Show I 1 PIT 11 4 4 6 2 5 R AA 0 ONE NE of the few places where people speak of oi thrift with respect i vermont a small email state pulling its full share of weight with the rest of 0 the nation and making its own budget meet the world has marveled at vermontis Ver monts scenic wonders many have witnessed the spontaneous explosive splitting of quarry blocks at some ot 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 of all human sl averyl they were first in the nation to provide universal manhood suffrage with voting not dependent upon prop property erty 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 oceail 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 come came to vermont to make his home at manchester A marker now stands on the lot ihben in bennington where william lloyd garrison lived and where he edited the journal of the times early in the century also bennington was waa the birthplace of john P 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 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 lakeland lake sand abundant forests there will often be 10 feet of snow cover in the central part and 34 to 48 46 inches of rainfall through the year lake champlain Cham plato is miles long and there are many others including lake wll lake dunmore and silver lake from mount mansfield teet feet high there Is en excellent view of the white mountains and adirondacks with lake champlain Champl aln visible 30 miles away vermont has over peaks with an altitude ot of 2000 1 1 3 I 1 11 H cavin state and each eab section has hag its scenic attractions find almost every kind of allure in vermont including hiking on the famous long trail and horseback riding on the thousand mile bridle trail system ng 7 N N YEAR AROUND tp top picture shows canoe carelin carel ingon nn lake lak will bottom Is tell road house at the foot of mt mansfield feet or over there are over lakes in the state and forests and forest parks cover over a hatt half all llon 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 fail and touring and hunting to the opening of the winter season tourists penetrate to every corner coiner of the 01 X v P A vermont sugar bouse vermont Is pre eminently adalay a dairy state with beet beef djiko butler and cheese as important products it Is also well suited to diversified farming and fruit growing many sheep are raised there and it was in vermont that the morgan horse was 68 developed both in quality ind 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 potable notable quality in industry vermont is noted tor for lumber and lumber products woolen mills papermaking paper making marble granite slate time 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 the poet lives tn in shaftsbury shaftesbury Shafts bury chester A arthur was the tha first native vermonter to become president of the united states later ater followed to the white house by calvin coolidge of plymouth mouth adm george dewey levi P morton john deere john B mansfield stephen A douglas john C saxe joseph smith alphonso alphonse taft brigham brigha I 1 m young and many other figures in history were born to in vermont in Pou poultney Itney when a lad horace greeley set get type in a small print shop salmon P chase lived and studied law at randolph peacham beacham was the boyhood home of thaddeus Thadd eui stevens eugene field with recollections of his bis boyhood in new tane fane based several of his bis poems on local life in vermont few states stale have produced so go many notables in all lines of endeavor as hardy mountainous vermont samuel champlain Champl aln french explorer P was the first white man known to 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 sh short or it lived was also by the french when cap captain tain lamotte la motte built a fort and a shrine on isle la motte in 1680 1690 capt jacobus de warm established an outpost on what Is now chimney point in general however vermont was a no roans mans land in the and centuries a mere passageway for french and indian raiding aiding 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 for higher education include norwich university northfield the second oldest military college in the tha nation bennington college middlebury college st michaels win cooki trinity burlington there are three normal schools end and two junior colleges in the sta state t e one of the crowning features of vermont Is the province of the green mountains here are found the highest peaks killington KUUng ton el 1 len 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 state geology is complex and extremely fas fascinato cinat ing vermont la 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 gong hall hail vermont J MORTIMER IL PROCTOR governor of vermont |