The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-21
VERMONT A SWITZERLAND.
Burlington Free Press Tells of Some of
the States Beauties.

the States Beauties.
World wide travellers have charac-
terized Vermont as the Switzerland of
America We all rejoice in that tribute
to the beauties and the unusual combi-
nations of lake and mountain scenery in
endless profusion and variety at every
hand throughout the state. How many
/ people of Burlington have tested the
correctness of this Characterization for
themselves? How many beauty spots
on lake and on mountain have you Wis
tied yourself?
If you have only few hours to
! spare an hours ride by auto will take
you to Grand Isle county, where you
can enjoy tour with mountain seen
cry and broad expanse of water on
| both sides of you for miles--a combi-
| nation that cannot be paralleled in
all respects anywhere else in the world.
II you have more time, still other com
bination of lake and mountain in the
northeast part of the state, Willough-
by lake or Lake Memphremagog invite
an auto trip from Burlington.
One of the most enjoyable combina-
tions of delightful riding and all the
varieties of scenery we have mentioned
is drive over the smooth, grayeled
roads of Essex, Jericho, Underhill,
Cambridge, Johnson, North Hyde Park
and Eden to Eden pond, little short
Of 30 miles from Burlington. You will
seldom pass over that charming route,
through Underhill in particular, with
out finding man and team at work |
with a road drag and another man |
with a rake filing in the slight ruts |
and holes with loose gravel thrown up |
by autos. Underhill maintains its |
roads at less expense than any other
town we know of, and Richmond, for
example, might well, as well as other
towns not excluding Burlington, use
the same method to get rid of its
dashboard" effects on purely gravel
roads. Picture one of the best of Dir.
pond and you have some conception of
tho attractions of this ride.
After enjoying Eden pond, and its
cooling breezes, which are peculiarly re-
freshing after hot period in lower
levels, the tourist can make the return
trip by Lake Lamoille in Morrisville
drive well into Smuggler's Notch from
Stowe, and return via Waterbury to
Burlington the same afternoon in am
pie time for tea or dinner as you pre-
fer. If one can remain over night, a
stop ON the top of Mount Mansfield
will repay the time and expense.
When the tourist makes this circle
round Mansfield, he has bounded what
we believe will be one of the future big
show places of Vermont with ample ho
tel aceommoda tions. 1t is, so far as we
know, the only place in the country,
where one can drive to the very top
If high mountain by auto, and sweep /,
.he country by eye for so many miles
around. When man can ride on {
wheels to a point, where he can see the ,
Presidential range of the White noun
aims to the east and the highest peaks
II the Adirondacks to the west, he
must admit it is the most attractive
for tourists to be found ,
anywhere, All that is needed is to
rect the big summer hotel to accom-
nodate visitors such a summer mecca
would attract, when fully equipped for !
business on a large scale.
We are glad to say that c. L. Nc I
dahon of Stowe is Juggling round big q
eeret as to where and how soon the q
Stowe side of Mansfield will have such a
hosiery. We hope by the time he is i
eady to disclose his secret other par. i
les will be ready to match it with an \
'ther big summer hotel on the Under n
ill side. We would not be afraid to n
that both hotels would be
IlIed to OVERLOOKING from the very out
ct. Keep your eye on the Mansfield re- y
ion and see how Vermont is going TO
match the White mountain region in
otels at it already excells it in ac- =
essible beauty spots. = Burlington
rec Press.