Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-10-28

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| of decent wo-year-olds. The driver rides,
and guides his team by means of ropes tied
about the animals noses or horns. The
teams which carried loads-chiehy of cord
wood-to the camp had two Jokes Of oxen,
which invariably looked ~ though the grass
and grain crop had been failure. OF mule
teamsthere were a liberal sprinklng, and there
was swarm of shabby genteel carriages, with
| spans of horses, whose drivers were anxious to
| sell their services to visitors.
In the narrow Yorktown street the mealy,
| clayey sand was Of an unknown depth, and
one could not repress smile when he saw
man with yoke of oxen and cart, on which
was mounted two barrels of water, and boy
who dipped the water from the barrels with
pail and in this way sprinkled (O the street,
with how much effect can be readily mag
ined. Here in the main street is the old Gus
tom house the oldest, building of the kind in
the country here, also, is the old court house,
which now forms one end of the hotel, the
| the old building said to have been occupied
| by Washington as his headquarters, and on
| the opposite side little farther up is the
post office, the queerest little sntiquated box
of place that can be imagined. On slightly
higher ground, n little off the main street, is
the old Nelson mansion, which is the finest
house in Yorktown. On every hand were
temporary eating stands and lager beer sa-
looms, and along the road past Lafayette
| Hall and the monument site, and down TO the
camp were beer and eating stands and such
numberless side shows and catch-penny
games as are not peculiar to any section.
HHonOrs 60 Gov. Farnham and STAFF.
As already noted, Gov and Mrs Farnham,
accompanied by Adit. Gen. Peck left the bat
TALON at Baltimore, and proceeded direct to
| Washington as guests of the centennial com
mission. On their arrival in Washington,
aar a
| with Col. John II. Thompson and Mr.. Fred
| Mack of the pension Office in attendance, to
convey the party to the Ebbitt House. Alta
| early hour after their arrival Senators Ed
munds and Morrill, Dr. j. H. Baxter, Chief
| Medical Purveyor of the Army, and other
distinguished gentlemen, called to pay their
respects to His Excellenoy the Governor.
| Gov. and Mrs. Farnham remained in Wash
| ington until Monday afternoon, when, in COM
pany with the members of the centennial
commission, senators and members of Con-
| gress, and other gentlemen of note, they took
| passage on the steamer EJc6tsi0r for York
| town, arriving on Tuesday morning. After
| his arrival, Gov. Farnham, with his staff, at.
| tended the reception given by Gov. Holiday
of Virginia, at Lafayette hall, to the governors
| of states, and afterward attended the cere-
monies at the laying of the cornerstone of
the monument. On Wednesday morning.
Gov. Farnham and staff attended the Pres-
dents reception at Lafayette hall, at which
the distinguished French and German guests
were present and afterward proceeded TO the
| grand stand, where the exercises commemo-
| rating the surrender of CORVALLIS were held
| these exercises including prayer by Bishop
Harris, a short address by President Arthur,
speeches in French and German by the repre-
sentatives of the French and German govern
meuts, an Grafton by Hon. Robert @. Win
throp of Massachusetts,, poem by James
Baron Hope of Virginia, and the singing Of a
centennial ode by a chorus Of voices. We'd
nesday afternoon, by invitation of Admiral Wy
| man, of the North Atlantic squadron, Gov.
| Farnham, accompanied by Coils. Brooks and
| Paine, visited the flagship Tennessee, aud was
received with the honors usual on such an oc-
casion. On leaving the ship, governors
salute of eighteen guns was fired, and the
! Vdnddbd, observing the presence Of Gov.
Farnhams party, also fred a salute. This,
We believe, was the only individual honor Of
the kind conferred on the governor of state
during the celebration. On this occasion Gov.
| FaTnham was accompanied to and from the
flagship by the Admirals Aid, Flag Lieutenant
lotion.
On Thursday morning, Gov Farnham and
staff and Lieut.. Col. Estey were present on
the grand stand during the great military re-
view which, with the naval review that fol-
lowed in the afternoon, brought the Yorktown
| celebration TO a close. OF this brilliant occa-
sion our space does not permit us to speak in
detail Full 10000 troops were in line, in
GLIDING artillery and infantry regulars, ma
rines from the men f-war, and militia from
| 16 states The review was the largest and
most imposing since the war. Almost without
| exception, the troops made a fine appearance
and did credit to themselves and the states
| which sent them, or the army and navy to
which they belonged. OF none was this more
Ne,,, Nka,, 90 t,NA IA IL "a
orally true that as the Vermont troops march
ed past the grand stand in full company
front, every man in line, and every officer
| properly saluting his commander chief
the President of the United States, their fine
soldjerly bearing and handsome appearance
were excelled by none in the line. As the
| Vermonters approached the reviewing stand,
Gen. Hancock, who stood beside President
Arthur, turned in his quick animated way to
some one near him to ask to what state these
men belonged, and on being told made ges-
| ture of satisfaction and admiration. As each
company or regiment left the reviewing stand
the men were ordered into a double quick,
and as the Vermont battalion executed this
manBuvre the highly disciplined Boston ca
diets, who had passed some time in advance
broke into a hearty cheer at the ease and pre-
cision with which it was performed. In the
strictest sense 1t is true that the Vermont
troops did themselves and the state credit
and every Vermont man present felt glow Of
pride at their appearance in this brilliant re-
view, which was the browning feature of the
great celebration. We ought here to mention
that, in this place and all others where the
| Vermont battalion is spoken of, our friends of
the Burleigh Corps are included equally. with
the Vermont companies, the Whitehall COM
pany having formed part of the Vermont
battalion and contributed their full share in
the creditable representation Of our state.
At the conclusion of the grand review the
Vermont battalion was drawn up in line in
the battalion street and briefly addressed by
Gov. Farnham, who complimented the troops
on their excellent conduct since leaving home
and ON their fine appearance in the parade.
1t was source of great qualification to him.
Gov. Farnham said, that the battalion had
not for moment forgotten that they were
men as well as soldiers-that they were gen.
tlemen as well as citizens of Vermont. Gov.
Farnham cordially thanked the Burleigh Corps
for their complimentary attendance on him
self and staff, and in closing expressed his
thanks to the First Regiment band for their
fine music At the conclusion of Gov. Farm
hams remarks, the battalion gave him three
| hearty cheers. Three cheers were then given
| by the Vermont troops for Hon. II. G.. Bur
leigh of Whitehall and the Burleigh Corps,
in response to which Mr.. Burleigh expressed
his own thanks and those of the Burleigh
| corps Ior the privilege OF having accompanied
the Vermont troops to Yorktown, and referred
in complimentary terms to the handsome
treatment which they had received. Respond
ing to Mr. Burleigh's call the Burleigh Corps
gave the Vermont troops three cheers, and the
Hon. W. II. Tefft then addressed a few com
plimentary words 10 the Vermont troops, and
called for three cheers for Quartermaster-
General Kingsley and Surgeon-G General Bing-
ham, which were given with a will. Ranks
| ba hat al
and official" work in connection with the
Yorktown centennial celebration was done.
We should here add that at two o'clock on
| Thursday afternoon Gov Farnham Adit-