Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-01-28
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Mr.. Phelps. whose name was well known
tn many in the assemhlagc, was warmly
greeted and spoke as follows:
am not sorry. Mr. President, that, far rs
have come through the snow, as you have
lust remarked, to sit down at your feast, |
have brought with me no formal speech to
offer YOU in return. 1t would certainly have
persisted ont of my memory and died on my
lips if had in the glow and warmth of the
genial and fraternal atmosphere that makes
this occasion So delightful, Il meeting of the
family. OF the kindred Of the brotherhood,
in which the uppcrmost thought is the clan,
the whole clan, and rothiug but the clan I;
God bless it
cannot express TO vuu how have been
repaid for coming here, or how much have
cninvcd this occasion thus far although |
must admit that feel Il little like a poor re-
lation at a Thanksgiving feast, somewhat
abashcd by the uuaCcustomcd splendor Of the
surroundings hut proud at any rate TO re-
member that belong to the family, however
little may contribute to ITS Importance.
There is something about the character Of
NcrmontcrS for think We may bra% lit
Tie about the family here among ourselves
without violating good tastc-thcrc is Il sort
of Individuality about the character OF Yer
monicrs n kind Of sclf-reliancc = sort of ST.
lent. lirclrss energy that distinguishes them,
| think from the people of most sections of
the couutr,-. Perhaps, rs your president has
very cloqucntly said IN his opening rrtiarks
this evening, they enjoy those qualities III
common with other nations of the mountains.
There iSa kind of moral grlyitation, rs well
as physical, by which strength is sometimes
acquired bv coming down hill, and by which
I t1tl. assafta
/ bring strength with them, and gather
/ strength a. they come 1t IS easier to see
| what am trying to describe than accurately
/ To describe it. Ioucc saw poor quack doc
/ tor suffering under cross examination in 4
| court of Justice. and he was very much
| pressed with question that lac didn't know
/ how To answer, and that was What were
/ the symptoms of typhoid fever? and, at last,
after much trihulation, a bright thought
/ struck him. The leading symptom,
/ should think he said, was death. Laugh
/ ter With As poor logic and rs little ac-
/ curacy. might, perhaps, say that the lead
inr quality in the character of \ermonters.
/ as far as | know. is success. Applause.
And they are a sort of men that pray, but
put their own shoulders TO the wheel. They
trust in God, but they keen their powder dry
likewise.
should - a lttlc further than your Prcsl-
dent in the remark that he made about the
character of the mountains imprcssin% itself
on the character of the men that come from
there. Il seems To me it imprcsscs itself
likcwisr ON their rcrsuiiai appearance
have sometimes thought | could pick up
/ Ncrmuntcrs ont OF a miscellaneous crowd
and not Nv ANYTHING in their appearance that
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h.,.. tL,u,,bt snmriimrs in looking Mt The
,.,tor nr The n Lawrence hundreds OF
mis- I..Ioyy Niarara. Thai there seemed tc
h., s,rt of swim and rcsistl.ss strength
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In many a solitary plir.
Against the wind and open SLY.
\,v ynu ar. moi celebrating this o,1a
7 .inu like that propl. who sat down bV the
walters of Ealvl1h and hcwIilcd their cNil,
and huu.s their har,s on the willows That
i.rnt the character of this occasion. lor
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allie and permanent success that has bull
,In fnr vnursplyr.; such 4 home rs this il
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