Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-06-28
VERMONT EDITORS OUTING
Visit Northeastern Vermont and New
Hampshire.
(From Palladium and News)

Gllpln Hunt Corporation, Inc, pup
fishers of the Orleans County papers
at dinner served at the Sunset Tea
Rooms Saturday at one o'clock. Ihls
was one of several such functions
which members of the Vermont
Press Association had been enjoying
! the past three days in their m1dsum-
mer outing through Vermont, New
Hampshire and into Canada.
The firing of the big gun which
opened the outing took place at st.
Johnsbury Thursday evening. All
through the day autos brought repre-
sentatives of the Press from different
sections of the state and while in st.
Johnsbury took headquarters at the
St. Johnsbury House.
The first get together took place at
the Maple Grove tea room at a SIX
o'clock dinner served by the Editors
and Commercial club of st. Johns
bury at which directors, together
with their wives, were present. Fol-
lowing a most sunnptuous banquet
there were brief postprandial exer-
cises, Frank E. Howe of the Benning-
ton Banner and president of the as
ISOLATION presiding. Mr.. Howe made
the introducing remarks express
ed the pleasure of the association in
coming to st. Johnsbury with it's
many attractions and then introduced
Arthur F. Stone of the Caledonia Rec
ord who extended a welcome from the
st. Johnsbury journalists. In his re-
marks he briefly gave a reminis-
cence of the $4,000 historic mansion
where the reception was being held
and the part it played in the social
Life of st. Johnsbury in other days
when Gov. and Mrs.Horace Fairbanks
opened the spacious home to towns
people on many occasions.
In passing, word should be said
about the Maple Grove Candies and
Tea Room. It was in 1915 that two
girls had vision of work and accom-
pishment and they launched into
conducted in their farm home. Their
products became widely known and
though the kitchens had been twice
enlarged and their force Of workers
multiplied they sought larger quar-
tiers and at the end of four years
they secured the Fairbanks home. In
visit through the plant one finds
the spacious rooms at the front con-
verted into Tea Room. In the sec
ton where Maple Grove candies are
manufactured one finds the boiling
room, fudge and caramel room, wafer
room. Every section has the appear
ance of cleanliness and sanitation and
one is amazed at the beauty in finish
throughout the mansion. A most ele-
giant furnished waiting room where
guests may spend quiet hour is that
once used as the library. There are
the wide porches where tourists can
assemble for social conversation and
rest as they tour the state. 1t is an
ideal place and the most elegant tea
house in the state.
The next speaker of the evening
was Edgar R. Brown who welcomed
the guests in behalf of the CONNER
cial club. The speaker livened up
things with several stories. The
gathering was honored by the pres
ence of Lieut.. Gov. Abram Foote of
Cornwall who told many interesting
facts of the affairs of vital import
ance to the state. He urged BUSH
ness administration in Vermont, 100
per cent efficiency in every depart
ment. Mr.. Foote made a strong plea
for good gravel roads. Following the
speakers music was furnished by Mr.
and Mrs. John Henault and an hour
of inspection about the quarters and
social conversation was enjoyed.
At $3.50 o'clock Friday morning a
party of six autos with Fl people
left ST. Johnsbury where they had
been royalty entertained for the Sec
ond lap of their tour which would
bring them to Cold Spring Camps at
Averill Lakes. The route was through
Lunenburg, Lancaster, Groveton,
North Stratford, Colebrook and Can
aan. On arrival at Lancaster dinner
was served at the Lancaster House
and a tour of inspection was made of
town with a visit to the Office of the
the enterprising New Hampshire
Coos Couny Democrat David M.
White, Editor. Mr. White also pub
fishes the Whitefeld Times and Lam
caster Gazette. At Las the journey
was resumed to Canaan where all
were required to stop at the line
house but only for the purpose of re-
porting into Canada. Any one who
has operated car over those few
miles of highway would know they
were not in good old U. S. without
looking for sign posts. The last few
miles of Fridays trip was a gradual
climb into the mountains where three
beautiful bodies of water nestle
among the sunkist mountains of the
town of AveriH where the sporty
land-locked salmon, Golden Trout,
plucky bass and native pickerel fur
nishes a continued entertainment for
the disciples of Isaac Walton from
early spring to late fall.
At 5:45 the party arrived at Cold
Spring camps where we received
most cordial welcome from the pro-
prietor Miss III. A. Quimby and her
helpers. In short order each group
was escorted to separate cottages
over looking -one of the lakes. No
sooner had our new quarters been in
spected then the dinner bell summon
ed all to bountiful fish dinner.
Twenty people with various appe-
titles gathered around the tables in
the spacious dining rooms attractive
enough for Queen, the 21st mem
Der being on his usual period of diet
ing. The camps are located against
the mountain side on the shore of
Forest Lake which drains into the
Connecticut River.
One minutes walk back of the
camps is the crest of the water shed
over 1000 feet above sea level. On
the other side is Big Averill Lake
which drains into the st. Lawrence
and still farther through the forest is
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