, 1879-01-18
SONS OF VERMONT.
rsev Reassemblo In Goodly Numbers
at the Pacific,
and Again Celebrate the States
Independence Day.
Remarks by Nessrs, Pearsons, Hubbard,
Grant, Sutherland, and Others.

EemhfKS uY uAEa5Aas pAAo0A9I AAAV9AANt
ataut, Sutherland, and Others. |
Tia Performances Ended with Music
and the Dance.
Tbc second annual banquet Of tho Sons OF |
ycr,ucnf wua given at tho Grand Paciffc Hotcf |
,,s, rrcpug. While there werc not 30 maDy |
.rrsct,. ns last year, 30 sitting down, the gath
s,,r sas lust large enough for con,fort thcre
h.Inr no crowdirg anywhere. The Sons and |
,hc,r friends began arriving ut 1:10, and con.
.Irupd to come fur m lIour, the earlier ones
.neu,line tho interval In conversation. At half
ne., t].cy marched lnto the dtnetal to t'o
t,uc OF nn orchestra, which played almost con-
st,nt1y during The ,neal.
ANosn ruosp At 11fE TAntEs
xerc: Mark Skinner, II. If. NASH and wife, Il.
\ Crltclcl1 mud wife, Judge Jameson and wife,
4. u. Jlaaar and atlc. Gtrlon s. Hubbard,
11,nry +. Hamilton and wttc, Dr. O. s. Fine, a.
q, broyuell and Hlfc, uf Elmhurst, ". W
rnaullry, II. II. Alraclla,n anil wife. T. J.
sutherland pud vile. -. X. fcarsons and vile,
Ur. O. 4. Barnes and wife, Dr. Norman Bridge
aid w3{y, nr. c. II. Fitct, nn'l wife, Dr. j. a.
rrccn,uu, II. l.. White afai daughter, II. N.
11tht,nr,l md Wifi, Frank Gilbert nnt wife, Tho
Ncy Mr, Little, Miss Helen Heath, Il. 8. futhlt
and wife, j. j.. fligh and wife, John N. Hills
and wife, Aid. Waldo. wife, md two dalgt,-
4,rs. T.. l.. Cobnrn and wife. Gen. Gleason,
of Lakcpost, Ind, Mrs. L. II. Dtspcc, +. A.
H,luu,p and wife Of Elgin, u. III. Sln'th and
wife Of st. Adams, c. a. Tucker and wlf,', D.
II. Hammer and wife, Norman G. Perkins and
laughter, IL. G, s,uttI', wife and daughter.
Prof. I}oardmau, Sanford D. Perry, G. Al.
Wicker, Capt. Jcwc.t Wilcox and wife. ). l..
Woodward aud wife, John Deere nu1 ttatirl'-
tcrs Ut Moline, ". s. Crosby aud wife, washing
ton Ilestug and wife, +. A. Webb and daughters.
il, G. We6u aud ,ylfc Of Cleveland. ". u. Allen
and daughter, E. F. rulslfcr aud wife. and Id
con Wheeler.
After grace by tic ley. A1r. Little, Nh hour
and half was tlcvotcu to tho food, which was
In t}sand Pacific stylo-nll TINT need bc said Of 1t.
The literary cxcrelsrs VI the evening were
introduced by
Ex-rNEstnENT HtsnARD.
vho arose at 10 o'clock, and safd he had daty
10 perform which, to thv average American, WA
NJ, II pleasant onc,-to surrender tho profits.
franchises, and etnoln1ntHta which appcrtalIltd
to the Presidency of tic honorable II not an
cicnt Society, and to Introduce .,le successor,
Ecttcr known thnn himself, tho Hon. u. X.
Rcarsons tArp'a,1sc.f
: rREsIpEHr rEAnsoHs HAln:
More than iotsyxea.s axo me rlca.ant ya,'cy n n
front of n Vermont farm. .houte. ~ lhchs wagons
werc sta1wnrt. earnest hiss'anls and fahers nobio
H!yes nnd hothsss nsasy n"ye. a. 'm,n nnsn.
hosd The entlro tram whs just bcginnlnR IT, hun.
drtd days Journey to the h'eak nut fertile pralies
on no n,.' =, e. s,o "t,s an ont ~
n:r ss sos9 ne i,t ndonc ,m,a ,omhnnn II
,uo's11 H." H., tntm .Hnm.n m, iona
I'D ps;iIos lip Istefs hs tts.e1Srs t,: ,sa9 Sn9
ne w. ranrs1,w ercs.,T ISr%cnt esirs
~ meie hi 'S ~ % ~ t,,, N"vwsv hH WISHED
.aa e nm.s some as w to1 o;G 90 h Il M
ana tSn4 = i h. ,cr,s n'ss
stsne Wr jana 10 flank ys IN ail kinn:ss for tic
.caers5 W. ~ n ~ rr snc.tx rorrT mi
M ~ yoa. nneey, s,a as
ihe ~ f. ,x vo cniaan woaos
ss ycS,s Hso .oxs osa :" wnnaortn,
sn nso tho.c T.. Win oyc bc"n wroust IN tc inter-
ssn.ns @ . iimc. iii Tho huusclsss psair!as have asca
H., rhs hxnrcl lnvs NJ sycaTy rlds In cni}srn,,t.
Msron. hayo aiycn wny 10 oue.thlri tIst uau,pcr
Ut hn"rs and ra1acc-carss A!t L prnvfcss change.
ant astonishing enlargement I'M ths"aGa "! ~
ss a@ bsat's ~ remsn9a ] 70 hs susss Cd
"nr uui'1e an reYtyc to tosrsst pd a,So.
With hcarts trimming with guo4 will fownrd cnch
dnuoe Dlessiug q ailowtna Us 10 bu bor" iu yet'
n'"ns .,' md live In ll'Ina!'.
mad thv following
whr,, ,r,u scnt II, t, s,,,s n. ,vorccatc,. Moss
""." ~, -, "'s ".". , ~ nv .saa ~ ,,,s; -.
., -" e. Itxa..t. W. t'ae.t .. ,n ~ t," ..,.,. -
i'm of ihe sons Of Vermont Al tSei, tn second a,nua1
i,uanct ~ viii, % t1,ntr M wiS"x 'snrn.rrs mi .wrrt
lrafi. npsc1ttbcd thIs t,lyn, scntl rrccting. Se.
l1rcn yuu anil us INV vust the difference! lic.
aMSGn sun ana w Mow snaii ~. sio aiuessnru! ''as
I'D tac A rrsts fuinrss Or al 'cr trus.hcaric;l
saus aud dnnchtcrs, VIC alike cllrrisl and revere.
Her n,nuntaIna and hills, her ctecks and brooks,
hrr i!'oahowu, and her taushtcrs 10 ~ perpetual
tsaHssa q Msst nsaass: Mes pa!S.sosssm neyss y.
nnv hct sh4so snHn. ~ eps .c
H. Inv narC ,s ttuS w.,
fuIi rara In ss!etcLns liz Nov i:neianI xons u
iac b:st civilization uf tho period from Flynn.
m,utn Nrck. KtIhngtoa Peak. Lake Champlaln,
md the wl'ole saa,n ot cur inlntld aeas 70 the
Galden tjaso. Thanks 10 our tatlsts sf'A motaets y
wha made 1ae etoxlons eonmnnwsnt!M y wn1t u u
Hsiedastsons Oh alt shc'f ehl1afen' t1ces anu 1ess'
i"pp'auso'l ,n