Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-08-14
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,.n,,s.p,.,ioa from the Jsdabese Embas-
81. with sue6dsris arrived 81 - Johns
bury On a special train abOu, four o'clock
Thursday afternoon. Through the court
e.y Of Superintendent Palmer Of The Pas
sumpsie Road. locomotive was ai'ached
20 the train at the Junction, and the par
" reached this place an hour before the
regular mail train.
An elegant dinDer was served on the
train by the MesSrs. Barron the great no.
tel keepers at the White Mountains and
n the Junction. q On arriving at the sta
ton in this place. z. & o. engine was
attached to the train aud the guests we're
Immediately taken around to the scale
works. where they spent nearly two hours
in the inspection of the works and the
manufacture of the scales iD all the sever
al parts. 10 the examination of the in-
iricate and ingenious machinery, the
"Japs" were very much Interested. Aud
And il one fright judge from Appearances
they cOmPrehended quite clearly what
they saw.
When the party had dome the scale
works, they took carriages and rode about
town, visited the Atheneum, Soldiers
Monument. ETC., aud then diDed at the st.
Johnsblry House. There were about fif-
ty who sat down to the tables, including
Commissioner HIda and Secretary Nagano
from Japan; L S. Philbrick, chief engiu-
Ger of loossae Tunnel; Henry ID. Hyde,
Hamilton A. Hill, Q. A. Putnam. Samuel
n. Brown, Esqrs., of Boston; Geo. Arms,
agent of the Ames Go. at Chicopee; ThOs.
w. Knox, the journalist aud Henry l..
Clapp of Fairbanks x Co, New York ;
w. NJ. POmroy, editor of the Springfield
Union, and A. q. Hills aud W. j. Bar
w, reporters of the Boston Journal and
Post There we're also present, ex-Gov.
Hendce of Morrisville, Messrs. Raymond,
president, and Palmer. superintendent of
the Passumlsic road; the Messrs. Fair.
banks, who gave the entertainment, and
several other citizens of the place.
The dinner was gotten up by landlord
in elegant style. 1t comprised abundance
Of the substantials, and also full line of
the luxuries of the season. The arrange
mcut Of the tables was very tasty, both
fruits aud flowers helping to make them
pleasing to the eye. During the dinner
the St. Johnsbury Band, which was sta
toned outside, dscourscd their best mu-
sic and with the dinner received frequent
md merited commentator from the
guests.
After dinner the health of the distin-
guished guests was drank in pure cold
water, when brief speeches were made by
Messrs. Hyde aud Hill Of Boston. aud ex-
Gov. Hendce of this State. An hour of
social chat was then INDUCED in, when
the party took the half.past ten train for
Boston. df A
Thus ended brief but notabls day 10
st. johnsbary. The arrangements for the
occasion were well planed aud we'll carried
out. The day was clear, cool and delight
ful. The people thronged about the rail
road station aud hotel to get sight at
the strange people who had come over the
big seas to see and learn of the working
Of our institutions in America. We trust
that not only they, but the guests from our
country, were as favorably impressed with
our town and its industry as our people
were with them. Caledonian. 81.