Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-11-23
SILVER LAKE.
Barnard As II Is-4eslth. Happiness
ana QuLet ProspetIty unsurpassse.

ana Quiet Prosperity Unsurpassed.
Many Vermont newspapers are nov
exercised 10 regard % the location u sea
ator PrUctors proposed state ssnatorlum
for tuberculosis some ~ jet named
Barnard a. the place, and quoted from
Cheney e memorable speech made ~ tht
Vermont legislature sixty years $50. Mr.
Cheney said .-+'ln Barnard people never
die. Very old ones dry up and are blown
away" II this process Of Crying Up
T should in suy WHy Be true, o would prove
great card Ter The proposed institution
Nearly en- large cities and towns have pet
streets and thuroughfares. New YORK has
Broadway Boston, Washington street
Barnard. N0rtb ayenue. ON this beautl-
fuI. smooth road sud the old Luther Falr-
I banks farm j. the desired location, for
reasons your correspondent viii attempt
1 20 explain.
Here vas born and reared to manhood
] Iorristou Fairbanks personally known e.
\ BOY 70 your sponneut3 father Of the
4 present vice president Of the nited States.
Z Here, by the influence Of pure sir and
. water. e character physically and mentally
. vas formed that legitimately descended 10
+ our present Charles ". Backed by the
old Fairbanks blood and IL healthful sur
roundings, il gave us the man whom We
are 20 proud 10 claim.
Near here was held the first New Eng
.
In America. and near bg was the old
church building whose walls we're hal
lowed al one time by over 200 members
coming from Barnard, Bethel, Stock
bridge, Rochester, Royalton, Pomiret and
Woodstock. All thought this old church
an ideal place for healthy religious souls
10 cOngTegate.
Adjoining, lived Moses f. Cheney, /
whom many remember, and but few have
forgotten.
Near By that great man and eminent
lawyer. Amos Dean, was born, who once
was president Of Albany's famous Law
school.
Near here was born that young. brilliant
lawyer, Frank j. Bowman, y no electrified .
81. Louis with biz eloquence and success .
ful management Of intricate Law cases, but .
met an early death at the hands Of an .
assassin. Mr.. Bowmans father once
owned this Fairbanks farm.
Nearly opposite vas born and reared
Col. j. r. Gates, no once commanded the .
Ancient and Honorable Artillery, after
wards colonel Of the regiment. He pos
sessed the strongest lung power ever
known outside this healthy locality. His
voice vas often heard 10 Barnard village,
two miles away. which might be account
ed for by the healthy locality Of his young
dave.
The soil Of the Fairbanks farm is partic-
fine maple sugar and gilt-edge butter.
John &. HathOrn, the present proprietor
who stands 8 feet, 4 inches, in his stock
ings and presents a physique that would
be the envy Of an inmate Of any sanato-
rum, says he gets three cents pound for
butter more than market price. He at
tributes this partially TO the pure air, fresh
water and sweet grass fed to cows
On this hillside.
IL health and comfort to the sick is the
humane purpose Of a sanatorium, no other
location could excel the beautiful farm
situated on this picturesque elevation. I
Long ranges OF Green Mountains are to
be seen, with Ascutney, Killington and
Mansfield in the distance, ChAteaugay, ,
Mt Hunger and Detachable mountains /.
nearby.
But IL the selection is made in a specu- /
ative point Of view, near a busy throng 1
ImOng the whirl Of machinery, smoke,
lust and noise Of railroads to the great I
annoyance Of persons in IN health, then r
barnard will be left out. with its beautiful /
North End avenue, lined both sides with {