The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-11

ond capture of Louisburg, 1853; at Quebec
Sept 10, 1853; at Montreal, Sept 8, 1900 and
in the campaign against Burgoyne in 1777 4"
pretty fair lodr record and not half told at
that. William Holden was the grandfather
Of Josiah, Elijah, Horace, William x,
Moses aud Philander Holden, all former
residents Of Middlesex
OF the meeting at Thetford can make no
report, not being present. 1t is said to have
been % fairly good one in spite of had
weather, but Brainttee in the west part of
old Orange county, certainly did itself
proud. Our stalwart friend George w
Flagg, wrestled with the problem of good
order-and George Is not apt to get throwed
but live little toddler about two years
old came near upsetting his dignity, and
the question he whispered in my ear was,
What shall we do with that young one2"
Well, we got along some way, and had a
good time full attendance, fine music, free
discussion, many ladies', free dinner and
a full programme well carried out. The
Bralntree COrnet band gave the board
serenade at the pOst-Oflice on the evening
of the 9th. Good enough for Snowsvile-
the ancient Skaddin or SCadin Member
Spear took the entire board up to tea at his
pleasant homestead, where he keeps a few
hundred thoroughbred Merino sheep, be-
sides cattle and horses, and gave us taste
of old-fashioned hospitality. The interest
manifested in the dairy, creamery, sheep,
crop raising, enslage, etc, etc, by the
people of Braintree, Randolph, Brookfeid
and Roxbnry betokens progressive spirit.
IL seems that the grange has done a good
work in this section. The ladies' were able
to take part in discussing farm topics, and
why should they nOt2 Are they not equal
partners in the farmers busness2
Well, we did not need to go to Cabot.
Why, they have board OF agriculture
among themselves and board of health,
too, and band Of music. just think of our
trying to teach darying to such a man as
Luke g. Fisher, who beats the world at it
now lin small way), who has sold the past
year from twenty-five cows and heifers
1870 pounds of butter, about 375 pounds to
the COW. And how shall we teach him bet
ter farming when, by putting in miles of tile
drain, by judicious cultivation and liberal
fertilization, he has raised the crop on his
nifty acres OF meadow from thirty.one tons
to over 100 tons, keeps fifty-one cattle and
horses and has hay to sell "a man who not
only could tell his in a pleasant, quiet way,
but could land did prove it by facts and
figures. Or how teach sugar making to A.
M. Foster, who knows more about 1t than
the whole board, and who did sweetly dis
course to us, illustrating his doctrines by
the wood and bark of the m Pile, by the
tubs the spouts, the saccarometer and Their
mometer, and yet more forcibly by samples
OF syrup, sugar cakes, cans of dry and solid
sugar so good that we were fain to beg or
steal it all? How teach good farming to l..
%. WdlDrluPei VINO look rundown farm
and paid for it out of few crops OF potatoes
managed with Yankee ingenuity? These
are but samples of the good farmers
OF Washington county. But then the
laws required that we should go to all
the counties, so we went to Cabot, and
am free to say 1 am proud of our CEN
trail county, fifty named for that good hon
est farmer, George Washington. From
Warren to Woodbury., from Waterbury to
Roxbury, it is good farming county ex-
cept that little hole in the middle" that
is devoted to the capitol Of the state and the
capital OF corporations and individuals.
This was the last meeting of the season,
and it is matter of congratuation that we
have kept within the appropriation made
by the state for this work, the whole ex.
pense, OF meetings, printing and all incl
dentals, being only Sits ont Of the $1,000
allowed us. How shall we best spend the
balance N accord with the laws Il for the
Improvement OF riculture and the general
interest of husbandry, and the promotion of
agricultural education throughout the
state?" Or shall we leave it unspent?
SURPRISING all differences OF opinion as to
matters of state policy. the board have
worked tremendously together for the gen.
eral prosperity of the whole people, and
for our kindly reception we return our
hearty thanks. Take courage, brother farm
ers, for
Honor waits U'eI Hli tho ourth
Through countless generations,
The art that calls her harvests forth
And feeds the expectant nations"
TRANSIENT BoARDER