Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-07-25

Of those who participated as one of the oases
of busy lives, for il is not often that the aver
age editor Of the Green Mountain State can
spare whole week from his sanctum to spend
in enjoyment. The Association met in an
nual business meeting at Baxter Music hall in
Rutland at Z p. NJ, Tuesday evening, July sth,
and elected substantially the same officers rs
last year. including Hon. E. p. Walton as
president, which Office he has filed for many
years. The annual address was delivered by
H. A. Huse, Esq, of Montpelier and the
poem by f. II. Phelps, Esq, of Fair Haven
The meeting was quite fully attended by the
members and their ladies' more fully than in
years before. The forenoon Of the next day.
Wednesday, was spent in visiting points of
interest in and about Rutland including the
Howe Scale works and the Vermont House of
Correction. At two p NJ the whole party,
numbering between eighty and one hundred
left Rutland by special train over the Ben
nington and Rutland railroad for Troy. This
train was under the personal charge of Supt.
+. G. White, Ms far as Bennington, who nc
companied the party throughout the entire
trip, and to whom the association are largely
indebted for many courtesies extended at diff
ferent points along the whole line of the ex-
cursion. He is a genial man and well calcu-
lated for the Office which he so ably fills.
May his shadow never grow less"
The train reached Troy at $50 p. NJ, and
the association were here made the guests of
b. F. Stiles, the well-known and justly popu-
lar proprietor of the Troy House, who is
| genuine Vermonter, and as was there said,
Regarding the Stiles styles of that house
there can be no better" At p. NJ. the par
| ty sat down to one of his most inviting sup
| pers, which they did ample justice to. With
the pleasant surroundings and hospitable at
tentons afforded by the Troy House, a travel
er can scarcely find more pleasant home in
| going up aud down our whole country than
can always be found here. At 8 o'clock the
| party embarked on the steamer Saratoga for
a night tripdown the Hudson by the Citizens
Line At first many regretted that the pro
| gramme did not admit of this part of the
| journey being made in the daytime on ac-
count of the scenery, but before long all saw
the wisdom of this arrangement, as it was i'm
possible for day trip to be more pleasant
during the hot weather than was this bright
|
America" The different places of interest on
either shore were plainly discernible and the
| journey WAS entirely free from the oppressive
heat of the day. At late hour the party re-
tired TO their staterooms arising in the morn
ing to find themselves just passing the High
lands and Palisades or approaching the docks
of the metropolis of America.
| The boat arrived at o'clock, and upon the
wharf were the two omnibuses of the we'll
known st. Nicholas hotel, and ranged behind
them were hacks enough to accommodate the
whole party. In a few moments all were
quartered at the above named house At s
A. NJ. the excursonists were ushered into the
large dining hall and partook of one of the
most pleasant and enjoyable meals of the trip.
| A breakfast ut the st. Nicholas is Mt any time
a great treat in itself but in this instance Mr.
Uriah Welch, the proprietor, more than sus-
tained his old time reputation, and the occa-
sion will long be remembered as n happy, So
cial, and highly enjoyable affair, entirely de
void of that stiffness and unsocial feeling
which often characterizes meal partaken of
under similar conditions. The ''menu" was
arranged especially for the occasion and en-
bracod every thing which hungry excursion
lists could desire. The printing was especially
for the occasion, and upon the outside of the
bill of fare was fine engraving of the new
fast mail steamship City of Toxic" encir-
cled by n horse shoe with the name of the ho-
tel and its proprietor upon it, emblematic, rs
he said, of his personal good wishes for the en-
tire party and the success of their trip. The
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small button-hole bouquets were placed beside
every plate. In the flow of soul which fol-
lowed, the high appreciation of the whole
party was everywhere apparent, and a slight
typographical error (Which, by the way,
many of the party SO often are made to feel
thr force Of in the printing of the menu was
made the occasion of the most hearty wish of
tho entire party that the date there mention
ed. July 10th, 1879" might still find the st.
Nicholas in prosperous condition and i'pOs-
abe its present proprietor still at its helm, in
which case the president of the association,
who is already over so years old, promised his
patronage.
At $50 A. NJ. the party left by the elevated
railway for the landing at the foot of White
hall street, thence by steamer d. r. Martin,
to Bay Ridge, and there the cars We're taken
to Manhattan Beach on Concy Island. After
looking over the points of interest at this
beach, including the Manhattan Beach Hotel
which is one of the largest hotels of its kind
in the country, the party went by the Marine
Railway to Hotel Brighton on Brighton Beach
where the annual press banquet of the asso
citation was partaken of at l p. NJ. The time
after the conclusion of the banquet until 4.30
was spent in enjoying the sea breeze and
viewing the immense crowds of pleasure seek
ers who continually throng the beaches al
these points. During the remainder of the
day the cxcuraionists were under great obi
cations to Mr.. w. NJ. Laifan the Receiver oi
the Long Island II. r., who, learning the par
y were there, generously offered, if they
would return to the city over his road
to place special train of Pullman cars a
their disposal and accompany them personal
Is at any hour they might choose. The par
~ accepted this offer and left the Brighton al
80, via the L. /. II. r., and by circuitoui
route of about 30 miles in train composed
wholly of Pullman cars, landing at Hunter
Point Nong Island city, in less than an hour
crossed the 3ith st. ferry, and upon arriva
at 34th st. station of the N. Y, Elevated Rail
way they found that through the request o
Mr. Iaffan the road had placed special traiI
at the disposal of the excursion party upoi
which they rode the whole length of this new
and novel style of rapid transit road, t.
Harlem and return. This was very unex
pected and pleasant addition to the pro
gramme of the day, highly enjoyed by all
The party took tea at the st. Nicholas, ant
the next morning friday a portion JOINED