Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-05-18
VERMONT DAY.
STATE BUILDING PRESENTED TO
THE COLUMBIAN COMMISSION.
bore Than 800 sons of Vermont Attend
tho Cerem onfes-Eloqusnt Protcntntion
Address by Hon j. l.. Martin of Brattle-
boro-Gov. FuIler's Grafton.

JH1 Ut lUe ETeub lbli. ue liNNho Dihlc'lu'
structure which stands the boulevard
between the Maine and Massachusetts build
ings and represents Vermont was present
ed to the worlds Columbian commission
shortly after noon to-day.
The ceremony was exceedingly interest
Ing. The addresses were all eloquent.
Upward of 500 people, made up principally
of the press excursionists and former Yer
monitors, now prominent in Chicago, wit
uessed tho OBLIGATORY ceremony.
Coils. Jewett OF Swnnton, e. l.. Bates OF
Bennington and j. G.. Foster OF Derby Line
bf Gov Fuller's stetr we're present in full
uniform and assisted his oxcellency in re
coving visitors before and after the exer-
cise'.
In the absence OF Col. a. +. Walker,
Hon. j. l.. Martin of Brattleboro, ex-speak-
er OF the House Of Representatives presil-
I'd. After L selection by an orchestra, Mr..
Martin said that the people Of Vermont
have always believed that women had
wrought great things and had great inhu-
euce, and announced that the committee
has selected man to offer prayer whose
whole life had been more or less moulded by
Vermont women.
He Then INTRODUCED Rev. Sim con Gilbert,
who invoked the Divine blessing Mr..
Martin stated that he had also been assigned
TO give tho Vermont building to the worlds
fair commission lie said that the worlds
fair lifts the curtain that has wrapred the
hees in its yelled mystery. The marvellous
changes wrought by the skin of men reveals
10 us far more than Columbus could posi-
bly, have anticipated in his trail ship tossed
by the pillows of the deep moro than Moses
fancied in the land OF promise, more than
the most skilled ard learned of this genera
ton supposed had been accomplished by the
aGndiwork OF man.
Grand indeed is the contrast OF the pres
mt with the past. Imagine the condition OF
pioneers OF our beloved State who assem-
Dled in their first convention representing
the committees of safety little over CEN
fury and a quarter ago. They could read
ily perceive their poverty and restitution in
;heir contest FOR the New Hampshire grants
with the authorities OF New York under the
King, intensified by the shadows and stern
:eality OK the revolution. But they could
hardly rsnIize that their sacrifice in united
action with their fellow count7ymen would
give birth to one Of the most prosperous
md pouerful nations of tho earth.
1t would have been sublime II they could
have foreseeu that the valleys of Vermont
adorned by her mountains would grow up
statesmen, juristi and soldiers who would
stand
In tho Front Rank of All Ages
Of the world in sagacity, learning and cour-
sge Other States may we'll feel proud of
NE beauty and grandeur of their buildings
erected hereon. Vermont makes no crlti-
fisms and offers no apologies This build
ing which We open to-day and present to
the authorities of the worlds far is neat
substantial and sensible, but without imita-
ton or unnecessary expense and adorn-
ment
1t has always been characteristic Of Yer
mont to copy from no one She reflects her
light by the burning of her own lamp
During the revolution Vermont maintain ed
an independent government unlike and
more independent than auy of the colonies
She coined money, issued bills of credit and
treasury notes which were promptly re
deemed in specie, established postal routes
Ind rates, appointed a postmaster general
adopted the common low and established
her courts OF justice, and when she repre-
scented the first star added to the old flag in
1871, she was little giant Of the greater
giants Of the federal Union.
How lifting it is that she should be repro
Sented by this unique aud CLASSICAL structur o
smd theee grander sdfcqs representing as
they do che other and more popuous State s
of the Nation. l only regret that there is
not little more of it to-day.
Vermont Yields to Eut Tow
in the products of her titled acreage Her
organs, scales, granite, marble and
maple sugar command the markets of the
world, She is the first to send
her members of the press associa-
ton here and she has always been one
of the first in the councils of the nation.
The moral, intellectual and physical devel-
opment OF our men and women OF
svery period Of our history challenge the
whole earth for superiors II all the he
'oes of our dead were here they would pu,
n tongue in evary stone of this building that
would chime the praises of Vermont in the
grandest music Of the republic.
Mr.. Martin then made the formal tender
of the building to the exposition commission
pnd was followed by Director General
Davis, who accepted it on behalf of the
commission. The exercises closed with the
Dretion OF the day, by Hon. William p.
Dillingham;. Immediately preceding him
Gov. Fuller delivered au eloquent address
which follows:
Address OF Gov. Levi Il. Fuller.
Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Citizens OF
Vermont and Illinois: The interest taken
By the ueople OF Vermont in this vast and
magnificent exposition prompts the execu
tive, together with other officials to lent
their presence to give distinctive expression
to the exercises defeating this classi,
structure to public uses during the life O
this ''white city by the lake
Constituting as do these dedicatory ser
vices to-day, part of the prelude 10 tn
magnificent things which this worlds Co
lumbar exposition promises, Vernon
comes to offer its congratulations on thi
auspicious occasion, and to ieiicitate i;sel
that it can have part, however humble, il
the gigantic enterprise which so fittnsly
commentaries the 4O0th anniversary of In
landing Of the fearless Genoese navigator.
Pleasing as it is for us to gorify ou
local h0bitstio and State separations, ye
especially delightful is it to-day, amid tn,
inspiring surroundings OF this occasion, t,
give ourselves largely to the thoughts whicl
tho occasion commentaries. While man,
of the greatest inventions of the world
later triumphs found their birth and EARL
EST home within our borders, yet Vernon
prides herself most Of all in the wealth 0
that sturdy manhood which has made itsel