Show R IA agni wl v 14 V il a ONE of the few places where people speak Peak of thrift with respect vermont a small state pulling its full share of weight with the rest of the nation and making its own budget the world has marveled at vermontis Ver monts scenic wonders many have witnessed the spontaneous explosive splitting of quarry blocks at some of its quarries where groat great blocks blacks of granite suddenly snap loose with a sharp report blithe Bu ithe world should id know vermontis Ver monts opts people too they were farst to express constitutional prohibition of all 01 human pl slavery averyl they were first in the nation to provide universal manhood suffrage with voting riot not dependent upon property owned or rented or a specified yearly income vermont always hated slave slavery and its legislatures adopted annual resolutions against it southern states grow grew more angry each year the georgia legislature requested president pierce to employ enough able bodied irishmen bodig to idla a ditch around vermont and tl float 0 at the thing out to the atlantic odeana ocean A virginia newspaper gravely commented that Vermont was always foremost in tho the path of infamy fo years later robert roberi T lincoln son of the thai i great emancipator came to vermont to make malte his home at manchester A marker now stands on the lotIn bennington where william lloyd garrison lived and where ho he edited the journal of the times early in century also bennington was the birthplace of john F winslow builder ot of the monitor the steel ship of civil war fame vermont is a pleasant place the climate Is cool and the atmosphere dry the summer season between frosts is ia from to days depending on location and altitude evidences of the ice ica age still prevail in rounded and grooved ledges polished rock surfaces ice borne boulders and great deposits of unsorted cd sands clays and gravels the range of scenic interest is vast with mountains and broad valleys river and lakes and abundant forests there will often be 10 feet of snow cover in the central part and 34 to 46 40 inches of rainfall through the year lake champlain Champl aln is miles long and there are many others in including lake wll wil loughry lough by lake dunmore and silver lake 4 fram mount tM mansfield ansfield feet frommon high gh there Is ig an excellent view of the white mountains arid and adiron dacks with lake visible 80 30 miles away vermont has over 1 BOO peaks with an altitude of 2000 feet or over there are ara over lakes ir in tho the state and forests fo rests and forest parks cover over a liala mil lion acres hunting trapping and fishing are always ova available 11 able to the rugged outdoor man there are recreational activities in vermont nil all through the year skiing into april fishing and other vacationing from may to late tall fall and touring arid and hunting to the opening of the winter season tourists ponc pt nitrate to every corner of the I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I e I 1 N t OW A 07 I 1 0 N 1 I 1 0 I 1 7 U g aw A ver vermont sugar house it 11 az tip 4 TT i I 1 I 1 rl v I 1 montpelier MoNr PELIER ri it CALVIN 4 I 1 tl UNA state and each section has its scenic attractions find almost every kind of allure in vermont including hiking on the famous long trail and horseback riding thousand mile bridle trail system vermont aspre Is eminently preeminently pre a datry dairy state with beef milk butter and cheese asim as important products itis also well suited to diversified farm forr ri ing and fruit growing many sheep are raised there and it was in VP vermont mont that the morgan horse was I 1 developed both in quality and quantity vermont leads all maple producing states with a normal yield of about abolt 40 per cent of the total the bearing apple trees in the states totes orchards yield a product of potable rio table quality in industry vermont brit Is noted tor for lumber and lumber products woolen mills papermaking paper making marble granite arne asbestos tale talc soapstone kit alln ocher and other products steel squares wie W pre invented in ve vermont r and are still manufactured at st Johnsbury 4 in recent years bears a growing number of writ writers is and artists have made vermont their permanent homes others spend a part of the year there dorothy cannold fish er who loves her arlington home Is ono one of the ahe states authors robert frost the poet lives in shaftesbury shaftsbury Shafts bury chester A arthur was waa the first native vermonter Vrr monter to become i dent of the united states later followed to theW the bite housely Hou house seby by calvin coolidge of plymouth adm george dewey levi P morton john deere john B D mansfield stephen A douglas john C saxe joseph smith alphonso taft brigham young and mw anany other figures in history in vermont in poultney when a lad idd horae horace greeley set type in a small print shop salmon P chose chase lived and studied law at randolph Pea beacham peacham chana was the boyhood home of thaddeus stevens eugene ifield with recollections of his boyhood in new fane based several of his poems on local life in vermont few states have produced so many notables in all lines of endeavor as hardy mountainous vermont samuel champ champlain Champl lain aln french ex clorer was the first white man known io 10 have seen any part of vermont when coming from canada in 1609 he went up the long lake that bears his name the first settlement in vermont though short lived was also by the french when captain la motte built a fort and a shri naon isle la motte in an 1690 capt jacobus de warm established an outpost on what is now chimney point in generali general however vermont was a no mans landin land ln the and centuries a mere passageway for french and indian raiding parties seeking the English farther south and east from the earliest days vermont gave attention to primary education the university of vermont was chartered in 1791 other institutions U tons I 1 for higher eddy education at ton nor atch university northfield thesel these the sec 6 bond ond oldest military college in the nation natio n be bennington college middle bury college st michaels michaelg win sooil trinity burlington there are three ahree normal schools and twos junior colleges in the state one of the crowning features of vermont bermont is the province of thal the green mountains here are found the highest peaks killington ellen lincoln Camel sHump mans malis field and jay the physical geog graphy of the state la is diversified however with the Vermont lowland on the gestand we west stand and much rolling coun conn try eastward the states geology is complex and extremely fascinating vermont is nicknamed the green mountain state its motto is J freedom and unity the state flo weris the red clover state bird hermit thrush state song flat hall vermont k ala g 4 1 I 1 R PROCTOR governor of vermont |