Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-01-07


class to the high position Of aide on his staff.
Ile expressed he wish that tho New Year
, would he prosperous one for the drum
mer.
Alderman Severson was called upon as a
| representative Of the city government Mr..
Scverscn s,6d he often wondered whether
those who were born and brought up here
realized the benefits which Burlington at
forded, as much did he who came here rs
q carpet Dagger from "a large city. He
enumerated some OF the advantages which
| Burline ton possesses rs a place OF residence,
| speaking OF it as % paradise
Mr.. Burnap said that the new departure
In this city came next He referred to the
quiet way in which man from the West
came here and did what all organizations
| had before failed to do. Flo welcomed Mr..
Scarf rs universal genius and called on
him to say n word MIR. Scarf was greet
ed with loud applause as he urose. He gave
some of tine reasons which induced him to
locate In Burlington He said the business
men of burlington paved the way for what
ever had been done in the way Of bringing
ing now manufacturing enterprises here,
He said the tremendous crops Of the West
meant more business for Burlington next
year.
Speaking of Burlington as an educational
centre and of the new work at the Univer
sity of Vermont, Mr. Burnap asked Prof
Perkins to describe some of the new up
planes which were used in mechanical in
struction there. Prof Perkins brought the
greetings OF the University and said that
the new departures there would make labor
count for more. In these days the educated
man is not necessarily the college man but
tho one who has learned to make the most
of himself. He hoped that all classes would
fraternize more. The college wanted tina
friendship of the business men aud wanted
to give business msn i.s frienShip
Mr.. Burnap SAID that man could get
through life without tho aid OF the clergy
and without any assistance from the legal
profession, but be could not escape the
doctors. He called up DR.. Rutherford.
who got even with Mr. Burnap in pointed
story. The speaker could not see much of
interest to drummer in the medical
profession. There was, however,
one point of similarity and
that was that they were both
missionaries DR.. Rutherford proceeded to
, prove the assertion He gracefully alluded
to the several members of the medical pro-
fesson in Burlington, who wear out their
lives that others may live.
The POSTMASTER believed that lawyers
had been uniustly criticized in past years.
Ile DellbNeu tiitJ WIS pI)luiOu was wearing
, away and thst people were beginning to re-
alize that lawyers were not sush n bad set
after all. he called d. j. Foster to
speak for the legal profession. Mr.. Foster
outlined the remarkable defence made In
certain case by Lawyer Finn of st. Adams,
spoke of some of the prominent law
yers OF the State and traced a
close relationship between the legal fra
p ternity aud this commercial travellers asso-
citation. He showed how the great problem
/, of the day had come to be, not free compe-
; tition, but how to control the monopoles
The solution Of thi. question rests largely
1 with the commercial men,
Paying a tribute to Burlington's clergy
in general ana the late Rev. DIR. Ware in
, particular, Mr. Burnap called upon Mr..
Wares successor Rev. II. L. Wheel
/ er, pastor of the Unitarian church.
!! Mr.. Wheeler told story at the expense OF
II the legal profession and said that he once
II came near Icing Il drummer himself, but
Il somehow couldn't manipulate the two
sticks. He found a similarity between u
theological student on preaching tour and
II commercial traveller III being obliged to
knock about the country in much the same
n way. Speaking seriously Mr.. Wheeler
said he believed that God was bringing
a about two things: First, the ideal soca
order in the world second, that We
D, while we are doing this work. are fitting
d ourselves for companionships with God.
s. We want plain, common sense preaching
in this world. be good, and as this new
~ year, which is already here, goes on, Dc
e whatever of good in you lies Go to some
church, and let the gear 1892 be one Of
spiritual as well as material prosperity.
Mr.. f. B. Finn was asked to speak fol
e st. Adams. He said that after hearing tn,
- laudations of Burlington, which we are al
in proud to regard a. the Queen City of Yer
w mont, he felt that he ouget to apologize fol
q living in st. Adams MIR. Flinn's speech
al was fully in keeping with the witty letter ht
al sent to the superintendent Of the census auC
a. was the postprandial event OF tue evening
Hon. Henry Ballard was next asked tc
T. say something about the grip. He was
h glad of the opportunity TO be present i
IF was late hour when he made up his mnC
70 that be would be able to attend. Their,
If was one benefit from the grip anyway; il
III had introduced new subject for after
a dinner speaking. There WAS no more fur
II in the grip than in the business end of
IA wasp He told his experience in attempting
a. to find out from his physician what the griI
w was with much gusto.
" Mr.. Z. A. Towne Of Boston responded in
nj behalf of the White Mountain Commercial
ID Travellers association, expressing his belle
in the meanings of travellers association
aud in social meetings The association
which he represents contains over 800 mem
I'D bers and is rapidly growing. He though
t. the railroads should change the limit o
u non -assesSable voyage from $50 to 20
n pounds lie invited those present to tn
35 banquet of the White Mountain essociatio
q at the Quincy House Ia Boston.
"a V'ooctna.tar RurpaT thaD in