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Show GOOLIDGE WEARS ANCIENT IDS' Dons Rustic. Garb for Work on Family Farm in Hills of Vermont PLYMOUTH, Vt., Julj ? Gover- nor Calvin ('oolldgt of Massachusetts' Republican nominee for vlce-presi- j i th ill. Is on a rest " With Mrs. Coo-I lldKi and their two sons. John andj Calvin, he is on his father's farmi in the, hills of Vermont. He finds the best way to rest Is to rise early I and help his lather do the farm work. The farm, a hilly one situated at . Ihat top of Plymouth notch, conslstsi I of over '20 acres, partly wooded and partly cultivated. Long meadows of j hay mil oats are banked with fruit, trees, heavilv laden w ith sweet er-iiomi er-iiomi .ipph'S and Julc plums. The farm house, smdwiched between be-tween (he Plymouth Cheese factory and the home of Gav'ernbr CoolldKe'a' aunt. Mrs .1 -J Wilder, is a cozy Ni-vv England home, white, with swinging green blinds. The governor has risen at 6 o'clock' eyorj morning since his arrival on his 1Mb idrth lay. July -1. lie usually puts on his grandfather's togs, consisting ot an old flannel shirt, denim trousers and old-fashioned boots, made at the Plymouth tannery in He recites with Interest the hljlcry of the boots. They were made for his grandfather when he was elected to the legislature at Monpelhr in 1858, and he wore them continually throughout the session. Governor Coolldge wears them now when he ' tinkers" around the farm A frock which tho governor wears when he works in the fields, Is a relic of his grandfather's days. It is of denim and slides over the head like an army shirt and is not unlike the frocks worn by artists. In it. tho governor portrays an entirely different man from the one who sits ln the J Boston capltol. immacuutely attired By way of ading to his hearty appetite ap-petite for the splendid country cook- Ing prepared by his father's housekeeper, house-keeper, the governor frequently goes Into the meadows before the mist has cleared and mows a good sized corner of tho field before the breakfast bell rings Ho sas it Is much more invigorating in-vigorating than golf and fully as remunerative although he humorously adds that "some chaps make more at golf than they would at farming." J. C. Coolldge has a largw wood pile In front of the house. Most of It was originally chopped for stove wood but several chunks were left for the open fireplace When tho elderly farmer, who Is 75 ears old, returned j from a fishing trip recently, he found all the laiK'i pieces slithered to kindling kin-dling and learned that "Cal" had spent a part of the forenoon lustily i sw inging thi ixe Tho old gentleman gentle-man said , iilng about the, - w ood being intended for the fireplace, but smiled, went in the house and prepared pre-pared an appetizing "mess" of brook I trout from ihii uttaquechee The governor's father has been town constable for 40 years and a ! member of the legislature for nearly as long. His aunt Mrs J. J Wilder, who Is past SO years, lives in the adjoining house She and "Cal" sat I a" of one afternoon, reminiscing of j the days when tho town was snow bound and traffic impassable Governor Coolidge first learned of I the nomination of Governor Cox and Franklin i Roosevolt for tho Demo-: Demo-: cratlc taloket. tho day after the nominations nomi-nations were made The stage driver, i delving the old fashioned stage from I Ludlow to Woodstock, brought the news from Ludlow. It was nearly a day old then. Then governor had no statement to make regarding the Democratic selections When usked for one he said significantly un hc was preparing his speech for the notification ceremonies at Northampton, Northamp-ton, JuK H,. expected to stay at hla fathers farm until about July John and Calvin, tho governor's two sons are ardent -anglers like their grandfntliei and recently caught "2 speckled trout. The governor hlmaelf is not a fisherman. |