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The fl owers be- other unrelated anxieties and come a kind of visible troth, fears. a promise quieting my fear Then I get disgusted for that winter will never leave. letting myself feel like this. But a sharp cold spell often After all, weather is change- strikes in mid to late April, able. Why take seriously burning back new growth, an abortion of April? Isn’t and the month can close there enough to worry about? without a fl owering tree, with Things balance out. They perennials black from frost. always do. And so the warmest springs Still, the suspicion that can also bring a feeling of everything will suddenly suspense, a suspicion that and unfairly fall apart can the new season could be too linger until the fi rst heat wave good to be true. fi nally convinces me that all I don’t feel the same un- is well. easiness at the approach of It takes tall rhubarb and autumn. Instead of disquiet, sweet strawberries; I need I feel disbelief. It is not pos- raspberries and blackberries sible, my body tells me, that setting fruit, peonies, iris, summer could disappear and lupines, poppies, and all the that the leaves might come clovers in bloom to cure the down. neurosis and settle me into On the other hand, like the mindless denial: Summer residue of a night’s dreams will never end. photo by VT Dept. of Tourism and Marketing Free Calendar Listings Gathering sap with draft horses at the end of the season in northern Vermont. Send us your community or church events & we’ll list them free of charge in our calendar. An Invitation to the Poor Tenants Vermont Country Sampler West of the Mountain Green But falling much below, The pigeon, goose and duck, P.O. Box 197, N. Clarendon, VT 05759 ddd ddd Lies Rutland fair; They make an even show; They fi ll our beds; [email protected] The best that e’er was seen The pines more lofty grow The beaver, coon and fox, www.vermontcountrysampler.com d d For soil and air: And crown the woods. They crown our heads. Kind zephyr’s pleasant breeze The harmless moose and deer Whispers among the trees Here glides the pleasant stream Are food and clothes to wear; Where men may live at ease, Which doth not fail Nature could do no more Preserving Vermont’s With prudent care. To spread the richest cream For any land. Last Great Places O’er the intervale. Here cows give milk to eat, As rich as Eden’s soil There’s many a pleasant town Since 1960 By nature fed: Before that sin did spoil Lies in this vale, Our fi elds afford good wheat Or man was doomed to toil Where you may settle down; And corn for bread. To get his bread. You need not fail 27 State Street Here sugar-trees they stand To make a fi ne estate, Montpelier, VT 05602 Which sweeten all the land, Here little salmon glide, If you are not too late, So neat and fi ne, Tel. 802/229-4425 • Website: www.tnc.org We have them at our hand, You need not fear the fate, Be not afraid. Where you may be supplied But come along. With hook and line: The butternut and beech They are the fi nest fi sh —Thomas Rowley And the elm tree, To cook a dainty dish Shoreham, VT, 1721-1796 They strive their heads to reach As any one could wish As high as they: To feed upon. Composed at a time when the Land-jobbers of New York served their writs of ejectment on a number of our settlers. From The Rural Magazine, July, 1795. Vermont Country Sampler April 2018, Vol. XXXIV The Vermont Country Sampler is distributed free ROCKINGHAM ARTS AND The Heifers Are Coming! over-the-counter in and out of Vermont. Advertising rates on request. Deadline 10th of preceding month. MUSEUM PROJECT (RAMP) June 1-2-3, 2018 • Brattleboro, VT Calendar of Events published free of charge. Mail Economic Development your information to us by the 15th of the preceding Through the Arts www.StrollingoftheHeifers.com month. Vermont Country Sampler 7 Canal Street Bellows Falls, VT 05101 P.O. Box 197, N. 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April 29th at 12 p.m. with fl oats, bands, horse-drawn wagons, National Insurance, Butternut Mountain Farm, Vermont All the delights of the Annual Vermont Maple Festival will and colorful costumed characters! Maple Sugarmakers’ Association, Northwestern Medical happen again at the 2018 festival, taking place in and around With the Vermont Chamber of Commerce 10-year Hon- Center, Community National Bank, Yankee Farm Credit, St. Albans, VT on April 27th, 28th and 29th. ored Event award the Festival continues to see annual at- Co-operative Insurance Companies, Maple Fields, Hillside The Vermont Maple Festival is honored to have been tendance upwards of 35,000 visitors eager to experience the Plastics, and all our supporting sponsors! named the “Vermont Maple Festival a Top Ten 2018 Honored delights of Vermont Maple, attracted from all parts of the Event” by The Vermont Chamber of Commerce. Now, in United States, Canada, and far-fl ung regions of the world. St. Albans, VT is located in northwestern Vermont near 2018, it’s time to enjoy life with the 52nd annual celebration. The Festival has been a frequent subject of the media: televi- Lake Champlain, north of Burlington, off I-89, Exits 19 & Fittingly, the theme is “Vermont Maple ~ Life is Sweet!” Let sion features, including Food Network, national news and 20. Route 7 runs through the city. the Vermont Maple Festival introduce you to the multitude magazine articles, and has been highlighted in books Much For more information about the Vermont Maple Festival of ways that maple products are used and let Vermont Maple of the Vermont Maple Festival is free of charge, and handi- call (802) 524-5800, e-mail [email protected]. For make your life sweet in 2018, with another marvelous maple capped accessible. Overnight accommodations are available festival schedules visit www.vtmaplefestival.org. crop of the offi cial Flavor of Vermont! in St. Albans, Colchester and Burlington. Tap into all there There will be antiques, crafts and specialty foods shows; is to see, learn, savor, and do at the Vermont Maple Festival! the fi ddlers show and a youth talent show. Visit the Exhibit The Vermont Maple Festival is generously sponsored in Hall where you will fi nd maple syrup and the maple cooking part by Mylan Technologies Inc., TD Bank, Price Chopper, contest and demonstrations, maple cream frosted doughnuts, CDL USA, Hall Communications WOKO WKOL WIZN maple creemees and other maple treats.