, 1877-01-18

H{Hu tHC lu4N3 lOlilS 3flu5 fltiGA
pendent. ft.aucltrr.l Thn Declaration was hut
publication nf what hnsl exfttc,i for gttEl
many years. Fer Twelve yeHre prry!tI,is Yer
ttcrnec!nc, in sonla rcspectA. with ti.r Rtaic Of
New York. then, ~ nHw, the Eni,ire statc OF
iic United states, alter, pcr''a"s. TIM stat" "E
Mas'arli,lsctls. kc hatl l,rcn fighting every
The fntcrn,,srs frnn New York, w1", under
titles derived iryn, ny.EtItteu, wcse scckln2 tO
ncupy la,nla that hnl been granted by tiov.
Wentworth, ri New 1fampslIrr. Sometimes
c'. served was MI application Of birch
rtnls, aMl It "ns founi u moro e!Icrtyr
nnd expeditions uIWlc tt applying justice:
than tlsc Ju.c, were a',,c e apply In tl!r courts
'sal sren rna'lc 10 llctneml,cr l,akcrr. liz wa.
taken prisoner oncet aIu1 party.d !!Is friends
aud nci.'s'urs foiInwc' tie Scw-Yorkcrs ~
iWtr Albany, anil rcsuiie'l hlsn. It wns always
sat!' II tpea,n! Of tho Revolution, that tie
i'rst blood ha1 been sled At Lexington. Per-
Imp: that WAS true. hut he wished tu recall ~
recollection the ta:t tl,at tic tlrat atach that
wins made upon the british wa. nladc by Yer
,!' ,,,nt ,nGn as T'neonlernga, whose surrender
Ilinnticd ''iH the HUME Ut tho Continental Cnti.
Eress md tic Great JtlIoyall.n THAT wa.
few tlays after tic batt!c u .scxingto,l
Or C1ncn'd, "lsirll was M nttack of the
fred not II shut until they wrfc assafltl. TN
the snnlo Or tin following day after taking
Yfro.hlctgn. Allen took Crown Point, British
furt; ant II few days subsequently d slout,uf-
war, cnrrytng sixteen gsInr, 1,, Lake Champlaln.
Nut content lhcse vttorics by lnn.1 a,ll tca,
tho tntHG detachment marched Into Canada at,l
took the City nf st. Johns. The later hIstury
u tile STATE utt not belle the glury which sllc
Ton ~ ner eary .n1eer q: an atasoist y N.Y.
States which, lnT HaHy years were HUSTLE tu tl!u
claims Hf Vermont. 1ulln STARK wul tic battle
OF Bennington when Congress was en'leAvuring
y Eet hun removed, hut wl.en he flai wnn 1t
they tasseh vote ri thinks and gnve him q
command III tho Continental army. ifu waa
proud to tny thnt tho glory Vcsn,ins achieved
III tue Rebellion WIS cltsul TO tt!at EnincA by
my "fher stuac in tho Unou:: [AppIau*c.I
Vermont fur ten ytars-te went there und wns
Mlnazetl tD find to wtut extent the people had
hcr,l visited hy Tie rRlatnfties oi war. Every
family liz visited ,,nnr'uu tho loss of Dl,s Or
lnUre men. lie dbl nut tIaIni n greater nllure
fur vcrnnnt tI,lti that 81 ntrr States, hut, cotl
kicrIhg Tie lurity Of lIer nnttnt,ers, c thought
the lorrra rl,c tent Into the tir'i weru
g. g.: numerous US tll9sc sent l!y othe. States.
wuuiti be Is hnIorctl ia that oi my s,'lfery III
the Unon. III conclusion he alluded to the t.l-
terest he felt IN FCrnuht uH regarded Slavery.
Tacre hull bce,. hut Two slaves in thu Star,--;.
wolnai anu fnr cll!ld.-atnl they were brought
IN ty the nr1,y. The n~l,rr ii, 1nanumittitg
tIe1l. sail, u.,.'ns nther things, tint they roulu
'.tr,ldc atll tralIlc on their uwI, ACCOUNT"
l4atl: :ttcr The ccrtlls Of lsIW, whicI, credited
VcrII!u,it with seventeen s!A, ca, WIS Incorrect;
they never belonged to tle ktute ut ail.
M1. II. N. H1BnAnD
was then introA,lecd. HI Wis grnttfed to meet
30 pnany fcrnlot1trrA. The Utvl1spn wns slIc
~ witch little mutual admiration might prr-
IlatH bc permitted. lie WIS surprised to ect
ttlny prrtcnt, alut MAS sure, Iii proportion u,
the population, Vermont tlas rs n,n1.y rrprc-
tcntativrs IN Chicago rs p.rliups my other
elnte; ami silcrll':. tile i"IsItluns vi rtsuun-
etity, siiGcesB III manufacturing, mercantile,
nnl ulllcr business cstrrpircs, Ferinunt would
compare fayurably, III prnIlurt!,,il to It's size,
with unr .'t'r SLATE II. Inc Unlon. liz tlw
many lures wAtvll lu 'ul te,n llclure III stores
ami uIll.ys without iii lul that tl!py WerI YER
,,o,trre. Tile hu.g, ssin q, fornlin. iii ASST
cation, wherever II originated, ii c!lltd tu he II
happy "nc, silse IL wuuis ctlaL'lc them to meet
occasionally IN social way, Alld thus tietpilc
i!shl spoken III thu intellectual utility
u tl!c nGrvant girls uI Nernlunt. Thc
Judge gnul,t rcmcnrT ptrI'nl earlier than
he, but III well remembered whr!t every hired
MA, n,nl hired rirl ~ thu village where he
born was u native vcrIuonscr. Where It hap
pencil Us In his fatet's family, thcru were nix
boys a,h! no girls, and Ntlgntor, perhaps, fuI
ak girls uInl ITO boys, the buys Hired cut ~ dn
tile inrn work Of tho netsllDur, AtA the girls
hireu Out 10 tlO tIIr tsu,.ec u,lI hi,thvn v nrh.
1t was III tneta service a,nl a. not 81 c.art!c.
It. WIS E,n'ked ulutl llulO1a;'lr enl.l., u,cn..
Whch !art"r!ss werc starteA-wtlrn I.s'wt1t he
Eas to be developed Ms t'laslntn' turin. place
thc girls Of tcrnlolIl were solicited tu ~ there
alll llelp rls1t the llarh!ucry, an,l wrm It waa
tDl,nl tint thry rullhl cIr,t little ,lu,c
inttlrY IN tlat way lllan by tulHE lolsss-
work fur tlscir neEHbors, f"r. The 1lrst
tti.u tH iUrcigmcr appeared In tl!eir
llaera. The hrc.l-mcn always useI tu sit
1T tllr table With thu laIltily ut meals. Ile re-
lated III ntIcalutn AtlbuL . 1.Lnt!lfluh stranger
ait,i,:. with II tovtruor uf Vermont, wn*e srr-
yAnts atc with him asHi ht wife, Tllc strAnger
tnltl the wife i w;s nut right, aud She replied,
- 1t Is nut. They ought tu have brttrr f.Asl, Is
they wnrI harder tl,an NJ d.'.n tI.augbtcr.l
The !lrsL t,uG hc heard ut the lltt!r tow1I III
Bethel Tint tIsfs WIS nut the rl'stnna llr was
very Ms,lcii SURPRISED. llu questioned whether
thrre WAS my tlu'r happiness, my morr virtue,
intelligence, ar gcatlille slccr1r In life III tic
changed relation vi lhitGs, allu clnn4.Ha habits
nhl fashylIs, tlGn characterized Vermont IN
tlp,se tlays. [Appausc.
IouA nATfocKR,
grandson of CIV. AtattrHH, ot Vermont, read
III n1l.lrcss nF considerable lengtn, ,iunly tbs.
lurNl ln character, fur which llr apulusizud by
saying tllal hg latl nut tI,ne u tundensc.
Reaching tho tine vi ftFtnont's unr with New
turk lin. SNEAKER i,Et II t,i,rtt trIj,t1fH II, tn,