The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-12-28

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sg yoNn Representative RAY Bent
ieg the outcome % the arrival
% this colony o. thrifty foreigner
ell b. watched with Interest OF
course IL ID probable that, coming
hero II iris season Of the year. one
Vermont winter may discourage
hem and send them hurrying hack
70 EeW Jersey
az The same time Il i possible
lhat having lsycstcd. their savings
ID farms for which there ~ no local
market. they may BY necessity. II
not otherwise. stay Ions enough 20
set over any homeaickness. aud II
,hcy do they are very likely to make
A success Of their venture ohe
,hlae las beon evident for some
ame. aid that ia that u our rural
loans are 20 be repopulated the peo-
ple must ia all human probability,
come from the immigrant races rath
VT Than from our American stock.
SOW here Is an oIperplneni that Is
making itself and on the outcome
hinges one Of the possibilities OF the
future growth aud prosperity Of
rurai Vermont.
The people q sandgate aud Ar
llngton who have public spirit and
are anxious for the welfare OF their
owns, should see that the newcom-
era get the best possible treatment
ana arc not taken advantage Of In
Au3 way II they need advice and
to aid them IN getting To-
Gated, and to get their work under
way, ii should be given them with
al proper tact and good faith The
good people Of thc Green river and
valleys should call on the
and make them welcome.
on course they are strangers, but
they come from honest. hard-work-
ug. thrifty. honest, moral. God-fear-
.ug races. If they like and prosper
hey viii attract their friends, AND
~ time the moderate priced farms
81 rural Vermont viii again be re-
populated a great responsibility
tests on the neighbors and towns
people Of sandgate and Arlington.
In this connection II is interest
Jog 70 glance at the history OF Sand
gate. which is SO typical of large
Ass uf rural Vermont towns One
years ago, when the cen
sus OF Vermont was taken In 1910,
he population OF sandgate was
IIS7. In 1910 II had shrunk TO 4ol.
lnnk Of tia decrease of practical
" per cent in one hundred years.
ii 1860 the population had drop
ped TO sos. but even then was dou-
be what It was fifty years later.
In what is known as the south
cast district OF Sandgate there has
3aen within the memory OF peopi.
nov living, and not SO old either, a
lInlic school OF forty pupils, Nov
.Gere is only one family in the dis
Iict and that is a family OF pool
IS 4ites, and we are coming to know
Il Vermont what that means. Tn.
attire district with the exception oil
] iew acres. has grown up TO woods,
Va fact. timber has been cut Their.
! recent years on land that was
lgee plowed and cultivated,
Il is most probable that in the
,aliy days Sandgate was oyer-set-
ID, and that Iaud was cleared ana
3itiSated that was never fitted to
. 1w anything but timber. This
was common, not only
u Vermont, but everywhere When
eSf countries are opened up and tn
Of certain towns In popu-
alton Is not only proper, but neees
AIRY Ii is likely that the popula-
ION Ut Sandgate In 1860. after oven
evenly years Of settlement. sos, Wa
t5out what the town should natur-
lily aud normally have
sandgate Is not one OF the poorer
6 tue rural towns OF Vermont, eth
IL Ia soil or location The valleys
ne narrow but fertile. and not as
sony az tho towns along the line OF
Io Green Mountain range. The
8Wer hillsidss are like the valleys
i character OF soil and produce
good crops. II Is IN the, Washington
.ouuty, n. y, potato belt. and will
grow potatoes in quality and yield
-qual 10 any land in the famous
soostook country OF Maine. IL 10
and well suited for apples, pears
.ad cherries, and for berries sno
smail fruits. lis pasturage Is ex-
,elled BY few towns In Vermont.
Yet with All these advantages. the
oWu has been going down hill IN
i4s.ness, wealth aud population
The coming Of new people and
.ea blood to SYNDICATE affords ray
i hope that the tide has turned
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