Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-08-04
A letter was read from Mark Twai

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fireworks were presented in front of tn
house, the park being illuminated will
Chinese lanterns, which with music enter
tanned the crowds of people on the OUTSIDE
OF the Ocean House until the ball room
was thrown open at little after tel
o'clock. The room was deliberately decor
ated with flags, streamers, mottos ant
shields. The broad piazza which sur
rounds the Ocean House was enveloped il
graceful festoons of bunting, and over tn,
main entrance, in silver letters appeared
the hospitable inscription Welcome tt
ALL" The main Office or corridor was huns
with flags and directly opposite scarle
banner bearing the names of the Associ
alton in gold letters. Upon either side o
the grand staircase were notices in gil
letters "The pen, is. mightier than tn,
sword" and Religion, Education ant
Freedom, a tri-color of the world"-Kos
suth. The dining hall presented beau
tiful appearance, flags of all nations being
hung from the walls, while from the win
dows and pillars, streamers radiated in
all directions. AT the head of the hal
was an elaborate piece of decorating, in
the center of which is the inscription
''The First Inventors of Printing, Costar
| Gutenberg, Faust, Schofer." The whole
work reflected great credit on Major
Beals the decorator.
The beauty and fashion of the gather
| ing withdrew from the halls, parlors and
verandahs to the ball room, which was the
| dining room. The dancing was kept up
with more or less spirit until o'clock in
the morning, which was fitting close to
a day that had been full of pleasure to
the entire party.
THURSDAY MORNING - THE STEAMER
FAvORITE.
The weather was cool and breezy, with
blue sky and bluer sea, with here and
there white cap near the shore or on the
outlying rocks and lodges La the morn
ing the editorial party, with the ladies'
half going to Frost Point by land, in ON
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other half embarking on the steamer Fa-
vorite, for roundabout trip to the same
point by way of the Isle of Shoals. The
steamer lay off the Ocean House beach,
and the party were rowed out to her i'll
small boats. Perhaps one hundred and
fifty persons steamed out to the near
neighborhood of Appledore and Gosport.
The steamer did not land, or even go in
close to the shore, but having an early
dinner in prospect, turned about and
headed for the mouth of Sycamore Greek,
upon whose southern shore stands the
Sycamore House, whittier the company
were bound. The voyage was a charm
ing one, over gently tossing pillows, in a
fresh hreeze. neither too hot or too cold,
and with party that enjoyed it greatly.
The landward party that drove from
the Ocean House to the Sycamore House
through the dusty roads of Rye, or the
edge of Portsmouth, had shorter passage, |
but also an agreeable one, through pine
woods, green fields and breezy pastures,
where the barberry bush displays its half
grown fruit, and the blueberries are ripen-
ing, through old orchards and past farm
houses as ancient as the English revolu-
lion, and houses that were built before the
American revolution, and as one of the
party remarked, through a land of grave
yards, having counted fifteen in distance
If five miles. The big tent was pitched
pat the dinner not being quite ready the
,artv spent an houI I'll taking bearings
md admiring the locality.
THE DINNER.
The dinner was served in a great tent
On the point, where about half-past one
the party sat down to warm chowder
and cold but abundant feast of fish,
lesh and fowl, and sweetmeats. After
dinner came the toasts, speeches, poems
and songs. Mr. John M. Hill, of Con-
cord, presided, who announced Mr.. Ell
we'll, of the Portland transcript, as toast
master.
The following were the toasts:
a. Maine and New pshire-States
linked in history and lineage as in geo.
graphical position-may the friendship
this day cemented between the press of
both be as enduring as the hills of the
one and as expansive as the forests of the
other.
Responded to by Hon. Nelson Dingley,
Jr., of the Lewiston Journal, and Hon.
George G. Fogg, of the Independent DEM
0crat, Concord.
E. D. Boylston of the Amherst Cabinet
then read poem on the Wharfage of the
Granite and the Pine"
2. The Senate of the United States-a
body which eminently illustrates the ten
dency of republican institutions to open
to men of all conditions the highest posi-
tions of the State. The Senate of Rome
was a body of politicians; the Senate of
the United States is a body of citizens.
In the absence of ex-Vice President
Hamlin, who was to have responded, the
band played "Hail Columbia"
3. The House of Representatives.
Responded to by Hon. Jacob H. Ella and
Hon. Aaron f. Stevens.
4. The Press of Massachusetts,
Responded to by f. B, Sanborn of the
Springfield Republican.
Mr. Marden of the Lowell Courier read
q funny, witty poem bringing in the
names of almost every prominent person
present, in a pleasant and appropriate
manner, and his unexpected puns were as
laughable as he could have desired. 1t
was far more witty than Shillaber, and
excelled SAKE.
5. The Press of Vermont.
Responded to by Hon. E. P. Walton,
President of the Vermont Editors AS
ISOLATION.
6. The Press of New York.
Responded to by George w Bull of the
Buffalo Commercial Adcertj5er
7. California
Responded to by Hon. A. A. Sargent
m en-, bar of EoDoracs from California [,,+