Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-13
DEVELOPING VERMONT.

We recently spoke OF the wonderful
panorama to lie enjoyed from the sum
NIT during the passing of an afternoon
thunderstorm and the lifting of tho
clouds from Lake ChampIain with au-
tumn tints. sunset and rainbow effects
insisting that the famed White Noun
tains had nothing that would compare
with this gorgeous combination of col
or. ana urging that this rare scenic
treat lie made more accessible to the
tourist public Us opening a drive to
the summit from the wos, by way of
the rndcrhin road.
The Rutland Herald enters into the
spirit Of mountain climbing which has
taken possession Of whole communities
in all parts of The Green Mountain
State. ana which promises great pos
sbilitics in the way Of the develop
ment Of this region. so praised by
British Ambassador Bryce The Her
aid says:
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on the attractions Of Vermont to the
lover of the beautiful in nature at this
season of tho year. Certainly the sum
mer visitor who secs the Green Noun
tain state only in verdant dress. owes
1t to himself TO tarry with us long
enough to behold great nature. when
she puts on her ascension robes of
beauty and of glory When the dead
year is laid out in state. the winds Of
autumn signing their requiem about
her catafalque nothing can be more
solemnlY spectacular than our noun
tain scenery. He who has not seen
Vermont at this season has never seen
the real Vermont, ana has failed of
heholding a sight that It is scarcely
possible to match in any part of the
country. The splendor OF cur sunsets
at this season on our traushgurcd hills
ravishes the soul OF the Artist. ana Is
n never ending delight 10 the ordinary
observer. II is easy to evtol the at
tractiveness Of the green hills after the
sharp arrows OF frost have begun to
fy through the tree branches. but the
half has not been told, nor can il be.
1t must be seen to be appreciated.
Fortunately situated are those Of our
daily unfolding at their very DOORS
All these beauties that Vernon; Of
fers In such lavishncsv in october must
continue to blush unseen as vieweG
from mountain tops by the tourist pub
lie, unless, we become alive to our
duty as well as our opportunities. and
provide better means Of reaching the
heights. Not all of our visitors from
the large cities care 70 become trail
accepted sense OF the term now cur
rent in Vermont, nor will they take
too much trouble to get at our noun.
tains,
Good roads viii count N this con
ncction as elsewhere, ana the shorter
the more inviting for our visitors they
will be. We would like to see friendly
rivalry spring up between various
communities as to which shall offer
the most attractive and convenient
route to a mountain height in its vi
cinity
Burlington has n grand opportunity
to open n short route to Mansfield via
tnderhill, as already pointed out in
these columns, ana one which should
appeal to our rail and water trans
portation lines as well as our hotels
and business houses. II each COM
munity Will take up It's own particular
part of the problem and go at its solu-
tion in businesslike manner, the
question how to secure large tourist
traffic for Vermont will solve itself.