Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-12-23
Green Mountain Conservatism.

Camers Hump the most conspicuous
and slightly park in Vermont, has been
offered to the state for a park by its
owner, Joseph Battel The tract which
he desires to convey has an area of 1000
acres, and with the exception of the top
of the mountain it consists of what is
termed virgin forest" in a despatch
from Montpelier. The Hump itself is
bare, q vast upheaval of rock from
which, on account of the complete iso-
lation of the mountain, one of the finest
views in New England can be had.
Camel's Hump, 40SS feet high. Is 50
miles due west of the presidential range
in New Hampshire, 20 miles due east of
Lake Champlain, 20 miles southwest of
Mount Mansfield, and 80 miles north of
Killington Peak, its rivals in the affec-
tions of hill climbers in Vermont We
assume that the state will gratefully ac-
cept Mr. Battells gift (the only con-
dition attached is that the trees on the
tract shall be preserved and paths made
through iD, because 1t is high time some
thing We're done toward the conservation
of the Green mountains. Perhpas Mr..
Battelrs generosity will be matched by
NJ. f. Wheeler of Rutland, who owns the
summit of Killington (424D, which he is
fond of declaring has no equal in YER
mont Is a mountain. In some respects
ne Is IlBul. hlllluBlOH is III the very
heart of the Green mountains, one of a
group of peaks which 1t dominates. The
principal SUBMITS almost equalling 1t in
height are Pico, Little Pico, Mendon and
Shrewsbury. Nowhere else in Vermont
is there such a community of mountains
or a wilder country. Numerous streams
rise in the gorges, and the whole dis
trict is heavily wooded 1t Is still the
home of the bear and in the Black river
and Ottaqueechie valleys-beyond chal-
lenge the most beautiful in Vermont
deer share the pastures with cattle dur
ing the closed season.
Now that Camels Hump is to be re-
| served to the people, we hope the cit
liens of Rutland will urge upon the leg
islature the conservation of the splendid
Killington group, every hill, escarpment
and ravine of 1t, with its tumbling
| streams and young rivers. Far flung
Mansfield (4329), which We venture to
say is more like a real mountain in it's
rugged features and variety of confor-
nations than any other upheaval in YER
mont, should also be reserved by the
state, including frowning Smuggler' s
| Notch with its bounteous springs. The
view from the Nose or Chin of Mans
field is the noblest in Vermont, surpass-
ing, in the opinion of competent judges,
the chaos of great ridges and uncount-
| able peaks visible from Mount Washing
ton. The saving of Mansfield from de-
| spoiiation should be the concern of the
| citizens of Burlington, from which it is
distant ten miles in an air line. They
| delight TO point out that the contour OF
Mansfield resembles the profile of Wash
ington. BY all means then. let them
exert themselves in a spirit of patriotism
to convert Mansfield into a public reser-
walton. There are two other elevations
over 1000 feet in Vermont-Jay Peak in
| Orleans county near the Canadian line
| and lincoln in Addison-but the north.
ern mountain is too remote to be in
cluded in a rational plan of conserva-
ton; and Lincoln, also known by the
homely name of Potato mountain, has nc
distinguishing an attractive features,
| -[New York Sun.