Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-08-01

our people and of the manner in which
they are entertained. An oyster Bay
party passed through this section the
other day, and they were so pleased
with the accommodations secured in
the hotel In ono Of \our Vermont VII
lagos that they changed their plans so
as to stay there number of days,
enjoying the rich scenery in the vicin
ity and the smooth gravel roads in
which the region abounds.
This party left considerable money
III the village In question, and they
were so enthusiastic over the way in
which they had been treated that they
were loud in their expressions Of n
determination to come again. md thev
orc certain to bring Others with tbcm
We all know how 1t is when one thor
oughiN enjoys vacation trip. lie
tells al or his friends about IT, and
ADVISES them to try It for themselves.
our Swanton correspondent tells i'm
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In similar directions;
Judge Augustus Van WICK of Now
York and his invalid wife who h.vo
been doing Vermont I'm a luxurious
touring car, spent some time in Swan
ION sunday on route to Montreal
Judge Van Wyck informed tho FREE,
PRESS correspondent that they were
charmed with Vermont. lie said they
hal toured Europe but nowhere had
the scenery impressed them as It had
In vermont. He found the roads ex-
cellcnt and much better than expected
tho hotel accommodations pleased them
and they had been cordially received
everywhere.
These statements are along the lines
| expressed by several other New York
and Ioston auto touring parties that
have explored Vermont this season,
making their last stop at Swanton be-
fore entering Canada. Another season
| is sure to see many more touring par
ties in Vermont ana expression favor
able to the state coming from such
tourists as Judge Van Wyck and
others should encourage still better
roads, better hotels and continued civil
fair and friendly treatment The stay
| of the automobilists is not long, but
| they come in punches, spend their
money freely and Vermont is begin
ming to feel It.
1t is not impossible that right here
| is the solution of the problem how to
promote Vermont's popularity and pro-
gress as n summer resort Some of Us
have been calling for big summer ho-
tells. to attract people. IT may be that
we can make our state so popular for
automobile parties that capital will be
forced to build big hotels IN order to
care for our visitors. 1t is worth try
ing anyway.
, Here is the way the whole matter
strikes us. Tho automobile has come
to stay. AS first II seemed as though
1t would be a great hardship for our
farmers wives and daughters not to
be able to drive and meet those horrid
red machines, but the horses are get
ting accustomed TO the autos. just as
they got used to the covered carriages,
which at first so frightened horses. We
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and now no one would dream of pro-
testing against that kind of carriage
because of the way in which some
horses are frightened. Eventually it
will be the same way with autos.
| Horses will become accustomed TO
these machines in al parts of the coun-
try and we shall think nothing about
the problem except in rare instances.
Reckless parties will occasionally
create trouble just as reckless drtv-
ing Of horses sometimes causes trou-
bic for other carriages, but the rough
edge of the whole matter is wearing
on, and we are beginning to see things
as they are
If all of our farmers and boarding
house keepers and hotels and all con-
ccrnod make 1t point to render the
visit of automobile parties pleasant in
every possible way. 1t will he trc-
mendous Investment for the state; ana
in our estimation it will mark the be-