The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-11-11

properly placed and the vault sealed. Thus
were concluded the memorable obsequies of the
highly respected and honored Bishop, whom
to know was to love, to name was to praise.
b VISITING NERO HANTs. So
Reception and Entertai nment Of the YER
mont and New Hampshire Merchants.
t.&53 49, " II =
Agreeably to the arrangements made at the
meeting of the Board of Trade, Monday, a COM
mittee took the train on the Portland & Ogdens-
burg railroad at Il o'clock yesterday morning
to meet the visiting merchants of Vermont and
New Hampshire at Bemis station and welcome
them to the city. On board the train were
Gen. S. j. Anderson, President of the Ogdens-
burg road, j. F. Anderson, Chief Engineer,
Geo. w. Woodman, President of the Board of
Trade, w. S. Dana, John W. Deering, Amos
S. King, Joseph E. Blabon, William E. Wood,
81. F. Kurdish, James E. Carter, G. r. Mill
ken, Stephen Marsh, B. F. Chadbourn, Thomas
E. Twitchel, c. H. Haskell, J. II. Hamlen,
J. T. Lewis, Gen. R. M. Richardson, j. W.
Perkins, E. N. Perry,-all we'll known business
men of this city. e
HThe run to Bemis' station was delightful, the
clear atmosphere and bright sunshine rendering
the mountain scenery extremely beautiful.
On reaching Bemis' station the Vermont and
New Hampshire delegations had already ar
rived and were waiting for the train. They
numbered ninety-two in all, and represented
the mercantile interests of the towns along the
line of the Ogdensburg railroad in Vermont
and New Hampshire. A portion of the party
left st. Johnsbury, VT, at eleven o'clock Mon
day forenoon, and the remainder at 8 O'clock
They came over the Mills River and Passumsic
road to the Montreal road, and then over that
to the Fabyar House, where coaches were in
waiting which took them to the Crawford
House, where they arrived at half-past seven,
and which. thanks to the energy of Mr.. II. w.
Ripley of this city, was ready for their recep-
ton. Here they spent the night, and at nine
o'clock Tuesday morning left in coaches for
Bemis' station. "a
The party was composed Of representatives
from fifteen different towns, viz. st. Johns
bury, Danville, Walden, Wellington, Hard.
,viohr, vfosvott, 1aIruyIc, Jvi..s~-, Durrusuuu,
Concord, Whitefeld, Barnet, Morrisville,
Waterford, and Hyde Park. Among the we'll
known gentlemen Of the delegations were ex-
Governor now Congressman Hendee of YER
mont, D. C. Linsley, President of the Burling-
ton & Danville Railroad, Horace Fairbanks Of
st. Johnsbury, Engineer Mitchell Of the Yer
mont division of the 2. & o. road, and j. d.
Bell of Walden, director. 'a
The clergy was represented by Rev. Mr. Mel
len, pastor of the Methodist church IN st.
Johnsbury, and Rev. j. Ferris pastor of the
Baptist church in johnson.
A. M. Dickey and ]. A. Willard of st.
Johnsbury, and B. N. Davis of Danville
represented the legal fraternity.
The press was ably represented by G.. M.
Stone, editor of the ST. Johnsbury Caledon-
ian, and G. S. Morse, editor of thelLamoille
Newsdealer. ~ assg
Medicine was represented by DR.. Brown of
Danville, DR. Newell Of ST. Johnsbury and DR..
Aver. 80
The delegation from st. Johnsbury num-
bered AZ, and among others included I. B. Cor
ham, dealer in hats and caps, David Boynton
and F. F. Fletcher, hardware, E. T. Brown,
crockry and groceries, 7. g. Fletcher, NJ. A.
Potts, Samuel Higgins and John Bacon, dry
goods, S. w. Hall and G. 81. Tisdale, furniture,
James Bartlett and G. A. Sylvester, provisions,
besides J. Fl. Paddock, Samuel Jewett, A. ID.
Rowell, Samuel Hall, w. P. Fairbanks, Col.H !.
G. Hastings, G. H. Cross, j. D. Miller, Al.
Willard, Geo. Ranney, Hiram Weeks, G. w.
Senter, Hon. John Bacon, I'd, Horace Carpen-
ter, Hon. N. P. Bowman, G. A. Storer, J. A.
Moore, G. ]. Houghton, F. E. Carpenter,B G..
Corser, A. w. Hastings of the Portland and
Ogdensburg.
From Concord were S. S. Gould, Charles
Chase and S. w. Russell, dealers in dry goods,
G. H. Tilton, S, E. Grout, H. w. Hudson, r.
S. Brighton, o. B. Gushing.
Danville was represented by w. B. Palmer,
/ B. N Davis and j. G. Fuller. IS
Walden by ]. D. Bell. f-sA
Hardwicke by J. II. George, clerk of the Yer
mont division, P. & Ogdensburg. R. r. and E.
H. George, both merchants. II
Morrisville by Ex-Gov. Hendee, D. A. Gill
bert, J. A. George, C. S. Loveland, G. W.
| Fitch.
Wolcott by''Alger Jones, j. Hubbard, A. b
Bundy. y
| johnson by Atwood Andrus and H.S.Strory,
| farmers. 5I.s ------zs-- a.
| Whitefeld by L. d. & S. I. Hazen, extern
| sive lumber dealers. A. L. Brown, G. W.Libby
Frank Brown, M. H. Gordon, Richard Lane
| E. M. Aldrich. 4 il u 5fE Co.,
Barnet by A. B. Norris. s'si. i7af
johnson by E. o. Strong. f II
Waterford by Judge Ezra A. Parks.
As soon as the Portland party had disem
barked, Hon. G. w. Woodman, President o.
the Board of Trade, proposed three cheers fol
Vermont and three for New Hampshire, which
were given with will, and to which the visi
tors responded with three for Portland. "a
There was little delay in consequence Of
shifting the train, which was we'll improved by
taking up contribution for the relief of 6
man who had lost an eye by premature bias
in the Notch and whe was being conveyed t.
Portland, but it was only brief and the party
soon got aboard for Portland. An excellent
lunch was served in the cars and the ride to
this city was spent in conversation aud general
hilarity. Arriving at the Eastern depot al
about p. M, the party was conveyed in car
rages about the city and finally to their hotels.
At o'clock the visitors, by invitation of thu
merchants, sat down to supper at the Fal
mouth Hotel. Plates were laid for about thre,
hundred, and the party included the great ma
jority of our large business firms Presiden
Woodman presided and the divine blessing wa
invoked by the Rev. William H. Fem, pastor
of Eigh street church. The party then pro
ceeded to dispose of the feast, which wa
sumptuous. and elegantly spread. The proven
bal "feast of reason and flow of soul'' fol
lowed. Ffg tiis nlee as4l 54-'
Hon. Geo. Woodman called the assembling
to order, and in few appropriate words wei
coined the guests from Vermont and New
Hampshire. His speech was greeted with FIRE
quent applause. 0N
Ex-Gov. Washburn was next introduced. HI