The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-30

DOrO 1ldH f1dS MANY AppHcatiOnS Tor
His Cottage.
MONTPELIER, Sept. 30.-The fol-
| lowing are extracts taken from letters
written by persons who have visited YER
mont the past summer, or who have re-
quested information from the state pub
Lefty bureau, a department in the Office
Of the secretary of state, and are com
munications to show something of the
work the department is doing.
\ Brooklyn man wrote in July: q
have received several very interesting
pamphlets from your publicity depart
ment, which have led me to decide upon
motor trip into Vermont within the
next couple of weeks.
Il have written to four proprietOrs of
hotels and camps, two in Essex county,
one in Rutland and one in Lamoille. /
may not be able to visit them all, but in
the nelghborhood Of each | noted in your
| Summer Homes in Vermont properties
for sale which might easily appeal to me-
as a permanent summer residence.
With the above information 1 shall
be armed for a most delightful vacation
and shall have the added incentive of the
possibility of becoming a resident and
tax payer in your wonderful mountain
state"
One Philadelphia man was inspired by
publicity bureau publications to take a
trip into Vermont on his way back from
Il vacation in Maine. When he reached
home he wrote a letter to the Philadel-
phia Ledger, which is reprinted in part
My destination was St. JOhnsbury.
| Vt, the largest town in eastern Yer
mont. / stayed overnight at the hotel,
had very large room in modern hotel.
( enjoyed some delightful cooking and the
expense was but $3.50 for the day.
The next afternoon | took the ST.
Iohnsbury and Lake Champlain train to
Burlington. 1t is a FIVE hour trip, but
the scenery is among the finest to be
found in New England, with magnificent
views of the Green Mountains and with
glmpses of numerous lakes and trout
streams.
Il stayed overnight in the newest ho-
tel in Burlington, everything up to the
minute; and this cost me but So The
next morning l took the trip down the
| lake, with more delightful views of the
| Green Mountains.
while waiting at st. Johnsbury for
the afternoon train, | rode to one Of the
numerous lakes and met some of the Yer
mont people. The town in question had
| population of 1000. Asking one of the
men if Vermont had been affected by the
| high cost of living, he replied i should
| say SO. They jumped my rent from Sc
4 to S. On inquiry | found he had two
tory house with seven rooms. a sixty
/ foot front and a large garden. Less than
t100 yards away WAS d trout brook and
| the lake, filed with bass and piekerel
| was but 200 yards away.
! One of these lakes IS two miles long
and the man who owns it wants to sell
/ the fishing rights for $500. or will lease
4 the exclusive fishing rights for 10 years
: at so a year. 1t is stocked with trout.
and there are magnificent views of the
/ Green mountains
"Some of these farms can be rented
/ for 500 a year and upward And yet
there are those who 90 to the shore year
| after year who have not even begun to
see a small portion of our country"
| The above communication called forth
| several letters Of inquiry. and the Phila-
| delphia gentleman referred them to the
state publicity bureau for further infor-
nation. and doubtless was the inStru-
ment of bringing a number of new tour
lists to Vermont. ...'tI# 4at5as.
The department has also published
booklets describing Vermont farms for
iale, summer homes in Vermont. cottages
for rent and hotel and boarding house
! directory, with very satisfactory results.
y Brattleboro man wrote the depart
ment that his cottage was rented prac-
sically all of the time for three months
as result of state advertising. He re-
| ceived inquiries from persons in Pennsyl-
| vania, Michigan, New York city, Albany
and Buffalo, Massachusetts. Connecticut
and New Hampshire, and he has already
received three inquiries for the coming
/ season.
The first edition of Summer Homes
in Vermont" was not ready for distribu-
ton sufficiently early to call forth de-
sired results, but it is hoped that another
season will prove the effectiveness of this
advertising.