News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-07-23
VERMO ONT PRESS ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL EXCURSION.


mouth and Nantasket as the objec
tive points, was the best in its his
tory. Leaving here on the earl.
morning train we were reinforced a
Hardwick by Brer. Harris of tn
Gazette. Reaching st. Johnsbury OF
time close connection was made witt
the train for White River Junction
At st. Johnsbury a dozen or NOR,
embarked, while all along the lin,
the number increased, until when thu
Junction was reached the number
had increased to about forty. A
the latter place many more from
along the line of the Central Joined
us. A few minutes stay at Whit,
River Junction enabled us to take {
peep at the familiar countenance O
e. R. Jameson of the Landmark
whom we found well, happy anC
prosperous.
Reaching Bellows Falls about 1 81
we found another delegation, which
swelled the number to over $50. Al
this point refreshments, which haG
been provided by A. N. Swain and
wife, were taken on board and served
after starting. This was pleasant
diversion from the old way of eating
hastily at a restaurant. All had
keen appetites and the lunch was
quickly disposed of. Nothing OF
special interest occurred on the jour-
ney to Boston This place was
reached a little behind schedule time
about seven O'Clock. The party
at once. repaired to their head-quar-
tiers at the American House, where
their rooms had been provided.
At eight O'Clock occurred the ban
quet-a very excellent spread. Fol
lowing this several hours were devot-
ed to speech-making, music and lit
erary exercises. The music was fur
nished by the Appleton Quartette,
John Dana Shepherd and Mrs. Mar
tina Dana Shepherd. The literary
exercises were by Miss Minnie Mar
shall. Col. Albert Clark acted as
toast-master, and the speeches were
made by Sec'y Proctor, Gov. Page,
Collector Beard, Judge Sherman,
Prof Beard and Speaker Barrett.
The latter had considerable to say
about the Governorship of Massa-
chusetts, which led many to believe
that he would not object to being
struck by gubernatorial lightning.
All of the speeches received close at
tention. Secretary Proctor's address
was upon the good State of Yer
mont. We give it in full elsewhere
During these exercises a poem, pre-
pared expressly for the occasion, was
read by its author, Rev. A. J. Hough
of Montpelier.
Saturday morning, upon invitation
of Sec'y Proctor, the entire party
visited the White Squadron, then
anchored in Boston harbor. All
were taken in small boats to the
flagship Newark, where a couple of
hours were pleasantly spent in in
specting the magnificent war vessel.
At II O'Clock special train on the
Old Colony railroad was taken for
Plymouth, which historic point was
reached in about an hour. After a
brief sojourn at the Samoset House
the party repaired to Odd Fellows
Hall, where the proprietor of the
above house had prepared an excel
lent dinner. This spread was pro-
nounced the finest and the best served
on the excursion. The visitors were
welcomed TO Plymouth by Selectman
W. S. Davis, who extended to them
the freedom of the town, and. in be-
half of the Pilgrim Society free ad-
mission to Pilgrim Hall. This offer
was heartily applauded, and when
the superintendent of the street rail
way arose and said the electric cars
were at their service the enthusiasm
was great. The party then visited
all the points of interest in the place,
Pilgrim Hall, with it's numerous relics,
the famous rock, the historical burial
hill, the grand granite monument
and the sad story told by the graves
on Coles Hill were all noted by the
appreciative eyes of patriotic affec-
ton.
At 5 O'Clock the special train left
for. Nantasket Beach, where the mem
bers of the association spent Sun
day, their headquarters being at the
Nantasket House. The proprietor,
Mr.. Sturgis, placed everything at the
disposal of his guests, and did all in
his power to make the visit a pleas
ant one. Saturday evening, and in
fact all day Sunday, there were con-
certs by brass bands, and many of
the party for the first time had the
pleasure of listening to Walter Emer-
son, the eminent cornetist. Sunday
The day was anything but a YER
mont Sunday. Thousands of people
focked there from Boston and vicin
ity. and the scores of ways of anus
ing mankind and gathering in the
shekels were in full blast. 1t was in
deed a strange sight for those who
live in a State where rest and reiig-
ious worship is the manner of keeping
Sunday. In the evening after the
crowd had disappeared the party as
sembled in the parlor and enjoyed a
sing, with Mrs Hosea Mann, Jr., as
pianist.
Monday morning the party en-
barked on the steamboat Twilight"
for Boston. At this time a meeting
of the Association was held, at which
the following officers were elected -
President, r. 81 Humphrey of the
Poultney Journal; Vice-Presidents,
Warren Gibbs of the st. Adams Mes
senger, G. II. Davenport of the Brat
tleboro Reformer Secretary, Arthur
Z. Stone of the st. Johnsbury Gale
DOMAIN Treasurer, l.. III. Lewis of
the News and Citizen; Executive Com
mittee, HI. E. Parker of the Bradford
Opinion, Chas t. Walter of the st.
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