The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-06-28
PRESIDENT IN VERMONT
Librarr, ,rt of Sunday in Trip to
3Ascutney.

3Ascutney.
President Wilson who is at Cornish
nish, N. H., spent part of Sunday in
an auto trip to Mt. Ascutney west of
Windsor. The city reporters who fol-
lowed the president as far as Wind
sor, but have to send out some sort
of story, fixed up the following as
seeming to them proper account of
the presidents Sunday:
President Wilson and members OF
his family, out for an afternoon auto
mobile ride, became lost yesterday in
the foothills of the Green mountains
near Windsor, VT, and for nearly
five hours were riding through dense
forests, up and down steep inclines,
part of the time in a driving rain
The drive took the presidential party
over roads seldom Travelled by auto
mobiles and the way at times narrow
ed to mere COW paths and mountain
trails.
The president was accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis b. Sayre, Miss
Margaret Wilson, Miss Helen Wood
row Bones, Dr. Cary n. Grayson and
several secret service men. The
chapifeurs of the two cars carrying
the party were from Washington and
the president knew the country at
least as well as any one with him.
Apparently he enjoyed the experience
and forgot entirely the cares of Office
he left behind him for vacation.
Several times the automobile was
driven into blind roadways and had
to be backed in order to proceed on
its way. In one place the machine
plowed down a steep hill in mud up
TO the hubs and in others it ran be
side ravines with mountain streams
far below. The chauffeur is a care
full driver, however, and at no time
was the party in any danger.
During the ride the president fre-
quently remarked on the impressive
" wild scenery. Going down a mar.
row gorge the automobile was forced
to stop to allow horse and cart to
pass and in another place it had to
SLOW up while a farmer pushed to
one side an abstinate COW that insist
ed on standing in the middle Of the
road and gazing resentfully at the
presidential party
Leaving Cornish, N. H., shortly af-
ter luncheon, the president drove
across the Connecticut river into Yer
mont toward Mt Ascutney His OBJ.
jectiye point was Woodstock, VT. but
in the mountains he lost his way and
drove in many directions trying to
discover his location.
During the ride the party passed
two mosscoyered upright stones set
beside the roadway in the time when
Indians roamed the mountains. On
the stones were cut figures of ami,
mails and men and an inscription told
how baby had been born in the
family OF James Johnson in 1854
while the family was "captiyated" by
Indians. The president and members
of his family got out of the mtomo.
bile and deciphered the inscription
At one place where the party had
lost its way the automobiles were
stopped and Mr.. Sayre leaned out ana
spoke to a farmer standing beside he
road.
where does this road go?" asked
Mr.. Sayre
"I We been living here all my life
and it never went anywhere replied
the man, while the president tried to
preserve his gravity.
Because of rain Mr. Wilson did not
go to church yesterday morning. but
he and DR.. Grayson walked over the
estate of the summer White House y
beneath towering pine trees along the
Connecticut River The president
eagerly breathed the brisk noun
tain air and was much refreshed by
his walk.
quantity of mail came to the pres
ident yesterday, but he put it aside
until today, when he will attend TO
some pressing business in addition to
playing golf at Dartmouth college
and taking an automobile ride. He
has received several invitations to go
to various places in New England dur
ing his stay, but it is improbable that
| he Will accept any of them.