The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-11
One Hundred aud Sixteen Years Ago IicOnde-
rcga Was French and Became British.
One Hundred Years Ago It Was British
and Became American.
Speeches by Rev. Flayius JOsephus Cook, Colonel
Calkins, General Cole and Colonel Joyce
OLD FORT T1coNpEKoaA, May 10, 1875.

with your Dreeches or deersKln and jackets or
brown,
With Jour red wooIen caps and your moccasins
come
To the gathering summons OF trumpet and drum.
IL was the same spirit that inspired the cadence
Of this old song, written more than hunored
years ago, which led thousands upon thousands
from the Green Mountains OF Vermont TO the
ruined walls OF old TiconderoGa to-day. One hum
dred years ago this very hour Ethan Allen stood
master OF the ground above which he says the sun
rose with a superior lustre. But such was not the
case to-day. Dark, lowering clouds hung in the
heavens The heavy ram drops came fercey pat
terlng down. The wind turned the waters OF
Champlain into short, choppy waves and the gen
eral outline OF the country was gloomy and duh.
At sunrise thirteen guns, IMPLYING the original
thirteen States, were fired, and, despite the
dampness, hundreds were on the hill side where
the cannon stood.
THE ARRIVALS.
An hour later the rain ceased falling, and a
special train OF seventeen cars, loaded to over
moving, arrived from Rutlard, Burlington and st.
Adams. On this train came the Barlow Grays, Of
ST. Adams; next the steamer Curlew from ver-
gennes, the Oldest city in New England, brought
an immense concourse OF people and later the
large and elegant steamboat Montreal appeared
steaming down the waters. Meanwhile thou
sands upon thousands oil carriages, wagons, carts
aud vehicles OF every description were coming
from all directions over the country roads until
NJ last the great promon tory presen ed scene OF
the richest most imposing splendor. Tents
crowded the rugged heights. Flags were flying
from every eminence; bands of music were play
Ing among the historic runs, and the line OF the
Cliff as far az the eye could reach, was
black with human forms. As the Burlington
boats came In a round OF cannonade greeted
them and myriads from the breasts or the old
earthworks cheered Justify as the PROV of the
steamers touched the shore. At noon the skies
grew prigh' er. the log drifted from the mountain
tops the little rlpples upon the lake were sub
dued into a calm. and Old tt, with It's ruined walls
and eager. expectant multitude, lay rejected In
lis clear, placid surface. AL who in this break
Ing OF day had been led TO believe the weather
would keep many from attending the ceremonies
gladly welcomed the sunshine 1t struggled
among the clouds and threw iss halo on the
Eiddy heights OF overshadowing Defiance and as
they saw car after car stealing In and boat alter
boat sailing down the lake. The steamer from Bur-
nngton brought with IL 1fty men from Post STAN
ard, Grand Army OF the Republic; forty members
Of the Ethan Allen Fire Company, Captain A. d.
Drew, General Stanard. General Wells. collector
Of the port; General George o. Foster, General
Barstow, Colonel Q. F. spaulding. General W. W.
Henry, state Senator, and Lieutenant Governor
Hnkley, along with many distinguished people.
All the military went In bivouac at the margin or
the lake. right underneath the shadow OF the
promontory. In the meantime hundreds OF tents
ana booths OF different kinds mad been erected
everywhere in which were exposed Tor sale re-
freshments and relics Of the old battle ground.
TIE PROCESSION.
The procession was formed at about halfpast
one P. H., as foIows:-
General Joseph Eolon, Marshal
Senior Vice Commander, q. A. X, Department OF
New York.
Barlow Greys OF 81. Adams.
orators OF the day.
sherman SorneI Band, Winoo ,;n,n VI =,
vergennes Cornet Band.
stephens Hose. Vergennes.
Bristol Baud and Rutland Brigade Drum Corps.
Post ROBERTS, Rutland, Vt
Burlington Band.
Post Stanard OF Burlington, VI
TIcUnderoRd C0rnet Band.
Post Alfred Weed
Whitehall Cornet Band.
Citizens OF whitehall.
Band citizens aud invited guests.
The route OF che procession was over the path
Ethan Allen took his men the morning OF the
attack and has already been fully described In
these columns. The line passed from the lake up
Inc hill toward the tort. Tne fort was distant
about mile and the journey was over o rough,
rocky path. The citizens standing on the high
promonsory above In densely packed lines hur-
rahed as the line neared them, ard finally about
thirty minutes the place was reached, about
1000 people clustering ABOUT the SPEAKERS stand.
lac sightwas q grand one. The bright uniforms
OF the soldiers, the cleaning or bayonets ana the
flourish OF the bTazen instruments wrought up q
scene OF more than ordinary splendor. Just at this
time too, the sun broke fbrth gvriously and the
som5re noun tain sides we're dinused with Light
Every cloud swept from tbs surface or the
heavens and the morning OF May 10, 1875 was like
that grand and Joyous one upon which in the gray
ofths dawn Ethan Allen won the fort By his daring
for the colonies.
The Rev. FlavluI Josephus Cook, a gentleman
fauiiiar with every lnch OF the ground and wno
while quite n youth wrote an interesting book
upon It's historical recoIectons, then assembled
the speakers stand and delivered the following
address,
THR ADDRESS OF THE REV. MR.. COOK
7nis Fellow citizens, lie COL older 70 iame than
Plymouth Rock In 1869, eleven years before the
NARROWER began her voyage, samuel Champlain
ter not far from the spot where Ethan AIen one
hundred years ago THIS morning landed in tue gray
lawn. We arc assembled Ia fortress which was
pne link OF chain Of Frencn posts extending rom
tue mouth the ST. Lawrence 10 that OF the Missis
sippL and designed 10 shut The Engiisn up Oenind
iceberg 10 the palm lowered the anxious thoughts
D Chatham, or colbert, u George Nv. and Louis
seeded whether America was TO De English or
French. BY virtue OF her discoveries 81 tue valleys
prthe ST. Lawrence ana MISSISSIPPI france Claimed
All terrItor, traversed by water lowing INTO those
rivers; but BY right OF her paramount sovereignty
over the lroQuots ave nauonsl England claimed
Bne territory frVm tue Green Noun aims 20 Oeyond
Niagara. here was an issue between the gripping
Riant fingers OF the gilsierng nand % France and
thc slnewy hand OF Endland, on tue hecisloh q
which, at Quebec continent hung az hazard.
over this soil nave waved the competing nags OF
three nations. One hundIed and sixteen years
ago I1conderoga was French ana became British;
one hundred years ago NJ dawn TINS nOrningi "
was British and became American. tUheersl We
tread In the footsteps OF Monfcaln, Aoereromble,
Howe, Amherst Alien, 81. Clair anu BurRoyne.
Mr., Cook here described the scene presented
around the fort, already detailed IN these columns.
ETHAN Allen,n continued the orator, was only
bhirIy.eight years ola when lie captured TlcCnder-
ago. ne Was oniy nity-twoye years old W hls death,
" me year lIss. Als lie ialls naturally into
Our peri0ds-Tnat before tie capture that OF the
capture Itself and Of hts attack on M0ntrealj tnat
o. nis long imprisonment oy the britlsn, and that
d. MS nOoie out crippled years naming TO nIm
after his return 10 Vermont liz was IN the nrst vi
these periods tnat he organized that band u nopc