Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-09-28
Printers on Outing.

Inc second autumn outing OF the
Gilpin, Hunt & Co.,, together with
their employees, took place Satu1 day,
when a party of fifteen from the
Barton, Newport and North Troy Of
fees motored to Jay where they
climbed Jay peak. Those from the
Monitor office left Barton about 8
o'clock in the morning and were join
ed at Newport by employees at the
Express and Standard plant. Upon
their arrival at North Troy they were
joined by others and the trip 70 the
foot of the mountain was made in
three autos. A more beautiful day
could not have been asked for and
this, with the beautiful scenery that
greeted the eye of those who made up
the party, could not be described in
words. Following the early frosts
the foliage of the trees presented
every color of the rainbow and in no
state on the map can such a picture
be found outside the Green Mountain
range. The party who started out
supplied with food for the innerman,
distance and long tedious climb which
must follow if they arrived at the
goal for which they sought. All of
the lunches were carried ufttil the
party had arrived at beautiful
spring following over an hours hike.
By the time those at the rear of the
line had come up with some who were
fleet of foot, every one was ready
for lunch, and how The food dis
appeared. Following the repast, each
provided themselves with sandwich
or some article of fruit and the trip
was resumed. The path for mile
was easily covered, with now and then
q tree which had fallen across which
had to be climed over which checked
the speed of the hikers. Each one
had their own mode of travel, some
hastened and took their rest, others
walked fast and at intervals stopped
for a short rest, while others took
a moderate gate all the way. The
last half mile was some climb, up
over the rocks, which was gained only
by the assistance of trees with which
one might pull him or herself up by.
In due time the rocky crest was
reached by the entire parry, not one
Stacker in the bunch. Every heart
was not only beating but they were
jumping and humping and in only
one instance didTi it appear that a
heart stimulant would have to be
resorted to. Such a trip as that
would not be complete without the
camera man, and the first thing that
must be attempted was to get a
likeness of those present. After sew
eral cameras had clicked, every one
was ready to view the scenery which
was gorgeous. AS the party stood
there on a 1000 foot elevation, the
sight that spread out before them
could not have been painted with a
brush in the hands of the greatest
artist. There below for miles at the
foot of the mountain on all sides stood
acres and acres of timber land
without break. In the distance the
great GreenMountain range presented
itself. The little villages of Newport
Center and Richford were plainly
visible to the eye and Lake Memphre-
magog with it's islands could be plain
ly seen nearly it's entire 30 miles in
length and resembled the Connecticut
river in width. In another direction
one could look out over the valleys
and hills of Westfeld and Lowell, and
in. another direction small portion Of
Lake Champlain could be seen. While
the ladies, yet the unanimous opinion
was that they were more than repaid
for the effort and strength that it took
to make it. Only the approach of
night persuaded the party to again
take up the trip that would take
them back over the path, first to the
food and spring, and then to the wait
ing autos which bore them to the
home of Wallace Sawyer at North
Troy where another lunch was pre-
pared. The day will be one That
will be long remembered. Like those
who made the trip, out of which only
four had ever viewed the scenery frorl
Jay peak, are hundreds fothers who
have lived under its shadows all their
life, and have never taken time to
accomplish. what this party accom-
plished. No one should be born into
this world and reside at the footstool
of Jay peak and pass to the world
beyond without taking the trip. All
one needs is good heart action, and
if one is not possessed with that they
should make the climb every morning
before breakfast and they will live to
be a hundred