it
may safely be said that Vermont is good State to Ce
in that here person may find that environment most
conducive to those fundamental principles of fe, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness-lfe fully rounded
out fom healthy and happy childhood strong and USE
full maturity to and contented age-libery the
freest and purest-and in the pursuit OF happiness
reasonable prospect of Let us consider in their
order, few of the most conspicuous advantages of the
State,
sirUATioN
Vermont is in the northwest corner of New England,
living between Lake Champain and the Connecticut
River extending from north latitude AZ Al to As
and from east longitude Sc 35 to 5 . ~ from Wash
ington Length of State north and south, 1879 miles
average width, east to west, 574 miles Area, 9O564
SQUARE miles, or 5,795960 Geographical center
in the town of Northfed.
Its location just south of the center line of the north
temperate zone and the same line OF latitude sub
stantay as the great lakes extending from 200 to 1000
Atlantic the east gives to Vermont the most favora-
BILE conditions for healthy climate and abundant rain
fall while it's situation in the direct line of the natural
route of from the West to East has given us
abundant lines of railways for the carrying OF persons
and property to the East West In fact by the Fitch
burg Rutland & Bennington, Central Vermont, Grand
Trunk Canadian Pacific Portland & Ogdensburg, Mont
peler Wells River and other lines running through
Vermont great share of the travel and traffic from the
West to East and East West passes through the State
And through this State also is the natural outlet of
large part of the Dominion of Canada
Vermont has almost every variety OF soil, (except bar
rem or poor SOIL We have of that.) Formed
largely by the grinding and mixing process of the Glacial
Period or by the disintegon of rocks by the action of
the elements Vermont soil to be full of plant food
which, dissolved by the frequent showers and heavy dews
in summer and the SHOWS and foss Of winter produce
abundant and useful crops when properly cultivated
Something always grows here burn the timber from
mountain top and with it all the soil down to the base
rock and in few years. by the decay OF the rock and
fertility from the air, growth begns-frst MOSES and
chens then the seeds of take root and grow,
that many man has seen in his lifetime a second
forest grown on the same spot.
But better proof Of thegood quality of Vermont soil
is given by the noble crops raises. What they and
how much The eleventh census figures out yet
but any Yankee easily and be safe that from
this same soil pasture and feed 200 of CATTLE
sheep and horses and have hay SELL and raise annually
nearly 100000 bushels Of gran veand one-haf million
bushels of potatoes. We make 35.00O000 pounds