The Cordova daily times., 1920-07-27

 ON VISIT TO FATHERS FARM

PLYMOUTH, Vt., July 27 (by Asso- ciated Press) Calvin Cool idge of Massachusetts, Republican nominee for vice president, is lon a rest" With Mrs. Coolidge and their two sons, John and Calvin, he is on his fathers farm in the hills of Yer mont. 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 Plymouth notch, consists. 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 Land the home of Governor Coolidge's aunt, Mrs. J. J. Wilder, is a cozy New England home, white, with swinging green blinds.
 The governor has risen at o'clock every morning since his arrival on his 4sth birthday, July 4. He usually puts on his grandfather's togs, consisting of an old flannel shirt, denim trousers and old fashioned cowhide boots, made r>st the Plymouth tannery in 1858.
 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 through out the session. Governor Coolidge wears them now when he thinkers" 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 like an army shirt and is not unlike the frocks worn by artists. In it, the gov ernor portrays an entirely different man from the one who sits in the Bos- ton capitol, immediately attired.
 By way of adding to his hearty ap- petite for the splendid country cooking prepared by his fathers housekeeper, the governor frequently goes into the smeadows before the mist has cleared and moWs a good sized corner of the field before the breakfast bell rings. He says it is much more invigorating than golf and fully as remunerative, although he humorously adds that "some chaps make more at golf than 1ey would at farming"
 J. c. Coolidge has a large woodpile in front of the house. Most of it was originally chopped for stovewood, but several chunks were left for the open fireplace. When the elderly farmer, who is 75 years old, returned from fishing trip recently, he found all the larger pieces slithered to kindling and learned that "Cal" had spent a part of the forenoon 1ustily swinging the axe The old gentleman said nothing about the wood being intended for the fire place, but smiled, went in the house and prepared an appetizing mess" of brook trout from the Ottaquechee
 Tie governors father has been town constable for forty years and a mem Der of the legislature for nearly as long His aunt, Mrs. J. J. Wilder, who is past 80 years, lives in the adjoining house. She and "Cal" sat all of one 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 D. Roosevelt for the Demo- cratic ticket, the day after the nom- nations were made. The stage driver, driving the old fashioned stage from Ludlow to Woodstock, brought the news from Ludlow It was nearly a day old. The governor had no state ment to make regarding the Demo- cratic selections. When asked for } one, he said significantly that he was preparing his speech for the notifica- ton ceremonies at Northampton.
  ' John and Calvin, the governors two sons, are ardent angles like their grandfather and recently caught 22 speckled trout. The governor himself is not a fisherman.
 Inst receiyed-new line of fall and