Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-11-19

war, and, / would urge upon every one the
desirability OF doing so. Col. Proctor then
humorously alluded to the responsible oflcs
Of Ex-Governor. Ones election to 1t WIS
unanimous. lie rose at once into the full
dignity of the office. At the close Of my
term | thought it would be pleasant to re-
main at the Capital for two or three days
but every one met said "When are you going
home, and finally when | met an acquain-
lance l sand, Excuse me, I'm hurrying 70
catch the train" Laughter The salary
oil the olhce is never in any danger Of being
cut down and it is a life position Laugh
ter and applause.
Gen. John l.. Barstow was called upon,
but briefly excused himself.
.. Our SO'Jisr-Jadge.-Hef fought to compel obedi-
ence To law and now from the bench he ex-
pounds 1t.
Hon. W G. Veazey, Judge of the Supreme
Court being called on, said that to be chosen
to that position was the highest honor Q
lawyer could aspire to but he would to-niGht
like TO drop the judicial title and take the
one to which he had answered for fifteen
years. No other honor can equal that won
IN the military service Of our country. The
toast alludes to the similarity between my
present and past service. In the former
there is not so much danger from the bullet,
but, as we are once in while forcibly re-
minded, there is much danger from the
ballot. The foundation of this society ought
to be a matter of pride to us and to the
State. Vermont was the frs, State in which
such an organization was formed, and many
if not all the Northern States have followed
our example. | am proud that Vermont
soldiers did not consider the termination Of
their field service the end of their service
for the Union. They are continuing it IN
many ways; and keeping up such an organ
ization as this is equally in the line of duty.
| Applause.
TO- The LGd.es-Always first in the hearts Of their
counirymen-
Felicitously responded to by Col George
W. Hooker, whose remarks kept the COM
pany in 4 continuous roar of laughter. Col.
Hooker said notice Il change, this evening.
1t has been customary on occasions like this
to put the best first and the poorest last. l
STE they have reversed the practice. | SEQ
there are Il few ladies' left. Most of them
have gone. Perhaps they had heard | was
going tn speak. But if all were gone but one
and she were alone could talk still better.
Many were the good deeds the ladies per-
formed and the soldiers will be ever grateful
and ever thankful. Many men owe their
lives TO the care and nursing and bandaging
of the ladies, noticed i'll the war the
bravery Of the married men. | didn't un-
derstand it at first, but | now do. They
wanted to be killed. Ga behalf of the ladies
Of Vermont thank the orator of the even
ing. think he is 4 single man. Let him
stay here Il couple Of days and we will send
him home complete.
II. our Fallen Comrades
Responded TO hy Chaplain ID. A. Mack.
Excusing himself from attempting to make =
speech, ne referred to the honor in which
our departed soldiers are held. More endur-
ing than marble monuments is a nations
gratitude. As Quintus Curtius threw him
self into the breach to save the Eternal City,
so did the young men of this country sacri-
flee themselves TO save the nation Let
them be kept in eternal remembrance.
This closed the literary exercises of the
evening and the meeting then, at l O'Clock,
adjourned. The reunion was an extremely
pleasant and successful one and all the exer-
cises were interesting and enjoyable.