The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-17
MOTORING NOTES
ABOUT VERMONT

MOTORING NOTES
ABOUT VERMONT
When you start out expect rain an
you won't be disappointed.
II YOU drive toward the north all IN
time you may be able 10 keep ahead o
the rain, But remember, what goe
north must come back.
And don't try to speed going througI
Lisbon, n. H., or the constable will ge
you,
just as effective as the constable ar
two cross.walks in the village OF Rich
mond. They are the most savage in tn
state. Watch your springsi
II going to the Mansfield Trout elul
region drive slowly. The road is narrow
and the turns are sharp.
Remember that Waterbury is getting
somewhat fussy about fast driving
through its Main street, On Sunday
July 10, motorists going north found a
barricade across the highway just be-
fore getting to the covered bridge and
had to make a detour through Duxbury,
over a restricted, sandy road. Perhaps,
however, there was no connection be.
tween Waterburys business and the
road barricade
II is a considerable undertaking to at.
tempt to motor up Mount Mansfield un.
der the best of conditions. Have your
brakes in good shape for the return trip.
Take your drinking cup water cup, Of
counsel and have drink out of the cold
spring just west OF st, Johnsbury vii.
lage, on the North Dsnville road
In going to Cancels Hump, drive your
car to Callahan's at the base of the
mountain, register yourself and party,
take shanks mare and reach the top If
you are able. Come back down the
mountain by easy stages; there is no
other stage.
If you venture into the White noun.
tain region have a well.flled pocketbook
The higher you go the higher the cost
Of living, apparently.
l.. L l.. 4 -
cents or a quarter at Woodsville, n. H.,
or Waterford, Vt, for the privilege OF
going from one state to another.
A good place to have a blowout is on
the top OF the Coles pond region via
Danville or Greensboro. There will be |
few sympathetic friends to jeer at you |
If looking for solitude 90 TO Miles
pond in Concord.
For marvellous grandeur Of lake seen
cry don't fail to visit Willoughby lake
in Westmore See Mounts Horr and Pts
gah towering high above the lake, one
/ ,592 feet and the other 2,6j4. The view
leaves lasting impression of wonderful
beauty.
If DESTROYS of testing the pulling
strength Of your engine go due east from
Oxford, n Hand come back another
way.
The road over Mendon mountain to
Rutland is excellent and the trip fur
nishes the motorist with real nature in
he wild state.
An accommodating mechanician can be
ound in Bethel at the turn toward Gays
vile if you are in need of help.
You can meet your Canadian friends
IN any week end in northern Vermont
They come over where the goin' is good. II
A nice bit of goin is on the Connect.
ut river valley, along Bradford Newbury
way.
If you want mineral water 60 to
Brunswick Springs up in Essex county.
here are not 81 varieties, but there are
even, all flowing out of bank in a ra
Jus of 20 feet-each with a taste all its
wn And such a taste They have
airly comfortable hotel there usually.
ut just now its going on wheels to
afer spot, the foundation having been
ndangered by caving banks.
And you cannot forget the good road
rom Barre to White River Junction
God excepting tortuous strip of high
-sy through the town of Bethel on the
astern side of the mountain from the
llage.
On the way stop again at Williams
,wn gulf and take in some of the most
'stful scenery in the whole state of Yer
ont.
And for the incest hosiery, with the {
st appointments, in the state of Yer
ont don't overlook the hotel opposite
e park in Barre Come back to it for J
'od, square meal and be satisfied with
'ur trip.