Jamaica

I want to be the living room for Jamaica, which I am.

I basically have people sit on my deck and listen to music and come to my backyard and have croissants.

You're listening to Happy Vermont.

I'm Erica Houskeeper.

On Main Street in Jamaica, there's an old inn that's been part of the village for more than 200 years.

Painted yellow with purple shutters, the Jamaica house is run by Benzie Ross, who returned to Vermont after many years out west.

Her sister, Teenie Hamilton, runs a bakery at the Jamaica house called The Skinny Goose.

The sisters grew up at Stratton, where their parents, Imo and Anne Henrich, ran an inn and restaurant.

The Queen of Belgium has graciously consented to appoint a commission of women in her dominions, while in Russia, Sweden, Holland, Greece, Austria, and France, The commissions have either been formed or are in process of organization, and in all cases under the highest patronage.

Letters have also been received from Japan and the Orient in regard to the subject, while such distant rulers as the Queen of Hawaii, the Governor General of Cape Town, of Jamaica, and of Cuba and Haiti and the West Indies have expressed their willingness to appoint these commissions.

The women of Central and South America are also actively engaged in collecting their exhibits.

and Madame Diaz, the honored wife of the President of Mexico, has written expressing her cordial approval and interest in the plans of the Board of Lady Managers.