Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-06-06
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1913.
STATE SECRETARY T ELL S OF
BEAUTY OF GREEN
MOUNTAINS.
Vermont Official Thinks Region
is Ideal as Summer Resort.

Officials of other New England
States are not far behind those of
Massachusetts in their desire to set
forth the attractions of their mountains
and seashore through the Journal.
The secretary of State of Vermont is
telling through The Journal the pleas
ures that Turk in the hills and lakes of
the Green Mountain State. He writes
as follows.
To the Editor of the Boston Journal:
will give you some reasons why Yer
mont should be considered one of the
most attractive summer tourist resorts
in the United States.
First of all the great variety of Ver-
mont's scenic attractions must be con-
sidered. These include almost every
possible variety of scenery, with the ex-
ception of the seacoast. Probably there
is no State in the Union which contains,
within comparatively small area, so
many lakes, ponds, rivers and noun
tains as does Vermont. There is no
town of all the 246 towns and cities in
the State that does not contain some
beautiful river, lake, pond or elevation,
and often many are included, within the
limits of a single township.
Vermont has long been known as the
Green Mountain State, and this term is
appropriately used. Running through
the Center of the State, like great
backbone, the Green Mountains domi-
nate the entire Commonwealth their
foothills extending well toward the
eastern and western borders. This
mountain range condenses the moisture
chat comes from the Atlantic ocean and
keeps its slopes well watered and beau
tiful The Green Mountains are friendly
mountains-th they are not huge piles Of
naked rock, stern and forbidding, which
cannot be assembled without risking life
or limb, but in most cases may be
climbed without serious difficulty.
EASILY ACCESSIBLE.
Good trails and in some instances
good carriage roads lead to the sum-
mits of these mountains. While they
do not compare in height with the
lofty mountain ranges ofathe Western
country they are more easily accessi-
BILE, and often give almost as satisfac-
tory an impression of high mountains
as those which will measure much
higher in altitude. Many of the West
ern mountains are situated on lofty
table lands so that the visitor does not
easily get the impression of their real
height. The level country surrounding
Vermont mountains is comparatively
low, so that the peaks of this range
satisfy the mental conception of what
high mountain should be.
The views from the Vermont noun
tain peaks are beautiful and extensive.
From such peaks as Mansfield, Killing
ton, Cancels Hump, Jay and Ascutney
one may obtain unobstructed vision for
great distance in every direction.
From some of these peaks the whole
length of Lake Champlain, more than
100 miles in extent, may be seen, and
beyond this beautiful body of water
the great mountain wall of the Adiron-
dack range; to the east may be seen
the White Mountains, while a great
wilderness of Green Mountain peaks
lie in the foreground, and a beautiful
panorama of fields, forests and vii
lagos spread out like a great map.
The construction of what is known as
the Green Mountain trail has been be.
gun, and when completed it will be
possible to follow the highest ridge OF
the Green Mountains from the southern
boundary of Vermont to its northern
border.
Vermont is surprisingly rich in lakes
and ponds. A recent compilation shows
$50 of respectable size, wholly or partly
within the State. There are severa
lake regions. One is in Orleans county
while another lies largely in Wash
ington county. The town of Woodbury.
alone contains twenty-three ponds. On,
of the chief scenic attractions of Yer
mont is Lake Champlain, 118 miles Ions
and from ten to twelve miles wide il
its widest part. With the exception O
the Great Lakes and Lake Okechobe,
in Florida, which is more marsh thar