The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-09-22
MANCHESTER. VT, IN
GODS OWN COUNTRY"
En- English Travellers Appreciation Of
q Bit OF Rugged New England.

You may think it Autographed
20 approach Manchester by way OF
the Berkshire mountains, with Chester
10 the right OF it and Whitehall almost
due north. / might go farther and
add that not far from Manchester is
Troy, while Greenwich and Cambridge
flank il on the southeast. Nor is this
merely the license common 10 the
schoolboy's examination paper. For
Manchester, VT, is Manchester, YER
mont, which is to say that it is little
New England town situated in the
heart Of the Green Mountains, from
which Vermont is christened. | do not
know what Manchester would think Of
Manchester, VT.
II is a little green-and-white town,
not by any means country cousin, or
even provincial; rather like a smart
little girl with a white starched frock
and a green sash and a rather shiny
face. | should imagine that it never
has any smoke but the smoke from
wood fires. The one big hotel charges
equally big prices, but also offers the
hospitality, always surprising to the
European, Of free washes and free
seatings, note paper, and anything
short Of food 10 the casual passerby
who has no intention Of stopping
there. And | must not forget the
monument. In common with many
New England towns, Manchester, VT,
has a monument. 1t is rather mis-
cellaneous monument, FOR in this west
ern continent there is not that lavish
ness in killed and wounded which OBJ
tains in the Old World, and sometimes
the most willing towns are hard put
to il, not TO erect the monument, but
to provide material for the inscrip-
ton. It has therefore been found con-
in Manchester, VT, as
promote monuments on
1 community basis and to commemor-
,te generally any soldiers Of any OF
he American wars. In this way his
DRY is eked out to go round fairly
md the town feels itself town again
or is it an incorporated village?
Manchester. VT, also differs from
What il would call Manchester, Eng,
n the possession Of a real Oldest in
.abitant. This is a kind man Of
ype generally only seen in portraits
Z Uncle Sam. That is to say, he is ;
he long and lean type which most
americans are not, and he really has
goatee and can spit a great distance.
lie has adapted himself e1trsordin- ;
rily well to modern conditions, in that !
e sits on his "front porch" with his {
KS on the railing in the true old style '
Thile he gives modern advice to mot /:
rists and tells them not to try 10 get {
, wallingford by way Of Peru, but TO {
eep right on through East Dorset. 5
his advice Is more valuable than G
tight at first sight appear, since the {
road way which leads to destruction J
ii only goes on for about half a mile :
is more seductive TO motorists, with
II il. maeadanized pretensions, than {
What Is called "dirt" road--a good 4
ardy. willing little rosd-which. II {
on follow II, viii take you up to ?
anada. .
Manchester, VT, IL like many New
nrland towns except that il is more
eautifully situated. ! saw q scarlet
.nzger Just before reaching il, and q
sllou oriole shortly after leaving il.
hese gaily-colOred birds have an al
.ost tropical suggestion. and il is hard :,
get away from the sensation that 7
iey must have escaped from some :,
here. In effec; they are rather rare
ew England elns line the streets Of :,
anchester. VI. their fountain-like !
ape making Gothic arches right :
'er the street. A second row, plant Z
vel back on the grzss, shades the !,
u-brCued wood houses whose deep