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titles it to the grateful and roverent rememberance
OF the citizens thereof ; and Whereas, the mon
ument erected to his memory by his family, has be-
come dilapidnted, and the inscription thereon eff
| faced Therefore,
~ is hereby enacted bV The General Assembly Of the
| State Of Vermont, as foltotcs
SEC l. The governor is hereby directed to APP
! point as soon as may be, n committee consisting
oftwo suitable persons, whose duty it shall be to
cause to be erected monument at the burial place
of Ethan Allen, in the town of Burlington upon
such plan and with such inscriptions as shall be
! approved by the governor, and cause the same to
| be properly and securely protected against in
jury at an expense to the state not exceeding two
| thousand dollars.
| SEC. 2. The committee appointed shall keep
accurate accounts of all the expenses arsing.under
| this act and such account, when approved by the
governor, shall be paid out Of the treasury Of the
| state Providcd, such expenses shall not in the
| whole exceed the sum of two thousand dollars.
! SEC. 3. A sum not exceeding two thousand dol
lars is hereby appropriated for the purpose
aforesaid.
SEC 4. This act shall take effect from its passage
| Approved November Il, 1888.
tFrom the Daily Free Press Of May 2i.)
THE ETHAN ALLEN MONUMENT
AGAIN.
The Times of this morning seems to assume
that our remarks in Fridays Free Press were
aimed at its important self,-a delusion
arising in part, perhaps, from the fact that
the Times is evidently "spoiling" for a
brush with somebody. 1t seizes the cudgels,
draws strong on its stock Of adjectives in be-
half of our humble selves, misquotes the
Free Press, misstates the points at issue, for
tifes itself with communication which
charges us with slapping our fellow citizens
in the face-and having entirely demolished
it's g little neighbour and settled the whole
matter, rests satisfied.
Our article was uncalled for in the opinion
of the Times. 1t states in terms, after flip
PANTY charging us with assuming to
know too much,' that nobody has denied
that the remains of Allen were inferred some
where in Green Mount Cemetery Now the
fact is a number of persons have within the
last few days denied that Allen was buried
in that Cemetery. Other places-his old
farm, north of the village, for one, and even
the banks of Connecticut river for another,
have been suggested as the probable resting
place of his remains. The statement that
there was doubt that the cemetery contain
ed his grave, has been quite freely made.
The very petition of our citizens to the
Commissioners assumes such doubt, and
paragraphs are going the rounds of the press
far and wide through the country, imply
ing that the tradition of Aliens burial at
Burlington has been exploded by the result
Of extensive explorations in search of his re-
mains II was to stop such rumors, so in
furious to our place, and so in violation of
the truth of history, so far as our limited in
fluence could do it, that we wrote. There has
been plenty of such talk ahoat, though our
neighbor did not know it. If the Free Press
knew too much the Times knew too little.
BY permission of the Times we will add a
remark or two further-on the main subject.
The act does not provide, as the Times i'm
plies that the monument must be erected
over the grdre of Allen. 1t must be erected
sat his burial place. viz at Green Mount
Cemetery. In conceding that the Patriot S
remains were laid in that Cemetery, and in
conceding, as it does, our Interpretation of
the Act, the Times comedies the whole
question, as to the powers of the committee.
Concerning the question whether the old
tablet actually covered the grave, the rebuke
Of the Times and its correspondent would
be more effective if it was deserved. We did
not say, as we beg those gentlemen to observe,
that there was no doubt that the remains Of
Allen are beneath the well known tombstone.
On the other hand we said in our first re-
marks on this subject, some ten days since,
that there was just that doubt, What we
did say was, THAT the tombstone
was when first erected at Mrs.
Pennimans instancel put in its proper
place no one could doubt, p,th-
out posture proof TO the contrary" That the
hasty excavations made in spot ten feet
square-stirred only to the depth of five feet,
mot seven,) and not thrown out but moved
from side to side, is " positive proof to the
contrary" is more than we shall undertake
to say Those who think it is are of course
entitled to the doubt. Mr., Writer'S testi
mony does not settle the fact that the tablet
was wrongly placed, for the simple reason
that the boundaries of the grave yard have
been changed since the burial. The brusl
fence which formed the enclosure at tina
time probably ran some rods east of the
present boundary, which would bring thu
tablet to the western side of thu
yard. The spot is now not in th'
north eastern corner, as stated b,
the Times correspondent, 1t is nearer to tn
centre of the Cemetery, as enclosed by Mr.
Heman Allen, than to either corner, But W
do not contend, and have not contended, tina
tho tablet in its final location exactly covere
the grave.
: Further remark on our part is rendere
D unnecessary by the following communicable
, from the Committee in charge of the work
1t was written before the appearance of ou
, article of Friday and covers some of tn
: same ground,
1t would have been given to the publ
carrier, as we are lniOruleu, Dut lor u
t absence of one of the Committee. We thin
!. it will be found to the point and conclusive
y .Messrs. Editors
It petition, signed bya large nur
d Der of the inhabitants of this village, has be-
it presented to the undersigned, Committee of L
re- State ofVermont to superintend the erection of
Monument to ETHAN ALLEN, setting forth thl
as it is doubtful whether the remains of Ethan 4
Ill len were buried in Green Mount Cemetery, whe
le his recent monument placed it their desi
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