Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-10-25

: MoSTruIEz, Oct. 10, 1867.
2 Deor Fres Press
The public meeting Of The Tern5
Historical Society last evening Wss one
unusual interest. The evening was storm
. bat the Representatives, Hall was filed vi
Al intelligent audience. The President
The Socis;y, Rev. P. L. White Of CoTentr
took the chair. and prayer wa -H@-ai
Rev. NJ Tenne7 of Thstfori
The annual address vas ther delivered :
Hog. {. ". WI--lE1 q Montpelier.
NJ Wnlar5'= subject was 8. Te-us3si. q
1 Presa- aEdfaasre,' and - discourse v.
-- -uEwe- 70 tha question. What shall T
o keeT ~ yourr sr5 active mer &
hone ."
Vermont, a-id ne speaker. = n.5l
>tate. Il II comes hort ot sc1e n the nor
Snowy qualities Ct aeonn5aweal;l, IL zaskr
i 81 " Il the sold Tirius- -f honesty. Il
dust-Y. integrity. patriotism. and pure a.I
a.. Bat while va have opportunities {. pa
. almost any stz-c. dead conservatism
seems 70 hinder 3ur growth. IN population
/ the State i s@;i5l1ry- Aiew towns fv 81.
tentiou = manufactures have added lzr-ell
= then populzii11 ut DO s-uz % =.
s,untiss there = ah---li. decrease Tll
growth = T.Yulati11 Of tie STATE from ! l>-l
= l,50 WIS barely 100 I1 tb1se ac,f7s
Gays. When Il many PLACES what vas yes-e--
cay wIie-ness. + to-day thriving CITY,
ezuYe-n5n; l5l-i = b= stationary Can
ws aaIrd, when 9ur country aas reached +I7--
ty u..-.o.s - BE- e9n.eat with only tie nun
bs-s Fe had vhen II. nation lad tut twenty
mi-l5as i 1ur STATE grand ol5 t-5e
that hzs reached is prime a1i hls te-caf -t1
5et1-s i oaly decay and fall
NJ Willard I'D a5t believe F.; g, ls e..
Ou- c-11-u-1 = tl5 20 mi-5l-tc- o.. H.
1usuy, wan; u enterprise ara @. tzist II
ourselves ou1 industry j. almost wholly
agricultural. a1i a purely a--ic1l-1rll con
u-1iiy zo-u reaches i-s zV;- ID. .ls-E=
stimulus and lite. za5 81 che rev regions u
The Was; draw -v1y ftl-s E-- -ct5s1 q,
home, leaving us 1ly ,-s e-uz-7.i.ya
wl-kl-s va- e-1.z-- via .h-- who
ts5u Is. a. tie Hone rua-= u ;1s vl-
compared E.;a IL ue1 W. -s-15.- WIKI
Sha-@-1 from A;-aa g tt- SO. ~ z-e
ib7se vh5 = 20 t--Es i1s gong Htg -z
ls--s Il, ll--- v1.aA 1s--s r -7e- crowd
&C lpl1ymeni z1a uareuane-llyl 5Fp-l-
tunr.ese Ou y1-a. u-r r-zu-- te k-T- e.
hone tT 1faarg ilea T. remain. live
would keep then We nus, ossr then -enua-
e-ativr l-I-1yu1-u and -I5l-.1-.;ie= il-
cuisines such = they ezu secure elsewhere
G--wiA rl1-t cone through 5evt--T1clt
+ --- producing in11si1il-. TI-s, u tlez
j. agriculture Tx Il taai Vernon; las
De--ly reached the luH. With n are
tli-5 larger than Massachusetts. we furnish
u1-e agricultural products tbaa ihzf state
.-as the total value Of OF industries II ls5l.
Ezs sixteen millions, while ihl-e u Massl-
,buse..s we're nr5 E-zarel aI1 a-t.-zl r.il-
i'.s. Little Rhode Island produces farr.-
ssrs millions, ossins; ou- .1.se CO..
aecucut With but tw1 ;Li-is o.. u a.-icu--
.ural Ir,daets io-ts ur ag..g ,.-s -ulllls
2 MANUFACTURES and New Hru--ti-e. .tchi-5 I
ls Il every thing e-ss, J. T1i --c-i q l. Il
producing industries bY be. 100000 q
naulilc-urn- T-ocuot=. Looking e; growth, I
Fe End that Nzsszchas-tts. ,--1 $50 70
-s50, grew q; lie r4te Of 80 pe1 oeni.waile /
Vermont increased = Pc exit. Troa 80 = I
'eo, M-szehuset;s grew - ez-; zu1
Varlcl, 1ne-;hi-i i -le Ie1 .-ur
or remedy I5 = develop u-a1iaei--os.
W lave s. Coz, ,ooo Of Bank capital zlisa I
-iye euIl1T directly = pe-hal- a-a1-ed /
ne-. a tenth psri Of thls capita would /
.u6ee ~ she iemanis Of on present. t-s5s. .
Z tbe a-la1os were iaYes.e5 II amaaaiaotu1sz I
ns;es5 5i IL government bonds. II would ts /
~ l.s,ter f11 the State NJ. Willard rs-
,.rdc5 !. a. the chief evil Of o.. great
rational debt. that ty il s. 5oo, 600 600 are /
,cJt from IuEastmel. ID mauuizc.-re..
again. our sttachnent lsw hin5srs invest
neut o. capital and VI olog su1 industry /
III ;as Legislature gives relief NJ. Willard |
-se- guize5 tbe value o. i1a rzl,.5a5-. iaie-
-e-lling or productive industry, and coz
si5srei II q most b5Ietul siga tazt me -ail- /
-o-i fever had 50 broken o.; afrtsh in on |
e- lls valleys lie Eelso1e1 tie sgIlsultur-
i t .le.e. with its instruction II the Trac-i- /
. -cisnoe- and especially IN chemistry. %
4iz.ng Tie 5ass rcsul,s lie vo9l5 hare I
B. e. culture than nov. tut n1-e Of vl-k,
DO Iess moral snd Intellectual power. bai |
n51e of productive Industry Aad Masssehu
-ei,s had shown Is that bo;h could grow 70 7
,etbeG.
NJ. Willar1 stov,d auaIy low t-e di=-
.cric4l >lcieiy eJaI5 all II bringing % the I
5ew "a Of prosperity i5I Vermont vliel be /
pie;urld,by eberlshing the germs q I-a-res- /
I'd throwing away The husks Of Useless IL
Jrmaiio1 by cbe-lshins the w--kers, rather 1
-hAu TIE ornaments Of society. y cherish /
~ inventive genius, and ~ thus helping 20
ievcl1p euterIrise-
Hearty applause followed tbs excellent !
1iress, at II close Is was al earnest able !
ADJ yzluable. discourse, eniJreing most IN
p5-tant lesson. It vii doubtless be printed /
M ought - haT, vide circulation among
.be peopie-
Mr.. White paper On the late Hoa. VIZ.
C. BEADLET, wa one Of his very bosi con
iribuuons to tho biographical treasures Of
the Society and the S:ate.
Mr. White was student II tie Ones of
Mr. Bradley. owed 70 hin, a. be said. both
his early professional training and lis taste
Tor historical research, and his sketch YVES
lEb5r Of l5ye. he related the i1eiaenrs Of
afr E-a5I.x-s Itfe h. h--th IN 10 his ID