News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-07-16
News and Citizen.
MORRISVILLE and HYDE PARK,
Thursday. July 10. 1891.
L. H. LEWIS, EDITOR.
Vermont,s Centennial.

GllmOre, lOlOnel ESUey, COlOHeI
L. F. Abbott, Judge John V.
Carney, j. S. Holden, E. D. Bennett,
III. T. Cushman, I'd. HI. l.. Stillson, |.
f. Gibson, Edward L. Bates, A. P.
Childs and NJ. S. Colburn.
Gov. Page presided and Henry
MacFarlaud acted as secretary.
The first matter brought up for dis
cussion was in regard to the banquet.
The committee were instructed to re-
serve 1000 tickets for invited guests
and empowered to sell as many tick
cts aside from this number as they
thought advisable. The chairman of
that committee said that they pro-
posed to make arrangements to seat
5000 people in one tent. Tickets will
be put on sale Immediately and all
those desiring them must secure them
before the centennial, as none will be
sold in Bennington. The price will be
81 per plate.
The next matter brought up was
the entertainment of invited guests,
the furnishing of sleeping accommo-
dations, etc. The committee on en-
tertainment reported that they had
secured Accommodations for $50 in the
village
Gen. Gilmore presented letters from
Secretary of War Proctor offering to |
furnish 100 government tents. In |
these tents will be placed cots and |
mattresses.
The committee on carriages report |
ed that they had secured 100.
The matter of fireworks was then
taken up and after discussion by
few of the members it was held open.
The time of starting the procession
had been fixed at 9 O'Clock. Col.
Colburn stated that he had been in
formed by the management of the
Central Vermont railroad that it
would be impossible to get many of
their passengers to Bennington at
that time in the morning, and asked
that the hour for starting the pro-
cession be fixed later. This matter
was left with the committee. 1t is
probable that the time of starting
will be changed to 10 o'clock a. m. to
give every one chance to see the
parade.
The committee on entertainment
also reported that they had engaged
Z. ID. Cook & Co. of Boston as cater
ers They will bring all the walters
and other help needed The bill of |
fare was presented and includes all !
the delicacies of the season, and will
equal any banquet dinner ever served :
in New England.
The same committee also reported
that they had begun the erection of '
the speakers stand and arches for
decoration, and that several COM
panies that have accepted invitations
to attend had arranged for the cree
ton of kitchen and dining tents near
the tracks so that their meals would !
be ready as soon as the trains came
on.
This occupied the time in the fore :
noon. In the afternoon the governor .
remained over till the late train and
met and discussed plans with the
citizens committee.
The formal invitations to invited
guests, which have been unavOidablv
delayed, are now ready and will be
sent out as fast as possible. ,
RAILROAD ARRANGEMENTS. =
General Superintendent z. ID. Ben =
nett of the Bennington and Rutland +
railroad stated that they were put !.
ting in between one and two miles of a
side track. They were arranging o.
these tracks so that everything F
would be carried out in the best pos n
sible system. AS the military arrive II
the cars will be run up on the Glas- g
tenbury road, so that they can dis 4
embark near the camp grounds. By q
the side of this track a spur is being e
laid that will hold so coaches. Here v
will be stationed the cars of the V
Knights Templars, Odd Fellows and +
other organizations that will sleep q
on the trains. =
INVITATION ACCEPTED. D
Major Cushing's battery of light o
artillery of Newport, r. L., has ac- c.
cepted an invitation to be present. t,
They will come by train to Brattle- a
boro, where they will join Fullers e.
battery and company | and will b
start from there on August II and d
will march over the mountains to G.
Bennington, arriving there on Au- e.
gust IA, staying one night on the d
road. b
The Old Guard, under Major George d
w. McLane, the Newport cadets, a
Burlington cadets, Tibbetts Veteran e.
corps, Troy Citizens corps, Burleigh Il
corps of Whitehall, Amoskeag veter- II
ans of Manchester, N. H., and $50
officers and men from the national
guard of New Hampshire, the COVER
nor and staff and legislative COM 10
mittee of about 70 from Massachus- o
etts, the Vermont association ofBos- y
ton have all accepted invitations n
The Putnam Phalanx of Hartford, L
Conn, and the Armstrong Veterans d
from Manchester, N. H., will appear o
in continental uniforms u
A large delegation of Knights Tenn d.
plars, Odd Fellows, Patriarchs Mill III
tant, Knights of Pythias and other %
secret societies have accepted invita- st
tions, as have also many Grand Ar ye
my posts. The Patriarchs Militant sd
will be in command of Lieut.. Gen. %
Underwood, the head of the order. Di
In the procession will be two guns y
captured by Gen. Stark from the W.
British at the battle of Bennington. W.
They will be manned by men in CONT 81
mental uniform. The Vermont Socie pc
ty of the Sons of the Revolution will pc
march in the procession in continent OF
al uniforms, carrying the colors of lr'
the society. One is the flag adopted he
in 1775. Another is the flag adopted W.
in 1895, which was the first flag in DC
Vermont Tn
AhCiO VIII pC l41dL,y OUl1cI uONbl IpdC-
ures which will add greatly to the ln
interest of the procession. TO
The programme is nearly all COM IA iI
pleted, and will be arranged in a few 1h
days. There are a few details which Ill
cannot be settled until some more
societies have been heard from.
Gen. Gilmore is hard at work COM w
pleting arrangements for transpor- MI
tation and entertainment of troops be-
and will have everything systematic tn
ally arranged. VIC
Col. Herbert S. Foster, Goth infant of
ry, U. s. A., of Burlington and Lieut.. fit
kimball, 9Th infantry, U. S. A., of trt
Northfeld will be on the staff ofAdjt. til,
and Inspector Gen. T. S. Peck. me
Several of the veteran corps are me
making arrangements for reunions at on
Bennington. Among them will be do
the reunion of the 9th Vermont on Ger
August Is, at Gen. Peck's head-quar- fou
tiers. bee
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At meeting of leading citizens at die
Toronto, Ont, Friday, it was desided lily