Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-08-28
PRESIDENT HARRISON IN VERMONT.
HE ADDRESSES LARGE CROWDS AT MID
DLEBURY AND VERGENNES.

HE ADDRESSES LARGE CROWDS AT MID
DLEBURY AND vERGENNEs.
President Harrison on Thursday, the
day following the Bennington celebra-
ton, went to Mt. McGregor, near Sarato-
ga. He remained in the latter place till
Tuesday, when he came to Vermont.
His first speech in the State was at Fair
Haven. At Brandon he was received
with enthusiasm and almost overwheln-
ed with flowers.
Although but imperfect notice of his
coming had been given-the announce
ment of the arrangements not being
made till after last weeks REGISTER was
printed-Middlebury gave him "A most
cordial greeting When the presidential
train arrived at the station soon after
| 80 o'clock Tuesday morning a crowd
of 800 or more, composed of residents of
the village and of neighboring towns,
was on hand. Russell post, G.. A. r.,
turned out in force under command of
DR.. Russell, and the Sons of Veterans
acted as escort for them. Flags and bunt-
ing, put up chiefly by Postmaster Stew
art, ornamented the shed over the station
platform. The train stopped at the
north end of the station and President
Harrison appeared on the rear platform
with Hon. John W. Stewart, who had
gone down the line on the mail train to
join the presidential party. Mr.. Stewart
introduced the president very handsome
ly and the latter said
My Fellow-citizens-Thou | have
not before had the pleasure of looking
into the faces of many of you. Vermont
has for many years been familiar to me
and has been placed high in my esteem
by the acquaintance | have formed at
Washington with the representatives you
have sent there. 1t has been great
pleasure to me to know your esteemed
fellow-citizen, Governor Stewart. Your
State and district and the nation at large
have had in him most able and faithful
champion of all that was true and clean
and right. Three cheers were here given
for Governor Stewart. You have been
particularly fortunate | think in your
representatives at Washington. as had
occasion to say the other day at Ben
nington. | am glad to be here at the site
OF this institution of learning (Middle-i
dlebury college,, which Is soon to COM
plete its 100 years of modest and yet
efficient service in training the minds of
your young men for usefulness IN life.
These home institutions in which these
able and faithful men assiduously give
themselves, their lives, to the building
up and development of the Intelligence,
and not only that, but of the moral side
of your young men, are bulwarks of
strength TO your State and to your COM
munity. They cannot be too highly es-
teemed and honored by you; because,
my country-men, kings NAV rule over an
ignorant people and by their iron control
hold them in subjection, and in the quiet
ness of tyranny; but free land rests
upon the intelligence of its people, and
has no other safety than in well ground
ed education and thorough moral train
ing. Cries of Good, good" and APP
plause.] Again thank you for this
cordial greeting which Vermont gives me
this morning and to those comrades and
friends | extend Il comrades greeting
and good wishes. Applause
Then the train moved on and the crowd
dispersed. The Vergennes reception
committee, Mayor Hindes, Judge Smith
and Herrick Stevens, joined the train here.
On reaching Nergennes Secretary of War
Proctor introduced the president, who
said
My Fellow-citizens | have had as
you know some experience in this busi-
ness of speaking from the end of rail
road train; but it has seemed to me this
morning that these Vermont towns are
closer together than on any other route
have travelled. Laughter. Perhaps it is
because your State is not very large and
you have had to put your towns close to-
gether in order to get them all in. Laugh
ter. | have heard an interesting story of
the origin of this city of Nergennes. sup
pose it was one of the earliest instances in
the history of our country, if not the very
first, of city being constructed upon
paper before it was built upon the
ground. Laughter That has come to
be quite familiar practice III these late
days of speculation; but it is singular
that city charter and the ample cOrpor-
ate limits of one mile square should
have been given to Nergennes before this
century began. If the expectations of
the founders of this city have not been
realized fully, you have more than realiz-
ed all the thoughts of Ethan Allen and his
contemporaries in the greatness and pros
perlty of your State and in the richer
glory and higher greatness of the nation
of which you are part. am glad this
morning to look into the contented
faces of another audience of New
England people. You were greatly
disparaged in the estimation of some of
our people before the civil war. There
had spread unfortunately over the minds
of some of our southern brethren the i'm
preston that you were so much given
to money, to thrift and to toll that your
hands had forgotten how to fight. 1t was
] most wholesome lesson when the