Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-10-21
VIEW OF VERMONT
what the Green Mountain state Is
Noted for.

| Mr.. Charles Gleed of Kansas was n
guest OF Mr.. Theodore NJ Vail at the
| time OF tho recent meeting of thu Stare
| Editorial association at Lyndonville. lie
! accompanied the editors on their trip ,o
MerophrcmaGog and attended rho CLOSING
dinner at Newport. The program did
not contemplate speech making beyond
) responses 10 the usual toast 10 tho state
| of Vermont and the toast to Mr. Vail.
| but President Hindley ventured 70 call
ON Mr.. Glccd, who responded with a few
| comments on tho status and influence of
| Vermont in the nation. At the reuuoat
of many of the editors Mr.. iiindlcy
| wrote TO Mr.. Gleed asking him to jut
dow as nearly as possible what he said.
Mr.. Glced gives the following ns being
| what he can remember of the serious
part OF his renarks
On the boat to-day I heard stranger
name the three things for which Ter-
mont is noted He said tho three things
were maple sugar. Morgan horses and
Lake Champaign This may do as joke
but not as serious statement Maple
sugar Is not now of great consequence.
Il II ever was. the Morgan horse is little
more than tradition. and Lake Cham
plain belongs to New York as much az
10 vermont. II seems to me very cav
10 name three better chara CT eristics tina,
tines" to account for Nermont's high
place in the nation, There arc MANY
more tina three. but 7 Will limi, myself
to that number
Vermont is famous everywhere-in the
nation and in the world--for her natural
beauty. | have tramped all over the
Union. and Vermont has no rival She
Is tho hcaUtN-Suot Of the continent. Tho
Pacific c1Ist has wonderful scenery. Tho
Yosemite. the Grand Canyon and Ari-
IONA and the Yellowstone are overwhelm-
inG. The Rocky Mountains are majestic.
sublime. terrible. The prairie slopes from
tho Rockies to the Mississippi have their
seasons of beauty ard at all times their
r"siStlcss charm The Great Lakes have
their puoeulv rule. and the Eastern
RANGES stretch in endless yarietv from
Canada 10 the Gulf. But Vermont as a
whole has MI other sections beaten. eTIr
medley OF mountains and valleys. brooks
rivers and lakes: the Kaleidoscope pro-
coSsion Of her trees and lowers beapti-
full alike in form and color nrd each
beauty changing with the seasons: the
dazzling srlendcrs Of her winter ap-
parcl the wonderful architecture and the
exquisite decorations Of the Ice King
hospitahlA climate and a benignant
sky all conspirc to make Vernon, fore
most in natural beaut,.
PERHAPS this very urofustton Of beauty
accounts Cor some lack Of appreciatio
of ID on the part or Ve1Nontcrs thcm-
selves # seems to me sometimes rs il
Ncrmonters resen-ed the beauty OF the
state, holding it accountable for the lack
of whatever they want and do NOT have.
! never note . place Of particular beauty
in Vermont that do not expect II 70 be
destroyed az If he destructible) by the
time como again. Ny native village. |
MoIrsville. which has the most beaut-
I'll location in the world no oaacr has
a grove within miles of It's rostoni"o
bic enough TO shelter this assocat ton # !
II desired an outdoor session. The last
times | heard Senator Dillingham; sneal. !
was in glorious grove near Morrisvillc !
1t was ono of natures most splendid |
Cathcdrals Tho next time came tho !
grove was rone-and it was the very
last one adjacent to The village Tho
era ndest trees ever knew grew by tho
great falls of the 1>amollc at Morrisvl'o |
They sung 10 mo in my childhood telling !
fore my time. They were sacrificed Cor
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