Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1907-08-08

seape, The scenery is all Of the resttni,
pastoral kind, an undulating country OF
wonderfully yeFdant fields snd hllsldes,
dimpled with tiny ponds or noble lakes,
threaded by tinkling brooks or busy riy-
ers, ana crowned with the glory Of the
mountains. There is in il all sueh
charm Of unspeakable harmony, such
wonderful blending Of moods grave ana
gay, with such an appealing suggestion
Of subdued grandeur and mighty reserve
OF power throughout, that the thoughts
Of careless man who dwells In the midst
Of il are inspired 20 a lottler and truer
beauty sense and more reverential upliii
than he dares attempt TO express,
1.-THE climate OF Vermont is not eX-
eelled anywhere in the land in the eie-
ments that 80 10 build up strong and
healthy bodies or that minister 20 the
everyday delights of an active or rest
seeking outdoor life, There are no eli
matte diseases in Vermont, no regions in
tested with malaria, and its drinking wa
ter is pure and plentiful, As has been
said before, the winters are by no means
as severe as has long been represented by
the misintormed, There is an abundance
Of snow and al times an intensity OF
cold, but travel is never seriously snow
bound for any length OF time even in the
heaviest snowfalls, the cold is never a
menace TO the life of human beings or Of
cattle, and pitiless billiards. and other
furious windstorms are never expert
enced, all Of which cannot be said for
many part OF the country popularity sup
posed 10 have a far milder climate than
this. Vermont winters, in the language
OF old Adam in AS You Like IL, are
frosty, but kindly On the other hand,
spring in Vermont is a season OF marvel
Gus charm when Old Sol and the soft airs
are wooing the wild flowers from their
winters nap, eoaxing the song birds back
TO their familiar haunts and helping
Dame Nature weave the wonderful YER
dure that has made the Green Mountain
states hillside and valley famous the
wide world over. The summers are luxu-
RANT in sunshine and genial warmth, but
the scorching heat, the suffocating hui
midity OF this season so often responsible
for a lamentable death list in great cities,
are unknown in this land where even on
the hottest days and nights gentle breezes
bear the balmy breath Of forest shade
over the cooling waters OF ponds and
streams and rippling in wavelets over the
tall grasses OF the intervening meadows
to the grateful jewellers in the nearby
villages. For here Mother Nature,
though sometimes stern, is never
unkind TO her children, and the mellow
radiance of genial summers day blends
at twilight into cool and comfortable
nights that conduce to restful slumber.
Then comes the autumn, the sweet,
dreamy, hszy days when the garnered
stores OF summers sunshine are reflected
in a marvelously spectacular blaze OF
tinted foliage on every hillside, when the
luscious fruits are dropping, the husband
mans crops are gathered, and the sump-
tuous glory OF the ripening year revels for
season in the Undesirable beauty OF
Indian summer ere King Winter sends
his frost messengers TO herald his chaste
dominion over the land till spring shall
come again. So blends one delightful
season into another in this snug little
commonwealth where Nature rewards the
simple life with healthful joys that all the
wealth of the metropolis cannot COM
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