The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-09-02
HOME AGAIN AND HAPPY.
Camp Auto Tourists Find Vermont Looks
Good To Them.

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(At our camp at Auburn, N. Y, Angus
80, 1850
We travelled last over mostly pave
streets, 1888 miles yesterday; but we ha
to make several detours over prett
muddy roads on account of road con
struction on the main highway whic
delayed us somewhat. Nothing new +
be seen, as we passed over PRACTICAL,
the same route as going west.
august 3D. We are eamped at Eas
Glennyille, n. ", near Schenectady. w
stopped short time at Saratoga Springs
sampled the water, brought some hom
with us in bottles. Reached Whitehall
N. ", at about 10 a. IN. and the Yer
mont state line at l0:30 and Rutland a.
1880. There Dix got card from i. b
Johnson of the Randolph Herald request
ing that we come to Randolph on oul
way home so he could have photos Of
our party and outfit taken for use in the
Randolph Herald.
| We came over the mountains to Bethe
in about two hours, stocked up with 10
cent gasoline at Blossoms, raise oil
two cents per gallon while we were gone
and arrived at Randolph at about
o'clock and posed for our photos. Editor
Johnson had ordered supper for our party
at a restaurant, which we declined with
thanks, as it was little early and sup
per was awaiting us at home.
Now as to the cost of our trip. We
expected before we started that the cost
of our trip by auto would be much more
expensive than by railroad, but it is not
so. Our cars appear very little worn
and we could live much cheaper in the
West. Meat, eggs, potatoes and most
everything were cheap, compared with
Vermont prices. We patronized no ho-
tells, but occasionally took meals at res
taurants. OF course, we saw much raore
of the country than we should if we had
travelled by rail and the trip has been
very instructive to us all, both old and
young. We have not got figured up yet
the exact number OF miles we have tray-
eled in our cars since we left Vermont in
August. As general thing when travel
ing together we kept but one speedomet-
er going at the same time, as they were
liable to play out before we got home,
so we haven't all the figures of the days
trips. But | think our Ford Travelled
some over 1000 miles and Dix Cadillac
some 500 miles more than ours, as he
travelled more in California than we did
My son, Berton, l6 when we started, but
IL now, drove the Ford the whole 1000
miles. | let him drive hoping he would
get tired of the Job but he has not.
] saw no place that | had rather live
han in Vermont, unless it was in the
San Joaquin valley in California have
been good deal interested in the irfigat-
ID sections of the United States we have
,assed through They watered their
ands when needed and while they are
their crops they have no rain |
o bother them. But the methods of |
arming in the Middle West ! am dis, |
,usted with. 1t is skinning process. |
elling off their crops year after wear |
nd returning nothing back to the land. |
hey cannot do il much longer; their
and is being impoverished, but still the
verage price OF farming land il two or
hree times as high as equally good land
n Vermont and most OF our Vermont
and is growing better instead Of poorer.
o guess Vermont Is an ideal place for
]
cts for our farm produce than the aver.
&c West.
In nearly every place of any size they
ere working Vermont granite or marble
nd il was advertised as such. Barre
nd Rutland are known everywhere as
he world centers OF granite and marble
nd in nearly every place we found per.
ms who had lived there or had friends
lere. The working man has a better
lance here in Vermont aud much better
buses or homes than in any part of the
est we visited. California to-day has
men 20 a Job. She has over-adver-
red. The rest are idle or tramping
ar party was not molcsted on any part
our route by tramps or thugs. Our .
r., always near the highways when
mping, were never molested. We car. !
d firearms but they were never need.
for defense. T.. ID. Camp.