The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-07-22
Meeting of the Historical Society
at st. J0hnSbury.
he Ternont 7ranscrint:

/ promised to write for you some ac-
count of the late meeting Of the Yer
mont Historical Society at ST. Johns
bury, and Will now proceed to redeem
my promise. We left St. Adams on
Tuesday, June Goth, and had fine
run over the smooth and well kept
Central railroad to White River june
ton At half past two we took the
Passumpsic train for St. Johnsbury.
The scenery along this road is most Of
the way romantic and pleasant. There
are many good views along the New
Hampshire side of the Connecticut
river broad bottom lands and back Of
them wooded eminences rising into
bold conical peaks. The villages OF
Lyme, Oxford and Haverhill look well
in the distance at which we see them.
On arriving at St. Johnsbury we We're
met by the Committee Of Arrangements
and welcomed to their elegant homes.
We were the guests of Ex-Goy. Fair
banks and in his excellent family cur
time passed delightfully."- On Wedncs-
day morning very good audience as
sembled at the North Church and the
meeting of the Historical Society was
commenced underpleasantau As
accounts of the proceedings have been
published in your paper / viii abstain
from detail. The welcome by EX-Goy.
Fairbanks, and the response of Gov
Hall were both in exceedinggoo taste
Mr.. Whites biography of DIR. Arnold
was capital 1t was handled with that
freshness and originality which char
acterize his style, and the humorou,
portions were very dehcately and APPLY
introduced. Mr.. White is n rising mar
and already occupies high position
, among the writer's and literary men o
this State. Our friend Henry Hall, o
Rutland, is always good. The paper
which he read being closely allied t.
+ the splendid Indian Footprints which
we heard at Brandon, / enjoyed yer,
much. He did not speak as loud,
: and plainly as he usually does, and,
am told, was not understood well b,
T those who had never heard him. / re
gret that any one should have failet
r to hear this lucid and elegantly writ
a ten portion of our early history. O
the paper upon UNDERTAKING you will
, of course, excuse me from speaking
y will only say that the st. Johnsbur.
e audience appeared to "stand it yer
well. The paper of pr Taylor ON tn
/ life and services of the late Hon. JIG
seph p. Fairbanks was mastery pre-
r duction. and, as it will be soon pull
hshed, l will pass it with the single r'
i mark. that it was an admirable motto
e of one of the best men the world In
V ever seem IL | were to go into d'
5 scription of ST. Johnsbury, my articl
It would be altogether too long. WI
e say that it is a very well built and we
!, kept town. The Court House is I'll
; best of any which have seen IN I'll
V State. The churches are spacious an
= neat. The houses of the citizens mos
It " of wood and painted white III
e residences of the Messrs. Fairbanl
f. and some others are particularly ne
If ticeable for the beauty of the grounC
Ie about them and the fine taste wit
II which they are laid out and KEEP
d There is no ostentation about the PEI
10 pie, but many evidences of thrift an
ID cultivation. 1t has been called Il mo-
as Ell village and having become acquain
in ed with it | have no disposition to co
ne trovert this opinion. Several OF u
s. gentlemen who were advertised to rel
y, papers before the Society failed to a
lie pear Their places were supple
as however and the meeting was a go'
I'D one. Being much wanted at home,