The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-19
Windsor County.

all fair and fertile Vermont there is no section that
surpasses Windsor County in beauty of scenery rich
of soil, value and grade of ocks and herds or in
the comfort of its homes and intelligence of its people,
1t is exaggeraon to say that it would be difficult
find in all New England rural County with greater at
fractions to the seeker of permanent home for the pur-
suit of agriculture to the tourist in pursuit of
mers pleasure Its attractions of mountain and glen,
forest and include the far famed Ascutnev Noun
tain, and Mount Tom with its ten miles of unrvalled
drives From every hill top gain magnificent
views of the White and Green Mountains, while the
queter beauty along the streams in the valleys enchant
with the music of the waters and delicate tracey foil
age.
The beauty and grandeur of Vermont scenery are COM
ing be recognized by ever increasing number of
lists, who find the charms of her valleys and visions from
her mountains delightful and extensive any in
New England. Windsor County already is becoming the
home Of men of wealth who purchasing farms
and sites for cottages and mansions in which spend the
with their families and friends.
Windsor County not only owes much to her natural
beauty but also to the enterprise and thrift of her people
who have adorned their farms with homes of comfort and
surrounded them with evidences of cultured and refined
taste.
The Connecticut River forms the eastern line of Wind
County The land stretches from the valley westward
in swelling hills till resting at the base of the Green
Mountain range. This slope intersected by three
which rise in the Green Mountains and flow eastward
developed water powers awaiting the enterprise of
tactuers who long will recognize the advantages
Vermont affords 1t is a curious fact that this natural
resource Of the State has been little utilized 1t is
only four years since Of the greatest water powers Of
the Connecticut, located in Windsor County, has been
utilized and an extensive plant, costing $500 900,
erected.
The soil of Windsor County is exceedingly rich; not
only in the valleys, but on the hills. Worked bt an in
teigent and progressive population the effort is made
constantly to enrich the soil and increase productions
that it will not do to say the farms in the valley are
superior to many upon the hills Some of the towns in
this County located entirely upon the upands and are
fertile as any IN the valleys, under the management of
men who as agricuIturists and citizens the pride
and boast of the State In this County are some of the
most famous herds of Jersey cattle in the country The
prize Southdown and Shropshire sheep of the State are
here and here the home of of the men who have
world wide reputation in connection with the finest
Merno sheep in the world 1t is in all respects we'll
adapted to the principal agricultural interests of YER
manufacturing, sheep horses and fruit
There are very few of the so-called abandoned farms
this County and yet there is always opportunity to
purchase desirable locations by those who seeking
permanent residence agncultursts to whom of
the reinements and comforts of life consideration
There are also numberless opportunities for those who
are seeking sites for homes almost
any part of the County locations commanding all the
grandeur and beauty of mountain forest, and stream
while the manufacturer will do well to consider the OPP
portunlties for power afforded by the of the Coun
ty and of the State.