St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-20
The Vermont Visitors at Portland.

In our report last week we landed
our rxcurSionist> safely i'll Portland on
Tuesday afternoon. We forgot to men
lion. however, that while stopping at
i;cmiS station for the turning of tine To-
cumutiNc. etc. the cNcuisionlsts took
lp "A collection of STD for Il lahorcr VIII"
had been dreadtully manglcd 10y Il blast
in the White Mountain Notch, and who
was being taken 10y tn" same train to
the hospital ut Portland. 1t Vas Thought
the poor fellow had forever lost the
sight of both eyes.
On arrival at Portland, and after
riding about that beautiful city and
ha,i ing pointed ont the objects of inter
est. not the least OF which was the ''iiic
line" nearly all yrStige of the tire 1t
>,lf heinz" now obiterItrd most OF the
party was quartclcd ut the Falmouth
Hotel. il large and elegant public house.
buiIt and owned 10y Hon. John Il
Hr,yu. and managed 10y Mr.. Lee Ste
vcnS. formerly of the Prchle House.
'rhi. bnus,. WAS erected only ii few Years
ago at an expense of over four hundred
thuusaud dollars. complete. and a. may
he inferred from its cost is lirst-claSS III
every respect. We doubt If there Is
another 50 well arranged and complete
hotel in New England.
At o'clock the visitors, by invita-
ton of the merchants. sat down to Il
sumner at the Falmouth. Plates were
laid for about three hundred. and the
uartv included the great majority of the
LARGE business firms of Portland. Pres
i,lemt Woodnan presided and the divine
blessing was invoked by Rev. William
II. Fem. pastor of High street church,
The party then proceeded t" dispose "'
,he feast. after which there was the
inevitable speech making. which. 10y
tine way. was mainly brief and first
rate.
Hon. Geo. Woodman called the as
~rmblage to order. and i'll Il few appr"'
,,riatr words welcomed the guests from
Vermont and New Hampshire. Hi
speech was greeted with frequent ap
pliusc.
Ex-Gov. Washburn was next ntr"
,uccd. He was glad to meet the hISl
ness men of \. IL. and Vermont II
Portland. He REQUIRED to the inception
of the project OF building the PORTLAND
and Orlcnshurg. and his alluSi"n t" th
prominent part which the McSSrS. Far
banks of ST. Jolnsbury took i'll tn
scheme WIS received with tremcndou
enthusiasm. He we'll remembered tn
difficulties that were anticipated !
making the passage through the Notch
hut expected the completion of the tas
in the near future. He was the frien
of all railroads the Grand Trunk. til
Maine Central and the Rochester ID,
cause they will all he of advantage
Portland. He hoped the visit OF tn
NrImomtrrS would he profitable t" tn
'l ~ ih''N''' 49, -
the language of gorge and his Quet
To their Enylis subjects. they wei
here. for Our got He referred to Il
Growth of the DgdcuSlurg cntcrprl'
and called upon EX-G"v. liendre
Vermont, IL one of the earliest al
most ,an"lliur friends of that road.
-..,iI
orint, for him t. address the citizens
Portland as "tIi, ndS and ncighhors
in, time was ncnr wh-n Vermont III
Maine would be united socially and
business 10y the completion OF TIA" p"l
Land aud Og,lciIShuIg Railroad. He I
counted the occasions i'll the pas, wh'
ne addressed the citizens of P"rtlLl
once he had been introduced 10y &c
\. j. Anderson, whom he considers
ou. of the best men i'll New Bingham
and again hN Samuel +. Spring. t
handsomrst man in Portland. lie 81
th. party from Vermont represented
the principal industries of their sectlo
The pulpit, the bar and the medic
profession were all represented. III
the notice been longer the party w"r
have been much larger. He referred
the. work in the Notch and said II
when it was fist proposed +" {
through there he had some doubts
the feasibility of the project. but
had seen enough to-day To convil
him that the work would soon he 81
ccssfully accomplished. Indeed he
licvrd that wherever he could cal
himself on foot there WAS IL Suita
place for railroad. He referred to
shortening of the line to the scahoi
by the completion of the Portland /;
Or,leuSburg Railroad and its conn
tions. and said that their freight Fl
the west would then tend tn Portla
He was inpatient to see the complet
of the road.
A. VI. Dickcl. Esq. of st. J"hnsbr
said that he could not say with g
Hendee that he was one of the origi
projectors of the road he had bee,
interested III it 1T Il comparatively
cent date. He believed the road Il ii
fact Vermont is doing all i'll her p
er and will meet the Forest City 1T
Connecticut River. When this was
complished the interests of Nern
and Portland would he identical.
was glad To make the acquaintance
the citizens of Portland. and hoped
occasion would Ice but the beginnin