New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-19
4 PERSISTENT ChfIMNN.
THEY HONOR GOVERNOR LEVI X. FULLER
SPEECHES MADg BY THE GrE>T oF THE EVEN
Nc EX.MINIsTER PHrAP, AND oTMl.Ee-

SPEECHES MADa BY THE GrE>T oF TIE EVEN
ING EX.NINIsTER PHELPS AHD OTHERS
The rrooklyn society oi Ncrmouicr, held their
onnu,i dinner la. evening oi the Pouch Mansion In
Cinionavc Brooklyn. and gave reception TO Gov
emo. Lev r. Fuller. Of Vermont. Who. Win lh'ui'h'
ant Governor Il anaA1n. Adult sni"neia' l. :. Te X
surgeon ID. T. Webster. Colonel l. ". Jc"cit ana
Colonel II. T.. Parker. Of the Governors stan hid
come TO attend the dinner. Tn" N"rmonicr' are Tie
only large socieir In Sew York or Eroohlvn thi ~.
vito women TO join their dinners. AMI the result l.
charming Almo, h,lf Of The. guest, h>t nigh w'r'
women and the binding brilliant a. on the
occasion Of a bail. Robert u. benedict. The pr",i
dent OF the s0cicy. was toasimaser NJ hi, neh'
sat GOvcrno- Fuller and al his left "NMini-i"r ~
ward T. Phelps Others al the head Of the table were
Congressman H. II. Powers. Ilcu'cnanG overnor
Atranah,r Colon g. q. Benedict Adjuian'Ien'sdl
Peek. Mayor David \. Hoody. y. T. spraene and sur
geOn General Web,tcr
J. Clark Brocolin SANG the old German Mountain
.onc 10. all TO The lorirr,. Vcrmonl"ri come
down. after the coffee Ind been served and then
President Benedict delivered III, opening address.
lie oppressed the hop that whether the proposed
union Of Now York and Erooklyn bccam" Il fact or
not thc two 1ltirs would know only On"
society oi vcrmon,cr. meeting in ali"rn'" wears on
each side Of The river II" pr,po>cd tn health Of
the President Of the United state. which WIS drunk
standing H. j. kimbal, III" ,rcrrt':y then read
letters of regret from President Harrison. ~ senator
George L. E1munds, senator Rcddcld Proctor. senator
Justin : Morrill, Ex-Governor Dillingham;. Governor
Flower cx Governor Farnham and others.
The toa-tmastcr then proposed the tols'. vermont
Our Mother State" which responded TO By GOV
crnor Fuller.
Mrs Julia 4. Il. Dorr, The LauIialc OF vermont
then read selections from her poem written Tor the
Centennial OF the Battle Of Bennington. The next
speaker was Minister Phelps who responded 10 the
toast. "Thc Statesmen Of Vermont Among other
things he said
We nrr here a. NcrmOnicr,. bound together by n
brothcrbood that never viii be broken don't know
how or why II IS that in this time OF fraternity We
find VcImontcrS cD-ely bound together thin the
children Of any othrr stat" wish som" plilosophc'
would cxpain why ,hc Inhabitants of mountain
country are bound closely to it and 70 one an
other than any Other people There must BE- some
reason for this and the mountains are ID" only cause
APPARENT There are certain qualities yOn always
find in Il VcrmOner. Among them Is irmnc-s, stanrh
ness-that makes success.
We have a long line OF statesmen. There Is much
difference between politician aud n s'aieSman
II takes more than $50 degrees 10 go from the top
10 the bottom Of that clrdc. d.aught"r) II WAS
long line Of fo: the most part, unnamed men who
made Vermont. They had small advantages. but
from their lines have derived all the tradition
TINT has built up the State Of Vermont. Am pleased
to night to see the innovation Of having 30 many
daughters OF Vermont here 70 night.
Mayor Body spoke The city Of Brooklyn." and
Colonel &. O. Benedict of The burlington Free
Press on "The Press"
Amng those present were Mrs. Levi h. FULLER.
Surrogate and Mrs George b. Abbott, Mr.. and Mrs..
T. j. Allen the Rev and MR.. T. r. Frost. President
New of the New England Vermont sOdty Mrs New,
l. K Pangb0rn. Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Ormsbee. Mr.
a1d Mrs j r. Henry Mr.. and Mrs. {. T.. Clark Mr..
and Mrs b. Lincoln Benedict. the Rev. j. &. Allen.
Mrs A. e. Bedfod Justice and Mrs. Willard BARTLETT
MIR and Mrs. j. Hyatt Brewer Mrs. ID. A. Boody Mr.
and Mrs Snnford II. steele John Sabine smith, Mr..
! and Mrs. Charles A. Tinker d. j. W Weaver. Mr..
and Mrs G. A. silver the Rev. and Mrs. George =.
| Pratt Mrs. q. t. Node. Professor and
Mrs. Franklin W. Hooper, DR.. =, and Mrs.
| !. Lester Keep. General ". II. Gilmore.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert T.. Chandler Colonel and Mrs.
r.. g: Benedict. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas bishop. Mr..
and Mrs. H. X. Barns. W. II. Cotton, ~ IL. lnckham.
DR.. j. O. Chase. Colonel and Mrs: Chapman MI. aud
Mrs; NJ 4; Dewey; W. H. On , ol,' H. and Mrs.
| 5: r.; Kneesnd. Brnnerd Kellogg. General J. q.
! Mccullough. 7. ID. Olena. exGovcrnor and MR.. :.
| Pngree. Mr.. and Mrs. W. e. Spclman. Mrs. y. T..
| Spragne and Mr.. and Mrs George ". Fletcher.