Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1895 — Pretty Cheap Living. [ARTICLE]

Pretty Cheap Living.

A good deal lias been written about the cheapness of table d’hote In the j restaurants of Boston, but what shall | be said of the country table d’hote that , is' told of by a Boston business man j who recently returned from a vacation passed among the green hills of Ver- ' nmnij—“l have found the cheapest place in J which to live in this part of the coun- | try. It is in Vermont,” he said, with enthusiastic gestures. “You talk about your city tables d’hote. They can’t hold a candle to those I’ll tell you about. I went on a fishing trip to Lake Champlain and found a first-class place on one of the large islan'ds—North Hero. The board was $1 a day and the food was as good as any man need eat After staying there a fortnight and gaining eight pounds, I went down to a town, south of Rut bland, and at the host hotel in the town I had a dinner for 25 cents ■which included mutton broth, tender roast beef, plenty of* vegetables, potato salad, apple fritters, eoeoanut pie, and frozen custard. There were other meats and desserts, but think of such a dinner served in fire-class country style, large portions, all you want of everything for 25-cents.”—Boston Commonwealth.