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Lower Stock Farm Road Randolph, Vermont The Morning Wind After a cool wave came around me. I brushed away through my yard last night, the mosquitoes that landed I walked outside into the on me, careful not to hurt breeze, and I suddenly be- them. A friend invited me to came aware of the discon- go fi shing; I brought home certing power of Early Fall. I three good-size catfi sh, but was disoriented and restless, I didn’t have the heart to kill fi lled with a sentimental con- and cook them, carried them fusion of sadness and excite- in my cooler to the river near ment. The morning wind was my house and put them gen- telling me stories, this cool tly in the water, apologized wave predicting transforma- to them and watched in relief tions, the unavoidable com- as they swam away into the ing of fall, the inner changes current. I will undergo, the exterior, Then I found a bumblebee dramatic alterations destined motionless on its side in the in the trees and…my life. middle of a red zinnia. Afraid The wind uncovered pre- he was dead, I shook the monitions and retrospec- fl ower, but nothing happened. tives, fed them at the same So I stroked his wings, and time, nurturing an almost as if miraculously he recov- wild, bittersweet death wish, ered, got up clumsily and photo courtesy of Northeast Organic Farming Association anticipation of the winter’s buzzed away. Tears welled Emmett Dunbar shows some of the beautiful organic vegetables grown on his Anjali Farms in South Londonderry, VT. cocoon, anguish at the loss in my eyes when I saw he of the summer, but longing, had only been sleeping in the too, for the transformations sun, exhausted, or drugged SEPTEMBER IN VERMONT to come. with nectar, collapsed in this Now the year begins to slope Fair ground folks are in a stew As the day went on, I bright, benign bed, indiffer- Towards the chilly season; Over Fair Week weather; became full of a maudlin ent to enemies and duty. Autumn pokes his bald head up, Butnut thieves are hoping God tenderness for the creatures —Bill Felker Summer hollers “Treason?” Gives them strength to gather; I don’t know and never shall Soon a dollar’s worth of shot Flames Stables Jest the solar reason. Buys a partridge feather. Route 100 South, Wilmington, VT My! the nights are cooling off Sunny Chipmunk has the corn Faster than they oughter; That you want for dinner; (802) 464-8329  Makes you think the cowbarn wall Prize-pig boys are teazing dad Needs some dabs of mortar; How to grow a winner; Scenic Year-Round Makes the wimmen realize Second wives at last perceive Trail Rides: $20 for 40 Min. Dresses can’t be shorter. Stockings can’t be thinner. Children Over 6 Can Ride Alone Pony Rides for Younger Children Sweet preserving odors fl oat ~ by reservation ~ TOWNSHEND Open Thursdays From the kitchen quarter; Great Family Fun at the Lowest Prices Around! COMMON 3:30–6:30 pm Ain’t you glad you’ve got a farm June 2 – October 13 And a stay-home daughter; FARMERS’ Ain’t you glad you ain’t a doc, Rain or Shine MARKET A lawyer or exhorter! Junction of Rts. 30 & 35, Townshend, VT (802) 869-2141 or [email protected] Old Jack Frost is on the move, Local farm fresh produce, grass-fed meats, Three more months to “Santy;” veggie plant starts, eggs, cheese, delicious Five before them heavenly smelt From the fi shing shants: baked goods, & other sweet treats. Joyful days - when wife won’t dress Plus glass, soaps and other handmade items. Quite so stunning scanty. EBT customers—ask about Market Match! —DANIEL L. CADY

KLICK’S Pick Your Own Apples, Peaches, & Plums ANTIQUES & CRAFTS Bought & Sold Enjoy Pies and Donuts from Our Gift Shop. SPECIALIZING IN RAG RUGS, Weekend Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides and Cider COUNTRY ANTIQUES, FOLK ART. Coming Mid-September. Fun for the Whole Family! Watch rag rugs & placemats being made ᪐ Open Mon–Fri 10–5 or by appointment A Christian Resale Shop 29 Westminster St • Bellows Falls, VT Located in the St. Edmund of Canterbury Church Basement 130 West Hill Road, Putney, VT Just south of the square • (802) 463-9656 (Exit 4, I-91) Look for signs in Putney Village Main Street, Saxtons River, VT • Open Thurs & Sat 9 am to 3 pm Open daily 8 am – 6 pm • (802) 387-5851 Vermont Country Sampler September–October 2011, Vol. XXVI The Original Vermont Country Sampler is distributed free over-the-counter in and out of Vermont. Back issues, $2 per issue, fi rst class. Subscriptions $24/year.

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Just Rememberin’‘ by Bill Olivet had given her when she’d been a school teacher. She showed One sunny fall day while taking an afternoon nap, Aunt it to me and told about it on each visit as though I had never Rosalie dreamed her way right on into Eternity. She faded out Aunt Rosalie was in her mid-eighties when she said, “I seen it before. I showed great interest each time and agreed of life as quietly as she had lived. I’m sure she’d been ready believe I’ve had enough of it” and sent the driving license it was a most intricate device for a boy to produce. for a long time. She wouldn’t have rushed her departure, but she had possessed for more than fi fty years back to the motor No matter the time of my arrival it was necessary and ex- she wouldn’t have pleaded for more time. I thought of her vehicle bureau. The big wheel in charge of the bureau was so pected for us to sit and share coffee and crackers and cheese. saying on her eighty-eighth birthday, “My goodness, isn’t impressed with her voluntary decision that he rounded up a There we’d sit and rock, discussing the news of the day. this wonderful? I never expected to live this long.” newspaper reporter and went to see her. The ensuing article Aside from the stove, black iron sink, table and chairs, a Her birds were silent that day as I fed them. Then I watered was fl attering and revealed the touch of master politician as rocker and potted plants, there was little else in the kitchen. her plants and walked down the hill. It was fall and leaves well. The commissioner went on to higher offi ce and Aunt No cabinets or storage closet. Everything, including dishes, were falling from red, brown, and orange and gold trees. Rosalie was extremely proud of the framed scroll awarded silverware, pots and pans, groceries and cleaning implements I thought of how pleasant a thing it had been to know her for a half century without an accident. Aunt Rosalie and how sadly one pays for love in this life. She sold her twenty-fi ve year old car to an automobile buff “One sunny fall day while taking an I kicked the leaves that had gathered in piles here and and patted a fender affectionately as it was driven from her there, and compared them to the piles of days Aunt Rosalie driveway. The man was more than pleased with his purchase, afternoon nap, Aunt Rosalie dreamed had gathered together to form a lifetime. and well he should have been, for the vehicle was in perfect her way right on into Eternity.” From far off I heard the wail of a steam engine whistle condition. Aunt Rosalie had been its sole owner. She’d driven and the lonely howl of a dog. the car daily, waving to everyone in town while on her way were stored in the pantry. A long hallway-type room was just to the post offi ce, the general store, or church. off the kitchen, lined with cupboards and cabinets on either When she gave up driving Aunt Rosalie turned more side. It smelled of a conglomeration of seasonings, pungent Bill Olivet (1921–2006) was an artist and writer who lived of her time to her birds, fl owers, and vegetable garden. In and strong with nutmeg and cinnamon. in Randolph Center, VT. the winter she argued politics with anyone possessing the There was an ante-room at the back kitchen door that intestinal fortitude to be whip-lashed verbally. When snow always had a mild odor of kerosene. The rest of the house piled up she devoted considerable interest to her bird-feeder. had an odor of herbs, which Aunt Rosalie had picked in the She insisted that many of her birds returned year after year. woods, and placed in every room to overcome the musty aylor F Many of them ate from her hand. A few perched contentedly smell of an old house. t T a on her shoulder. She worried about them, talked to them, She lived high up on a hillside overlooking the town. From si rm and even doctored them. It was very easy to believe they the front porch you could see Main Street, the church, and i understood every word she said to them. In the summer she the bridge across the river. Far off you could make out the V pleaded successfully with neighbors to keep bell-collars she shape of the town’s paper mill through the trees, and beyond had purchased, on the necks of their cats. that farms stretching brighter green up the side of the valley. Aunt Rosalie read three newspapers daily, subscribed to On schedule, railroad trains entered one end of the valley and the best magazines, and discussed any topic with anyone disappeared at the other. The ground rumbled, and the steam informatively. The only thing she wouldn’t discuss were her engine’s whistle fi lled the hollow, and echoed from side to physical ailments, almost as though discussing them would side. There were kites dotting the sky in the spring and fall make them worse. of the year as though waving hello and goodbye to summer. Most of her time was spent in the kitchen. She felt most comfortable there with every window loaded to capacity with potted plants, a faded, multi-colored, braided wool rug in front of her curly-cued black iron stove. On the shelf above CCurtis’urtis’ BBarbequearbeque the stove, where the round black tin pipe hooked up to the Featuring BBQ Pork, chimney, rested a handmade fi gure-eight egg timer a student Ribs & Chicken, slow cooked over an APPLES ARE HERE! outdoor open pit A New Vermont Tradition! hardwood fi re. Corn on Visit our Farm Store for Vermont Pick-Your-Own Apples the cob, baked potatoes, baked beans, Curtis’ Also Many Varieties cheeses, raw milk, baked goods, own unique BBQ sauce. Already-Picked! honey, syrup and more. Curtis Tuff, Prop We do catering. Vermont Maple Syrup. Come for a seasonal Jams, Jellies, VT Cheddar, Come enjoy our picnic tables Honey, Gift Boxes. horse-drawn wagon ride! 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Horseshoeing & Cattle Trimming Specializing in Draft Shoes for Hayrides, Sled Rides, and Woods Work. We Trim Anything with Feet! photo by Billings Farm & Museum Goats, Sheep, Cattle, Pigs, Llamas, A visitor operates an old-fashioned cider press at Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock, VT. Oxen, Alpacas and More. Blacksmith Shop. Portable Stocks and Pumpkins, Apples, and Autumn Harvest Celebrations Stationary Stocks On-Site at Shop. At Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock, VT Roland L. Church • (802) 875-1034 Pumpkin & Apple The pumpkin display horse-drawn wagon rides. “put up” for the winter. Other 3668 VT. Rt. 103N, Chester, VT 05143 Celebration includes white, blue, and Join in the “pumpkin and activities include shelling — Drafts to Minis — Billings Farm & Museum striped pumpkins. Learn apple fun” with apple races, beans, fence building, ap- will host its annual Pumpkin about this vegetable, first pumpkin bowling, apples-on- ples-on-a-string, and 19th & Apple Celebration on cultivated 9,000 years ago. a-string, sampling pumpkin century games. Hot-spiced Saturday and Sunday, Octo- Take the apple taste test bread and pumpkin Legos. cider and homemade dough- ber 1 & 2, from 10 a.m. to 5 and vote for your favorite! See apple butter being made nuts will be on hand for all! p.m. Hands-on activities and Lend a hand pressing cider, in the farmhouse kitchen The Billings Farm & Mu- programs will highlight these making pumpkin or apple and take home a recipe for seum is owned and operated two versatile fall crops and ice cream, drying apples, “Pumpion Pye.” by The Woodstock Founda- their historical importance. and apple peeling, and enjoy Autumn Harvest tion, Inc. and operates a Weekend dairy farm that continues a The dif fer ence in The 26th Annual Harvest 140-year tradition of agricul- Wellwood’s is Weekend takes place on Oc- tural excellence. Wood-Roasted BBQ “Flavor” tober 8 & 9, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Each day a traditional Billings Farm & Museum —Take-Out & Catering— Pick-Your-Own husking bee will begin at is open daily May 1 through Pig Roasts • Pitmaster ‘Tump’ Smokin’ Meats & Ribs noon, followed by a barn October 31, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Full Boar’s Head Deli & Vermont Products Apples dance from 1-4 p.m. weekends Nov. – Feb., 10 Located at the Ludlow Country Store Fresh Cider, Gift Shop, VT Products Lend a hand pressing cider, a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Admission: preserving apples, threshing adults: $12; 62 & over: $11; 471 Rt. 103 S., Ludlow, VT (802) 263-5200 Open 9 am – 5 pm, 7 days a week grain, and making butter and children: 5-15: $6; 3-4: $3; Open Daily at 7 am • (802) 228-8934 ice cream. Harvesting the 2 & under: free. squeelsonwheels.com Wellwood Orchard Rd., off of Center Rd. heirloom vegetable garden The Farm & Museum is lo- Springfi eld, Vermont will be nearing completion cated one-half mile north of and children can help dig the Woodstock village green potatoes and other root crops on Rt. 12. (802) 457-2355. VERMONTVERMONT and see how the crops are www.billingsfarm.org. $1.00 GUN OFF ADMISSION The Second Annual Grafton Valley Arts Guild GUN WITH THIS AD And Chef Bryce LeVan Cushing Present: SHOW Free Parking Big Buzz CChainsawhainsaw CCarvingarving FFestivalestival OctoberSHO 1stW & 2nd Chester, Vermont at the American Legion Post 67, Chester, Vermont Monday Sept. 26th – Sunday Oct. 2nd Saturday 9am to 5pm. Sunday 9am to 3pm Mondays Chap e l Mackenzie Field Antiques & Collectibles GVAG Fundraising Dinners Rifles, Pistols, Shotguns, Knives & More (Off Rt. 103 behind Stone House Antiques) Every 1st & 3rd Mondays Chainsaw Carvers from across At the White Chapel, 4 Main St, Grafton, VT GUNS & the Country will be coming to Open Seating: Serving 5:30–9 p.m. Chester for this unique Chainsaw Gourmet dishes prepared with the KNIVES freshest local Vermont faire of the season. Wood Carving Festival. Four Course, Prix Fixe Menu changes for every event, FREE GUN APPRAISALS and includes: Soup, Salad, Entreé and Dessert. Free admission Monday–Wednesday Full table service, no alcohol permitted. • BUYING • SELLING $5 per person Thursday–Sunday • TRADING $15 Suggested Donation See Artists making works in one hour. Critically Acclaimed Quick carve events Thursday, Classical Jazz Guitarist AMMO Friday, & Saturday at 1:00 Draa Hobbs @ 7 p.m. 802-875-4540 with an auction to follow. For more Information and Directions Visit www.greenmtgunshowtrail.com GGoogleoogle ““BIGBIG BBUZZUZZ Chester”Chester” Open To The Public (802) 843-GVAG Clean, Family Friendly Environment graftonvalleyartsguild.com Page 4 Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Fall Fun in Vermont Killington Hay Festival Killington, VT • Labor Day to Columbus Day A fi ve-week celebration of autumn in Vermont. Our col- lection of 35 giant hay animals are waiting to greet visitors as they explore Killington. Complete the family-friendly scavenger hunt, harvest dinner, and handcrafted hay maze. Free. (800) 337-1988. www.discoverkillington.com. 140th Annual Tunbridge World’s Fair Tunbridge, VT • September 15 to 18 Livestock shows, competitive harvest and crafts exhibits, free entertainment, and midway. Antique Museum with live enactors. Together the fairgrounds and the village of Tun- bridge form a designated Historic District. (800) 889-5555. www.tunbridgefair.com. Stowe Rotary’s Oktoberfest Stowe, VT • September 23 to 25 A weekend celebration of the harvest and fall foliage. Free Friday night “Rocktoberfest” concert, a Saturday morning parade, oompah bands, Bavarian foods, freshly brewed Vermont beer, sing-alongs and dancing. Activities include silent auctions, raffl es, a “bouncy-haus” and more for the kids. There’s something for everyone, young and old. Adults $7, 9 and under $5. Fri. 7–11 pm, Sat. 10 am – 8 pm, Sun. photo by Nancy Cassidy 11 am – 5 pm. (802) 253-4788. www.stowerotary.com. Jersey cows await the judging at Tunbridge World’s Fair, Tunbridge, VT. Vermont Fine Furniture & Woodworking Festival FROM THE PASTURE HILL Woodstock, VT • September 24 to 25 These things I see from the pasture hill;— Attend this premier woodworking event in Vermont and An old man fi xing his cider mill; view the best Vermont made wood products all under one Two women working down below Good Karma Thrift & Gift roof. Buy wood furniture, bowls, baskets, jewelry, carvings, In the Ox-bow valley, where fl owers grow; Thrift Clothes for the Whole Family fl ooring, cabinetry, and more. Exhibitors, prizes, activities Two icemen loading a rattling truck, Consignments local food and music. Free shuttle ride to the Marsh-Billings- A pair of gardeners forking muck; Handmade Local Items, Play Area While over the river I see two crows Rockefeller National Historical Park where one may tour Chester, VT • On-the-Green • (802) 258-1820 the grounds, watch more woodworking demonstrations, and Being chased by two little kingbird foes. And down the road ride Joe and Sue Monday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 10 am to 3 pm learn how we care for the forests that provide our craftsmen Mention this ad for 10% off! with wood. Adults $10, age 18 and under free. 10 am – 5 pm. On a red-wheeled bicycle built for two. (802) 747-7900. www.vermontwoodfestival.org. Always two, and I want to cry Pumpkin & Apple Celebration For the hurt in my heart; and I don’t know why My heart goes out from the pasture hill at the Billings Farm & Museum to the lone man fi xing his cider mill The Pizza Stone Woodstock, VT • October 1 to 2, 10 am – 5 pm Apple taste test—visitors vote for their favorite. Sample —NELLIE S. RICHARDSON Vermont pumpkin bread. Press cider, make pumpkin and apple ice Springfi eld, VT, circa 1946 Style cream, and dry apples. Apple races, pumpkin bowling, apples-on-a-string, apple butter making, horse-drawn wagon Pizza ride. Adults $12, seniors $11, children ages 5-15 $6, ages 3–4 FFolkmanisolkmanis PPuppets,uppets, 802-875-2121 CHESTER, VT $3, 2 and under free. (802) 457-2355. www.billingsfarm.org. CCollectibles,ollectibles, GGund,und, • Daily Specials • Live Music MMuffuff y yV aVanderbear,nderbear, • Open 7 Days Stone WWebkinz,ebkinz, aandnd mmore.ore. • Beer Bar w/Wine House B&B and Teddy Bear Shoppe 291 Pleasant St. (VT Rt. 11) ANTIQUES CENTER 224444 MMainain SSt.,t., CChester,hester, VVTT ((800)800) 3325-051925-0519 Chester, VT • (802) 875-2121 A multitude of antiques, collectibles and crafts. [email protected] Over 250 booths featuring fi ne furniture, folk art, quilts, www.huggingbear.com jewelry, primitives, farm implements, books and bottles. Open Daily 10 am to 5 pm. (802) 875-4477. CComeome vvisitisit tthehe WWaterater MMusicusic AArtrt GGalleryallery Textiles Blown Glass Pottery

Route 103, Chester, VT. 8 miles west of Exit 6, I-91. IInn oourur nnewlyewly oopenedpened CCarriagearriage HHouseouse Soaps Candles Woodwork Fine Est. American Oklahoma Shoeing American Farriers 1952 R. B. Erskine, Inc. School Graduate Association Craft Grain & Supplies HORSESHOEING Chester Depot, VT Mon-Fri, 7:30-5:00; Sat 7:30-3:00 802-875-2333 JAMES DEGENER Rural Needs From A To Z 585 Depot St., A…Apple Pickers Chester, VT (802) 875-3342 B…Bulk Seed: Garden, Pasture, Lawn 1229 Smokeshire Rd., (802) 875-3931 C…Canning Jars: ½ pt. – ½ gal. Chester, VT CELL (802) 245-4317 D…Diamond Farrier Tools E…Electric Fencing F…Feeds & Fertilizers Photography Jewelry Ironwork G…Garden Tools H…High Tensile Fencing Morsø Wood Stoves I…IPM Pest Control from Denmark J…Jolly Balls K…Kids’ Gloves & Tools 157 year old L…Leader Evaporator Dealer family run M…METALBESTOS Chimney foundry N…Non-GMO Seed O…Organic Feeds & Fertilizers 10 Year P…Pet Supplies Warranty Q…Quality Hand Tools R…Rosin GREEN MOUNTAIN FEEDS S…Stove Pipe: 3˝–10˝ Cummings Hardware & Certifi ed Organic T…Tanks & Tubs & Totes U…Underground Fencing Country Store Special Orders V…Vermont Products Good Service W…Wire, Welded & Woven Open Everyday 10 am to 5 pm Since 1958 • Over 10,000 Items on Display Everyday X…Xtra Service (closed Tuesday) Route 103 • Chester Depot, VT Low Prices Y…Yard Tools Much, Much More 802-875-3342 Z…ZIPLOC© Freezer Bags Rte. 103 & Pine View Road, Chester, VT • 802-875-7400 Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Page 5 Since 1954, an Jane Stickle Quilt Show at Bennington Museum organization of Brought to the Bennington was married to Walter Stickle tember 30 at 7 p.m., join The workshops are recom- Vermont enthusiasts Museum 60 years ago, the sometime before 1850. In an Brenda for an evening of mended for those with inter- whose objective is to Jane Stickle Quilt is only 1860s census, Jane Stickle quilts, stories, and inspira- mediate quilting skills. visit the state’s 251 shown for a short time each was listed as a 43 year-old tion. The evening concludes Students can enroll in one towns and cities. year due to the fragility of the farmer living alone. During with a visit to the quilt. Fee: or both days. There is a break fabric. From this September that time she lovingly created $7. Reservations are not re- for lunch, and participants wwww.vt251.comww.vt251.com 6 through October 16 the what is now known as the quired for this event. Doors can bring a lunch or drive ((802)802) 234-5039234-5039 quilt that has inspired quilters Jane Stickle Quilt. She care- open at 6:30 p.m. to one of several nearby all over the world will be on fully embroidered “In War On Saturday and Sunday, eating establishments. Pre- its yearly display at the muse- Time 1863” into the quilt. October 1 and 2, Brenda registration is required. You An Authentic European Bakery - Pastry Chef Owned & Operated um. Visitors come to see the “The signifi cance of quilts, Papadakis leads all-day quilt- will receive a list of supplies 1863 quilt that is comprised with their vibrant colors and ing workshops in the Ada to bring. of 169 fi ve-inch blocks, each the craftsmanship of the quilt Paresky Education Center To register, contact Deana in different patterns, contain- has been mentioned in nu- at the Museum. Saturday’s Mallory at (802) 447-1571 BakkerijBakkerij KKrijnenrijnen ing a remarkable total of merous quilting books, and class challenges attendees or dmallory@benningtonmu- wij spreken Nederlands 5,602 pieces surrounded by is the topic of Dear Jane, The with some of the more dif- seum.org. Both workshops a unique scalloped border. Two Hundred Twenty-Five fi cult 4½” blocks from the are $65/day. 1001 Main Street, Route 9E Jane Stickle was born Jane Patterns from the 1863 Jane Jane Stickle quilt. Tech- Bennington, VT Blakely on April 8, 1817 in A. Stickle Quilt, by Brenda niques included are machine The Bennington Museum Shaftsbury, Vermont. She Papadakis. On Friday, Sep- and hand-piecing, using is located at 75 Main St. Open Thurs–Sun, 10 am – 7 pm freezer paper templates and in Bennington, VT. Open appliqué. Sunday’s workshop daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 802.442.1001 returns students to those closed Wednesday. Septem- good old days of yesteryear. ber and October it is open Learn to relax with a needle every day. (802) 447-1571. and thread and hand-piece. benningtonmuseum.org. 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Low-Spray Heirloom Apples and other Fruit. (802) 442-5602 (802) 362-0390 Local Baked Goods and Dairy Time to sign up for our Winter CSA. i Full Service Pharmacies Hours: See website for details: i Medical Supplies 8am-7pm Monday-Friday —www.clearbrookfarm.com— i Orthopedic Supports 8am-6pm Saturday Veterinary Products Open Every Day 9 am – 6 pm • (802) 442-4273 i 9am-12:30pm Sunday-Bennington i Delivery Available 9am-3pm Sunday-Manchester Rt. 7A, Shaftsbury, VT (Across from the Chocolate Barn) Monday through Friday

Page 6 Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Green Mountain Club Early Fall Outings Our early fall Vermont weather is perfect for enjoying the out of doors. The Killington Section of the Green Mountain Club invites you to join them on their outings. Newcomers and nonmembers are welcome. Due to our recent fl ooding you should check to be sure the event is still on. Bring drinking water and a lunch. Wear sturdy footwear, dress appropriately for the weather and be prepared for weather changes. This is Vermont! Unless otherwise noted, all trips leave from Main Street Park, near the east end of the fi re station off Center Street in Rutland City. Distances are round trip and are approximate, as are elevation gains. Trips vary considerably in level of diffi culty. Call the leader listed if you have any questions. For membership information and more outings with the Green Mountain Club, go to: www.greenmountainclub.org. Saturday, September 10, 9:30 a.m. Shrewsbury History Hike, Shrewsbury, VT We will visit Picnic Rock and the old fi ring range. Moder- ate with a bit bushwhacking. Leaders: Barb & Barry Griffi th, (802) 492-3573. Saturday, September 17, 3–5 p.m. Volunteer Appreciation Picnic, Londonderry, VT If you have pitched in maintaining the Long Trail, manning an information booth, selling raffl e tickets or serving on the Board, this day is for you! Call Mari to RSVP at (802) 244- 7037 x 24 or [email protected]. Saturday, September 24, 8:30 a.m. The Historic Summit Hotel Road, Killington, VT photo courtesy of Green Mountain Club 100th Anniversary Event. Local historian, Justin Lind- Hikers prepare to take to the trail at the Long Trail crossing at Brandon Gap in the 1920s. holm, will guide us up to the site of the old hotel and share his experiences in discovering and mapping this historic aban- Saturday, November 5, 9 a.m. Sunday, 27 November doned road. Diffi cult, bushwhacking and steep, seven miles. Long Trail Work Party Road Walk (Rain date Sept. 25). Leader: Sue Thomas, (802) 773-2185. Help put the trails to bed for the winter. Wear sturdy shoes Another safe hunting season walk on dirt roads. Call for and bring work gloves. Tools will be provided. (Rain date time and place. Leader: Diane Bargiel, (413) 687-1109. Saturday, October 1, 9 a.m. November 6). Leader: Herb Ogden, (802) 293-2510. Bromley Mountain, Peru, VT Sunday, December 4 Climb to spectacular views from an observation tower. Saturday, November 12, 9 am. Merck Forest, Rupert, VT We will follow the LT/AT south from Mad Tom Notch. Burlington Bike Path, Burlington, VT We have not yet decided which trails we will be taking, Moderate with climbing, fi ve miles. Leader: Allison Henry, A safe hunting season walk along the shore of Lake Cham- but the hike will be moderate with some steep climbing, (802) 775-1627. plain, with stunning views of the Adirondack Mountains. If four-fi ve miles. Leaders: Vivian Bebee & Larry Walter, it is too cold and windy to walk, we will visit the ECHO Lake (802) 775-3855. Saturday, October 8, 9 a.m. Aquarium & Science Center on the waterfront instead (en- Around Chittenden Reservoir, trance fee). Possible stop for dinner on the way home. (Rain Chittenden, VT date November 13). Leader: Sue Thomas, (802) 773-2185. BOB’S MAPLE SHOP Starting at the site of the abandoned town of New Boston, Saturday, November 19, 5:30 p.m. Visit our display area and shop at we will travel old roads down to the Reservoir and Lefferts 591 Richville Rd, Manchester, VT Pond. Moderate, four miles. (Rain date October 9). Leader: Fall Potluck, Rutland, VT Sue Thomas, (802) 773-2185. 100th Anniversary Event at the Good Shepherd Lutheran At the Red Barn, 3.3 miles from Rt 11/30 Church Fellowship Hall, Hillside Road. Our annual Fall Th e Best Pure Vermont Maple Syrup! Saturday, October 15, 9 a.m. potluck this year will be a celebration of the Killington BEST PRICES! Slack Hill, Coolidge State Park, Section’s 100th year, with displays and a slide presenta- Decorative Glass • Maple Candy Plymouth, VT tion. Please contact Barry Griffi th or Sue Thomas if you have anything of interest to contribute. All are welcome. Maple Sugar • Gift Baskets A nice hike through a mix of hardwood and conifer forest Bring your own place setting and a dish to share. Leader: OPEN DAILY • (802) 362-3882 with view of Mt. Ascutney from the vista. Moderate, 550 Sue Thomas, (802) 773-2185. feet elevation gain, four-fi ve miles. Leaders: Vivian Bebee Bob Bushee, Owner & Larry Walter, (802) 775-3855. Saturday, October 22, 10 a.m. Specialty Coffees Shrewsbury Peak, Shrewsbury, VT Custom_____ Ground Climb to the 3,700 foot summit via the Black Swamp Trail for views of the surrounding mountains. Moderate with steep 50 Varieties Autumn Harvest Bounty! climbing, 1,300 feet elevation gain, fi ve miles. Leaders: Barb of Donuts, Our Own & Barry Griffi th, (802) 492-3573. Muffi ns & Pastries Saturday, October 30, 9 a.m. Baked Daily Apples & Cider Pico Peak, Killington, VT Mrs. Murphy’s Donuts & Coffee Ascend via the Sherburne Pass Trail to the summit at 3,957 ~ We Now Have Soft Serve ~ feet. There may be snow at the top, so be prepared. Diffi cult, Rts. 11 & 30, Manchester Center, VT (802) 362-1874 Raspberry & Maple Creamies! six miles. Leader: Tom Copps, (802) 774-5144. Fresh Indian Summer Produce Seasonal Fruits • Raspberries • Peaches • Melons Sweet Corn • Zucchini & Yellow Squash • Peppers Tomatoes • Eggplant • Green Beans • Herbs Salad Greens • Cucumbers • Potatoes, and more Perennials on Sale • Mums & Fall Asters Homemade Baked Goods—Fresh Fruit Pies Bread • Shortcake Biscuits • Cookies • Jam & Jellies • Honey • Our Own Maple Syrup  Watch for Our—Pumpkins • Squash • Gourds Indian Corn • Cornstalks • Mums • Asters

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Bill Felker’s Poor Will’s Almanack for 2012 is available for $20 (includes s/h). Mail to Poor Will, P.O. Box 431,Yellow Springs, OH 45387. Bill’ s weekly radio essays are broad- cast on National Public Radio’s WYSO Ohio (available by pod- cast at www.wyso.org). The websites, www.poorwills Hand Painted Canvases, Paternayan Wool, Meadow Brook Farm almanack.com or www.poorwillsalmanack.net provide Silk & Ivory, Vineyard Silk, Rainbow Gallery, Camping Grounds excerpts from his daybook and weekly Almanack updates. Finishing Services Great Place for Children • Rustic (No Hookups) Large Swimming Pond • Trout Brook • Pets Welcome 3041 Route 30 (Behind Homestead Landscaping) Dorset, VT • 802-867-7031 • institchesfineneedlepoint.com Proctorsville, VT • (802) 226-7755 LIEBIG’S BERRIES Fall Red Raspberries  Got a story to tell? U-Pick Starting Early September The Public Press can be Call for conditions: (802) 645-0888 the shortest distance between the author's brain Button Falls Rd. – Potter Ave. and the printed page. For W. Pawlet, VT more information visit us at H.N. Williams Store ThePublicPress.com (Off VT. Rt. 30) • Open Daily Quality, Service and Selection since 1840 Come and see us DAILY LUNCH SPECIALS! Call to sign up Come in and see Ali and Michelle in our deli. Whether for ongoing classes. you are stopping in for lunch or grabbing dinner to go, GreenLivingJournal.com you’ll enjoy the great food that we prepare! Black Sheep Yarns, 25 Stonewall Lane A Practical Journal for just off Route 30, in Dorset, VT. Friends of the Environment Newly Renovated Stop by to see all of the work that we did to our Open daily 10–5, closed Tuesdays. (802) 362-2411. building. We have 3 fl oors of shopping with quality goods from fl oor to ceiling. Come and wander through our maze of inventory. You’ll fi nd VT Goods, rugged clothing and footwear, hardware and much more… 171 Years of Business For 6 generations our family has been pleasing Southern one customer after another. Our shopkeepers are Vermont dedicated to serving our customers and offering Dairy Goat great quality merchandise. Assocation www.vtgoats.org Six miles north on RT 30 from Manchester Ctr. in Dorset VT 802-867-5353 M-F 7:30-6, Saturday 7:30-5, Sunday 9-4 • Deli 802-867-0405

Page 8 Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Old-Fashioned Apple Treats Secrets of New England Cooking by Ella Shannon Bowles and Dorothy S. Towle APPLE TEACAKE 2 cups fl our 1 egg 1 7 ⁄2 teaspoon salt ⁄8 cup milk 1 ⁄2 teaspoon soda 4 sour apples, peeled and cored 1 1 teaspoon cream of tartar ⁄2 cup sugar, mixed with 1 ⁄4 cup shortening 1 teaspoon cinnamon Sift the dry ingredients and rub in the shortening. Beat the egg and combine with the milk. Stir into the fi rst mixture. Beat well and turn into a shallow buttered baking pan. Cut the apples in eighths and arrange in parallel rows on top of the dough. Press the edges of the pieces of apple into the dough. Sprinkle the sugar and cinnamon over the apples. Bake in a hot oven, 400°F, for twenty-fi ve minutes. Serve hot with butter. The cake dough is not sweetened.

APPLE BISCUITS 1 1 cup milk ⁄2 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon butter 1 cup grated apple 1 1 tablespoon sugar ⁄2 teaspoon soda 1 ⁄2 yeast cake Butter photo courtesy of John Griffi th 1 ⁄4 cup lukewarm water Maple sugar Downtown Danby, VT in the early 1900s. This is just down from the present First Congregational Church on South 2 cups fl our Main St. (behind the three maples on the left). Scald the milk, add the butter and sugar. When lukewarm, add the half yeast cake dissolved in the lukewarm water. Sift TAFFY APPLES APPLE GRIDDLECAKES one cup of the fl our and the salt, and gradually stir into the liquid mixture. Beat until very light and let rise four to fi ve 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups scalded milk 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 1 1 hours. Stir in the grated apple, and add the second cup of fl our ⁄2 cup water ⁄2 cup cream 2 cups fresh bread crumbs ⁄2 teaspoon salt 1 sifted with the soda. Let rise one hour longer. Mold and shape ⁄4 teaspoon cream of tartar 6 apples 1 tablespoon melted fat 1 tablespoon maple syrup 1 into fl at round cakes. Place them in a pan, and let rise until ⁄2 cup butter 2 eggs, separated 1 cup chopped apples light. Bake twenty minutes in a moderate oven, 375°F. Split Cook the fi rst six ingredients until they become brittle when 1 cup fl our the biscuits while hot, spread with butter, and sprinkle with tested in cold water. Clean the apples thoroughly. Leave the Turn the hot milk over the bread crumbs, add the melted maple sugar. Makes one and a half dozen biscuits. stems on or put the apples on lollypop sticks. Dip the apples fat, and let the mixture set until the crumbs are very soft. in the syrup and place on a buttered platter to harden. Rub through a sieve or mash to a paste. Beat the egg yolks BOILED CIDER PIE until light and add to the crumbs. Sift the dry ingredients 1 1 ⁄2 cup cider ⁄2 cup seeded raisins and combine with the bread paste. Add the syrup and mix 1 APPLE CRUNCH ⁄2 cup maple sugar 1 tablespoon butter thoroughly. Beat the egg whites and fold in, and quickly 3 2 egg yolks, beaten 2 egg whites 8 apples ⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon stir in the chopped apples. Bake on a hot griddle. Makes 1 1 1 ⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg 4 tablespoons powdered sugar ⁄4 cup butter ⁄8 teaspoon salt twenty-four medium-sized cakes. 1 1 ⁄2 cup fl our ⁄4 cup white wine Boil the cider and maple sugar. Add the beaten egg yolks and 3 ⁄4 cup sugar stir until thick. Add the nutmeg, raisins, and butter. Turn into an unbaked pie shell, cover with top crust, and bake forty Pare and slice the apples thin. Put them in a buttered cas- minutes in a moderate oven at 350°F. The top crust may be serole. Mix the butter and fl our with the sugar, cinnamon, TTrailrail RRides,ides, KKidsids CCamps,amps, omitted, and a meringue may be made of the beaten egg and salt. Sprinkle this over the apples. Pour the white wine LLessons,essons, BBoardingoarding & Sales,Sales, whites and powdered sugar. Brown in a moderate oven. . over the top. Bake in a moderate oven until the apples are done. Serve with whipped cream or with a lemon or nutmeg NNewew IIndoorndoor AArenarena APPLESAUCE CAKE sauce. Serves six. 1 1 ⁄2 cup shortening 2 ⁄2 cups fl our Open Daily—Reservations Appreciated 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon soda APPLES IN MAPLE SYRUP 1 3333 Danby-PawletDanby-Pawlet Rd.,Rd., DanbyDanby FourFour Corners,Corners, VTVT 1 egg, well beaten ⁄2 teaspoon salt 8 apples 2 tablespoons butter 1 1 1 1 ⁄2 cups applesauce ⁄2 teaspoon cloves 1 cup maple syrup 1 ⁄2 cups hot water (802) 293-5242 • www.chipmanstables.com 1 4 tablespoons hot water ⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg Peel the apples and cut in halves. Place in a deep baking dish 1 cup dates, chopped 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 and cover with the maple syrup and butter melted in the hot ⁄2 cup nuts, chopped water. Bake until the liquid is thick. Serve cold with whipped For all your on-the-road needs! Cream the shortening and sugar and add the egg. Beat well. cream. Serves eight. Peaches or pears may be substituted Stir in the applesauce and the hot water. Add the dates and for the apples. Mt. Tabor Country Store nuts, then the dry ingredients which have been sifted together. Rt. 7, Mt. Tabor, VT • (802) 293-5641 Turn into two small buttered loaf tins, eight by four by three Groceries, Cold Beer & Soda, Ice, Videos. inches, and bake in a moderate oven, 350°F, for one hour. Citgo Gas, Diesel, Self-Storage Rentals. Everyone is- Mom’s Welcome!Store Open 6 am – 8 pm, Sunday 7 am – 7 pm  hhandand forgedforged ironiron Country Kitchen Full Deli: Pizza, Hot Dogs, Salads, Cold Cuts, Sandwiches Made to Order VVermontermont FForgingsorgings Freshly Prepared Daily dinner specials including: meatballs, shrimp, Homecooked Foods chicken fi ngers, deluxe hamburgers. 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Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Page 9 Car camping in the autumn north woods, circa 1922. This was a college trip with the editor’s mother peeking out from behind a tree.

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Whether you take to the E. DUMMERSTON.Brattle- woods for a week or just a day boro North KOA. 3½ mi. N. trip, Vermont campgrounds pro- of I-91 exit 3 on Rt. 5. (802) vide easy access to mountains, 254-5908, 1-800-562-5909. lakes, and outdoor fun. Here are Mid-April – Oct. 42 spacious a few of the campgrounds (and grassy sites. Swimming pool. don’t forget the state parks too!) Motel cottages. ARLINGTON. Camping on ST. JOHNSBURY. Moose the Battenkill. On Rt. 7A. River Campground. Jct. U.S. (802) 375-6663. Mid-April – Rt. 2 and Vt. Rt. 18, 3 miles Mid-Oct. Over 100 sites. Quiet east of St. J. (802) 748-4334. family camping on a scenic May 1 – Oct 15. 50 sites. relaxing trout stream. Rental Facilities for big rigs. units. Fishing, swimming. photo by Lilla Lumbra Open and wooded sites. SPRINGFIELD. Tree Farm Decoy carving is one of the many fun family activities featured at Dead Creek Wildlife Day in Addison, VT. Campground. In the pines ASCUTNEY. Running Bear on Skitchewaug Trail. (802) Campground. On Rt. 5. (802) 885-2889. Open all year. 118 September Canada Goose and Youth Waterfowl Hunts 674-6417. Open all year. Over sites. Wonderful setting, on a 100 sites. Rural, hilly, shady September’s Vermont resi- The purpose of the season, Vermont’s youth water- federal duck stamp on this 40-acre mature pine plantation. dent Canada goose hunting held earlier than the regular fowl hunting weekend will be weekend. pine and open. Recreation, free All season recreation. hot showers. season and youth waterfowl waterfowl hunting seasons, held September 24–25, 2011. Vermont’s 2011 Syllabus THETFORD. Rest ’n Nest hunt weekend have been set is to help control Vermont’s Hunters 15 years of age or of Migratory Bird Hunting BENNINGTON. Greenwood Campground. (802) 785-2997. by the Vermont Fish and resident Canada goose popu- younger may hunt ducks and Laws, listing all waterfowl Lodge and Campsites. Enter Apr. 15 – Oct. 15. From Jct. Wildlife Board. lation prior to the arrival geese statewide during this hunting rules that apply, at Prospect Ski Mountain, Rt. I-91 (Exit 14) & Hwy. #113 go A statewide open hunting of Canada geese migrating season while accompanied will be available in early 9, Woodford (east of Benning- 200 ft. E. on Hwy, #113 then 1⁄8 ton). (802) 442-2547. May 20 season for Canada geese south from northern Canada. by an adult 18 or older. Both September. mi. N. on Latham Rd. 90 sites. will occur September 6-25, “This September goose must have Vermont hunting – Oct 23. Rustic lodge/hostel 25 wooded acres. Full facilities. and 40 mostly wooded camp- 2011. The daily bag limit is season is prescribed for resi- licenses. The adult may not For more information go sites. Adjacent to National fi ve Canada geese except in dent Canada geese that have hunt or carry a fi rearm. Nei- to Vermont Fish and Wildlife Forest. This is just a sampling of Ver- the Lake Champlain Zone built up a sizeable breeding ther the youth nor the adult Department’s website: vtfi sh mont private campgrounds. To within Addison County north population here in Vermont,” is required to hold a state or andwildlife.com. RANDOLPH CENTER. order the 2011 Vermont Camp- Lake Champagne Camp- ground Guide write Vermont of Route 125, where the limit said State Wildlife Biologist ground. (802) 728-5293. Rt. Campground Association, 45 will be two per day. William Crenshaw. 66. May – Oct 15. 123 sites. State Street #368, Montpelier, BROWN’S ORCHARD & FARMSTAND Private lake, day use. VT 05602. campvermont.com. ~ Fresh Apples & Cider ~ Memories Forever Winter squash & fall A Country Gift Shop vegetables. Jams, jellies, TRAK-IN Route 4A Bomoseen Vermont apple cider jelly. Honey, RESTAURANT Ellie Chiccarelli • 802-345-8799 maple syrup, VT cheddar. Rt. 30 North, Fall in Love With Homemade pies, pastries, cider donuts. Hand Painted Trompe lʼoeil Rt. 30, 1 mile south of Castleton Corners, VT Lake Bomoseen, VT at Brown’s 4 Corners • Open daily • (802) 468-2297 Bountiful Salad Bar • Hand Cut Steaks & Chops Open Tues-Thurs 10-5, Fri til 6, Sat til 4 Homemade Breads & Desserts • Freshest Seafood • Child’s Menu Like me on Facebook! Memoriesforevervt.etsy.com Open Daily 5 pm to closing. Early Bird 5–6 pm, Sun–Fri. Sun Breakfast Buffet 8–10:30. Reservations (802) 468-3212 or (802) 468-5251 Roxies nco Gringo French Fries Cut Fresh to Order GGreenreen Ci s It’s What We’re Famous For! Quesadillas Half Pint $2.75 • Pint $5.00 MMountainountain Tacos • Burritos Quart $7.50 • Cheese or Gravy $1.00 CCountryountry Nachos & More Ice Cream • Black Raspberry Creamees! Beer & Wine Burgers • Hot Dogs • Sandwiches DDepotepot Our Own Homemade Relish • New Extended Menu EEat-Inat-In / TakeTake OutOut • (802)(802) 278-4090278-4090 Deli OOpenpen TTues-Thursues-Thurs 11-9,11-9, FriFri & SatSat 11-10,11-10, Route 4A—Castleton, VT West of Castleton Corners. (802) 468-2800 Coffee Shop • Bakery CClosedlosed SundaySunday & MondayMonday 266 Main Street, Castleton, VT • 802-468-0077 Open 11:30 am to 9:00 pm, 7 Days a Week 71226 991212 RRt.t. 4A,4A, InIn thethe HydevilleHydeville Plaza,Plaza, Hydeville,Hydeville, VTVT Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Page 11 Vermont

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Marlboro The Station DELI-CAFE Boar’s Head Meats • Baked Goods Open 7 days: 7-4 Mon-Sat, 7-2 Sun 28 Depot St, Poultney, VT St. David’s Society’s 23rd Anniversary Gathering of the Clans (802) 287-4544 The Poultney Area St. ity, 206 Furnace St. (Rt. 30), of Castleton, VT who will Payments should be mailed David’s Society is hosting a Poultney, VT, a handicapped share historic photographs to the Poultney Area St. 23rd Anniversary Gathering accessible site with ample and stories of the South David’s Society, 60 Norton of the Clans Buffet Luncheon parking. It will be catered by Poultney Welsh Presbyterian Ave., Poultney, VT 05764-10 It’s Always Maple Time at on Saturday, October 1st. Café Dale. Members, friends Church, of the South Poult- The Poultney Area St. The event takes place at 12 and all are welcome. ney quarries and its residents David’s Society is a mem- noon at the Young at Heart Guest speaker at the lun- with readings from historic ber of the National Welsh- GREEN’S SUGARHOUSE Senior Center dining facil- cheon will be Mrs. Jean Britt documents in her family’s American Foundation and of possession. The documents the Welsh National Gymanfa 1846 Finel Hollow Rd., Poultney, VT 05764 47 South Main St., Fair Haven, VT • (802) 265-3345 will be projected on a screen Ganu Association. The So- 802-287-5745 for easy viewing thanks to ciety was founded in 1988. www.greenssugarhouse.com Reserve Your the audio-visual department One may learn more at the Halloween of Poultney High School. website: www.rootsweb.an- Many Quality Maple Products to Choose From. COSTUME Cost is $10 per person. It cestry.com/~vtpasds/. Gift Boxes • Mail Order Catalog • We Ship Rentals & Sales Rentals Now will be appreciated if you fabianscostumes.com register and prepay before For questions call Hayden 25% off Children’s Costumes pictured on September 28th so we can Morris (802) 287-5870, Hel- our website give the caterer a head count en Jones (802) 287-9729, or (excluding closeouts) for the luncheon meals and Janice Edwards (802) 287- seating needed for the group. 5744. [email protected]. WE DO   BARNS We cater! No party too small or big If You Can Dream It, Café Dale We Can “It’s not a community center Matthew’s Solo Cam Bows Do It! it’s the center of our Lacrosse Boots Lumber & Lumber Packages for Cabins, community!” Archery • Guns & Ammo Garages, Houses, Camps, Barns, Saunas, Sheds, Etc. Specialty Sandwiches & Wraps, Pastries & Coffee, Mart’s Sporting Goods Dick Walker Sawmill, Etc. Soups, Salads, Vegetarian Fare, Kids Menu. Evergreen Rd., Fair Haven, VT 05743 “Daley’s Specials” Hunting & Fishing Supplies Phone & Fax (802) 273-2077 —Open 7 Days— ——————— Dale & Pat Sullivan • Café Dale Inc.• [email protected] Check out our website—lots of pictures, plus map! 150 Main St., Poultney, VT 05764 • (802) 287-1611 85 Main St., Poultney, VT Monday–Thursday 10–6, Friday & Saturday 10:30–6 (802) 287-9022 • Martin VanBuren Jr. dickwalkersawmill.com Sunday Dinner Special 12-5:30 Page 12 Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Vermont Country Calendar

ONGOING EVENTS LECTURE BY THE PROFESSOR BARRE. Exhibits, classes, events and workshops. Free. OF PASTORAL CARE Tues-Fri 10-5, Sat 12-4. Studio Place Arts, 201 N. Main St. (802) 479-7069. [email protected]. Let’s take for an instance But I couldn’t fi nd www.studioplacearts.com. My nanny named Constance, A thing, except dirt— Dear Constance my goat No break in the skin, BELLOWS FALLS. Bellows Falls Farmers Market. Farm products, ready-to-eat food and live music. Free (Quote Connie unquote): No swelling, no bruise. admission. Fridays 4-7 pm, rain or shine, at the Waypoint It couldn’t be rot. Center, Depot St. (802) 376-5784. bffarmersmarket.com. She caught a hind hoof But I bathed it and put Fridays through October 21. In the slats of her stall On an ointment I use. And raised the barn roof BELLOWS FALLS. Third Friday Art Walk. Stores and With her baritone yammer And still she declined. galleries in town and in the surrounding area host special exhibits and events. 5-8 pm. Flyer available at Village Till I came with my hammer I fi nally thought, Square Booksellers, 32 The Square. (802) 463-9404. And pinch-bar and all, It must be her mind— villagesquarebooks.com. Monthly on the third Friday. And got her foot freed She’s afraid of that slit— And rubbed her sore shin It’ll catch her again. BELMONT. Mount Holly Farmer’s Market features And pronounced her as fi ne I gave her a pen Vermont-made and Vermont-grown products, fresh As she’d ever been. With a solid plant fl oor. produce, baked goods, hand crafts. Rain or shine. Saturdays 10 am – 1 pm. On the Belmont Village Green. By George, that was it. (802) 259-2322. Through October. But she went off her feed She’s eating once more, And lost her bright eye, Her coat is like silk, BENNINGTON. Bennington Museum—Exhibits Began to get thin And she’s up on her milk. and Public Programs, Founding Documents, Fine Art, And almost went dry— Grandma Moses, and more. Lectures, workshops, concerts, A full-fl edge decline. A body that’s nervous fi lms Admission $10, children under 18 free. Open 10 am Requires psychic service. to 5 pm everyday, closed Wednesdays. 75 Main St. I couldn’t think why. (802) 447-1571. www.benningtonmuseum.org. She favored that foot —JAMES HAYFORD BENNINGTON. Art Exhibit: Impressions of New BURLINGTON. First Friday Art Walk. Galleries, studios, As though it still hurt 1953 England. Admission: adults $9, seniors/students $8, and interesting venues all around town. Free. 5-8 pm. Map families $20, under 12 are free. Bennington Center available. (802) 264-4839. www.artmapburlington.com. for the Arts, 44 Gypsy Lane. (802) 442-7158. www. benningtoncenterforthearts.org. Through December 18. CASTLETON. Farmers’ Market. Main St. next to Citizens Thursday Afternoon Turtle Bank. 3:30 pm – 6 pm. (802) 273-2241. Thursdays through BENNINGTON. Bennington-Walloomsac Farmers October 6. Hikes in the Rutland Area Market. Saturdays 10 am – 1 pm through October 29; and Edith Kellogg, (802) 775- Tuesdays through October 25, 3:30-5:30 pm. Beside the CENTER RUTLAND. The Rutland Railroad Museum. Rutland Recreation and Walloomsac River walk at the Bennington Station, corner Housed in the Rutland Depot, built in 1917. See railroad Parks Department sponsors 1246. of Depot and River Sts, downtown. (802) 688-7210. artifacts and historical exhibits including HO & N a series of free hikes at a September 29. Emerald www.walloomsac.org. scale model railroad layouts and a children’s layout. less strenuous pace, typically Lake State Park, North Open Saturdays from 11 am – 1 pm. Rutland Railway covering two to four miles, Dorset, VT. Explore the BETHEL. Bethel Farmers Market. On the Bethel Band Association, 79 Depot Lane. [email protected]. moderate elevation gain. trails on varied interesting Shell Common. Organic fruits, vegetables, crafts and local www.rutlandrailway.org. specialties. Mondays, 3-6 pm. (802) 234-9818. Through We try to avoid treacherous terrain around Emerald Lake. October 5. CHELSEA. Farmers Market. Fridays 3 to 6:30 pm on footing. Bring water and a Moderate. Leader: George the North Common, Rt. 110 & Rt. 113. (802) 685-9987. lunch, wear sturdy footwear, Butts, (802) 483-2891. BRANDON. Brandon Museum at the Stephen A. Douglas [email protected]. Through Oct. 7. and be prepared for Vermont October 13. Big Branch Birthplace. Also houses the Brandon Visitor Center with weather. Bridge, Mt. Tabor, VT. Ex- public restrooms, which is open daily 8 am – 6 pm, 365 CHESTER. Chester Farmers Market. 11 am to 2 pm Meet on Thursdays at 9 plore the Big Branch area on days a year. The museum is at 4 Grove St., next to the Sundays. At the Vermont Country Store between the Baptist Church at the corner of Routes 7 and 73 West. covered bridge and the Grist Mill on Rt. 103. (802) 875- a.m. at the Godnick Center the Long Trail. New suspen- (802) 247-6401. [email protected]. brandon.org. 2703. www.chestervermont.org. Sundays through Oct. 9. on Deer Street to car pool. sion bridge. Leader: George Call hike leaders if you have Butts, (802) 483-2891. BRANDON. Exhibit: The Memory Chamber—Robert CHESTER. Monthly Public Astronomy Meetings for the questions. Everyone is wel- October 27. Chittenden Black. Reception Sept. 9, 5-8 pm, artist’s talk at 6 pm. Southern Vermont Astronomy Group. Second Tuesday come. Brook, Chittenden, VT. Gallery in the Field, 685 Arnold District Rd. (802) 247- of the month – free to the public at Whiting Library. 7 0125. www.galleryinthefi eld.com. September 8 through September 15. Hawk Hill, Follow an old wood road pm. Star parties and other events. For membership and Brandon, VT. November 4. information contact the Southern Vermont Astronomy Follow the along the course of a pretty Group, PO Box 424, Chester, VT 05143. www.sovera.org. forest trail to the site of old stream. Moderate. Leader: BRANDON. Farmer’s Market. Fridays, 9 am - 2 pm. In Brandon and surrounding Edith Kellogg, (802) 775- Brandon’s Central Park. (802) 273-2655. brandon.org. CHESTER. Peace of Paradise—Holistic Wellness area. Moderate. Leader: 1246. Through October 7. Emporium. Reiki, yoga, massage, acupuncture, meditation, and drumming. Classes, workshops and seminars. Locally- BRATTLEBORO. Brattleboro Area Farmers Market. made creations, yoga mats, drums, jewelry and art. In the illage Saturday market on Rt. 9 (Western Ave.) past the Open Thurs-Sun, 10 am – 5 pm. On the Village V Creamery Bridge, through October 29, 9 am – 2 pm. Green. (802) 875-8008. www.peaceofparadisevt.com. Benson, VT Wednesday market downtown at the Gibson-Aiken Center EElliellie May’sMay’s 802.779.8627 on Main St., through October 26, 10 am – 2 pm. (802) CHESTER. High Tea at Inn Victoria. Afternoon savories, Open Fri, Sat, & Sun 254-8885. www.brattleborofarmersmarket.com. sweets, fruit, and a variety of teas. $19.99 per person. 10 am – 5 pm Open by reservation on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from STOP IN & SEE OUR VERMONT COUNTRY COTTAGE STYLE BRATTLEBORO. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center. 3-4:30 pm. Inn Victoria, 321 Main St. (802) 875-4288. Exhibits and programs. Open 11-5. Closed Tuesdays and [email protected]. www.innvictoria.com. Wednesdays. Admission $6/$4/$3. 10 Vernon St. (802) Garden Accessories ° Shabby Old Things 257-0124. www.brattleboromuseum.org. CHESTER. Activities at Gassetts Grange Hall. Craft workshops, Thursdays 2-4 pm, everyone welcome, free Antiques ° Candeliers ° Fairie Gardens BRATTLEBORO. Fair Winds Farm Hay Rides. Half- refreshments and coffee, info: Bonnie, (802) 875-3500. hour reserved horse-drawn rides through fi elds and woods, Bingo Thursdays 6-9 pm. Dance and monthly community aandnd whateverwhatever eelselse sstrikestrikes oourur ffancy...ancy... and along a babbling brook. Adults $10, kids 3-12 $6, breakfast buffets fi rst Saturdays. Monthly Country minimum $50, after 5 pm $80. Fair Winds Farm is a Jamboree. Gassetts Grange Hall, junction of Rts. 10 and “Diversifi ed, Horse Powered, Vermont Family Farm” on 103N. For information call Dave (802) 875-2637. Upper Dummerston Rd. (802) 254-9067. fairwind@sover. Vermont Country Dining at its Best net. www.fairwindsfarm.org. CHESTER. Gallery 103. Dedicated to promoting fi ne As always we serve real good, real food. American Craft and Design, with an exclusive showroom BRATTLEBORO. Gallery Walk. Monthly celebration of of Junker Studio Ironwork. Monthly “Featured Artists.” We still bake our own bread and pies, and we serve the arts in downtown and nearby locations. 40-50 or more Owned and operated by Elise & Payne Junker. Gallery our famous chicken and biscuits every Wednesday. exhibit openings, many with meet-the-artist receptions and is open Fri-Sun, 10 am – 5 pm. On Rt. 103, just south of Breakfast, live music, plus occasional readings, dance, circus arts, town. (802) 875-7400. Gallery103.com. theater, and more. Free. First Fridays from 5:30-8:30 pm. Lunch & Dinner (802) 257-2616. www.gallerywalk.org. COLCHESTER. The Sam Mazza Farm’s Corn Maze. Every Day It’s natural fun for the whole family! 11 am – 6 pm. Sam — Daily Specials — BRATTLEBORO. Post Oil Solutions meets frequently Mazza’s, 277 Lavigne Rd. [email protected]. Full Service Bar and sponsors events with a mission to advance cooperative, (802) 655-3440. www.sammazzafarms.com. Through Oct. sustainable communities. For info contact Tim Stevenson Just Over the Hill in Benson, VT • (802) 537-2755 DANBY. at [email protected] or www.postoilsolutions.org. Mountain View Ranch & Sun Bowl Ranch. “Wheel” Cater to You. Let us bring our famous food to your next party. Horse-drawn wagon rides, all-season trail rides, lessons, BROWNINGTON. Old Stone House Museum. Lectures, boarding, special events. 502 Easy St. off Brook Rd. Call exhinits and special events. Orleans County Historical to reserve. (802) 293-5837. riding@mountainviewranch. Society’s archival building at 109 Old Stone House Rd. biz. www.mountainviewranch.biz. (802) 754-2022. [email protected]. www.oldstonehousemuseum.org. DANBY FOUR CORNERS. Danby Dog Art Studio. The Book Shed Folk Art, Primitive Paintings & Reproductions by Susan BUYING  BOOKS  TRADES BURLINGTON. Exhibit. Grossology—The Science Houghton Debus. Open most days—but please call ahead. SELLING on all subjects CONSIGNMENTS of the Human Body, September 17 through January 8. Studio is located at 1764 Tinmouth Rd, 1.5 miles north of Workshops, programs, café, gift shop, story hour. the Four Corners Store. (802) 293-2489. Open Wednesday-Sunday Admission: $9.50 adults, $7 ages 3-17, $8 seniors 10 am – 6 pm, or by and students, under 3 free. Monday–Sunday, 10 DANBY FOUR CORNERS. Chipman Stables, appt. or chance am – 5 pm. ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science 33 Danby-Pawlet Rd. Trail rides, kid’s camps, Center, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, lessons, boarding & sales. New indoor arena. Lake & Stage Roads, Benson, VT One College St. (877) 324-6385. Open daily, reservations appreciated. (Off Rte 22A in Rutland County) (802) 293-5242. www.chipmanstables.com. www.echovermont.org. (802) 537 2190 • Shop thebookshed.com ~ Member Vermont Antiquarian Booksellers Association ~

Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Page 13 Vermont Country Calendar (Ongoing, continued) GRAFTON. The Nature Museum at Grafton. Exhibits, gift LUDLOW. Black River Academy Museum. Exhibits, shop, family activities, and special events. Fairy House Tour, programs, gift shop. Open Tues-Sat 12-4 pm. 14 High St. DANVILLE. The Great Vermont Corn Maze. Open 7 Sept. 24-25, 11 am – 4 pm. Regular museum admission: (802) 228-5050. www.bramvt.org. Through October 11. days a week at 10 am. Last people enter maze at 2 pm on adults $5, seniors/student $4, children 3-12 $3, family $15. weekdays and 3 pm on weekends. Fee. 1404 Wheelock Rd. Saturdays 10-4 and Sundays 1-4. 186 Townshend Rd. (802) LUDLOW. Farmers Market. Fridays 4-7 pm through (802) 748-1399. www.vermontcornmaze.com. Open through 843-2111. [email protected]. October 7. Okemo Mt. School, 63 Main St. (802) 734-3829. October 16. www.nature-museum.org. LUDLOW. Fletcher Farm School for the Arts and Crafts. DORSET. Eighth Annual Dorset Farmers’ Market. 10 am – GRANVILLE, NY. The Slate Valley Museum. Exhibits, Vermont’s oldest residential arts and crafts school. Ongoing 2 pm. On the lawn at H.N. Williams General Store, Rt. 30. events, demonstrations, programs, and gift shop. Museum exhibits, classes, lectures, and workshops. Fletcher Farm For info: (518) 222-1149. www.dorsetfarmersmarket.com. is open Tues thru Sat 10-5, Sun 1-4 pm. Admission $5. School, 611 Rt. 103 South. For information or to request a Sundays through October 9. Downtown at 17 Water St. (518) 642-1417. catalog, contact (802) 228-8770. www.fl etcherfarm.org. www.slatevalleymuseum.org. EAST CHARLESTON. NorthWoods Stewardship Center. MANCHESTER CENTER. The Manchester Farmers Programs, workshops and special events in all seasons. HARTLAND. Farmer’s Market. We feature locally Market. Thursdays 3-6 pm through October 6. Adams Park, Public is welcome. 154 Leadership Dr. (802) 723-6551. grown produce and hand-picked music. Fridays 4-7 pm at Rt. 7A. (518) 222-1149. www.manchestermarket.org. www.northwoodscenter.org. Hartland Public Library, 153 Rt. 5. (802) 436-2500. www. hartlandfarmersmarket.com. Fridays through September 30. MANCHESTER. Southern Vermont Arts Center. EAST THETFORD. Cedar Circle Farm and Education Exhibitions. Gallery, special events, concerts, gift shop, and Center. A certifi ed organic, fi fty-acre vegetable and berry HUBBARDTON. Hubbardton Battlefi eld State Historic café. SVAC, Yester House Gallery, West Rd. (802) 362- farm. Farmstand with local produce and Vermont products. Site. The only Revolutionary War battle fought entirely 1405. www.svac.org. Hello Cafe (with wireless internet) servings snacks and in Vermont. Adults $2, 14 and under free. Hubbardton beverages. Cooking and gardening classes, seasonal events, Battlefi eld State Historic Site is at 5696 Monument Hill MANCHESTER. Visit Historic Hildene, the summer pick-your-own. Open Mon–Sat 10 am – 6 pm, Sun 10 am – Rd., seven miles north of Rt. 4. (802) 273-2282. www. home of Robert Todd Lincoln. Special activities, lectures, 5 pm. Cedar Circle Farm & Education Center, 225 Pavillion historicvermont.org. Open through October 10. bird walks, museum store. Tickets: $13 adults, $5 youth Rd. off Rt. 5. (802) [email protected]. under 14, children under 6 free. Grounds pass: $5 adults, www.cedarcirclefarm.org. Open through October. ISLE LA MOTTE. 2011 Pilgrimage and Tourist Season. $3 youth, children under 6 free. Open daily 9:30 am to 4:30 St. Anne’s Shrine, 92 St Anne’s Rd. (802) 928-3362. pm. Historic Hildene is off Rt. 7A, just south of the village. FAIR HAVEN. Farmer’s Market. 3-7 pm. On the Green. www.saintannesshrine.org. Open through October 10. (802) 362-1788. info@hildene. www.hildene.org. (518) 282-9781. Fridays through October 14. LEBANON, NH. Listen Community Dinner. Nutritious free FAIRLEE. Railroad Station Outdoor Flea Market. meals served from 5–5:30 pm every Tuesday and Thursday. Antiques, household & miscellaneous items. Admission At Sacred Heart Church on Hough St. (603) 448-4553. free. 7:30 – 3 pm. Every Saturday & Sunday, weather permitting, located on Main St. (Rt. 5), in front of the LEBANON, NH. ValleyNet Community Technology Center. Fairlee railroad station. (802) 333-4809. Through October 9. 10-seat computer lab in the new Grafton County Senior Citizens Council building, Campbell St., downtown. Center is FERRISBURGH. Rokeby Museum, a National Historic open for walk-ins 9 am - 4:30 pm, Mon-Fri. Free. Landmark, one of the best-documented Underground (802) 649-2126. Railroad sites in the country. Furnished house and outbuildings, exhibits, tours, hiking trails, and special LEICESTER. Addison County Farm Animal Homeopathy events. House tours Thurs–Sun 11 am, 12:30 pm, 2 pm. Fee: Study Group. Learn how other farmers are applying $6 adults, $4 seniors/students, $2 children 12 and under. homeopathy to their herds or fl ocks. Discussion includes an Open Tues–Sun, 10 am – 4 pm. Grounds open year round in-depth look of at least one remedy, some theory and a case during daylight. Rokeby Museum, Rt. 7. (802) 877-3406. analysis. Meets the fi rst Thursday of each month and is open rokeby.org. Open through October 11. to all levels. 1-3 pm at Taconic End Farm. For more info call Annie Claghorn, (802) 247-3979. GLOVER. Bread & Puppet Theater and Museum. See [email protected]. one of the largest collections of some of the biggest puppets in the world. Free, donations welcome. Open LONDONDERRY. West River Farmers Market. Organic daily 10 am – 6 pm to November 1, after that by produce and entertainment. Saturdays, 9 am – 1 pm. In the appointment. 753 Heights Rd., Rt. 122 off Rt. park along the West River at the intersection of Rts. 11E & 16. (802) 525-3031. [email protected]. 100N. (802) 875-5004. www.westriverfarmersmarket.com. www.breadandpuppet.org. Saturdays through October 8.

“Supporting Local Farms, Fresh Food, Rag Dolls 2 Love Healthy Communities” A non-profit organization dedicated, For more information & through volunteers, to making and distributing Solar Wind soft cloth dolls to children affected by war, or a copy of our Locally Central Vermont Solar & Wind natural disaster, or serious illness. Grown Guide, contact: Elizabeth Winters, Director Sales, Installation and Service of Rutland Area (802) 394-2432 • www.ragdolls2love.org Solar Electric (PV) & Wind Power Systems Farm & Food Link P.O. Box 1, 1215 Rt. 153, W. Rupert, VT 05776 (802) 417-7331 You Can Have Solar! [email protected] www.rutlandfarmandfood.org This solar Owned and operated by a registered pharmacist, panel provides Th e Vermont Herbal General Store has all the answers you need! Th e 1600 watts of Usul & Karuna Reiki Vermont Healings & Classes Fresh = Local power when Chinese Ear Coning Animal Healings w/Remedies Whole the sun is House or Barn Calls GENERAL STORE Owner John Blittersdorf and Organic Foods helper install a solar panel shining! Handmade Herbal Medicines Come visit! Open 7 days & Crystals & Gemstones • Teas, Lotions, Capsules always open to the public. 104 River Street, Rutland, VT Cooperatively owned 578 Main St., W. Rutland, VT • (802) 438-2766 by hundreds of local (802) 747-0577 • www.cvsolar.com Open Wed thru Sat 12-6, some Sundays, or call for appointment. member-owners. www.vermontherbal.com Produce ∙ Dairy • Meat ∙ Bulk Foods • Groceries Frozen Foods • Bread ∙ Vitamins & Supplements Body Care • Household Goods • & Much More! Downtown Rutland, 77 Wales Street Voted “Best Carpet & Flooring Store in (802) 773-0737 • www.rutlandcoop.com the Rutland Area” by Market Surveys Harte’s Flooring One Scale Avenue, Building 6W Howe Center, Rutland, VT • (802) 747-9955 Custom tile, laminate, carpet, hardwoods. Boots • Shoes • Sneakers Professional installation of everything we sell or Slippers • Hikers • Casuals we’ll install your material. Restretching and repairs.  Flood damage—we’ll remove and replace damaged for the whole family fl oors and rugs. Free estimates. Open Monday–Friday 8:30 am – 5:00 pm, 19 Center St., Rutland, VT • Across From the Paramount Theater (802) 282-4016 • Mon, Tues, Wed 11–6, Thurs 11–8, Fri 11–3 Sat 8:30 am – 1:00 pm, Sunday by appointment.

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MANCHESTER. Fall Foliage Tours. Explore our area with a local guide in an eight-passenger tour vehicle. Fee: $30, reservations required. Daily 1-4 pm. Starts at Adams Park, 357 Center Hill Rd. (802) 362-4997. www. Don’t miss Vermont’s Largest backroaddiscovery.com. Late September through October. Farmers Market—Over 90 Vendors! MARLBORO. Southern Vermont Natural History Museum. Admission: adults $5, seniors $3, children THE DOWNTOWN 5-12 $2, under 5 free. Open through late Oct. daily 10 am – 5 pm; open weekends in the winter. Rt. 9, Hogback FARMERS MARKET Mountain. (802) 464-0048. [email protected]. at Evelyn St. & Depot Park, Rutland, VT www.vermontmuseum.org. Every Saturday 9 am – 2 pm MIDDLEBURY. Middlebury Arts Walk. Join us on the second Friday of every month. 5-7 pm. Free. Tuesdays 3–6 pm Downtown Middlebury. (802) 388-7951 x 2. info@ Grade bedding, veggie and middleburyartswalk.com. www.middleburyartswalk.com. tomato plants. Produce, range-fed meat and eggs, Vermont wines MIDDLEBURY. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont. and cheeses, apples, cider. The oldest chartered community history museum in the Specialty foods and prepared foods. United States, welcoming visitors since 1882. Exhibits, Home bakery and Vermont crafts. research center, and museum shop. Tues-Sat 10 am - 5 pm and Sun 1-5 pm. Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont Info: Joe (802) 325-2144 • vtfarmersmarket.org History, 1 Park St. (803) 388-2117. EBT & DEBIT CARDS ACCEPTED www.henrysheldonmuseum.org. See us on Facebook and the Weather Channel. MIDDLEBURY. Vermont Folklife Center. Exhibits, gallery, archives & research center, programs, and Heritage Shop. Free admission. Open Tues–Sat, 10 am – 5 pm. At 88 Main St., downtown. (802) 388-4964. info@ vermontfolklifecenter.org. www.vermontfolklifecenter.org. MOUNT HOLLY. Mount Holly Farmers Market. Saturdays 10 am – 1 pm, rain or shine. On the Belmont Village Green. (802) 259-2322. [email protected]. Through October 1. Indoor Family Fun & Party Center NORTHEAST KINGDOM. Fall Foliage Festival. Week- long event hosted by six Northeast Kingdom towns— Indoor Mini-Golf Walden, Cabot, Plainfi eld, Peacham, Barnet, and Groton. (802) 748-3678. www.nekchamber.com. Bounce Houses September 26 to October 1. Party Rooms QUECHEE. Vermont Institute of Natural Science Nature NORWICH. Norwich Farmers Market. Saturdays 9 am – Center. Admission: adults $10.50, seniors $9.50, youth Howe Center Building #10 1 pm, rain or shine. A rich cornucopia of fresh farm (3-18) $8.50, children 3 and under free. 10 am – 5:30 pm Rutland, VT • (802) 772-7339 produce, delicious baked goods, and exquisite handcrafted daily. VINS Nature Center, 6565 Woodstock Rd., Rt. 4. www.jumpforefun.com items. See website for a listing of entertainment. Rt. (802) 359-5000. www.vinsweb.org. 5, one mile south of Norwich village. (802) 384-7447. Fall Hours: Th urs 4-8, Fri 3-9, Sat 10–9, Sun 10-4 norwichfarmersmarket.org. Saturdays through October. RANDOLPH. PAWS for Reading. Specially-trained Mon, Tues, Wed CLOSED owners and their specially-trained dogs will be here the Directions: Turn off Rt. 7 onto Park St. (near fairgrounds) NORWICH. Montshire Museum of Science. Exhibits, fi rst Saturday of each month, to share a relaxing reading Turn onto Porter Place. Look for black/yellow signs. trails, programs, and museum store open 10 am – 5 pm experience with children. Kimball Public Library, 67 Main daily. Admission $12 adults, $10 children 2-17, under 2 St. (802) 728-5073. www.kimballlibrary.org. free. One Montshire Rd. (802) 649-2200. www.montshire.org. RANDOLPH. Farmers Market. Saturday 9 am – 1 pm. through October 15. Rt. 66. (802) 356-2869. ORWELL. Mount Independence State Historic Site. In 1776, this military complex was one of the largest RANDOLPH CENTER. Turkey Hill Farm. Farmer’s communities in North America. Visitor’s Center and Kitchen cooking classes. Farm skills workshops. “Moo- Museum with archaeological artifacts. Open daily 9:30 am tique” farm store, raw milk micro-dairy, pasture-raised – 5 pm. Admission: adults $5, children 14 and under free. meats and books. Spacious farm-stay apartment for short- On Mount Independence Rd., off Rt. 73. (802) 948-2000. term stays. Chapter meetings for the Weston A. Price www.historicvermont.org. Open through October 11. Foundation. Stuart and Margaret Osha, 55 Turkey Hill Rd. (802) 728-7064. [email protected]. PITTSFORD. New England Maple Museum. Tour www.turkeyhillfarmvt.com. through Vermont’s famous maple industry and visit our gift shop. Maple candy making demonstrations from 10:30 RUPERT. Merck Forest and Farmland. Camping, cabins, am – 3 pm, no charge, on Wednesdays through October trails, farm, workshops and seasonal events. Visitor’s 12—sample candy fresh from the mold. Halloween & Center and store with certifi ed organic maple syrup, our Fall Celebration Sept. 16– Oct. 31. Open daily May 20 – own 100% wool blankets, and more. Open year round, October 31, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm. On Rt. 7, south of town. dawn to dusk. 3270 Rt. 315, west of Manchester. (802) (802) 483-9414. [email protected]. 394-7836. [email protected]. www.merckforest.org. www.maplemuseum.com. RUTLAND. Vermont Farmers Market. 9 am to 2 pm every PLAINFIELD. Monthly Sacred Harp Sing. The second Saturday through October 29 and Tuesdays 3-6 pm through Sunday of every month at 3 to 5 p.m. at the Community mid-October. Located downtown in Depot Park next to Center above the Co-op in Plainfi eld. For more Walmart. For more info call Greg Cox (802) 683-5791 or information, contact Lynnette Combs at (802) 426-3850. Judy Dark at (802) 773-4813. vtfarmersmarket.org. [email protected]. RUTLAND. Trinity Episcopal Church invites everyone to POULTNEY. Poultney Farmer’s Market. Every join us for a hot meal every second Saturday of the month. Thursday 9 am to 2 pm on Main Street. (802) 683-5791. By donation, if able. 11:30 am – 1 pm. 85 West St., Nourse [email protected]. www.vtfarmersmarket. Hall. (802) 775-4368. org. Thursdays through October 20. RUTLAND. Chaffee Art Center—Rutland Area Art POULTNEY. Community Breakfast. Hosted by the Slate Association. Exhibits, classes, workshops, open studio Valley Ministry the last Saturday of each month. $1/person, evenings. Gallery open Wednesday through Saturday 10 under 14 free. All welcome. Breakfast served 8-10:30 am, am to 5 pm and Sunday 12 noon until 4 pm. 16 South Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 84 Church St. Main St. (802) 775-0356. www.chaffeeartcenter.org. (802) 287-2252. RUTLAND. Himalayan Salt Cave. Come relax in the only POULTNEY. Free Historical Audio Walking & Driving public Himalayan Salt Cave in North America. Mon–Fri Tours. View and learn about Main Street Poultney, East 10 am – 8 pm, Sat & Sun 10 am – 6 pm. $10. Pyramid Poultney Village, and the Quarries, Farms & Forests. Holistic Wellness Center, 120 Merchants Row. For (802) 287-5252, (802) 287-2010. www.poultneyvt.com. reservations call (802) 775-8080. www.pyramidvt.com. www.poultneyhistoricalsociety.org. RUTLAND. Hathaway Farm & Corn Maze. Challenge the PROCTOR. Vermont Marble Museum. The world’s largest corn maze in Vermont! Clues, bridges, punches, and largest marble exhibit. Admission: $7 adults, $5 seniors, more. Hayride, pumpkin picking, livestock barn, kids’ farm $4 teens, children free. Open 9 am – 5:30 pm daily. At activities. Moonlight Madness Sat. nights 5-9 pm. Open 52 Main St. (800) 427-1396. www.vermont-marble.com. Wed. – Mon. 741 Prospect Hill Rd. off Rt. 7N. Through October 29. (802) 775-2624. hathawayfarm.com. Through October 30.

PUTNEY. Farmers Market. 11 am – 2 pm. At Carol SAXTONS RIVER. Main Street Arts. Concerts, Brown Way across from the Putney Co-op. (802) 387- workshops, lectures, and classes for adults, teens, and 5866. www.putneyfarmersmarket.org. Sundays through children. Something for every interest. (802) 869-2960. October 9. www.mainstreetarts.org. 25 Center St., Rutland, VT 05701 PUTNEY. Green Mountain Orchards Farm Store SHELBURNE. Shelburne Farms. Welcome Center, (802) 770-1882 open all year with local apples and cider. 130 Farm and Farm Store. Family programs, workshops, West Hill Rd. (exit 4, I-91), look for signs in events. Open year round 10 am – 5 pm. Admission. 443 Railroad St., St. Johnsbury, VT Putney Village. (802) 387-5851. Shelburne Farms, 1611 Harbor Rd. off Rt. 7. (802) 748-2975 www.greenmtorchards.com. (802) 985-8686. www.shelburnefarms.org. Open Mon–Sat, hours vary by store location

Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Page 15 Vermont Coun (Ongoing, continued) TOWNSHEND. 4th Season Townshend Common Farmers WOODSTOCK. Contra Dance and Dinner. Music by Old Sam Market. Thursdays 3:30-6:30 pm through October 13, rain or Peabody, calling by Delia Clark. Vegetarian dinner 5:30-7:30 pm; SOUTH ROYALTON. Farmers Market. Thursdays 3-6:30 pm. shine, on the Townshend Town Common at the intersection of Rt. family dance at 6 pm; potluck dessert at 7: 30 pm; contra dance On the Town Green. (802) 763-6630. Thursdays through Oct. 6. 30 & 35. (802) 869-2141. 8-10:30 pm. $8 suggested donation, under 18 free. At the Little Theater, 54 River St. For more info call Steve at (802) 785-4039. SOUTH WALLINGFORD. Line Dancing every Tuesday. VERGENNES. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. Fourteen [email protected]. Third Fridays Sept. through May. Beginners and experienced. $5 per person, snack bar available. exhibit buildings, replica vessels, shipwreck tours, and on-water 6-9 pm at the Maple Valley Grange Hall, Rt. 7. (802) 446-2872. programs. Open daily 10 am – 5 pm. Admission. Lake Champlain WOODSTOCK. First Run Movies at the Woodstock Town Hall www.wallingfordvt.com. Maritime Museum, 4472 Basin Harbor Rd., next to Basin Harbor Theatre. Old-fashioned big-screen movie-going experience with Club. (802) 475-2022. www.lcmm.org. state-of-the-art Dolby surround sound. Adults $8, seniors $7, SPRINGFIELD. Shape Note Singing. Come and join us. 7 pm students $6. Famous maple popcorn! (802) 457-3981. on the fi rst and third Fridays at Pat and Walt Colteryahn’s, 8 WALLINGFORD. Lunch at the First Congregational Church of www.pentanglearts.org. Lincoln St. For more info please call (802) 885-9521. Wallingford. Bring a friend or neighbor. Free. Thursdays 11:30 am – 1 pm. (802) 446-2817. www.wallingfordvt.com. WOODSTOCK. Hand-in-Hand Community Meal. All are SPRINGFIELD. Springfi eld Community Market. Saturday 10 welcome. Free, donations accepted. Every Thursday, 5-7 pm am – 1 pm in the bank parking lot on Main St. (802) 263-5390. WELLS. Wells Village Farmers Market. Saturdays 9 am – 1 pm. in the Social Hall of the Unitarian Church, 7 Church St. springfi eldcommunitymarket.com. Saturdays through October 8. At Wells Country Store, Wells Four Corners on Rt. 30. For info (802) 457-9272. contact Helen Wood at (802) 325-3478. Through October. SPRINGFIELD. Stellafane. A place and an organization devoted WOODSTOCK. 25th Annual Quilt Exhibition. Quilting to amateur astronomy, founded by Russell W. Porter in 1923, and WEST NEWBURY. Eastern Square Dance. Traditional singing, programs, informal workshops for beginning quilters, plus considered by many to be the “Birthplace of Amateur Telescope squares, waltzes, polkas, foxtrots, two-steps, Virginia Reel, activities for all ages. Admission (includes all activities): $12 Making.” Home to an active amateur astronomy and telescope- Portland Fancy, others. All dances taught. With Adam Boyce, adults, $11 seniors, $6 children 5-15, $3 children 3 & 4. making club. Springfi eld Telescope Makers, Inc., PO Box 601, fi ddler/caller, Donna Weston on piano. Admission by donation, Billings Farm & Museum, Rt. 12 & River Rd. (802) 457-2355. Springfi eld, VT 05156. [email protected]. all ages welcome. 8 pm at the Community Hall at 219 Tyler Farm www.billingsfarm.org. Exhibit runs through September 25. www.stellafane.com. Rd. (802) 429-2316 or [email protected]. Fourth Saturdays. WOODSTOCK. Billings Farm & Museum. Premiere Jersey STATEWIDE. Foliage Open Studio Weekend. October 1 & 2. WEST RUTLAND. Free Financial Fitness Classes by dairy farm, restored 1890 farmhouse, family programs, festivities Featuring 174 craftspeople and artists around the state. More NeighborWorks® of Western Vermont. Topics covered include: and museum. Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides Wednesdays, 11 am – 2 info at vermontcrafts.com. Basic Budgeting, Using a Checkbook, Saving and Investing, pm through September 28. Foodways Fridays through October Borrowing Basics, Credit, and Renting in Vermont. Call to fi nd 14. Traditional Craft Saturdays during September. Chatauqua ST. JOHNSBURY. The Stephen Huneck Gallery at Dog out the dates of topics that interest you. 3-5 pm Thursdays at the (lectures) on September 25. Pumpkin & Apple Celebration Mountain and Dog Chapel. Free. Open Mon-Sat 10 am – 5 pm NeighborWorks offi ce at 110 Marble St. (802) 438-2303 x 216. October 1 & 2. Admission (includes all activities) $12 adults, and Sun 11 am –4 pm. The Stephen Huneck Gallery at Dog $11 seniors, $6 children 5-15, $3 children 3 & 4. 10 am to 5 pm. Mountain, 143 Parks Rd. off Spaulding Rd. (802) 748-2700. WEST RUTLAND. Reiki Experience. Classes at 11 am with Billings Farm & Museum, Rt. 12 & River Rd. (802) 457-2355 [email protected]. www.dogmt.com. Sivvie Lio and open-share healings at 3 pm. All are welcome. [email protected]. www.billingsfarm.org. Herbal remedies and teas, crystals and stones. Vermont Herbal TINMOUTH. Contra Dance every fourth Friday. Admission $8, General Store, 518 Main St. (802) 438-2766. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 $6 for teens, $3 for children 5-12, under 5 free. Refreshments www.vermontherbal.com. The last Sunday of each month. available. 8 pm at Tinmouth Community Center, Rt. 140, 5 miles TUNBRIDGE. 140th Annual Tunbridge World’s Fair. Livestock west of Wallingford. For info or directions call (802) 235-2718. WESTMINSTER. Homemade Soup and Bread. Every shows, competitive harvest and crafts exhibits, free midway. Or visit Tinmouthvt.org. Wednesday noon to 2 pm at the First Congregational Church on Fairgrounds are on Rt. 100. (800) 889-5555. www.tunbridgefair. Rt. 5. Free, donations accepted. (802) 722-4148. com. Through September 18. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Listen Free Community Dinner. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 Served 5-6 pm every Mon. and Wed. Take-home available. PITTSFORD. New England Maple Museum. Halloween & Fall St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 749 Hartford Ave. (603) 448-4553. Celebration with a colorful array of autumn colors. Tour through Vermont’s famous maple industry and visit our gift shop. Open WILMINGTON. 29th Annual Wilmington Antique & Flea daily through October 31, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm. On Rt. 7, south of Market. Southern Vermont’s largest weekend market. Outdoor town. (802) 483-9414. [email protected]. shopping, collectibles, clothing, jewelry, furniture, house- www.maplemuseum.com. wares, vegetables and plants. Food concession, free parking and admission. At Wilmington Antique & Flea Market, Inc., Rts. 9 & TINMOUTH. Old Firehouse Stage Concert. 7:30 pm. At the 100. (802) 464-3345. Open weekends through mid-October. Old Firehouse, Rt. 140, 5 miles west of Wallingford. For info or directions call (802) 446-3457. [email protected]. WILMINGTON. Evening Wagon Ride & Bonfi re Party. A great tinmouthvt.org. way to experience Vermont’s beauty and culture. Fun for all ages. Adams Farm, 15 Higley Hill Rd. Call for rates and reservations. TUNBRIDGE. 140th Annual Tunbridge World’s Fair. Livestock (802) 464-3762. [email protected]. www.adamsfamilyfarm.com. shows, competitive harvest and crafts exhibits. Fairgrounds are Through mid-October. on Rt. 100. (800) 889-5555. www.tunbridgefair.com. Through September 18. WINDSOR. American Precision Museum. See the collection of the miniatures of master craftsman John Aschauer includes two working machine shops, steam power plant and a selection of SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 other models. $6 adults. 10 am – 5 pm. Robbins and Lawrence MANCHESTER. 7th Annual Art on the Hill. Free family event Armory, 196 Main St. (802) 674-5781. americanprecision.org. packed with art-related activities. 4-8 pm. Southern Vermont Arts Open through October 31. Center, West Rd. (802) 362-1405. www.svac.org. WINDSOR. Farmers Market. Apple & Pear Festival Sept. 25, SHELBURNE. 33rd Annual Harvest Festival. Celebrate the Pumpkin Festival Oct. 16. Sundays 1-4 pm on the Windsor Town autumn traditions of Vermont’s farms and forests. Fee: $8 adult, Green. (802) 674-6630. windsorfarmersmarket.com. Sundays $5 child, children under 3 are free. 10 am – 4 pm. Shelburne through October 30. Farms, 1611 Harbor Rd. off Rt. 7. (802) 985-8686. www. shelburnefarms.org. WINDSOR. Old Constitution House State Historic Site. The restored Old Constitution House looks as it did more than 200 TUNBRIDGE. 140th Annual Tunbridge World’s Fair. Livestock years ago. Open 11 am – 5 pm, Sat–Sun. Admission: adults $2.50, shows, competitive harvest and crafts exhibits. Fairgrounds are children 14 & under are free. 16 N. Main St. (802) 672-3773. on Rt. 100. (800) 889-5555. www.tunbridgefair.com. Through www.historicvermont.org. Open through October 10. September 18.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 PERU. 30th Annual Peru Fair. An old-fashioned country fair! WOODSTOCK. Revolutionary War Encampment. On the back The March of the Porkers Parade at 9:45 am sharp! Organic Pig lawn of the Woodstock History Center. Food, weaponry, clothing, PITTSFORD. New England Maple Museum. Maple Candy Roast starts 11 am: $10 includes pork, BBQ sauce, apple sauce, and more! Admission free, with donations gratefully accepted. Making Demonstrations from 10:30 am to 3 pm—sample candy cole slaw, beans, and a roll; roast corn $2 extra. Entertainment, 10 am – 4 pm. Woodstock History Center, 26 Elm St. (802) 457- fresh from the mold. Tour through Vermont’s famous maple pony & hay rides, cloggers, baked goods, art demonstrations, 1822. www.woodstockhistorical.org. Also September 25. industry and visit our gift shop. Open daily through October 31, church exhibits of yesteryear, dancing, food and crafts vendors. 8:30 am – 5:30 pm. On Rt. 7, south of town. (802) 483-9414. Admission $5. 9 am – 4 pm. In the village off Rt. 11. Parking at WOODSTOCK. 8th Annual Vermont Fine Furniture and [email protected]. www.maplemuseum.com. Bromley Mountain with free shuttle busses to and from the fair. Woodworking Festival. Buy wood furniture, bowls, baskets, [email protected]. www.perufair.org. jewelry, carvings, fl ooring, cabinetry. Free shuttle ride to the POULTNEY. 250th Birthday Celebration. All-day events and Marsh Billings, Rockefeller National Historical Park where you family festivities. (802) 287-2010. POULTNEY. Annual Chili Cook-Off. Come & sample some of can take park tours and watch woodworking demonstrations. the best chili around from 25+ chili cookers! Sponsored by the Admission: $7/$10, under 18 free. 9 am – 6 pm. Union Arena at FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Poultney Rotary Club. St. David’s Society store open on lawn at the Woodstock High School, 496 Woodstock Rd. (Rt. 4). Morris House on Main St. 10 am – 2 pm, downtown Poultney. (802) 747-7900. www.vermontwoodfestival.org. BURLINGTON. 7th Annual Burlington Book Festival. (802) 287-9987. Readings, signings, panels, fi lm screenings, musical Also September 25. performances, workshops, lectures, demos, original theatre and POULTNEY. Vermont Farmers Market Fall Craft & Food Fair. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 special events featuring literary luminaries from around the Over 30 vendors of Vermont crafts, specialty foods, baked goods, world. Four venues conveniently located downtown. (802) 658- and fall décor. 10 am – 4 pm. West Main St. off Rt. 30. BOMOSEEN. Third Annual Flying Dog Dock Diving 3328. www.burlingtonbookfestival.com. Through September 25. (802) 287-9570. Competition. To benefi t the Rutland County Humane Society. Tickets are $5 for entry or viewing. Registration 11 am, practice RANDOLPH. Concert: Dave Keller Band. Tickets $16. 7:30 pm. PROCTOR. 9th Annual Fall Festival. Birthday cake baking jumps 12 noon, competition at 1 pm. The Lake House Pub and Chandler Music Hall, 71-73 Main St. (802) 728-6464. tickets@ contest, kid’s activities, arts and crafts vendors, food booths, Grille, Rt. 30. (802) 483-9171. chandler-arts.org. www.chandler-arts.org. carnival rides and a silent auction. Vermont Railways train rides at 10 am, noon, 2 pm and 4 pm. Cost for train ride is $10 per adult, BURLINGTON. 7th Annual Burlington Book Festival. Readings, RUTLAND. Concert: Blues Travelers. Tickets $49.50/$39.50, a $5 per child under 12. 9 am – 4 pm. Proctor’s Main Street Park. signings, panels, fi lm screenings, musical performances, portion benefi ts fl ood relief. 8 pm. Paramount Theatre, 30 Center (802) 459-2220. workshops, lectures, demos, original theatre and special events St. (802) 775-0903. www.paramountlive.org. featuring literary luminaries. Four venues conveniently located PROCTOR. Library Book Sale. 9 am – 12:30 pm. Proctor Free downtown. (802) 658-3328. www.burlingtonbookfestival.com. TINMOUTH. Contra Dance. Music by Cold River Band with Library, 4 Main St. (802) 459-3539. Marcos Levy and Mary Barron. Adults $9, $7 for teens, $3 for DERBY LINE. Concert: Vermont Symphony Orchestra—Made children 5-12, under 5 free. Homemade baked goods and other RANDOLPH CENTER. Harvest Fair. Coffee and donuts, in Vermont Tour. Tickets $26/$22/$13. 4 pm at Haskell Opera refreshments available. 8 pm at Tinmouth Community Center, Rt. barbecued chicken, baked goods & candy, grilled hot dogs & House. (802) 86-FLYNN. www.vso.org. 140, 5 miles west of Wallingford. For info or directions call (802) sausages & drinks. Flea market & craft items & books, plants 235-2718. Tinmouthvt.org. Every fourth Friday & produce, annual quilt raffl e. Quilt & antique tractor exhibits. FERRISBURGH. Autumn Walk at Rokeby Museum. Join Antique appraisals by Jim Marquis from 11 am – 1 pm. Fair from Addison County Forester Chris Olson for an easy hike across SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 10 am – 2 pm. First Congregational Church of Randolph, Rokeby Museum land. Explore how nature is reclaiming this BRADFORD. 80th Annual Old-Fashioned Chicken Pie Supper. E. Bethel Rd. (802) 728-4999. once-working agricultural landscape. Free, non-members Menu: chicken pie with crust, potatoes & gravy, squash, onions, welcome. Sponsored by the Bread Loaf Section of the Green cole slaw, cranberry sauce, apple & pumpkin pies, beverages. RUTLAND. Concert: George Thorogood and the Destroyers. Mountain Club. Call Cecilia Elwert for meeting time, (802) 453- Adults $10, children under 12 are $5. Take-outs available. 6 pm, Tickets $49.50/$39.50, a portion benefi ts fl ood relief. 8 pm. 8447. [email protected]. www.greenmountainclub.org. one seating. Congregational Church, UCC, Main St. Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St. (802) 775-0903. For reservations call Storme Odell at (802) 222-9655. www.paramountlive.org. LAKE ELMORE. Benefi t Musical Festival. Performances by Vorzca, Eames Brothers Band, 7 Lbs of Pork, and John Gailmor. BURLINGTON. 7th Annual Burlington Book Festival. SPRINGFIELD. Walk the Mills of Springfi eld. Walk into Entrance is $20 (kids under 12 are free). Half the proceeds go to Readings, signings, panels, fi lm screenings, musical history with Kelly Stettner, director of the Black River Action the Vermont Food Bank to help recent fl ood victims. The other performances, workshops, lectures, demos, original theatre Team, as she leads a foot tour visiting the sites of some of the half go to the Lamoille County Conservation District. Fee: and special events featuring literary luminaries. Four venues town’s earliest industrial mills. Free. 10 am. Comtu Cascade 14 and older $3, 4-13 $2, 3 and younger free. 12-6:30 pm. conveniently located downtown. (802) 658-3328. Park, 1 Main St. (802) 885-1533. blackrivercleanup@yahoo. Elmore State Park, 856 Rt. 12. (802) 888-2982. www.burlingtonbookfestival.com. Also September 25. com. vtarchaeology.org. blackriveractionteam.org. www.vtstateparks.com.

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Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Page 17 Vermont Country Calendar (September 25, continued) MANCHESTER. Art Workshop: In the Spirit of Plein-Air LUDLOW. Bike Outing. Moderate, 32 miles—Felchville, with Kenn Erroll Backhaus. Fee: $410. 9:30 am – 4:30 pm. Tyson, Ludlow, Downers. One very long uphill near the RANDOLPH. Concert: l’Histoire du Soldat & The Crane Southern Vermont Arts Center, West Rd. (802) 362-1405. beginning. Free, non-members welcome. Sponsored by the Maiden. Presented by the VT Contemporary Music www.svac.org. Through September 30. Ottauquechee Section of the Green Mountain Club. Call Ensemble. Tickets $26.50. 7:30 pm. Chandler Music Hall, Tom and Diane Russell for meeting time, (802) 457-2898. 71-73 Main St. (802) 728-6464. [email protected]. WALDEN. Annual Fall Foliage Festival. See quilt tying, www.greenmountainclub.org. www.chandler-arts.org. spinning & knitting, wood crafts, working oxen & draft horses and milling lumber. Homemade soup & sandwich lunch. Tours PITTSFORD. New England Maple Museum. Maple Candy ST. ALBANS. Roast Pork Dinner. Menu roast pork, to a dairy farm, a Morgan Horse farm and our rural school, Making Demonstrations from 10:30 am to 3 pm—sample stuffi ng, mashed potatoes and gravy, carrots, applesauce, with a little dancing and a snack thrown in. A family-style candy fresh from the mold. Tour through Vermont’s famous rolls, beverage, apple or pumpkin pie. Adults $10, children Barbecued Beef Supper will be served with mashed potatoes, maple industry and visit our gift shop. Open daily through 12 and under $5, family (2 adults & 2 children) $25. 11:15 veggies and home-baked pies, beginning at 5:30 pm, $10. October 31, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm. On Rt. 7, south of town. am – 1 pm. First Congregational Church, 27 Church St. Reservations: (802) 533-7122. Info: (802) 563-2777. (802) 483-9414. [email protected]. Tickets available at the door or call (802) 524-4555. www.maplemuseum.com. WOODSTOCK. Billings Farm & Museum Chatauqua. WALLINGFORD. Annual Rotary Memorial Benefi t Lecture explores traditional and contemporary quilting, with PLAINFIELD. Annual Fall Foliage Festival. Coffee hour Lobster Bake. 50/50 cash raffl e with door prizes. $25 Marie Bostwick, At 4 pm. Admission (includes all activities): and registration at 9 am at Grace United Methodist Church. includes lobster (or Delmonico steak), two salads, corn, $12 adults, $11 seniors, $6 children 5-15, $3 children 3 & Foliage tours at 10 am and 1 pm. Hear the history of the dessert and beverage. 4:30–7:30 pm. Wallingford Lodge, 4. Open 10 am – 5 pm. Billings Farm & Museum, Rt. 12 & Barre granite quarries, see glass blowers at work, taste wine Elfi n Lake. Tickets may be pre-purchased by calling Tatha at River Rd. (802) 457-2355. www.billingsfarm.org. at Grandview Winery, see scenic spots and hike to Owls (802) 773-5191. Head with a bag lunch. Crafts, baked goods, and jewelry TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 for sale. Cafeteria-style luncheon from 11:30 am to 1 pm WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Concert: Donna The for $5. Afternoon entertainment. Barbecued Chicken, Buffalo. Tickets $23. 8 pm. Tupelo Music Hall, 188 S. CABOT. Annual Fall Foliage Festival. Coffee hour at 9 am in Mostaccioli and Baked Bean Supper at 5 and 6 pm for $12. Main St. (603) 437-5100. www.tupelohallvermont.com. the Cabot Historical Building. Tour old school houses, craft For reservations, contact Joanne Martin, (802) 454-7301. donnathebuffalo.com. shops, the Public Library, Cabot Creamery and Historical Building. Crafts in the gym from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Beef ST. JOHNSBURY. Reading and Book Signing at the WOODSTOCK. Revolutionary War Encampment. Stew Luncheon at Cabot Church at 11:30 am, 12:30 & 1:15 Athenaeum. Lynn Bonfi eld presents her new book, New Admission: free, donations accepted. 10 am – 4 pm. Afternoon hayride to a sugarhouse and hike to Nichols England to Gold Rush California: The Journal of Alfred pm. Woodstock History Center, 26 Elm St. (802) 457-1822. Ledge at 2 pm. Turkey Dinner (adults $10, children $5. For and Chastina W. Rix, 1849-1854. Free. 7 pm. St. Johnsbury www.woodstockhistorical.org. reservations call (802) 563-2457. Tickets for luncheon, dinner Athenaeum, 1171 Main St. (802) 748-8291. and tour can be purchased at the same time.) Info: www.stjathenaeum.org. WOODSTOCK. 8th Annual Vermont Fine Furniture and (802) 563-2457. Woodworking Festival. Admission: $7/$10, under 18 free. SHELBURNE. Shoreline Hike at Shelburne Farms. Join 9 am – 6 pm. Union Arena at the Woodstock High School, CHESTER. The Second Annual Big Buzz Chainsaw Wood naturalist Matt Kolan on a hike to learn about the shoreline, 496 Woodstock Rd. (Rt. 4). (802) 747-7900. Carving Festival. Admission free Mon–Wed. Mackenzie forests, and wetlands during fl ood events, particularly on www.vermontwoodfestival.org. Field (off Rt. 103 behind Stone House Antiques). Details Lake Champlain. Bring a bag lunch and enjoy lunch with google Big Buzz Chester. Through October 2. spectacular views. Free. 10 am. Please register early—call MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Lake Champlain Land Trust, (802) 862-4150. Shelburne RUTLAND. Concert: Keb Mo. Tickets $34.50/$54.50, a Farms, 1611 Harbor Rd. off Rt. 7. (802) 985-8686. CHESTER. The Second Annual Big Buzz Chainsaw Wood portion benefi ts fl ood relief. 8 pm. Paramount Theatre, www.shelburnefarms.org. Carving Festival. Chainsaw carvers from across the country 30 Center St. (802) 775-0903. www.paramountlive.org. will be coming to this unique festival. See artists making WOODSTOCK. Autumn Wagon Ride Wednesdays. Horse- works in one hour. Quick carve events Thursday, drawn wagon rides featured from 11 am – 4 pm. Farm and Friday, & Saturday at 1 pm with auction to follow. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 museum open 10 am – 5 pm. Admission (includes Admission $5 per person, free Mon-Wed. CHESTER. The Second Annual Big Buzz Chainsaw Wood all activities): $12 adults, $11 seniors, $6 children Mackenzie Field (off Rt. 103 behind Stone Carving Festival. Admission free Mon-Wed. Mackenzie 5-15, $3 children 3 & 4. Billings Farm & Museum, House Antiques). Details google Big Buzz Field (off Rt. 103 behind Stone House Antiques). Details Rt. 12 & River Rd. (802) 457-2355. Chester. Through October 2. google Big Buzz Chester. Through October 2. www.billingsfarm.org.

  Th ere Was a Child Went Forth There was a child went forth every day; And the fi rst object he look’d upon, that object he became, And that object became part of him for the day or a certain part of the day, Or for many years, or stretching cycles of years. The early lilacs became part of this child, And grass, and white and red morning-glories, and white and red clover, and the song of the phoebe-bird, And the Third-month lambs, and the sow’s pink-faint litter, and the mare’s foal, and the cow’s calf, And the noisy brood of the barnyard or by the mire of the pond-side, And the fi sh suspending themselves so curiously below there, and the beautiful curious liquid, And the water-plants with their graceful fl at heads,—all became part of him. Douglas Orchards The fi eld-sprouts of Fourth-month and Fifth-month became part of him, AND Winter-grain sprouts, and those of the light-yellow corn, and the esculent roots of the garden, Cider Mill And the apple-trees cover’d with blossoms, and the fruit afterward, and wood-berries, and the commonest weeds by the road; U-Pick & Already-Picked Apples And the old drunkard staggering home from the outhouse of the tavern Pumpkins • Squash • Gourds • Cider • Indian Corn whence he had lately risen, And the schoolmistress that pass’d on her way to the school, Route 74, Shoreham, VT • 1½ miles west of Shoreham Village And the friendly boys that pass’d, and the quarrelsome boys, (Roadside stand also open on Rt. 10 in Haverhill, NH) And the tidy and fresh-cheek’d girls, and the barefoot negro boy and girl, And all the changes of city and country wherever he went. His own parents, Our Farm Stand is Open • (802) 897-5043 He that had father’d him and she that had conceiv’d him in her womb and birth’d him, They gave him afterward every day, they became part of him. The mother at home, quietly placing the dishes on the supper-table, The mother with mild words, clean her cap and gown, Pick-Your-Own-Apples! a wholesome odor falling off her person and clothes as she walks by, ~ Cider Mill ~ the father, strong, self-suffi cient, manly, mean, anger’d, unjust, Macintosh • Cortland • Empire • Delicious the family usages, the language, the company, the furniture, the yearning and swelling heart, Gala • Paulared • Gingergold • Fresh Hard Cider Affection that will not be gainsay’d, the sense of what is real, Bring a Picnic & Enjoy the though if after all it should prove unreal, the Beautiful Views of the Lake & Mountains. The doubts of day-time and the doubts of night-time, the curious whether and how, Whether that which appears so is so, or is it all fl ashes and specks? Open Daily 8 am – 6 pm Men and women crowding fast in the streets, (802) 897-2777 • [email protected] if they are not fl ashes and specks what are they? www.champlainorchards.com The streets themselves, and the façades of houses, and goods in the windows, Rt. 74, four miles west of Shoreham village, 1 mile east of Larrabee’s Point Ferry. Vehicles, teams, the heavy-plank’d wharves, the huge crossing at the ferries, The village on the highland, seen from afar at sunset, the river between, ~ Champlain Orchards 2011 Farm Events ~ Shadows, aureola and mist, the light falling on roofs and bales of white or brown, Sunday, September 18, 1 pm – 3 pm. three miles off, Free concert with Swing Noire. The schooner near by, sleepily dropping down the ride, the little boat slack-tow’d astern, Tour de Farms, bicycling at 10:30 from Shoreham Town Green with Shoreham Applefest after. The hurrying tumbling waves, quick-broken crests, slapping, The strata of color’d clouds, the long bar of maroon-tint away solitary by itself, Sunday, October 1, 3 pm – 7 pm — Ciderfest 2011! the spread of purity it lies motionless in, A fall afternoon of live music, apple picking and cider making. Artisanal cider & wine samplings The horizon’s edge, the fl ying sea-crow, the fragrance of salt marsh and shore mud; paired with locally-made gourmet cheese and hors d’ouevres. These became part of that child who went forth every day, and who now goes, Sunday, October 9, 11 am to 4 pm — Columbus Day Weekend! and will always go forth every day. 13th Annual Harvest Festival. BBQ pork, our own applesauce, apple cider, fresh baked apples, pies, and great side dishes. $12/plate, $6/kids. Down-home acoustic music. —WALT WHITMAN (1855) Page 18 Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 There will Vermont Country Calendar

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 CHESTER. The Second Annual Big Buzz Chainsaw GGOLDOLD Wood Carving Festival. Quick carve events Thurs, Fri, & Sat at 1 pm with auction to follow. Admission $5 per person. Mackenzie Field (off Rt. 103 behind Stone House PPANSANS Antiques). Details google Big Buzz Chester. Through October 2. Rutland LYNDONVILLE. Concert: Vermont Symphony Orchestra—Made in Vermont Tour. A program of County Honneger, Mozart, Robert Paterson, Sibelius, and Haydn. Tickets $26/$22/$13. 7:30 pm. Alexander Twilight Theater, Humane Lyndon State College. (802) 86-FLYNN. www.vso.org. PEACHAM. Annual Fall Foliage Festival. Arts and Society crafts sale and registration 9 am to 3 pm at the Peacham Town Hall. Pick-up tickets for lunch, ghost walk and dinner. Blacksmith Shop, Astronomy Center, Historical Metal Wed–Sun 12–5, House, homemade treats, Peacham Library book sale 9 Detectors closed Mon & Tues am to 4 pm. Scenic bus tour at 10:15 am, $3. Lunch at Peacham Elementary School, 11 am to 1:30 pm, $6. Ghost Come See Our walk, 2 pm, $4. Harp music in Church sanctuary, 4 pm Gemstone 765 Stevens Rd. to 6 pm. Dinner at church, seatings at 5 and 6:30 pm— Spaghetti, vegetarian and meat sauces, salad, garlic bread, Mining Activity Pittsford, VT homemade apple crisp with ice cream, adults $10, children For Children! (802) 483-6700 $5, under 6 free. (802) 592-3320. MIKE’S COUNTRY STORE www.rchsvt.org RANDOLPH. Lace Knitting Workshop. Part of Shetland Rt. 7, Clarendon • 773-7100 25—Celebrating 25 years of Shetland Sheep in the USA. Sponsored by NorthEast Shetland Sheep Group & NASSA. At White River Craft Center, 50 Randolph Ave. Fee: $60, Mendon Mountain includes materials and lunch. (802) 728-8912. MRSF.com. RUTLAND. Concert: Ray Bonneville performs the blues ORCHARDS with his weathered voice, blues guitar, and harmonica. Tickets $15 plus tax. 8 pm. Brick Box, Paramount Theatre, WESTON. 53rd Annual Weston Antiques Show. 30 Center St. (802) 775-0903. www.paramountlive.org. Top dealers from across the U.S. display their wares. Homemade Apple Pies $12.00 Admission $8 includes readmission. 10 am – 5 pm on the WESTON. 53rd Annual Weston Antiques Show Gala Green at the Weston Playhouse, Rt. 100. (802) 824-5307. U-Pick Apples Preview. Admission $50 includes preview, hors d’oeuvres, www.westonantiquesshow.org. Also October 1. Cider wine, and show readmission. 5-7:30 pm. On the Green at Pumpkins & Mums the Weston Playhouse, Rt. 100. (802) 824-5307. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 www.westonantiquesshow.org. ADDISON. Tenth Annual Dead Creek Wildlife Day. Open 7 Days • Rt. 4 Mendon • (802) 775-5477 Nature walks, illustrated talks, live wildlife presentations, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 hunting dog demonstrations, fi shing and hunting tips, and BARNET. Annual Fall Foliage Festival. Pancake breakfast much more. Wildlife-related exhibits and kids’ craft the Barnet Center vestry from 8 am to 12 noon. Arts & activities, decoy carving, face painting and building crafts in the vestry. Wagon rides. Bus tour between Ben bluebird boxes. Bird walk at 7 am. Free, families welcome. vermont Thresher’s Mill, the Sunset Alpaca Farm, the Walter 7 am – 4 pm. Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area & Harvey Meeting House and traveling back roads. Arts & (WMA) on Rt. 17 west of 22A. (802) 241-3700. costume crafts at the McIndoes Church, with soup and sandwich www.vtfi shandwildlife.com. “Area’s Largest & Most Popular Consignment & VT Costume Store” lunch at 11:30 am. European Coffee Hour 1-4 pm at the 44 Merchants Row, Downtown Rutland, VT • (802) 773-0971 West Barnet Church. Ham Dinner at the Barnet Center ARLINGTON. 15th Annual St. James Harvest Festival. vestry, at 4 pm till all are served, $10. Reservations: Over 45 vendors selling hand crafted items, art, antiques, (802) 633-2242. For information call (802) 633-4397. collectibles, Vermont products and much more. Nearly- Costume Sales & Rentals new clothing, used-books sale, Christmas items, jams, Masks, Wigs, Great Costumes & Accessories. BELLOWS FALLS. Concert: Vermont Symphony jellies and other harvest items and much more! Loads of Orchestra—Made in Vermont Tour. A program of great bargains! Chili cook-off contest. 9 am – 3 pm. St. Women’s, Men’s & Junior’s Fall & Winter Clothing. Honneger, Mozart, Robert Paterson, Sibelius, and Haydn. James Episcopal Church grounds and Arlington Village Accepting Clothing for Consignment. Tickets $10. 7:30 pm. Bellows Falls Opera House. Green. (802) 375-9952. www.stjamesarlingtonvt.org. Open Monday–Saturday 10–5 (800) 595-4849. www.vso.org. BRANDON. Foliage Open Studio Weekend. Tour studios CHESTER. The Second Annual Big Buzz Chainsaw and visit with the artists. Maps for the event, which give Wood Carving Festival. Quick carve events Fri & Sat detailed directions to each venue, are available at the at 1 pm with auction to follow. Admission $5 per Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center St. Sponsored by the Boardman person. Mackenzie Field (off Rt. 103 behind Stone House Vermont Crafts Council. 10 am – 5 pm. (802) 247-4956. Antiques). Details google Big Buzz Chester. Through www.brandon.org. brandonartistsguild.org. Also October 2. October 2. Hill BRANDON. Annual Harvest Fest. Come make Harvest DANVILLE. 10th Annual Dead North—Farmland of People (aka scarecrows) with the experts. You can even Farmstand Terror Haunted Event. Wagon rides and a ½ mile walk take one home! Hay rides, music, pumpkins, BBQ, food, Locally Owned & Grown of terror through a haunted cornfi eld and buildings. We apple pies, and more. Brandon Town Band will play. sell out so purchase your tickets in advance at www. Sponsored by Brandon Area Chamber of Commerce. Organic Produce & Plants deadnorthvermont.com. Great Vermont Corn Maze, Free. 10 am – 2 pm in Central Park, Park St. at Rt. 7. Rain 399 Business Rt. 4, Rutland, VT 1404 Wheelock Rd. www.vermontcornmaze.com. location if needed. (802) 247-6401. www.brandon.org. (802) 747-4442 (802) 748-1399. Also October 1, 7 & 8. (Between Trader Rick’s Furniture BROOKFIELD. Pancake Breakfast. Menu: plain & The Village Snack Bar) LUDLOW. 18th Annual Okemo Antiques Show Preview or blueberry pancakes, maple syrup, real home fries, Open Daily 9–6 Party. Admission $15. 3-6 pm. Okemo Mountain Resort. sausages, and beverage. Adults $7, children 5 to 12 $4, (877) 211-1877. www.okemo.com. children 4 and under free, family max $20. 7:30-11 am. Perennials – buy one get one free! First Congregational Church, Ridge Rd., Pond Village. MANCHESTER. 19th Annual Fall Art & Craft Festival. (802) 276-3376. Produce • Mums & Asters • Annuals 200 juried artisans exhibiting arts & crafts. Live music, 2011 Maple Syrup • Pickles • Organic Meats and specialty foods. Admission: $8 adults, $5 military and CHESTER. The Second Annual Big Buzz Chainsaw Local Cheeses • Pottery college students, $2 children 13-18, children under 12 free. Wood Carving Festival. Quick carve events at 1 pm with Organic Gardening Supplies & More 10 am – 5 pm. Hildene’s Meadow, 1844 River Rd. auction to follow. Admission $5 per person. Mackenzie (802) 362-1788. info@hildene. craftproducers.com. Field (off Rt. 103 behind Stone House Antiques). Details Through October 2. google Big Buzz Chester. Also October 2. RANDOLPH. Concert: An Evening with Peter Yarrow. CHESTER. 37th Annual Fall Festival on the Green. Over Tickets $37. 7:30 pm. Chandler Music Hall, 71-73 Main 60 Vermont and New England artisans, crafters and St. (802) 728-6464. [email protected]. food concessions will fi ll the center green in the heart www.chandler-arts.org. of the village. Lots of food, entertainment, sales, and a premier teaser of the upcoming Chester Cabaret by the RANDOLPH. Hand Spinning for Lace Knitting Green Mountain Union High School students. Sponsored Workshop with Celia Quinn, Instructor. Part of Shetland by the Chester Rotary Club. 10 am – 4 pm. (802) 875- 25—Celebrating 25 years of Shetland Sheep in the USA. 2626. Also October 2. Sponsored by NorthEast Shetland Sheep Group & NASSA. Salt Cave & Speleotherapy Clinic At White River Craft Center, 50 Randolph Ave. Fee: $60, CHESTER. Vermont Gun Show. Antiques & collectibles, includes materials and lunch. (802) 728-8912. MRSF.com. free appraisals, buying, selling trading. Admission. Open New Fitness Center with Halotherapy to the public. Free parking. 9 am – 5 pm. American Room and Oxygen Bar now open TINMOUTH. Old Firehouse Stage Concert. 7:30 pm. At Legion Post 67, Rt. 103. (802) 875-4540. at 79 Merchants Row. www.greenmtgunshowtrail.com. Also October 2. the Old Firehouse, Rt. 140, 5 miles west of Wallingford. Mon-Fri 6 am – 8 pm, Sat & Sun 8 am – 3 pm For info or directions call (802) 446-3457. [email protected]. tinmouthvt.org. COLCHESTER. 16th Annual Harvest Festival. Take a Massage Therapy • Homeopathy • Detox hay ride to our pumpkin fi elds to pick your own pumpkin. Mental Health Counseling • Acupuncture TUNBRIDGE. Shetland 25—Celebrating 25 Enjoy pumpkin pie, pumpkin donuts, pumpkin fudge, our Hypnosis • Personal Training • Classes years of Shetland Sheep in the USA. Part of the own apple pies & cider. Kids’ activities including pony Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival. Sponsored rides, petting zoo, face painting. Fall games & corn Open Mon–Fri 10 to 8, Sat & Sun 10–6 by NorthEast Shetland Sheep Group & maze. 11 am – 4 pm. Sam Mazza’s, 277 Lavigne NASSA. Tunbridge Fair Grounds, Rd. (802) 655-3440. [email protected]. 120 Merchant’s Row, Rutland, VT Rt. 110. MRSF.com. Through October 3. www.sammazzafarms.com. Also October 2. (802) 775-8080 www.pyramidvt.com • [email protected]

Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Page 19 Vermont Country Calendar (October 1, continued) PITTSFORD. Home Grown–Hand Made Harvest Fair & WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Concert: Susan Brison Craft Show. Hand-made artisan items, locally-grown produce, Trio. Tickets $15. 8 pm. Tupelo Music Hall, 188 South DANVILLE. 10th Annual Dead North—Farmland of Terror baked goods and preserves, maple products, live music. Big Main St. (603) 437-5100. www.tupelohallvermont.com. Haunted Event. Wagon rides and a ½ mile walk of terror Lenny’s Hot Dog Wagon, Free. Rain or shine. 10 am – 4 pm. through a haunted cornfi eld and buildings. Purchase your Village Green. (802) 483-0074. WOODSTOCK. Annual Pumpkin & Apple Celebration. tickets in advance at www.deadnorthvermont.com. Great Fun, hands-on programs will highlight these two essential Vermont Corn Maze, 1404 Wheelock Rd. (802) 748-1399. PERU. Hike on Bromley Mountain. Climb to spectacular fall crops: apple tasting, trivia contests, cider pressing, www.vermontcornmaze.com. Also October 7 & 8. views from an observation tower. Follow the Long Trail/ pumpkin bowling, apples-on-a-string, making pumpkin ice Appalachian Trail south from Mad Tom Notch. Free, non- cream, cooking apple butter in the farmhouse, and wagon EAST MONTPELIER. Chicken Pie Supper. Great chicken members welcome. Sponsored by the Killington Section of rides. Admission (includes all activities): $12 adults, $11 pie! Seatings at 12 pm, 5 pm & 7 pm. Old Meeting House, the Green Mountain Club. Call Allison Henry for meeting seniors, $6 children 5-15, $3 children 3 & 4. 10 am – 5 pm. 1620 Center Rd. (802) 229-9593. time, (802) 775-1627. www.greenmountainclub.org. Billings Farm & Museum, Rt. 12 & River Rd. (802) 457- 2355. www.billingsfarm.org. Also October 2. GREENSBORO BEND. Harvest Festival. Enjoy a selection RANDOLPH. Concert: Vermont Symphony Orchestra— of beers from Hill Farmstead. $10 per person includes entry Made in Vermont Tour. A program of Honneger, Mozart, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 and 2 complimentary tasting tickets. 12-5 pm. 403A Hill Rd. Robert Paterson, Sibelius, and Haydn. Tickets $26/$22/$13. (802) 533-7450. www.hillfarmstead.com. 7:30 pm. Chandler Music Hall, 71-73 Main St. (802) 728- BRANDON. Foliage Open Studio Weekend. Maps for the 6464. [email protected]. www.chandler-arts.org. studio tours, which give detailed directions to each venue, GROTON. Annual Fall Foliage Festival. Lumberjack are available at the Brandon Artists Guild, 7 Center St. Breakfast at the Methodist Church from 7 to 10 am. Library RUTLAND. Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day. Skill stations, Sponsored by the Vermont Crafts Council. 10 am – 5 pm. Book Sale. McLure’s Band at 11 am. Light lunch at the group ride, BBQ with hot dogs and chips. 10 am – 12 pm. (802) 247-4956. www.brandon.org. brandonartistsguild.org. Food Court. Parade at 1:30 pm. Old-Fashioned Hymn Sing At the upper parking lot at Giorgetti/Pine Hill Park. at the Baptist Church, 8 pm. Chicken Pie Supper at 4:30, (802) 773-1853. www.rutlandrec.com. CHESTER. 37th Annual Fall Festival on the Green. Over 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30 pm. Tickets $10 adults, $5 children 60 Vermont and New England artisans, crafters and food under 12. You must make reservations. Call (802) 584-3020. RUTLAND. Lunar Quarry 12-Hour Mountain Bike Race. concessions fi ll the center green. Premier teaser of the Live music, movies, tenting area, end-of-race pancake feed. upcoming Chester Cabaret. Sponsored by the Chester Rotary LUDLOW. 18th Annual Okemo Antiques Show. Admission Fee: $135 solo, $250 for 2/3/4-rider team. Pre-registration Club. 10 am – 4 pm. (802) 875-2626. $7. 10 am - 4 pm. Okemo Mountain Resort. (877) 211-1877. required. Pre-race meeting 5 pm, race starts 6 pm ending at 6 www.okemo.com. am. At Pine Hill Park Quarry. (802) 773-1853. CHESTER. The Second Annual Big Buzz Chainsaw Wood www.rutlandrec.com. www.lunarquarry12.com. Carving Festival. Admission $5 per person. Mackenzie MANCHESTER. 55th Annual Fall Open Art Exhibition. Field (off Rt. 103 behind Stone House Antiques). For details Reception, 4-6 pm. Live music, hors d’oeuvres, children’s SHOREHAM. Ciderfest 2011. A fall afternoon of live google Big Buzz Chester. activities. Free and open to the public. YesterHouse music, apple picking, and cider making. Artisanal cider and Galleries, Southern Vermont Arts Center, West Rd. (802) wine samplings paired with locally-made gourmet cheese and 362-1405. www.svac.org. Exhibition through November 13. hors d’ouevres. 3-7 pm. Champlain Orchard, Rt. 74, four miles west of the village. (802) 897-2777. MANCHESTER. Concert: Doo Wop Legends. Tickets www.champlainorchards.com. $38/$48. 7:30 pm. Southern Vermont Arts Center, West Rd. (802) 362-1405. www.svac.org. STATEWIDE. Foliage Open Studio Weekend. Featuring 174 craftspeople and artists around the state. More info at MANCHESTER. 19th Annual Fall Art & Craft Festival. vermontcrafts.com. Also October 2. Admission: $8 adults, $5 military and college students, $2 children 13-18, children under 12 free. 10 am – 5 pm. TUNBRIDGE. Shetland 25—Celebrating 25 years of Hildene’s Meadow, 1844 River Rd. (802) 362-1788. Shetland Sheep in the USA. Part of Vermont Sheep and Wool info@hildene. craftproducers.com. Also October 2. Festival. Sponsored by NorthEast Shetland Sheep Group & NASSA. 7:30 pm presentation by Tut and Linda Doane, “Our MIDDLEBURY. Hike to Abbey Pond. Moderate 4.6 Shetland Story.” Maple Ridge Sheep Farm tours. Tunbridge miles, 1,260 ft. ascent. From the trailhead, a steady climb Fair Grounds, Rt. 110. MRSF.com. Through October 3. crossing stream twice, then a gentle incline to the pond. Bring water and snacks. Free, non-members TUNBRIDGE. 23rd Annual Vermont Sheep and Wool welcome. Sponsored by the Bread Loaf Section of Festival. Workshops and demonstrations, vendors, the Green Mountain Club. Call Ginny Heidke for border collie herding, children’s arts & crafts. 10 am – 5 meeting time, (802) 989-7272. ginnypots@ pm. Tunbridge Fair Grounds, Rt. 110. (802) 223-2456. comcast.net. www.greenmountainclub.org. Vtsheepandwoolfest.org. Also October 2.

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DANVILLE. Autumn on the Green. Over 100 vendors RICHMOND. Richmond Congregational Church Chicken And pendulum swinging up and down, offer items from whimsical to practical and feature Pie Supper. Fare includes chicken pie, mashed potatoes, A dresser fi lled with shining delph, Vermont specialty products and foods. Musicians play squash, and cole slaw topped off with apple or pumpkin Speckled white and blue and brown! from the bandstand. The Pope Library hosts a chicken and pie. Seatings at 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:30 pm. Richmond biscuit lunch at the Creamery Restaurant. (802) 684-2528. Congregational Church, 20 Church St. Reservations I could be busy all the day www.autumnonthegreen.com. required, call (802) 434-2516. www.rccucc.org. Clearing and sweeping hearth and fl oor, And fi xing on their shelf again HUBBARDTON. 14th Annual Mount Zion Hike. Site THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6 My white and blue and speckled store! interpreter Carl Fuller leads the hike. Enjoy fall colors WATERBURY. Sunset Foliage Aquadventure Paddle. and aerial view of the Hubbardton Battlefi eld and I could be quiet there at night surrounding mountains. Bring water. Meet at the Visitor Discover the quiet waters of Waterbury Reservoir. Get Center. Fee: adults $2, children 14 and under are free. your life vests and paddles at the Contact Station no later Beside the fi re and by myself, 2-5 pm. Hubbardton Battlefi eld State Historic Site, 5696 than 5:30 pm. All abilities welcome. Meet at the A-side Sure of a bed, and loth to leave Monument Rd. (802) 273-2282. historicvermont.org. Swimming Beach (weather dependent). Day use fee: The ticking clock and the shining delph! $3, 14 and older; $2, ages 4-13; three and younger, free. MANCHESTER. 19th Annual Fall Art & Craft Festival. 6-8 pm. Little River State Park, 3444 Little River Rd. Och! but I’m weary of mist and dark, Admission. 10 am – 5 pm. Hildene’s Meadow, 1844 River Registration required prior to program. (802) 244-7103. www.vtstateparks.com. And roads where there’s never a house or bush, Rd. (802) 362-1788. info@hildene. craftproducers.com. And tired I am of bog and road MARLBORO. Blanche Moyse Memorial Concert. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Exhibit: James And the crying wind and the lonesome hush! Featuring works by Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Stroud—Center Street Studio. Printer and publisher of the New England Bach Festival Orchestra and the Blanche contemporary prints. Artist’s talk, 7 pm. Free. 10 am – 3 And I am praying to God on high, Moyse Chorale. 3 pm. Persons Auditorium, Marlboro pm. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, 85 N. Main St. (802) And I am praying him night and day, College. For tickets call (802) 2574523. info@bmcvt. 295-5901. www.tworiversprintmaking.com. October 7-31. For a little house, a house of my own — org. www.bmcvt.org. Out of the wind’s and the rain’s way. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 ORANGE. Hike on Butterfi eld Mountain. Moderate, DANVILLE. 10th Annual Dead North—Farmland of —PADRAIC COLUM eight miles. Five miles of logging roads and three miles of Terror Haunted Event. Wagon rides and a ½ mile walk of bushwhacking. Free, non-members welcome. Sponsored terror through a haunted cornfi eld and buildings. Purchase by the Montpelier Section of the Green Mountain Club. your tickets in advance at www.deadnorthvermont.com. Meet at 8 am. Call Thomas Weiss for meeting place, Great Vermont Corn Maze, 1404 Wheelock Rd. (802) 748- RIVERKNOLL – Rock Shop (802) 223-5603. www.greenmountainclub.org. 1399. www.vermontcornmaze.com. Also October 8. 554 VT Rt. 100 - Stockbridge, Vermont 05772 STATEWIDE. Foliage Open Studio Weekend. Featuring STOWE. 29th Annual Stowe Foliage Arts Festival. 200 Gifts & Jewelry studio tours of 174 craftspeople and artists from around the artists and artisans exhibit their work. Live music, food, Crystals & Mineral Specimens state. More info at vermontcrafts.com. beer, wine and more. Admission $8. 10 am – 5 pm. Stowe Events Field, Rt. 108. (802) 425-3399. Lapidary Equipment & Supplies TUNBRIDGE. 23rd Annual Vermont Sheep and Wool www.craftproducers.com. Through October 9. Gem Cutting Instruction Festival. Workshops and demonstrations, vendors, Collecting Equipment border collie herding, children’s arts & crafts. 10 am – 4 WESTON. 28th Annual Weston Craft Show. Admission pm. Tunbridge Fair Grounds, Rt. 110. (802) 223-2456. $8. 10 am – 5 pm. Weston Playhouse on the Green, Bead Restringing vtsheepandwoolfest.org. Rt. 100. (802) 856-7240. www.westoncraftshow.com. Through October 9. The Gibsons (802) 746-8198 TUNBRIDGE. Shetland 25—Celebrating 25 years of Shetland Sheep in the USA. Part of the Vermont Sheep and WOODSTOCK. Foodways Fridays. Discover how we Wool Festival. Sponsored by NorthEast Shetland Sheep use seasonal produce from our heirloom garden in historic Group & NASSA. Shetland Show at 10 am. Tunbridge Fair recipes. Take home different recipes each week. Admission Grounds, Rt. 110. MRSF.com. Through October 3. (includes all activities): $12 adults, $11 seniors, $6 GREEN MOUN TAIN BIKES children 5-15, $3 children 3 & 4. 10 am – 5 pm. Billings WAITSFIELD. Fall Foliage Festival—Weeks Act Farm & Museum, Rt. 12 & River Rd. (802) 457-2355. Route 100, Rochester, VT Centennial Celebration. Celebrate 100 years of the www.billingsfarm.org. Also October 14. National Forest Service. Music by The Starline Rhythm W W E Boys, food and drink concessions, conservation exhibits, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8 E Raleigh special recognition ceremony and local premiere of “Legacy of the Weeks Act” fi lm. Free fall foliage chairlift BELMONT. Annual Cider Days. Cider pressing, crafts, S Transition rides, nature tours, and heritage resource discussion. 10 F lots of good food and festivities, local photography contest. I E am – 5 pm. Lincoln Peak, Sugarbush Resort. For more Historical museum open for browsing. 10 am – 4 pm. On L Kona information, call or e-mail Ethan Ready, (802) 747-6760. the Belmont Green at Belmont Four Corners. X L e-mail: [email protected]. www.vtstateparks.com. (802) 259-2562. Also October 9. Catrike B WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Concert: Shawn Colvin. BELMONT. Roast Beef Dinner. In conjunction with Cider B Jamis Tickets $65. 7 pm. Tupelo Music Hall, 188 S. Main Days on the Green. Sponsored by the The Mount Holly I I St. (603) 437-5100. www.tupelohallvermont.com. Community Association. All you can eat-served home K K shawncolvin.com. style. Adults $10, children 11 and under $5. Seatings start E E 802-767-4464/800-767-7882 at 5 pm. At The Odd Fellows Hall. (802) 259-3445. S Since 1987 S www.greenmountainbikes.com WOODSTOCK. Concert: Vermont Symphony Orchestra—Made in Vermont Tour. A program of BELMONT. Mount Holly Town Library Book Sale. Great Honneger, Mozart, Robert Paterson, Sibelius, and Haydn. books at great prices for a great cause. All genres available, 7:30 pm. Woodstock Town Hall Theater. For tickets call good assortment of children’s books. 10 am – 4 pm. (802) 457-3981. www.vso.org. 26 Maple Hill Rd. (802) 254-3707. Also October 9. WOODSTOCK. Annual Pumpkin & Apple Celebration. BRANDON. Brandon Artist Guild Benefi t Auction. Apple tasting, trivia contests, cider pressing, pumpkin “Art Makes Brandon Tick,” a collection of artist-made bowling, apples-on-a-string, making pumpkin ice cream, and decorated clocks—the 2011 Community Art Project cooking apple butter in the farmhouse, and horse-drawn masterpieces. 6-9 pm at the Brandon Town Hall, Conant wagon rides. Admission (includes all activities): $12 Square. (802) 247-4956. brandonartistsguild.org. adults, $11 seniors, $6 children 5-15, $3 children 3 & 4. 10 am – 5 pm. Billings Farm & Museum, Rt. 12 & River BRANDON. Church Smorgasboard Supper. Baked Rd. (802) 457-2355. www.billingsfarm.org. turkey, ham, meatballs, maple baked beans, scalloped potatoes, mac & cheese, lasagna, salads & slaws, squash Certifi ed Organic Feeds MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 & veggies, rolls, fruit breads, condiments, hot & cold drinks, baked apples & ice cream. Adults $12, youth 5-12 By Vermont Organic Farms CASTLETON. Concert: Vermont Symphony Orchestra— $6, under 5 are free. 5-7 pm. Brandon Congregational Made in Vermont Tour. A program of Honneger, Church, Rt. 7, Main St. (802) 247-6401. www.brandon.org. 21% Poultry Starter 16% Pig Grower Pellet Mozart, Robert Paterson, Sibelius, and Haydn. Tickets Grower Mash 16% Pig Grower Mash 17% Poultry Grower Pellet Expelled Soybean $26/$22/$13. 7:30 pm. Fine Arts Center, Castleton State CHITTENDEN. Hike to Chittenden Reservoir. Starting College. (802) 86-FLYNN. www.vso.org. 19% Broiler Grower Crumbles Whole Roasted Soybean at the site of the abandoned town of New Boston, we 20% Calf Starter 16% Sheep & Goat Pellet will travel old roads down to the Reservoir and Lefferts GRAFTON. Chapel Fundraising Dinner for the Grafton Cracked Corn 26% Turkey Starter Mash Pond. Free, non-members welcome. Sponsored by the Whole Corn 21% Turkey Grower Pellets Valley Arts Guild. All natural gourmet food with a Killington Section of the Green Mountain Club. Call Sue 16% Dairy Pellet Whole Barley local focus prepared by Chef Bryce LeVan Cushing. Thomas for meeting time and place, (802) 773-2185. 20% Dairy Pellet 15% Whole Grain Mix Dinner includes a fresh soup, salad, choice of entree and greenmountainclub.org. 13% Horse Feed Whole Oats dessert! Jazz guitar music by Draa Hobbs begins at 7 Natural Advantage 12 – Pellet Molasses (/Lb) pm. Suggested donation $15. Proceeds benefi t Cricketers 16% Layer Mash Redmond Salt Gallery at 45 Townshend Rd. 5-9 pm at the White Chapel, COLCHESTER. 5th Annual Giant Pumpkin Weigh-In. 16% Coarse Layer Mash Redmond Blocks (44 lbs) 4 Main St. (802) 843-1162. brycelevancushing@gmail. Watch two dozen giant pumpkins battle for the heavy 16% Layer Pellet Kelpmeal • Scratch com. Dinners each fi rst and third Monday. weight title. Spiced Vermont apple cider and hayrides to our pumpkin fi elds to pick your own pumpkin. 1 pm. Sam Call for your nearest Wholesale Dealer. Mazza’s, 277 Lavigne Rd. [email protected]. All product available in standard 50# bags. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 (802) 655-3440. www.sammazzafarms.com. Bulk available upon request PITTSFORD. New England Maple Museum. Maple Candy Making Demonstrations from 10:30 am to 3 DANVILLE. 10th Annual Dead North—Farmland of Green Mountain Feeds pm—sample candy fresh from the mold. Tour through Terror Haunted Event. Wagon rides and a ½ mile walk 65 Main Street, Bethel, Vermont 05032 Vermont’s famous maple industry and visit our gift of terror through a haunted cornfi eld and buildings. Phone: (802) 234-6278 • Fax: (802) 234-6578 shop. Open daily through October 31, 8:30 am – Purchase your tickets in advance at www.dead Store Hours: 5:30 pm. On Rt. 7, south of town. northvermont.com. Great Vermont Corn Maze, Monday–Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (802) 483-9414. [email protected]. 1404 Wheelock Rd. (802) 748-1399. www. www.maplemuseum.com. vermontcornmaze.com. Also October 9. Saturday, 8:00 am – 12:00 noon www.greenmountainfeeds.com

Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Page 21 Vermont Country Calendar (October 8, continued) SPRINGFIELD. 29th Annual Vermont Apple Festival & WOODSTOCK. 39th Annual Woodstock Apples and Craft Show. Over 50 crafters, live music and entertainment, Crafts Fair. Over 100 juried crafters, artists, and specialty DUMMERSTON. 31st Annual Christmas Tree Tag agriculture and activities for the whole family, and, of course, food producers. Adults $3; children free. 10 am – 5 pm. Weekend. Wagon rides, tree care & demonstrations, dog apples! Hand-pressed apple cider, kiddie games, apple pie Baileys Meadow, Rt. 4 East. (802) 457-1502. stories, labyrinth, hiking trails, refreshments. Order wreaths, contest, and great food, too. Free admission. 9 am – 5 pm at www.woodstockrec.org. Also October 9. garland, Christmas (kissing) balls, center pieces from Riverside Middle School. chamber@springfi eldvt.com. samples on display. Free admission. Sat & Sun 12 noon – 4 WOODSTOCK. Billings Farm Harvest Weekend. Celebrate pm. Elysian Hills Tree Farm, 209 Knapp Rd. (802) 257- SPRINGFIELD. An Autumn Hike on the Old Crown Point the Vermont harvest with a traditional husking bee and barn 0233. www.elysianhillsfarm.com. Through October 23. Military Road. From Route 5 in Springfi eld to the restored dance. Cider pressing, harvesting root vegetables, putting Spencer Hollow Schoolhouse (1781, oldest in the state). food by, and much more. Enjoy spiced cider and homemade GROTON. Cider Pressing Festival. Cider pressing, live An easy, 2.9 miles, 410’ elevation gain. Free, non-members doughnuts. Admission (includes all the activities): $12 folk music by Wall Stiles, and good food including apple welcome. Sponsored by the Ottauquechee Section of the adults, $11 seniors, $6 children 5-15, $3 children 3 & 4. 10 desserts and fresh pizza. Fee: 14 and older $3, 4-13 $2, 3 Green Mountain Club. Call Dick Andrews for meeting time am – 5 pm. Billings Farm & Museum, Rt. 12 & River Rd. and younger free. 3-6 pm. Seyon Lodge State Park, 2967 and place, (802) 885-3201. www.greenmountainclub.org. (802) 457-2355. www.billingsfarm.org. Also October 9. Seyon Pond Rd. (802) 584-3829. www.vtstateparks.com. STEVENSVILLE. Outing to the Mt. Mansfi eld Rock SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9 NEWFANE. 41st Annual Newfane Heritage Festival. 90 Garden. We’ll go up the Frost Trail to Maple Ridge with juried exhibitors. Live entertainment, fl ea table, children’s open views to the west, then over Rock Garden (including an BELMONT. Annual Cider Days. Cider pressing on a activities, raffl e, food booths. Sponsored by the First interesting cave), then lunch at Butler Lodge and down the 100-year old antique cider press, crafts, lots of good food Congregrational Church. Free admission. 10 am – 4 pm. On Butler Lodge Trail. Moderate hike, moderate pace. 4.4 miles, and festivities, local photography contest. Hot, spiced, the Common in the village. (802) 365-4366. Also October 9. 500’ elevation gain. Free, non-members welcome. Sponsored and cold cider by the cup is for sale at the Gazebo on the by the Burlington Section of the Green Mountain Club. Call green, as well as gallon jugs of both fresh-pressed cider NORWICH. Contradance with Northern Spy. David Russ Kinaman by Oct. 6 for information and to sign up, (unpastureurized) and fresh cider. 30 local artisans and Millstone, calling. All dances taught, no partner necessary, (802) 879-6666. www.greenmountainclub.org. bakers. Historical museum and blacksmith shop open for beginners welcome. Please bring a change of clean shoes browsing. Noon to 4 pm. On the Belmont Green at Belmont for the dance fl oor. Admission $8, students $5, under TOWNSHEND. Foliage Bike Tour. An easy bike trip from Four Corners. (802) 259-2562. 16 free. 8 pm. At Tracy Hall, 300 Main St. (802) 785- Townshend to Grafton and back, with lunch. Free, non- 4607. [email protected]. Next dance November members welcome. Sponsored by the Brattleboro Section of BELMONT. Mount Holly Town Library Book Sale. Great 12, and second Saturdays through June 2012. the Green Mountain Club. Call Joe Cook for meeting time books at great prices for a great cause. All genres available, and place, (802) 257-0609. www.greenmountainclub.org. good assortment of children’s books. 10 am – 4 pm. 26 ORWELL. Hike into History. Site interpreter and historian Maple Hill Rd. (802) 254-3707. Paul Andriscin leads a tour. Bring binoculars for bird WINDSOR. Program: History Happens at Old Constitution watching. Wear sturdy shoes. Dress for the weather. 1 House. 18th century reenactors Carl and Carolyn Malikowski DUMMERSTON. Annual Dummerston Benefi t Apple pm. Admission: adults $5, children 14 and under are demonstrate a variety of period activities. Fee: adults $2.50, Pie Festival. 1500 “church-made” apple pies, cider & free. Mount Independence State Historic Site, 497 Mount children 14 and under are free. 2-5 pm. 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7pm Ottauquechee Section of the Green Mountain Club. Call RANDOLPH. Concert: Musica Viva Festival Trio. Tickets Inge Brown for meeting time and place, (802) 296-5777. $22/$10. 7:30 pm. Chandler Music Hall, 71-73 Main St. www.greenmountainclub.org. (802) 728-6464. [email protected]. www.chandler- arts.org. www.vso.org. WESTON. 28th Annual Weston Craft Show. Admission $8. 10 am – 5 pm. Weston Playhouse on the Green, RUTLAND. 6th Annual Leaf Chase. A beautiful run Rt. 100. (802) 856-7240. www.westoncraftshow.com. through Pine Hill Park. Course map and description are The Corner Frame Shop available at www.marblevalleyrunners.org. Fee: $25. WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Concert: The Registration 9:15 am, race starts 10 am. (802) 282-1092. Custom Frames • Matting Nu-Utopians. Celebrating the songs of John Lennon. www.rutlandrec.com. Tickets $35. 8 pm. Tupelo Music Hall, 188 S. Main St. Readymade Frames • Mirrors (603) 437-5100. Nu-Utopians.com. TOWNSHEND. 27th Annual Pumpkin Festival. Arts www.tupelohallvermont.com. & crafts, pumpkin pies, scarecrow decorating contest, 18 S. Main St., Randolph, VT free pony rides, Halloween costume parade, locally (802) 728-4426 • Mon, Wed, Fri 9–4 or by appt. WOODSTOCK. Billings Farm Harvest Weekend. grown apples and cider, vendors. Rain or shine. On the Shari Voghell • [email protected] • Est. 1994 Celebrate the Vermont harvest with a traditional husking Townshend Village Common on Rt. 30. (802) 874-4953. bee and barn dance. Participate in cider pressing, www.townshendvermont.org. harvesting root vegetables, putting food by, and much more. Enjoy spiced cider and homemade doughnuts. WOODSTOCK. Autumn Wagon Ride Weekend. Narrated Admission (includes all the activities): $12 adults, $11 horse-drawn wagon rides around the Billings’ fi elds during seniors, $6 children 5-15, $3 children 3 & 4. 10 am – 5 pm. the height of fall foliage. Farm programs and activities. Crazy Good Produce Billings Farm & Museum, Rt. 12 & River Rd. (802) 457- Admission (includes all activities): $12 adults, $11 seniors, 2355. www.billingsfarm.org. $6 children 5-15, $3 children 3 & 4. 10 am – 5 pm. Local & Hand Billings Farm & Museum, Rt. 12 & River Rd. Selected Products TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 (802) 457-2355. www.billingsfarm.org. Also October 16. Chef Prepared Meals WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Concert: Richard Thompson. A Grammy Award nominee and named by SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16 Chef’s Market Grab-n-Go Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the Top 20 Guitarists of MONTPELIER. Volunteer Work Day at Morse Farm Ski Full Service All Time. Tickets $50. 8 pm. Tupelo Music Hall, 188 S. Touring Center. Sponsored by the Montpelier Section of Boar’s Head Deli Main St. (603) 437-5100. www.tupelohallvermont.com. the Green Mountain Club. Free, non-members welcome. RichardThompson-music.com. Call Morse Farm for details and meeting time and place, Chef’s Market Catering (802) 223-0090. www.greenmountainclub.org. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12 Vermont POULTNEY. Welsh Harvest Festival. Celebrate the sights, Handcraft Gallery PITTSFORD. New England Maple Museum. Maple sounds, and fl avors of Wales. Hosted by Green Mountain Candy Making Demonstrations from 10:30 am to 3 pm— College. (800) 287-8000. 839 RT. 12 SOUTH, RANDOLPH, VT sample candy fresh from the mold. Tour through Vermont’s SCOTT & TAMMY ARONSON • (802) 728-4202 famous maple industry and visit our gift shop. Open daily RUTLAND. Performance: Bill Cosby, one of America’s through October 31, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm. On Rt. 7, south of most beloved comedians of all time. Tickets $85-$135. Open: Mon–Fri 9–6, Sat 9–5, Sun 10–3 town. (802) 483-9414. [email protected]. 8 pm. Paramount Theatre, 30 Center St. (802) 775-0903. www.chefsmarketvt.com www.maplemuseum.com. www.paramountlive.org. —SUPPORTING LOCAL FARMERS FIRST— WOODSTOCK. Moonlight Hike on Mt. Tom. Easy to WOODSTOCK. Autumn Wagon Ride Weekend. Horse- moderate, approximately four miles. Bring snack to share, drawn wagon rides around the Billings’ fi elds. Admission beverages and candles. Free, non-members welcome. (includes all activities): $12 adults, $11 seniors, $6 Sponsored by the Ottauquechee Section of the Green children 5-15, $3 children 3 & 4. 10 am – 5 pm. Billings Route 66 Garden Center Mountain Club. Call Tom and Diane Russell for meeting Farm & Museum, Rt. 12 & River Rd. (802) 457-2355. time and place, (802) 457-2898. greenmountainclub.org. www.billingsfarm.org. & Farm Stand Fall Mums & Asters Pumpkins Winter Squash Honey & Maple Syrup Seasonal Vegetables Randolph, VT • (802) 728-6222 Monday–Saturday 9–6, Sunday 10–4

Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Page 23 East Thetford, VT 9th Annual Pumpkin Festival at Cedar Circle Farm Celebrate the harvest and “green” festival produce even everything pumpkin at Cedar less than the usual 2 bags of Circle Farm & Education trash per 1200 people we’ve Center’s annual fall festival generated in the past.” in East Thetford, VT. Parking is $5 per car, car- Always held the fi rst Sun- pooling encouraged. Free day in October, this year admission for walkers, bicy- October 9, the Pumpkin Fes- clists and train passengers. tival has become an Upper Valley tradition and family Pumpkin Festival favorite! Schedule In addition to the ever 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Horse- popular horse-drawn wagon drawn wagon rides to and rides to the pumpkin patch, from the pumpkin patch, pumpkin picking, children’s children’s arts and crafts activities, cider pressing, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Live draft horse demonstrations, music by the Rev. Stovepipe and educational displays, Band of Corinth, VT there will be live music by 10:30 a.m., 12 p.m. & 1:30 the Rev. Stovepipe Band p.m. Puppetry with Ria Blaas of Corinth in the morning, of Upper Loveland Puppets and Jeanne & the Hi-Tops 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Organic of Barnard in the afternoon, farm-made food concession puppetry by Ria Blaas of with fall soups and bread, Upper Loveland Puppets of green salad, vegetarian tama- Norwich. Lots of good eats les, grilled Hogwash Farm are offered with an organic sausages. Enjoy pumpkin farm-made foods concession, and cafe cookies, cider do- as well as wood-fired piz- nuts with a pumpkin glaze, zas, crepe and waffl es, and apple crisp, butternut crisp, organic ice cream. and whoopee pies. Strafford According to farm man- Organic Creamery ice cream ager Kate Duesterberg, “We will be served. Vermont love to invite the greater Crepe & Waffl e concession community to celebrate sus- will be there. And NOFA-VT tainable agriculture and to will be making their wood- see how we integrate those fi red pizza! practices on our farm. It’s 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Face also an opportunity for us painting $1–$2. Cider press- to thank our customers for ing demonstration, draft their support and for all us horse demonstration, and to delight in the beauty of educational displays. the farm and harvest season.” 1–4 p.m. Live music by CCF Education Coordina- Jeanne and the Hi-Tops of tor and festival organizer Cat Barnard, VT Buxton says, “This festival celebrates the culmination Cedar Circle Farm is lo- of the harvest and all that our cated off Rt. 5, south of Hug- educational mission stands getts Store, on Pavillion Rd., for at Cedar Circle Farm. along the Connecticut River “We have been working in East Thetford, Vermont. with the rail, and if the train The farmstand and Hello tracks are repaired from the Café are open Tuesday-Sun- hurricane damage by then, day through October 30 for the Green Mountain Rail- certified organic produce, road has arranged a stop at fall fl owers, pumpkins, and the farm during the festival harvest decorations. for passengers on the White For more information and River Flyer. directions to the farm, please “Don’t forget to bring your visit www.cedarcirclefarm. own place setting to help this org or call (802) 785-4737.

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Main St., Fairlee, VT 05045 • (802) 333-4326 ‡ZZZELOOLQJVIDUPRUJ Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Page 25 Memories of Camping on Lake Fairlee by Diana Ham When WWII broke out, my Dad’s Cape Getting me ready for Camp Lochearn two Cod fl ying company, Cape Aircraft, Inc., weeks into the summer always involved was chosen by the government to train pilots my getting a pretty drastic hair cut. Once for the war effort. Private fl ying was halted at camp, my thick brown hair would be on the coast and in 1943 his staff, planes, growing unclipped for two months. Every hangars and family were relocated inland. year I would beg the beautician not to cut That’s how we ended up in Glens Falls, NY, it too short. Alas, Mom had already given where my parents set up their operation at the her surreptitious instructions over the phone old Floyd Bennett Field. Supervised by the and I would again become a ‘Buster Brown’ Army Air Corps, their company turned out look-alike. If the earlobes showed, I would many fi ne pilots. My mom kept the records get hysterical and it took a lot to get me hys- and Dad was the chief instructor. terical! When I said goodbye to my parents, it After the war, my folks stayed on and was with a sinking, bittersweet feeling. Eight became F.B.O.’s (fi xed base operators) at weeks was almost sixty days (they couldn’t the Glens Falls Warren County Airport, fool me) and my birthday was in the middle! continuing to run Cape Aircraft, Inc. They When I arrived at Camp Lochearn, a long were busiest in the summer with a seven- ride from my home, I would meet my capable day-a-week work schedule and so I went to counselor and be shown the corner of the camp in Ely, VT, at Camp Lochearn on Lake cabin that would be mine for two months. Fairlee. I became a Vermonter for those two We had been instructed to bring curtain Diana Ham, third camper from the left, at Camp Lochearn on Lake Fairlee many years ago. months of my life, for many years. I have material which, when hung, brightened some nostalgic memories that crowd in when the corner, personalized it and covered the cereal boxes would be on each table. For two There is a small, old, black-haired woman I think of those happy days long ago. I would items on the shelves under it. Most belong- years, I would run as fast as I could to get counselor trying to teach me a rowing skill. like to share a few of them… ings stayed in my black camp trunk with the a table with an unopened Cheerios box. In Unfortunately, I remember her having a grip brass grommets and the blue shelf. There each one of them was a coupon. If you saved on that tender part of the body between the was a window by each corner, too. In some enough, you could get a free Betty Crocker neck and left shoulder. She is hissing that I cabins, one could lie in bed and see the stars. picture cook book. I saved them all summer must go 360 degrees with three thrusts of One quiet night, when sleep hadn’t come and I started saving again the next summer, the oars (I remember them as being 12 feet to me, although it had to my cabin mates, I ever the optimist, but to no avail. Funny thing long). I felt very alone—like my life was on was staring at a beautiful full moon when it is, I don’t know why I wanted the book. I do the line. It was a very, very long afternoon. suddenly, but slowly, became eclipsed. I lay remember the Scottish grace, though: But that was an isolated event. We all have very still. I felt that this was a private show Some hae meat but canna eat, them growing up. being enacted only for my benefi t. It was a Some hae meat but want it, Each activity had a structured set of goals thrilling experience. But we hae meat and we can eat, which the camper had to meet in order to So, what do I remember, looking back so And say the Lord be thank it. show mastery of the skill. If you demon- long ago? On Sundays we walked a mile strated consistent success, you were awarded to the non-denominational church eating Lake Fairlee was crystal clear and cold a felt symbol of the sport at the Sunday night dusty thimbleberries along the way. Lo- even on the hottest days and I perfected campfi res. More than half a century later, my chearn was a camp with a Scottish theme, some swimming skills. Each sport activity treasured awards are still pinned to my Camp so we all wore blue sweaters, white blouses, was taught to improve the individual’s skill Lochearn pennant. They are symbols of the navy shorts, a plaid over the shoulder, and a based on his abilities—not in a competitive many disciplines I strove to master—solo crescent-shaped blue tam. If we were late, manner. I felt very proud to have been judged canoeing, tennis, horseback riding, sailing. we had to sit outside on the lawn and listen as having the best form of the side stroke in There were also spirit awards—‘LC’s’. I was to the piped sermon. I ate a lot of elm tree an important swim meet. And it isn’t even a lucky, as the years rolled by, to earn a couple seeds while listening. Did you know they good looking stroke! But I was proud that the of those, too. I was, after all, becoming a taste quite like sesame seeds? At least they discipline it had taken to perfect this skill had camp fi xture. did to a hungry 10-year-old. Every so often been recognized. the town would oil the road. Then the walk Might I throw in a less pleasant memory? Did you know that Lochearn is still in busi- wasn’t as pleasant. Picture me—a bony six-year old, in a row ness, and has remained an excellent camp? Diana Ham at Camp Lochearn. Breakfast was in a high hall. A variety of boat that, in retrospect, was as big as the QE2. For pictures, go to www.lochearncamp.com.

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Book Review by Charles Sutton The Year Money Grew on Trees by Aaron Hawkins One is never too young to The dazed boy follows her able fruit boxes at the dump, cent of the take for his efforts. become an entrepreneur as to the lawyer’s offi ce and a thereby saving the expense of Even though he is worn readers of this fascinating formal contract is signed say- buying them at $1.50 a box. out and not prepared for this story will see. We follow ing he must pay for it from a They colorfully relabel the ordeal our hero is not intimi- the adventures of 13-year- “single growing season.” boxes ‘New Mexico Apples.’ dated and tells her: “No way, old Jackson Jones as he As the story unfolds Jack- Coming up with a price for we have a contract!” surprisingly finds himself son enlists the help of his the apples was another prob- At the end of the season buying a neglected 300 tree sisters Lisa, 11, and Jennifer, lem to be surmounted as the there’s not much profi t after apple orchard for $8,000 (no 8; and cousins Amy, 13, $8 a box easy-to-sell price paying off Mrs. Nelson and money down) which must be Sam, 11, and Michael, 9, as wouldn’t net enough income the charge account at Gen- paid off by season’s end from apple-growing partners, but to pay for the orchard. Put- eral Supply. Jackson keeps apple sales. he doesn’t tell them about ting their heads together the nothing for himself and the A widowed cantanker- the stressful fi nancial pres- crew came up with offering others net from $80 to $142, ous neighbor Mrs. Nelson sure he is under. The young smaller amounts in plastic but next year’s money will gives the boy this ‘fantastic’ crew goes about managing bags. This brought in $14 a really grow on trees when the Book News opportunity, advising him the orchard, driving a tractor bushel, and saved the day! crew will work anew in their that the trees will yield two and other equipment, pruning In one of the most touching paid-for orchard. The Green Garden bushels per tree that sell for the trees, putting in irriga- moments in the story we fi nd Author Aaron Hawkins A New England Guide to Planning, Planting $25 a bushel providing a tion, spraying, and finally eight-year-old Jennifer hold- tended his family’s orchard and Maintaining an Eco-Friendly Habitat Garden handsome $15,000 income, the harvest. These tasks are ing a lamp for her brother as as a child in New Mexico. “I Written by Ellen Sousa enough to pay for the orchard much harder than any of he frantically picks apples was never really paid for any Introduction by William Cullina and plenty of cash left over. them imagined. in the dark. She falls asleep of the work but looking back, Whether you have just With sections for Annu- “It’s practically like grow- The story has plenty of up- on the ground where their I think of it as transforma- purchased a new property als, Vegetables and Herbs, ing money on trees,” she beat moments like when they perplexed and worried father tive.” And thus his story. with a garden to tend, or have Bulbs and Perennials, exclaims. fi nd 850 discarded but reus- finds them and carries the made a personal decision to Shrubs, Vines, and Medium girl home. The Year Money Grew on go ‘Green,’ or are just look- to Large “Mast” Trees, The The suspense is not over. Trees by Aaron Hawkins and ing at the same old backyard Green Garden includes an As the crop begins to come published by Houghton Mif- that needs attention, this introduction and photos from Hermit Hill Books in Mrs. Nelson decides she fl in is available at bookstores Used, Rare, & Collectible Books book can help. renowned native plant author wants to keep the now pro- for $16 or can be obtained Designed and written in a and propagator William Cul- For the Whole Family ductive orchard after all and from the publisher at www. practical but comprehensive lina, formerly from the New will give ‘the child’ 20 per- hmhbooks.com. style, and loaded with beau- England Wild Flower Soci- Buy • Sell • Book Searches tiful large full-color photos, ety, now Curator at Coastal Great Billings Book Sale The Green Garden is an Maine Botanic Garden. 95 Main Street • Poultney, VT inspirational guidebook. 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Internationally venerated for his instantly recognizable and singularly insightful work, Koren has long been associated with The New Yorker magazine, where he has published over 1,000 cartoons as well as numerous covers and illustrations. He has also contributed to many other publications, includ- ing The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, GQ, Esquire, Vogue, Fortune and Vanity Fair. His illustrated books include How to Eat Like a Child, Teenage Romance and Do I Have to Say Hello (all by Delia Ephron), A Dog’s Life by Peter Mayle and Pet Peeves by This year’s Burlington Book Festival is dedicated to Ed Koren. George Plimpton. Thelonius Monster’s Sky High Fly Pie by Judy Siera was published in 2006; Oops! by Alan Katz Elinor is tweeting one political poem every day from now 1995. Levine, who’s won virtually every major prize for his in 2008; and How to Clean Your Room in 10 Easy Steps by until the 2012 election. You can follow her on Twitter @ work, including a Pulitzer, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, two Jennifer Larue Huget in 2010. elinorlipman. Her poems have already been recognized by National Book Awards and two Guggenheims, is celebrated Koren has also written and illustrated books for children both the Boston Globe and the New Republic online.” for evoking the richness of ordinary American life. such as Behind the Wheel and Very Hairy Harry. He has published six collections of cartoons which fi rst appeared Philip Levine, Poet Laureate of the United States to Appear The Burlington Book Festival is a co-production of Bur- in The New Yorker, the most recent being The Hard Work lington Magazine and The Stern Center for Language and of Simple Living. The Burlington Book Festival will feature a headlining Learning. For more information please call (802) 658-3328 He attended Columbia University, did graduate work in appearance by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Philip Levine, or read all about it at www.burlingtonbookfestival.com. etching and engraving with S.W. Hayter at Atelier 17 in who has been named Poet Laureate of the United States. Paris and received an MFA degree from Pratt Institute. He “We’re tremendously honored to have Philip headlining taught at Brown University for many years. Koren’s cartoons, this year’s Grace Paley Poetry Series on Sunday, September drawings, and prints have been widely exhibited in shows 25,” said Festival Director Rick Kisonak. “He’s a legend and and museums across the United States as well as in Europe. we’re very lucky to have him as a highlight of this year’s A major retrospective of his work was shown at the Miriam stellar line up.” and Ira D. Wallach Gallery at Columbia University in 2010. The Library of Congress has named Philip Levine in the Ed Koren received a Doctor of Humane Letters Degree one-year position. He will succeed W.S. Merwin in the post. from Union College and has been a John Simon Guggen- Born in Detroit in 1928, Levine has used his poetry to ex- heim Fellow. And Ed has been a member of the Brookfi eld amine blue-collar life, often embroidering everyday events Volunteer Fire Department for 22 years. with a sense of myth. Announcing America’s most prestigious poetry post Elinor Lipman to Speak September 24th Wednesday, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington Internationally acclaimed novelist Elinor Lipman will called Levine “one of America’s great narrative poets. 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2066 Chelsea. 3 bedroom camp – 1 full bath – large fireplace with heatolators, plus wood 2061 Corinth. 24x24 ft. camp – ½ acre trout stove – small stream – 33 acres of land – nice pond – septic system with fl ush toilet – gravity lawn with apple trees – being sold furnished – spring – large lawn – 12 acres surveyed – good good gravel road...... Price $119,500. gravel road...... Price $118,000. 2074 Chelsea. 20' Camp with two add-ons, plus deck – only about 10 yrs. old – 12.75 acres – 1586' 1874 Orange. 50 acres of woodland – about frontage on good gravel road – large lawn – trout 10 acres open – small stream – over 2,000 ft. brook...... Price $52,500. frontage on Rt. 302, plus class 4 road along the side – good views...... Price $49,000. $39,500. 2073 Washington. Large 2-Story Camp – dug well with pump – propane lights and cook stove – wood 2065 Vershire. 38 acres of high land – excellent views stove for heat – 50 acres of land, very private, with – long views to the south of several mountain ranges – lots of open land – good views...... Price $139,000. mostly open fi eld – over 2,600 ft. frontage on good, dead end, gravel road – view must be seen...Price $225,000. 2067 Chelsea. 35 acres – mostly open field – southern exposure – approx. 1400' frontage on 2062 Corinth. Private campgrounds – 2 camp good gravel road – electric power – nice property trailers – gravity water – excellent access, with to build on...... Price $132,500. private drive – 14.19 acres surveyed – very 2064 Washington. 1 bedroom cabin – 10 ft. private...... Price $45,000. deck overlooking nice brook – electric power – 2057 Chelsea. 207 acre farm – 2 barns – 4-bay 40 ft. storage building – 14.1 acres of land on storage building – plus 2 other storage buildings – 2072 Chelsea. 2 Bedroom Home – built 1970 – new maintained gravel road...... Price $55,000. good pond site, plus trout brook – large, old, 10 room kitchen and bathroom – propane, plus wood heat – 1 car cape with garage – very private...Price $795,000. garage – 2 acres of land on gravel road...Price $112,500. BUTTON REAL ESTATE Brian A. Button Tel. (802) 685-4679 • Fax (802) 685-3001 All sales subject Broker to owner's accep tance. Rt. 110, Chelsea, VT 05038 Write for free list Please phone for appointment. Licensed Vt. Real Estate Broker for 41 years.

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Vermont Country Sampler, September–October 2011 Page 31 A pleased young ribbon-winning exhibitor and her cow at the Tunbridge World’s Fair. photo by Nancy Cassidy

Greenhouses & Garden Shop • • • Quality affordable gifts with the kitchen gardener in mind. Come in and see what’s new! • • • Autumn is here and our greenhouses are continuing to produce wonderful salad mixes, spinach and carrots too! New Store Hours: Thurs–Sat 10–5, Sun 10–3 (802) 886-2791 • www.cogersugarhouse.com

Corner of Rt. 100 BE GREEN… & Baltimore Rd.d. in North BE HAPPY!!! Springfi eld, VTT Coger’s Sugar House Gardens of VT

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