The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, August 2, 1889 Vermont Still at the Head. 8/2/1889 [From the St. Albans MESSENGER.] There is no state that affords better homes and habitations for its people than this, or furnishes means in greater abundance for their maintenance. No state furnishes more desirable neighbors, better or more economical government, or greater facilities for the development of business all in all. It is claimed for Vermont that with the same productive soil and equal advantages, farming lands may be obtained here more cheaply than elsewhere, and t at the farmer cannot improve his condition by selling out and going away. the desire to change locations must have its origin in faulty information or discontent. As a rule it is not to be doubted that the person who would be discontented here would be in the same mood anywhere else, with disappointment added. The great mass of Vermonters today live in luxury and ease in comparison to their ancestors, on whatever occupation and upon much less labor. The same comparison, beyond a doubt, will also hold good between those who remain here and those who have "gone West." Transcribed by Ruth Barton -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT