Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-07-19
Vermont Editors Excursion.

fraternity has enjoyed for several years.
The party gathered at St Johnsbnry.
Wednesday evening, July 12th. and con-
sisted of
BrnTa a u ana 3a1et and Of haF and y
'ahnsn OF Eptand IoH = Walton VIE ana nice
Viz Nh j. Pa4a vic anl ss'15 , Mr, Etsq
and Mrs Dana and " D. McSiastrr and wife,"i W"o
Ri d 9E5sr SHa S''s he2" r f AND 1 s q
and wc asa a %u mini ~ EST Mepc
81, ana " i ,ial6rath. E71l OF St. 1%hn7nury; {:
! MAJ } i cqshnian, Of Bennington: t,,vethtr With
-rntcd: the Free Press Hut'nM HcrU'd {:
/ Hufch,nau. FREEMAN and Chronicle =:
| H'Oodstock Ganda1d, Agt Htc0rd; b.
lo,rs FtIls Times; Halliultord Ia1}nrd :;
EJpr,ss; Caiedonion Fu,mer: Ci'i:tn
! B,llnor and NeWsdealer.
Not having jjincd de band " until they
reached the Wing Road of the b. c. x NJ.
/ X. Il , the next morning we take from the
/ Free Press IN account Of the dongs 1t ST.
John>bury.
Most of the party reached 81. .Johnsbury
OF two was spent in riding about that
| nifty village, and visiting the great scale
works of the Fairbanks Company the
/ AtIIcnrum. with lis library and picture
.tllcry, the princely gift of Hon. Horace
/ Fairbanks to the village Of ST. JohnSburv.
md the noble>t individual hencfaction
/ hus far known in oar state. and other OBJ
ect> Of interest. The party were quar-
tered u, the St. .Johnsbury House
| The annual meeting took place II :
O'Clock in the plrlor> of the hotel, the
president Of the Association. Hon. +. T.
| Walton in the chair. Hon. l.. +. Poland
| Hon. Horace FAN banks, DR.. &. b. Hnllart.
John Paddock, Esq and other prominent
citizens OF st. Johnsburv had been invited
To Att end The literary exercises. and were
present, some Of chem with their wives.
rh" Grafton Was delivered by $. NJ. Pet
rcngill of Rutland. He discussed Tie. Re
! uion- of the individual to Society in our
| lay. noting the especial Importance given
| the individu,l :ts Il man, Is dist nru,hcd
/ from the ancient hero Private ,iItli;
| nave nowadays bccnmc public Our DO
| ticA! parties demand candidates whose
'hlrtcter shall he their platform The
! personal ovcrridcS ali other considerations.
! In journalism this leads to the personal
! ib. ,.l,t ,,i,l;ro- 8
us aud small p"t;,toism> of private life.
Tie frequent scandals of our ,,ty
While not applauding on approvin. thi,
tendency. the speaker found in it some
justification for the personal character of
| modern iodrntlsm, and his view ~ct.ln,,
t. be that the current would work it>tll
| lear in time. The discourse WI, illus
| trlcl by apt quotations from Thachrray
| Nor'l>W"lth'- Sonnrt> on Scandal. and
| thyr authors. 1t was listened to with
lose interest and followed by applause.
md vote of thanks to the speaker.
The poet Rev .. G. Wheeler of Grand
lie, having failed to keep his appoint.
nent, this closed the literary c\,rri~,> :.
mi the Association proceeded To business.
On Successive motions Mess : Benedict
Poland and Earle were appointed 4 COM
nlotcc To nominate officers for the year en-
| uin@, and Mes>rS. Pettcnril, Green and
stone Il committee to select IN orator and
"et for the next reunion. The fullowin"
we're proposed for membership of the Assoc
'lttlon and were duly elected members :
;ev. \. Chandler. Brtttlcboro Ier9y{ I'll
\. llu>c. Esq, Montpelier Frcj51t1 J
l''l~"y Cu>hman, Bennington E12uer: W .
,. McMa-ter, Woodstock .Iye :; l.. Il. NJ
IInock, Newport Erlres> +. j. HYDE.
Nallingford .Sud,,ru : c. F. Mr.ch
'u'HioM Funtr W. S Dana. Wood
ock StMdurd
Nh Benedict, from the co,unir,,. nm.
oini"d last year. on the subi.rt of com
''n~;ttion for publishing the l,w> d-,ir-
I'ird Tor publication in the p,per>, report
that IN con>cI lcncc OF the d,,..th of the
hartman OF the committee. Mr J. W
Nh'ciock. the committee were not pre-
'trrd to report. Ga motion, the commit
zee was dischlred. AMI i new committee
N The Subject was appointed, con>i>tino
i II, Atkins. j. NJ. Poland. and G.. G..
'tne,lict.
HE subject oi th" plan for the next
nn'al meeting and reunion bcinn taken
p, Mr. Cu~hm,n. of bennington. sur
,''>ted the pr"prietv of selecting Bcnnine
N. and OF holding the meeting Of thi,
association in connection with the GRAND
celebration OF the Bate Of BENIN ton.
" be hel ia that town Aug Ist 10th, 1917.
ma on motion, it was untnimou,lv voted
'ntt the next annual mectin. b. held ut
Bennington the time to be fixed, - USUAL
" the Executive Committee.
On motion, Mes>rs. Pctten4ilI, Greene
'Hd benedict We're appointed Il committee
20 report resolutions Of respect to the
memory J. w. Whcelpck The annual
meeting then 4 j'urnel to III .et TlIur,.lv
'vcnin-, on til, summit of VI ,nnt Wash.
ngton.
Thursday morning opened bright and
warm. After breakfast. c,rriacc, provided
'y"ItIz"nS Of st. John,bury were in wait
NJ at The hotel, AMI the party sprn. am
''nr ana II half III riding about st. Johns.
'nry. The beautiful cemetery; the new
" 'ier works, by which water is to be
pumped from the Passumpsic River for
he supply OF the village; the schools. in
iudln9 the fine academy and boar ng-
house, the gift of Thad,lru, F,jrb,nk,
ne soldiers monument, by Llrkin G.
Ne'd; the scale works, and the fine place,
'tnd grounds Of Hon. Horace and Col
rrdnhlin F..irb inks, with their fountains
md flowers and conservatorie, and or,n.
cries and peach -honseS, hot the Icas, in
tere>tlng of these being the tropical yreen-
house of Col. Fairbanks, filled with n,ln,.
,nf Il