Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-02-02
Loval Sons Of Vermont.

w 1ereVef tue oOHo VI thO OAu oAOSh
Mountain State may go, they never
forget the dear old fatherland. They
NAV bask in the sunlight of success or
experience the storms of adversely, but
thew are ever loyal to Vermont. They
have regular organizations in many
States and territories, and keep bright
" burning on the altars of memory, by
frequent meetings, banquets, ETC., the
happy days of their childhood, which
they spent among the green hills of
their native State, and the thought of
tbe dear ones left behind to keep guard
round the old hearthstones. Great in
terest is taken in these meetings by
them, as well as by the people of YER
mont, who like to read of them. No
other State has so many of these asso-
Citations of absent sons, and no other
State has so great reason to be proud
Of the records that her sons are making
as has the little State of Vermont. Be-
low we give reports, which were crowd
ed out last week, of the gatherings of
these loyal sons at Chicago and Brook
lyn:
Vermonters in Brooklyn.
In this good year of 1898, after we
had settled upon the fact that the eli
mate of New York had radically chang
ed. and had proved absolutely that it
was accounted for by the cutting off of
the Western forests and thereby chang
inc the direction of the winds, Dame
Nature settled down to business, laid
her chilly hand on the mercury and
demonstrated that Vermont weather
was capable of transportation. For
three weeks the thermometers have not
been able to reach So the sleighs are
gaily flying through the streets and the
skate men are beginning to know the
Injuries of wealth.
A genuine Vermont winter is so
great luxury that Brooklyn naturally
desired something more from State
so bountifully supplied with weather,
and therefore arranged a banquet for
the sons of Vermont. With the gall
lantry typical Of the State, the SONS iu-
vited the daughters, and on a clear,
crisp, typical New England evening
200 sat down to the third annual ban
quet of the Brooklyn Society of Yer
monters. The Pouch mansion, where
the banquet was held, has a bit of his
tory. Robert Graves, the wall paper
millionaire, started to build the finest
private residence in the city. Before
it was half completed, Mr.. and Mrs.
Graves and one child had died. The
house was a burden on the hands of
the children, and after standing idle
for three years it was sold to Mr.. Pouch
for S6S,000, an amount less than the
cost of the interior woodwork. 1t is
rented to various societies and has
precarious existence. The Vermonters
were thus enabled to dine in a room
finished in ebony, with its ceiling
supported by columns of alabaster or
namented with gold. A brief recep-
ton was given to Governor Levi h.
Fuller, who was the special guest of
honor. Governor Fuller was accom-
panied by Lieutenant Governor +.
Stewart Stranahan and members of
his staff. The president of the society
Is Judge Robert ID. Benedict ofthe fam
lily Of Benedicts in Burlington, who re-
marked that as he looked over the as
sembly,he did not perceive''the breech-
es of deerskin or jackets of brown" nor
the red woolen caps, which clad YER
monters of yore.
This staid city seldom opened its
eyes upon better dressed crowd than
the one which graced the magnificent
halls Of the mansion" looked
about for St. Johnsbury people and
soon discovered the refined, handsome
lace of George Fletcher, and feasted
my eyes on the magnificent emerald
worn by his wife. At table near me,
oasking in the smiles of ex-Gov. and
Mrs. Pingree, / noticed Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Bishop. AT the chief table,
shielded behind great piles of roses, sat
PRESIDENT Benedict with Gov. Fuller,
Mayor Boody and n. T. Sprague on
DIS night, and at his left, ex-Minister
Fhelps, Congressman H. HI. Powers,
Lieutenant Governor Stranahan and
colonel G. G.. Benedict, editor of the
burlington Free Press. At an adjoin-
ing table sat the following prominent
gentlemen: General L. S. Peck, adj
Jutant general; General w. H. Gil
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