Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1869-09-01
From the Burlington Free Pres and Times.
Vermont Editors in COunciI--iddreSS
of Henry Clark.
BRATrLKnoRn. Anr.

bRATrLEBoRo, Aug -.
Messrs Editors Free Press and Times
\ good number of the e fourth estate Of
Vermont enjoyed their second annual reunion
IN this beautiful sylvan-Streeted village last
evening. Their proceedings were OF course
digni6ed and decOrOus. and yet social and en-
.Joyable. The venerated and honored President
OF the ASSOCIATION, Hon. E. p. WaLroS Of
Montpelier, had the chair, and in his own
Iharttsfr'>tic and iniInitabie way carried out
Tue ~ ct business 1s {i13 e som DIS
NOR, Which invariably brought down tSe
self.
Twenty-Five Of the profession attended the
meeting and though there was not the social
magnetism OF the supper, as 4 year ago. to in
splre The genial sentence and the iovial IKE.
yet the speeches of the occasion were pertinent
and related directly 70 the interests of news
papers.
The Association was called to order at s
O'Clock IN the parlors Of the Brattleboro House
by the President. The roll was called and the
proceedings of the last annual meeting read.
The following editors, publishers and printers
were present
Henry Clark, II. C. Tuttle,-Rutland Her
aid. D. 5. Bliss. Burlington Free Press and
Times. Luther y. Green, Woodstock Stan
dard. Hon. E.. p. Walton. Montpelier.
Albert Clarke,-St. Adams Messenger. c
W. WIllArd.-Green Mountain Freeman. {.
ii. Baker, st Adams Transcript. Col. Lv-
man E. knapp,-Middlebury Register. ID.
NJ. Camp,-Newport Express. Jas. /. Nc
Lean,-Rutland Independent. c. NJ. Stone,
st Johnsbury Calcdonian. p. p. Ripley,
Eagle, West Randolph. C.. NJ Chase
Lyndon Union. VIM. A. Cook,-Benninyton
Banner. Geo. c. Newman, Bulletin, Poult-
ney. L.. J. McIndoe.-WindsOr Journal.
The allowing gentlemen were admitted to
II. Z. futile, Rutland Herald. Col. L.
E. Knapp,-Middlehury Register. c. II.
Baker Vermont Transcript. F. D. Cob
leigh,-Fermont Record. Geo. E. Selleck,
Brattleb1ro. A.. c. Alderman, B~rattleboro
K. ). Warner Gazette.
The Association then proceeded to the cleo
ton OF officers, with the following result
Presidsni-E. P. Walton, Montpelier.
Wee Presidents-E. b. Whiting, St, AL
bans IL Cook, Bennington c. NJ. Chase,
Lyndon.
Recording Seerefary-D. NJ. Camp, New
port.
Corresponding SeeretGry-Henry Clark,
Rutland.
Teasurer-Luther O. Green, Woodstock.
Erecuiius COmmittee-A. n. Swain, Bellows
Falls c. W. Willard, Montpelier G. g.
Benedict, Burlington.
The Executive Committee were then in
structeG to select an Orator and Poet for the
al F~e-union, with substitutes.
Detion of place of meeting for the
ensGID year being the next business,
G. w. Willard urged Stowe as a suitable
place. Mr.. Bigelow CT Burlington. invited
the Association to meet at Mallet's Bay. Mr..
Clarke Of St. Adams, eloquently presented
the claims of St. Adams as the next place of
meeting. At the suggestion Of Mr.. Swain of
the Bellows Falls Times, (who by his ready
and opportune remarks contributed much to
the success of the meeting.) the President
appointed the following disinterested com
mIttee to choose a place for the next annual
reunion Mr.. Willard, Mr.. Bigelow, Mr.
Clark. Overwhelmed with the immense
re possibility imposed upon them, the COM
mittee, Saracen-like, repaired to an ottoman,
after considerable by-play and side-jokes,
unanimously reported, through Mr.. Clarse,
in favor of ct. Adams as the next place of
meeting. Their report was unanimously
adopted.
MIR. Henry Clark, of the Rutland Herald,
was then introduced as tie essayist of the
occasion. Mr.. Clark address. (Which we
shall give next week. was admirably delivered
and as a literary composition surpasses any
of his previous efforts. 1t was well received
by his brethren of the press, and endorsed by
their hearty applause.
An interesting letter, replete with reminis-
'ences of printing in New England in its
early days, was then read by the Secretary
rom John W. Moore, { formerly of Bellows
Falls of Nashua, N. H., publisher of the
Record and Advertiser, but lately of
he Manchester Daily Union.
Mr.. Willard then presented certain amend
nents to the Constitution. relating to the
constitution of the Executive Committee,
were laid over for one year according
the bylaws.
Among those in attendance upon the meet
ng of the Association were George s. Ide,
f the Claremont N. H. Manufacturing
o., and Col. OTIS +. X. Wait, formerly Of
e C~laremont N H.. } Eagle.
Upon the invitation of Mr.. Swain, of the
Bellows Falls Times, Mr.. Edward D. Boyls-