The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-18
SUMNER BUSINESS IN VERMONT
is GROWING
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expensy We places, seem content to
come here, and they bring to the
town talent in various lines and are
great help to the place Some Of the
mothers of the girls at Camp Winnie
shewauka stay with US and many Of
the parents stop over a night or two
during the time their children are
here. This season we had to send
some guests to Lancaster as we were
full, and they had not made reserVas
Tons ahead. We try to keep a few
places for trans ents as we like to
have them as well as our regular,
guests" XII
Dorset is another small village that
lis developing into a busy summer re-.
sort This is another instance Of
where many more applied than could
be cared fer. One person with ac.
commodations for twelve people In
her place, had 1870 applications and
not only filled her own home but
those Of her neighbors also Among
4 Dorsets spec al attractions, besides
I tn mountain scenery and good auto
ms bile roads. are the golf links
which are open to guests at club
rates
! Silver Lake In Barnard is posi-
bility that seems to have been over.
looked by the owners and managers
Of boys and girls camps as well as
1 by hotel men Yet last year Barnard
had its quota Of summer pee pie. One
tourist, who came, has already
booked accommodations for himself
and ten other guests for next August,
thus fiji ng to capacity one house
catering to summer boarders
The reports Of the season from
Grand Isle County are equally salts
factory and show an enormous
amount OF automobile touring through
( the Islands BY December 1 one Is.
land camp had IT'S pace booked more
than full for July and August. The
/ proprietor Of this camp says, There
is no question about the multitude
coming to vermont when we are ready
TO take care Of them u is the get.
ting Of the people to enter the bust
ness and learn how TO do it that Is
difficult. In many cases those who
c. me into the State are not made com.
Portable and are not given enough
to eat. The first fault may be be.
cause OF ignorance of the business
OF caring for city guests, but the sec.
ond one is inexcusable and outrage.
GU.
/ In Windham County there is an in
clinatNn to make the hill towns the
abiding places for an increasing mum.
Der of summer visitors. Every day
some non resident picks out pace
fer summer occupancy until today a
number of sections IN the southern
part OF the county are almost wholly
owned by such non.residents," writes
an agent from that sect on. THE
number Of nonresident summer yisi.
tcrs to Windham County and espec
tally to Ames Hill in Marlboro, Is In.
creasing yearly and last year tina
number in that section OF the county
exceeded fifty people from various
. states all Of whom have acquired or
are interested n summer h. mes
there Windham Wardsboro. New
fame and Ike PAGES in the West Rvei
Valley afford an excellent field fol
the development OF the summer home
idea This isthe so-called abandoned
farm district where property ha.
been for sale at low prices, district
famed for its beaut ful scenery. Id,
streams teeming with trout and n.
thousand hills afiording pleasure and
excitement to fishermen and hunter,
who hcck there every season. Those
catering to summer boarders IN thes,
places had all the guests they coulf
accommodate and so were Obliged e
turn people away.
} In connection with previous men
ton made Of abandoned farms II
curious 70 note the number OF inouir
les received from people outside the
states who have the idea that Yer
> mon. consists largely Of Just sucl
PAGES to be bought for little or moth
ing. AS a matter of fact there arc
very few truly abandoned farms. al
Of them being utilized Their for pas
turage, wood and timber growth. On
other similar useful purposes. and fol
the last few years many farm class
ed in the abandoned list has paid bic
dividends producing hay To quote
another real estate agent. Farmers
that know Of who would gladly have
sod back farms three years ago for i
small price. have gone to them after
their wn hay ne has been done and
have harvested such good hay cro1s
that they have in many cases revised
their prces upward so much that they
are practically now off the market
{ and often they have actually witch
drawn them from the ogencies. saving
they guessed they could get more for
their money right where Il lay if hay
prices kept up
Brandon situated near three lakes
midway between the Green and Adir,
ondack Mountains, is an ideal sum.
mer resort attracting many tourists
One hctel could not accommodate
over fifty per cent of its applicants
and this was an Inn that depended mn.
on the free advertisinp NJ tho pnhltcit,,