Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-11-08


b, by very hearty applause.
At the close Of Chaplain Brastow : addIes
, Wednesday evening, the members Of Il
Reunion Society formed again in procession
By regiments, and escorted Gen. Sheridan
and the other guests Of tie Society for th
evening. to Washington Hall where the SUI
per was in readiness The Hall. We tLinl
, never looked so we'll. The walls were hun
with pictures drapod in red, white and blue
and with festoons Of evergreen wreaths
while the tables. which completely file
the hall, were adorned with a prltusion o
beautiful flowers. obtained from Boston. Th
head Of the centre table. at which the dis
tInguished guests sat, was made especially
conspicuous. by large and beautiful f.ra
design, largely composed Of costly lothous'
flowers, arranged with ozqsisi:e taste
Wo".n's taste and care was riain in many
OF decorations, and the ladies cf Mont
pelier lent an additional charm % the feast,
by their presence a. volunteer walters upon
the tables, retiring vlcn Tie toas,- and
speaking tegan.
Gen. Ripley, lre.ideu. OF ,he S.-.a,y, ol
course took tie head Of the table, ans n
his rish, and lcf. were seated G5y,rrors
Page, Smith, md Dillingham;, N,fr
Gen. Sheridan, Naj. Gen. Dan Bat;,rfeli,
Brig and Byt Mai Gen. Rufus Iu-all-.
Cols. Moore and stuart o. Gen. Stcridsu's
staff, Gen. Michael F. Dauubuc. Of Ncw
Hampshire, Speaker Stewart, the members
Of the Sheridan Reception Committees
Of the Senate and House, and others. Five
hundred plates were laid flr each there was
soldier or guest, the latter numbering
perhaps, thirty or forty in au. and finer
gathering it has no, tecn our pleasure to
look upon. GilmoTe's famous Bass Band,
Of Bo.:on was in attendance aud iutcr-rcrsci
the festivities with their fac music The
supper provided by llr. Clark er tie Amer
ican House. consisted Of cold meats, roast
turkey and chicken, pios, icccroam. and o,h-
CT cold delieaei,s, with DO, coffee and oys,s-s
all excellent except the oysters. which, if
not veterans had evidently been under
Ere" Tie blessing vas asked hy Chaplain
Stone Of the lst Regiment, ord -he eatailcs
absorbed all attention fora .,- %. ul Gen.
Ripley calel 70 order, and VITA o brief pre-
lude in bis graceful and tally manner
-alluIing to the day wien two y.ars a-,.
2 htJle circle Of Vernon: yf5c,-s assembled
to do honar to one whom then a,l now a.l
were glld TO accept as the r r-ss.a.H..
ldier 1f Vermont, Gen. s.auu.ri. and So
the w,h of the Society ttr orerizf %.
til si,s numbers filed tie ull.-iutf.-
ducei the POSTMASTER OF the evening. Col. .
;. NJ. Pingree, who gave th, frs, rs.-,.r
Toast,
l. Tie Heah Of MAJOR Ga4o' 0ri-
dan.
Long applause followed thc announcements
Of this toast, silencsd by the Band striking
in With " Hail to the Chief. ard renewed
again as g n. Sheridan rosc @. rs-. nd
GrS. suERrDAN's Response
assure you, eomrades. that nothing has r-v- .
en- greater pleasure. ia a long t,1e. than to
meet you this evening. Especially am glad
to meet you as an Association frm,I % pre-
serve the memories Of our service. All t,V per-
pe,uate your record and mine. Tan glad 20 be .
with you tonight, aud so feel that ms name Il
identified with yours
I thank you for your k.niu,ss aal I regret .
only ,hst the very little tine tia, can spend .
with you prevents my saying more. Ivfu only .
add that have seen a gooi deal Of Jou in the .
past, and hope to see more Of you IN the future.
,. Vermont.
GOV. Page responded aud vas 20. ated vith .
hearty applause. lie said be c1lli ll. dl .
justice to the subject I. was broad the
State. deep as her lakes. high as Deg noun .
;ains We yermonters are q proud rcor,c. .
proud Of Our h,tle State aud o.. ..- re.
sources proud Of cur record .H thc war
proud all of Us to be here this eycrias, aui .
proud Of our gallant guest Fr himself
he could say that he had l,lti. bis r.iyi- .
Iege to be as it were the servant ol tsc Nel-
mon; soldiers during the war, and chat d be
had not been KEEP, at home by lbs duties 20
them, be would have been with them in the .
field. The Governor. alluded f.tiugly to the .
memory Of some Of cur fallen heroes, Rob .
erts, Stone, Jarvis, Reynolds and other=.
Let US. he said emulate ,hei- virtues and 10
time Of trial to come, as in the past. ever
be loyal and faithful citizens and true y,r-
mon ,ers.
Il n. j. ". Stewart, Speaker OF the
Ho- e, WIS also called on, and made "a very
hapI = speech, closing with an alia-iaa TO
c, r Creek, where Sheridan fIldllsJ tae
pr 1ecy of-crpture that one man shall pot
ten thousand to flight. Our boys, be lad
beard, greeted the " one man roinf5rc1meut"
with the words " better late than never -
but all discovered IN time that lt was really
Jeier late than Earlg Amid the roar which
followed this the best yet of the Early psas.
Mr.. Stewart resumed his seat
Sd. The organizers Of our Tsrm0af B,gi
msHfs. We welcome the presence OF cur two
Ex-Governors, who so efficiently organized and
forwarded the troops Of Vermont, during the
late war. Let their memory long be CHERISHED.
Ex- Governor Smith responded happily,
paying a high compliment to tie efficiency
aud patriotism Of his predecessors, Governors
Fairbanks and Holbrook but dechring
that little credit belonged to the Governors
compared with that belonging to the rco.
pie and soldiers.
!. The Regular Army.
Major Gen. Butterfeld was called on. and
rose amid hearty applause. He said ~; in
accompanying his friend. the hero Of Mission
Ridge, to Vermont to-day, he had got light
on a subject that had puzzled him tor many
years. His mott er, be was proud to say, Was
of Nerp,n-f 49, u