St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-04-13
A NOTABLE OCCASION.
The Board Of Trades Second Annua
Banquet.

The Board Of Trades Second Annual
Banquet.
The second annual banquet OF the
st. Johnsbury Board of Trade was
held in the Opera House Tuesday
night and was the largest banquet
ever held in this town. The Woman's
Club and Congressman Grout were
the guests of the organization.
Previous to the banquet reception
was held in the Museum, where over
200 people assembled and enjoyed
social hour. Music for the reception |
and banquet was most acceptably |
furnished by the Summerville orches-
ira, with Mr.. Young Of Boston as
first viollnist.
At $50 the audience were invited
to the Opera House to the banquet.
The hall was elaborately trimmed
with flags and bunting, four arc
lights shed their lustre over loaded
tables and dainty menus announced
that Landlord Krogman Of the ST.
Johnsbury House had prepared the
following repast.
Cold Turkey Escaoped Oysters
Pickles Olives
Chicken Salad Parker House Rolls
Vanilla Chocolate
Lemon Sherbert
Currant Chocolate Silver
Sponge Angel
Coffee
Promptlyat $50 President Walter
P. Smith raped the tables to order
and the speechmaking began. Judge
Smith began by stating how cosmo-
polltan the membership of the Board
of Trade was, composed of men of
all trades and professions, of all po-
litical parties and creeds. The or
ganzation had but one end in view,
the building up Of St. Tohnsbury. I'VE
have power here which will result in
great good. By means of it we not
only escape fraudulent enterprises,
but we can secure new industries.
, Indeed, we have already the Ate
Zone moth extermiuator and the
Bagley Dandelion Compound. BY
and by we shall be doing an exten-
sive business bottling and selling the
water OF Sleeper's river taken al
r Fairbanks shops. 1t is a good thing
to see such gathering as we have
here tonight. All sectional feeling
/ has disappeared from our villag,
G and, thanks to this organization
! our citizens are all aboring for one
common end.
: Congressman Grout was intro
q duced as a man who did not believe
+ in abandoned farms in Vermont, anc
p as the owner of the best farm in thi.
community. He told his audience
that the two organizations he was
= now addressing could accomplish
anything they desired. incidentally
= he spoke of the productveness Of Yer
i mont farms and said that the pro
e ductiveness of the Ryegate farm!
, had increased % per cent in the last
10 years. why? Because the Rye
) gate farmers attended to their busi
D.. ness and put their best energies into
their farms. The Ryegate youug
n men who stay at home hold to their
work with purpose. Your Boarc
Of Trade can do wonders for the ma
terial development of this town.
In closing Gen. Grout paid an elo
quent tribute to Vermonters, and also
' thanked the gentlemen present fo1
V the cordial support they had givel
8 him in his public life.
Rev. I. M. Lamson followed will
> very happy and thoughtful ad
e dress. He said the Board of Trad
d had changed ST. Johnsbury from {
4 SiOup vi lttllS villages " q loW
free from sectionalism. Its meetings
= are an open parliament where al
matters of village improvement ant
public veal could be openly dis
cussed. "The village is not only {
= good place to live in, but it is gooC
y thing to live for. In the village w
a have all the elements of the stat
= and nation. The nation originate
i in the village. Let everybody re
y member we are living for the towI
. of st. Johnsbury.'
. Miss Mabel Goodwin and Mrs
y Charles E. Peck sang duet whicl
= was very well received.
= Hon. Henry c. Ide was next intro
duced and gave very eloquen
and polished address on the prob
lens suggested by the recent turn o
affairs in the Hawaiian Islands. HI
u began by telling his hearers of wha
n he saw in Honolulu, and how in tn
y public library he found the suprem
'e court record of Vermont and tn
cases which Gen. Grout and Beldel
u & Ide had tried before Judge Ross
sc Mr., Ide said that American interest
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