Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-12-22
SUMNER HOMES IN VERMONT
Many New Corners Go to- Small
Towns States Publicity Helps


Towns States Publicity Helps
In connection whit the establish
ment of new summer hotels In Yer
mont and the Increase IN the State 5
summer tourist business, II Is inter
eStlng 10 note comments IN letters
received by the State Publicity Blu
reau II connection with advertising
for n new 1921 edition of the hotel
and boarding house directory which
the department Is about 10 issue
These letters show that some OF the
smaller towns and village are grad
ually making 3 name for themselves
IS summer resorts, and that the sum-
ner camps for boys and girls now
being established IN large numbers N
the State are doing much 10 increase
the summer business
The proprietor OF 3 hotel IN Lun-
eHlburg wrote: Last season was the
best we ever had IN our eleven years
here We had IN eur house and every
available room N the village filed
with the whole lower floor OF the
hotel (except parlor and office thrown
open into = dining hall In spite OF
the hard times IN getting help, we
managed 10 satisfy them and expect
We are fortunate IN the class OF
people we get Many who could well
afford 70 90 70 the more fashionable,
expensive places, seem content 10 come
here, and they bring TO the town
talent IN various lines and are q great
help To the place Some Of the moth
ers OF the girls ST Camp WinneShe-
wauka stay with Us and many OF the
parents stop over night or two dur
ing the time their children are there
This season we had 70 send some
guests TO Lancaster, since We were
full, and they had not made reSer-
vztiOls ahead We try 20 keep a few
places for tranSients as We Ike 70
have them as well IS our regular
guests"
Dorset Is another small village that
Is developing into q busy summer
resort This Is another instance Of
where many more applied than could
&c cared for. One person with &C
coumodaticrS fer u people IN her
place, had 40 applications and not
only filed her own home but those OF
her EeighborS also Among Dorset'S
special attractions, besides the mount
ain scenery and good automobile roads,
are the golf Inks which are open 70
sumner guests az club rates
Silver Lake n Barnard IS : posi-
bIlity that seems 20 have been over
cooked By the owners and managers
Il boys, and girls camps as well as
BY hotel men Yet last year Barnard
had It's quota Of summer people One
tourist who came has already booked
accomUodatlo1s for himself and ten
ether for next August, thus filing
20 capacity one house catering 70
sumner boarders-
BIG TRAFFIC ON ISLAND
The reports OF the season from
Grand Isle county are equally salts
factory and show an enormous amount
OF automobile touring through the Is
lands By December ! one Island
camp had is place booked more than
fslI for July and August The pro
prIet0F OF this camp says There
: no question about the multitude
coming 20 Vermont when we are
ready % take care OF them II Is
the getting OF the people 70 enter the
business and learn how 70 do II that
: difficult In many cases those who
come into the State are not made
comfortable and are not given enough
70 eat The first fault may be be-
cause of ignorance OF the business
OF caring for city guests, but the
second one IS inexeusable and outra-
geous-
HILL TOWNS POPULAR
In Windham county there Is an in
clination 70 make the hill towns the
abiding places for an increasing num-
Der OF summer visitors Everyday
some nonresident picks out q place
for summer occupancy until to-day
g number OF sections IN the south
ern part OF the country are almost
wholly owned by such non-residents,"
writes an agent from that section.
The number OF nonresident summer
visitors 10 Windham county, and es-
pecially 70 Anes Hill In Marlboro, Is
increasing yearly, and last year the
number IN that section OF the county
exceeded fifty people from various
States, all OF whom have acquired or
are interested IN summer homes
there Windham, Wardsboro, New
fame and ike places IN the West
River valley afford an excellent field
for the development of the summer
homes idea This IS the so-caIled
abandoned farm district, where
property has been for sale at low
prices, a district famed for its beauti-
fQl scenery-its streams teeming with
trout and its thousands hills afford
ing pleasure and excitement TO fish
ermen and hunters who flock there
every season. Those catering TO
summer boarders IN these places had
all the guests they could accommodate |
and so were obliged to turn people
away.
ABANDONED FARMS PROFIT
ABLE
In connection with previous men
ton made OF "abandonedn farms, il
Is curious TO note the number Of
inquiries received from people out
side the State who have the idea that
Vermont consists largely of just
such places 70. be bought for little
or nothing As a matter OF fact.
there are very few truly abandoned
farms, al of them being utilized
either for pasturage, wood and tim
Der growth, or other similar useful
purposes, and for the last few years
many . farm classed in the abandoned
list has paid big dividends producing
hay To quote another real estate
agent, Farmers that T know OF