548 State Board of Agkicultuue, &c. 



have become proverbial. Not so his dehberately expressed 

 opinion,^ — after an extensive acquaintance in the different 

 States, — that nowhere in the country would a given amount 

 of money bring more substantial comforts to those seeking 

 homes, than when invested in a Vermont farm. 



Says a newspaper writer : "One of the largest and most 

 successful working farmers in Windsor County, (a European 

 by birth, travelled extensively, and at last found himself 

 here, and penniless ; went to farming, reared a large family, 

 and made a good fortune ;) once remarked to the writer, 

 * that there was no place on earth wdiere God had given to 

 man so many blessings, and at so cheap a rate as in Ver- 

 mont.' Many others who might immigrate to us would find 

 this true. Our hills and valleys inspire the youth to high 

 aims ; our mountains and rocks are something to fasten 

 upon ; they are mental and moral helps which are wanting 

 in the West. The Vermonter may make the circle oi the 

 globe and never, till he again sets foot among his native 

 hills, will he be able to quaff so pure a draught of cold 

 water as from her crystal springs, or breathe a purer, freer 

 air than sweeps her fields." 



