The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1900-07-25

Vermont is not the Scotland of America
as it is some times called, but the State
holds in this country about the same rank
in respect OF natural a fractions, as do the
Highlands Of Scotland in the Old World
"Williamstown Gult"-uupoetc name-in
the literature of Scott would be thedelight.
ful highland pass it is and the great Scottish
poet would have invested it with all the ro-
nance and glory he gave to highland glens
He would have clothed the sides OF the
towering hills, rising abruptly from the pre-
cincts of the ravine,
with boughs that quaked at every breath,
| Grey birch and aspen wept beneath;
! Aloft the ash and warrior oak
Cast anchor in the rfted rock;
And, higher yet, the pine tree hung
His shattered trunk and frequent flung
| Where seemed the cliffs to meet on high,
His boughs athwart the narrow sky;
| Highest of all, where white peaks glanced.
| Where gistening streamers waved and danced,
The wanderers eye could barely view
| The summer heavens delicious blue;
80 wondrous wild, the whole might seem
| The scenery of fairy dream"
Sitting on the veranda OF the Gulf House
gazing down the narrow defile and up the
almost perpendicular side of the hill, some
hundreds OF feet above you, with brother
heights interlocking and towering around
one might easily people the glen with Fitz
James,
AS following Roderick's stride, he drew
That seeming lonesome pathway through"
and expect to see at their chieftain's whistle
spring up from copse and heath "bonnets
and spears and bended bows" and every
bush give life to plaided warrior armed for
strife.' The locality and its surroundings
are strikingly suggestive Of the mountain
labyrinth out of which Roderck Dhu, in the
numbers of the Lady of the Lake, led Scot
lands lost and wandering king.
AS summer resort the Gulf had disap-
pesred from public notice since the burning
OF the old hotel there some twelve or thir-
teen years ago. During the past year e. j.
Gale has built new and large hotel, in the
midst of the hills, near the locality of the
old one. There are broad verandas, and in
the interior, airy corridors, a commodous
office and dining room, and large sleeping
rooms, single and in suites. These are sup
plemented with bath and toilet rooms, all
with modern furnishings The interior is
finished in natural woods, is bright and
cheery, the furniture is new and stylish,
the beds comfortable and the appointments
everything the most fastidious could desire.
The table and service are as good as at the
best hotel in the State. The lighting is by
acetylene gas, from tasteful fixtures. A.
pool table, ball room, piano, and other
means OF enjoyment, are provided for the
evenings, or forbdding weather, or for
those whom the external charms of the place
do not always attract.
The drives through and around the Gulf
are very attractive, and for pedestrians Mr..
Gale has CONSTRUCTED pathways through the
woods and up the hills, which render good
view points and shady retreats easily &C.
cessible.
Mr.. Gale has purchased some nine ty
acres OF the surrounding woodlands to in.
sure their preservation, and from year to
year will improve the tract and add to the
means OF summer recreation. The place Is
easily reached by carriage drive from Mont
pelier, Barre and surrounding towns, or by
rail to Williamstown and thence by car
riage to the Gulf. In Mr.. Gale and his as
sistant, Mr.. Bass, visitors will find caterers
to their comfort and enjoyment, who are
familiar with the business and leave no
effort unemployed to make their stay
pleasant one.
There is no more delightful, or restful, or
desirable place for summer vacation, or
for rest and recuperation. The Gulf is
easily reached, the expense is slight, and
oil ha o
resort exist in the natural surroundings or
are supplied by the proprietor. Mr.. Gales
enterprise merits the fullest encourage
ment, locally and from abroad, and the
Gulf House deserves to be filled from the
opening to the close of the season. Those
who have been his guests since the opening
OF the new house are his best advertise
ment