Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-07-09

! The EtLans' Visit TO Waterbury.
The visit of Ethan Allen Engine Co. No
l. to Waterbury. Tuesday, was very en-
Joyable affair. The Company left Bnrling-
ton on the early morning train. taking
with them a goodly number of honorary
members; the Queen City Bird; Gen.
W. W. Heary, Messrs Warren Gibbs
Lucius Bigelow, j. B. Smith; Chief Enein-
Ger, Ii 5. White, and lst Asst, FL. F..
Lrcls, as invited guests On their arri-
Val at Waterbury they were met a: the de-
pot and welcomed by the Seth Warner and
cataract Engine companies, accompanied by
the Wait>iield Cornot Band. The organizl-
tIons formed in line a. follows: WaitsdsIi
Band, Seth Warmers, Queen City Band,
h,hans, Cataracts. The line Of march WAS
to the rooms of the Seth Warmers. where NJ.
T. Smile, Ed, welcomed the visitors in BE-
half Seth Warner Ensiac Co, No. :. and the
citizens of Waterbury. Mr.. Smile address
was happy one lie brought out the sen
timent that a. Seth Warner and Ethan
Alien stood side 10y side through the tryiuc
times OF their generation, - ought these
| organizations, called alter their illn-trious
names, to exempliiY the noble traits they
| possessed. and stand in relations Of warn,
| friendship aud intimacy. Captain !. $.
Drew, Of the Ethans, responded in ft,iny
! speech. after which the a,,embage broke
up to meet at II M at the Waterbury
Hotel, for dinner.
4 noticeable feature Of the preparations
made by the Warmers and citizen, to receive
the visitors was an immense flag. stretched
from the fremens rooms across the street.
baaring in large letter. the ord. Welcome
Ethans
While waiting for dinner til, "liorrible-''
pat in an appearance and plrllel the
streets much to the diversion of eyary body.
They were gotten up quite rtgarile,, Vi
looks, and were quite as original and mirth
provoking a. they were horrible. In the
meantime. Mr. Wheeler. assistant reach,r
of the Reform School, pa-adcl the boys in
his charge. and put them through course
Of dill. The boys made very fine appear
ance, clearly showing that tbey were ual-r
careful. wholesome discipline.
Atnoon the Warmers and their visions
assembled at the Waterbury Hoic! for din
ncr. GOV. Dillingham;, Hon. c. ". VII
lard and W. p. Dillingham;. E-q were
present. The dinner was a ~umptuau- one.
in every respect, and reflected great crcdi,
on ,ha; popular hostelrie. under the efficient
management OF Mr. T. II. nayc-
Shortly after dinner tic procession WIS
again formed in the following order Quesn
City Band, Ethaas, Wait>fsld Band. Va
terbury fire companies. invited guests. and /
the boys Of the Reform School. The line Of !
march was through the principal streets. to |
the place of starting, whore the Inc broke. /
and the speeches were the rext in order. /
Mr.. WIZARDS Grafton was an excellent one
and was received in q manner very fiitter-
ing To the gea:lsmcn. lie paid a fine tribute
to the Queen City Band. expressing the
opinion that they were equal nos superior
to any other band in the State, and thanked
them FOR their presence and fine uusi.. By
the way the WaitSfeli band is a Ene one.
and thei7 music ard execution are excep-
tionally good Following Mr.. Willard. ez-
ce!lcu; speeches were made 6y rev. Si-.
Copeland. and Lucius Bieelow.
After the speaking came the racc.-a
loot race, potato race and sack race. The
pleasure OF the exercises was 1a4rred iy
-ain during the last Of the speaking and
The races.
At p. II TIA was announced. aud the
,ett ol operations WAS transferred t. thc
lining bail at the ho;cl, where the merits
IF another fine spread were diseased at
ONE length. After tea the Etaals were
scorted 10 the depot and the visit came to
happy termination. Cheers an! tiger
we're given with will. A. the EthlnS
we're about - sep aboard The train. c 5.
>In-iey. Of the ChPPr, member OF she
'ompany, being called forward said.
Warmers and citizens Of Waterbury Is
re are about to take our departure. We de-
ire 70 return you our grateful thanks
u Your very generous and friendly atten- B
ions 30 day nos rropose-for the frs: = !,
'remaa OF the Warmers, now an honorary a
lember Of the EthanS. formerly an honorcd .
tlzen OF Waterbury, who, whether fighting !
re, rebellion, or in the political arena. has e.
ways fought to win-three cheers for Gen. g.
. W. Henry Ihey were given with viii u
: all the companies ami the citizens. and h
&c boys were soon on their hOmeward trip. II
hey arrived in Burlington at 5 30. having a
I'd an exceedingly enjoyable day. They -
'eak IN high terms OF their reception and "
Not only did the fire companies
ert themselves to the utmost % d. chem
nor, but the citizens turned out en- ma>se. VI
wing the most courteous attention. and n
It the least appreciated by the gallant fire IN
en- We're the pains taking Efforts Of the IN
dies to make their visit pleasant one. VI
re occasion Will be put down on the to
han : record as one more of those hrirht II
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