The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-05-30
Camp Comfort"

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On Saturday by invitation of Col.
Bennett, superintendent of the B & r.
railway, a party of ladies and gentle
men from Troy visited Camp Comfort"
and two representatives of the Herald
were invited to accompany the party,
The Rutland delegation, in charge of
General Passenger Agent SpaffOrd, left
on the 9 A NJ. train. At Manchester
the newspapers fiends boarded the loco
motiye and rode to North Bennington.
The parry co.'s sled, says the Herald, of
the follwIng named ladies and gentle
men Mr.. Carpenter of the firm of
Neir & Carpenter, bankers, of Troy and
his daughter; Mrs. North. son and
daughter of COhoes, N, Y, (Mrs. North
is the wife of the senior member of the
firm Of North & Doyle, hosiery manu-
facturers of Cohoes = Mr.. Edwin Veghte
superintendent of'the Sunday school IF
the Memorial Presbyterian church in
Troy; Mr.. Carpenter is also a superln-
tendent of the Fifth street Baptist
church Sunday school; Supt. Bennett,
Mr., Ii. w. Spafford and Mr.. ii. W Mar
tin.
The reporters give our new summer
resort the till: The Aderondacks of
Vermont" and say of the locality: "The
Glastonbury road was built number of
years ago solely for the transportation
of lumber and charcoal 1t is eight miles
long and follows the winding course of
the Roaring Branch up to the top of the
mountain. The grade is very steep, in
several places being 270 feet to the mile.
All the way the scenery is wild and pic
~
cannot be seen dozen rods ahead. The
valley is very narrow and the mountains
tower on either side to the height of
1900 feet in many places"
They also describe the Camp :" "a
plateau of about four acres as level as q
floor, with ,pruce, maple and beech trees
which have been nicely trimmed so that
a person can stand at any point on the
ground and command view Of the
whole. In front OF this camp runs the
Roar ng Branch, which is noted n goo
fishing. Back on the camp is a stet p hill,
thickly covered with timber, near the
center of which is romantic looking
ravine worn into the side hills by the
water from II spring. Over this is to be
built rustic bridges at different heights
with paths leading to them, 80 that the
ascent can be made with ease by all who
desire TO go up to the large opening
above, which commands magnificent
view Uf the country for great many
miles.
"At the present time there are only
two cottages at the camp; one of these
belongs to Mr., Martin and has been used
by him FIR four years. This cottage is
just like the six new ones that the com
paIy is about TO erect and is built of
spruce and shingled and has wide YER
and in front, up stairs and down; II is
l6x16, with an ell 9xl6 has four rooms
on the lower floor, which include large
room in front, which is used as sitting
and dining gloon hack Of this is the
kitchen, sleeping-room ant room
which Is used for storage purpose. Up
stairs are two large, nicely furnished
| sleeping rooms.
THE cottages are to be furnished by
the company and rented for the season.
On the hill, several feet above the
level of the pl Iteau, commandinga view
of the whole, is to be erected hotel,
30x40, being two and half stories high.
This hotel will have twelve sleeping
rooms, large dining room capable of
seating about 60 persons, large Office,
and on the front a veranda ~ feet wide.
This will be for the accommodation OF
picnic parties and any who would like
to remain few days in the woods and
do not care to take cottage. For picnic
parties there is to be erected large GOV
cred pavilion, 30x40. and attached to
this will be little house where coffee
and cake may be obtained. There will
also be a large number of tables and
seats built that can be carried about and
set up at any place desired. as they are
made after the manner of folding tables
Through the center of the mp is TO
run wide gravel walk, and on each
side will be erec'ed the cottages. The
camp has the best of waite, as there are
several springs on the grounds, and the
water is deIiCiou1y cool.
"Ail the cottages and no. ell are sup
piled with running water taken from IA
spring on the hill and conveyed to the
camp by an iron pipe. Near the entrance
to this camp il being built a trout pond
which is fed by one of the springs.
There are also crCquetle grounds,
swings, aud several other streams in the
vicinity, where trout may be caught.
"Wuh all these accommodation and
attractions, the romantic mou tain
scenery and the cool and invigOrating
atmosphere Of the woods, there surely
seems to be plenty TO interest any who
are looking for day or weeks outing,
and so in answer to the question asked
at the beginning Of this article, it is pro.
per to say, that this the pl zee. The
grounds will be open for the accOmmo-
dation Of the public TN and after June
10,
CATER looking the grounds over the
visiting party was invited into Mr., Mar
tins cOttHg', where such dinner was
enjoyed as 10 not often found in the back
wood and to which all did ample justice.
as the exciting ride on the gravity car,
and the celebrating air of the noun
tains had given every one a rav"nous
appetite. Mrs. Mlrtin proved charm
ing little hostess, and all of the visitors
were delighted at the opportunity OF
making her acquaintance,
West Arlington.