The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-20
GOVERNOR COOLIDGE
TAKING A REST
Republican Vice Presidential Candi-
date Spending Awhile on his
Fathers Vermont Farm
tAssociated Press)


Plymouth, VT, July 19.-Governor
Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts.
republican nominee for vice president,
is "on a rest" With Mrs. Coolidge and
their two sons. John and Calvin, he is
on his fathers farm in the hills Of
Vermont. He finds the best way TO
rest is to rise early and help his
father do the farm work.
The farm, hilly one situated at
the top of the Plymouth notch, con-
sists of over 200 acres, partly wooded
and partly cultivated. Long meadows
of hay and oats are banked with fruit
trees, heavily laden with sweet Yer
mont apples and juicy plums.
The farm house, sandwiched be-
tween the Plymouth cheese factory
and the home of Gov Coolidge's aunt,
Mrs. ]. j. Wilder, is coy New Eng
land home, white with swinging green
blinds.
The governor has risen at o'clock
every morning since his arrival on his
48th birthday, July 4. He usually
puts on his grandfather's togs, con-
sisting of an old flannel shirt. denim
trousers and old-fashioned cowhide
boots, made at the Plymouth tannery
in 1853.
He recites with interest the history
OF the boots. They were made for his
grandfather when he was elected to
the legislature at Montpelier in 1858
and he wore them continually thruout
the session. Gov. Coolidge wears
them now when he "tinkers" around
the farm.
A frock which the governor wears
when he works in the fields, is a relic
of his grandfather's days. It is of
denim and slides over the head life an
army shirt and is not unlike the
frocks worn by artists In it. the
savernor portrays an entirely differ
ent man from the one who sits in the
Boston capitol, immaculately attired
By way Of adding to his hearty ap-
petite for the splendid country cook
ing prepared by his fathers house
keeper, the governor frequently goes
into the meadows before the mist has
cleared and mows good sized cornor
of the field before the breakfast bell
rings. He says it is much more in
vigorating than golf and fully as re-
munerative although he humorously
adds that "some chaps make more at
golf than they would at farming"
j. G. Coolidge has large woodpile
in front of the house. Most Of it was
originally chopped for stove wood but
several chunks were left for the open
fireplace When the elderly farmer,
who is IS years old, returned from a
fishing trip recently, he found all the
larger pieces slithered to kindling and
learned that "Cal" had spent a part Of.
forenoonlustiIy swinging the axe. The
old gentleman said nothing about the
wood being intended for the fireplace,
but smiled, went in the house and
prepared an apDetizing ''mess" Of
brook trout from the ottaquechee.
The governors father has been
town constable for 40 years and 3
member of the legislature for nearly
&C long. His aunt, Mrs. J. J. Wilder.
who is past 80 years, lives IN the ad-
joining house. She and "Cal" sat all
the afternoon, reminiscing of the days
when the town was snowbound and
traffic impossible.
Governor Coolidge first learned Of
the nomination of Governor Cox and
Franklin ID. Roosevelt for the demo-
cratic ticket, the day after the nomi-
nations were made. The stage driver,
driving the old fashioned stage from
Ludlow to Woodstock, brought the
news from Ludlow. 1t was nearly q
day old then. The governor had no
statement to make regarding the DEM
ocratic selections. When asked for one
he said significantly that he was pre-
pairing his speech for the notification
at Northampton. July q. He expect
ed to stay at his fathers farm until
about July %.
John and Calvin, the governors
two sons, are ardent anglers like their
grandfather and recently caught e
speckled trout. The governor himself
is not a fisherman.