Show af T fian of the few places where people speak of thrift ONE with respect vermont a small state pulling its full share of weight with the rest of the nation and making its own budget meet deett 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 great blocks of granite suddenly snap loose with a sharp report but the world should know vermontis Ver monts people too they were first to express constitutional prohibition ot of all human sl slavery averyl they were first in the nation to provide universal manhood suffrage with voting not dependent upon property owned or rented or a specified yearly income vermont always hated slavery and its legislatures adopted annual resolutions against it southern states grew more angry each year the georgia legislature requested president pierce to employ enough able bodied irishmen to dig a ditch around vermont and float the thing out to the atlantic ocean A virginia newspaper gravely commented that vermont was always foremost in the path of infamy years later robert T lincoln son of the great emancipator came to vermont to make his home at manchester A marker now stands on the lot in bennington where william lloyd garrison lived and where be edited the journal of the times early in the century also bennington was the birthplace of john F winslow builder of the monitor the steel ship of civil war tame fame vermont is a pleasant place the climate is cool and the atmosphere dry the summer season between frosts Is from to days depending on location and altitude evidences of the ice age still prevail in rounded and grooved ledges polished rock surfaces ice fee borne boulders and great deposits of unsorted 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 31 34 to 48 46 inches of rainfall through the year lake champlain is miles long and there are many others including lake willoughby lough by lake dunmore and silver lake from mount mansfield feet high there is an excellent view ot of the white mountains and adirondacks with lake champlain visible SO 30 miles away vermont has over peaks with an altitude of 2000 J 11 volvo CALVIN CoolID GS mf J P I 1 1 1 state and each section has its scenic attractions find almost every kind of allure in vermont including hiking biking on the famous long trail and horseback riding on the thousand mile bridle trail system I 1 M 14 41 w 7 1 YEAR AROUND top picture shows canoeing on lake willoughby bottom Is toll road house at the foot of alt mansfield feet or over there are over lakes in the state and forests and forest parks cover over a hatt half mil lion acres hunting trapping and fishing are always available to the rugged outdoor man there are recreational activities in vermont all through the year skiing into april fishing and other vacationing from may to late fall and touring and hunting to the opening of the winter season tourists penetrate ate ite to every corner ot of the 71 L A vermont sugar house vermont is preeminently eminently pre a dairy state with beef milk butter and cheese as important products it is also well suited to diversified farm arming and fruit growing many sheep are raised there and it was in vermont that the morgan horse was developed both in quality and quantity vermont leads all maple producing states with a normal yield of about 40 per cent of the total the bearing apple trees in the states orchards yield a product of notable quality in industry vermont is noted for or lumber and lumber products wool en mills papermaking paper making marble granite slate lime asbestos talc soapstone kaolin ocher and other products steel squares were invented in vermont and are still manufactured at st johnsbury in recent years a growing number of writers and artists have made vermont their permanent homes others spend a part of the year there dorothy canfield fisher who loves her arlington home is one of the states authors robert frost F rost the poet lives in shaftesbury shaftsbury Shafts bury chester A arthur was the first native vermonter Vcr monter to become president of the united states later followed to the white house by calvin coolidge of plymouth adm george dewey levi P morton john de deere ere john B mansfield stephen A douglas john C saxe joseph smith alphonso tatt taft brigham young and many other figures in history were born in vermont in poultney when a lad horace horac e greeley set type in a small print shop salmon P chase lived and studied law at randolph peacham beacham was the boyhood home of thaddeus stevens eugene field with recollections of his boyhood in new fane based several of his poems on local life in vermont few states have produced so mar many ly notables in au all lines of endeavor as I 1 hardy mountainous vermont samuel champlain french explorer was the first arst white man known to have seen any part ol 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 tort fort and a shrine on isle la motte in 1690 capt jacobus de cle warm established an outpost on what is now chimney point in general however vermont was a no mans land in 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 tor for higher education include norwich university northfield the second oldest military college in the nation bennington college middlebury college st michaels win cooki trinity burlington there are three normal schools and two junior colleges in the state one of the crowning features of vermont is the province of the green mountains here are found the highest peaks killington ellen lincoln camels hump mansfield and jay the physical geog graphy of the state is diversified however with the vermont lowland on the west and much rolling country eastward the states geology is complex and extremely fascinating vermont is nicknamed the green mountain state its motto is freedom and unity the state flower is the red clover state bird hermit thrush state song hall hail vermont R PROCTOR governor of vermont |