Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-01-30
Prcspb fUtioH to j. ". hobart.

| tation of the Vermont Central Railway,
occurred to him It his residence in St.
Adams, on Friday evening last. Quiet
| ly and entirely unbeknown to him, his
many friends connected with the Ne.-
mont Central Railroad, principally in
the Freight Department, through Mr.
Lansing Mills, of Boston, purchased an
imported gold watch and chain, valued
at $500, and Friday evening was fixed
upon as the time for the presentation.
Zee inner case bears this inscription
Presented to J. w. Hobart, by friends
connected with the V. c. II. r., Janu-
airy, 90, 1885," and upon the ba k of the
watch was displayed an elegant mono
gram.
These fl lends to the number of 35 mar
shaded by Mr.. Mills, proceeded to MIR.
Hobart's residence and forced an en-
trance, to the great surprise of Mr.. H.,
who finally furnished them seats. Mr..
Mills thereupon made n statement OF
the facts in the case, and in neat and
appropriate Speech in behalf of those
present and the many absent ones, pre-
scented the watch as token of heir re-
spect and great esteem for him. Sir.
Hobart responded in a few fitting and
feeling words Of thanks, and being un-
to be made, was not suitably provided
with the means of entertainments, and
invited the party to an oyster supper ut
the American House.
AT about nine, these gay and festive
rail- road men, to the number of 40 or 80,
gathered around the well-furnished ia
blcs which "1iram " had prepared, and
the party enjoyed themselves hugely.
Mr.. Hobart presided, and at his right
bend sat Mr.. a. Tinker, his chief clerk,
at his left Mr.. Mills, of Boston, nd his
assistant clerk, Mfr. VIM Leard.
Speeches were made by Mr.. Hobart, Mr..
Mills, Mr.. Tinker, Mr.. Williams, the
,tation-agent at Essex, Mr.. Grover, sta
ton agent at White River Junction,
Mr.. Kibby, agent at st. Adams, Mr..
Chittenden, agent at Rouse's Point, Mr..
Bostwick, station agent at Richmond,
and others.
The entertainment was splced with
wit, many sharp hit, and overfowed
with fun. 1t being a private affair, the
press was not represented, and we obtain
our report from g the gentleman in
black" We are unable to give the
speeches in detail, but must content our
self with the closing speech Of Mr.. Mill
lis, who gave an account of Lr. Hobart's
rec ent trip to the West.
Mr.. Mills said that, agreeable to pre-
vious arrangements, Mr.. Hobart and
himself with their better halves lett st.
Adams one Monday morning, and
reached Ogdensburgh without accident,
where they dined He claimed that on
reaching Prescott Mr.. III. had tired him
out, but somehow they became separat-
ed there, and he took the first train 70,
Sarnia. Here he had become fairly
seated at the dining table, and was en-
joying himself upon the "fat of the
land'' when to his surprise Mr.. Hobart
walked in. He saw there was no get
ting away from him, and made the best
of it afterwards. They stopped at De-
troit, where four meals suffered by their
prese--ce, and they took lunch on the
train. The following day they reached
Chicago and laid up for repairs. The
day after, they began to move round
and kept it up for l6 days. A trip
through the Southern States had been
written upon their guide books, tut
they changed their minds and took
palace car for Pennsylvania. Theysup-
piled themselves with baskets, one of
which contained Equals, and there was
a large bundle of other provisions. In
this palace car they rode night and day,
and took warm meals occasionally by
way ola variety. Their route was via
Altoona, and they crossed the Allegheny
mountains without harm or injury.
At Harrisburgh, special car was in
readiness to take them to Philadelphia,
and they were carried through Sin
State" On arriving at Philadelphia
they went into quarters with kind
friends who were ready to receive them.
Mr.. Mills stated that during this trip,
% pounds averdupois had been add ed
to Mr.. Hobart's weight, and he sugges
ted to the Station Agents present, that
they should not weigh him down with
business which they should be able to
do, and questions whsch they should
decide for themselves. Mr.. Hobart's
cares had been severe in his 20 years of
brain work in the employ of the Yer
mont Central Railroad, and he asked
them to spare him from unnecessary la
Dor thereafter.
At the close of Mr.. Mills speech