Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-06-11

New England Resorts. The lakes and
rivers or New England, crystal-like
sheets, shining ike silver jewels
midst their verQant surroundings,
offer every inducement which rIcn-
ness of scenery, opportunity tor pas
time, and pure atmosphere can confer.
The rivers, which include not only the
beautiful and rolling Connecticut and
the winding Merrimac. but scores of
other streams of lesser volume but
none the less beautiful, these are the
haunts or rather the pathways for the
enthusiastic camper or cotIager, who
finds mis- fun during the summer sea-
son in padding canoe. The noun
tains or New England are her grand
est possessions. In Massachusetts.
old Greylock, Saddle Back and the
Hoosac and Berkshire peaks are a
perfect eiysium during July and Au-
gust for summer guests. In New
hampshire the towering SUBMITS of
the grand and gorgeous White Noun
Jalns can be appreciated only by the
| person whose good fortune mas LED
nlm TO select this region as his vaca-
ton place. Inc wonders OF the IA
NOUS Crawford Notch and the superb
scenery and marvellous handiWorKs OF
Nature viewed in the Profile Notch,
together with the sumpluous and lux
urlous hotels and their surroundings.
are alone sufficient to advertise this
section as the sumner RESORT of
America; but then the healuhful at
mosphere and altitude OF these re-.
sorts have made them also the most
invigorating and exhilarating of va
cation places. The seashore OF North
ern New England stretches from Bos-
ton Harbor " Eastport, Me. Ii is one
long succession of ldeal coves, wave
washed cliffs, smooth and sandy
beaches, and clustered everywhere,
the liveIiest and joIiiest of summer
gatherings; Gloucester, Rockport,
Marblehead, Magnolia, Mancheste By
the Sea, Hampton, Salisbury, York,
Peaks Island and famous Bar Harpor
are among the number.
New England has also other attrac-
tions beside the lake, river, seashore
and mountain places. She has bevy
OF historical wealth, attractions Wnicn
are TO oe found nowhere else in such
number and with such Interesting
associations on this continent. Lex
ington, Concord, Cambridge, Wal
than, NewDuryport, L-edtord, Ports
mouth, York, Me-, are a few of the
places "wnere history was made "
And although Northern New England
has much to boast of, she does not lay
claim to it all as almost every traveller,
who has Journeyed west from Boston
Via the Fitchburg route or Travelled
east to Boston via the same route,
will agree. Western Massachusetts,
indeed that whole intervening space
from the Charles River to the banks
OF the Hudson, possesses scenery
and attractions of superior merif {.
The vacationist who plans a
visit of week or two during the
coming season, can do no better than
to write to the General Passenger
Department. of the Boston & Maine
R. r., Boston, enclosing tnirty-six
cents in stamps for set of beautiful
portfolios, containing the best of
half tone reproductions of views
in these regions, size, 4, and
delightfully."- bound with artistic let
tering in gold on the covers of each
book. The titles of these books are
Rivers" ''Mountains, Lakes
"Seashores of New England" Pic
turesque New England,' and "Tne
Charles River to the HUDSON"