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

I lHt nTSl pldce,I WANT 10 say tndt Wudt-
ever diversity of opinion may have ex-
listed as TO the best location, all will
agree, when they come TO see the i'm
mense buildings here erected, covering
as they do 100 acres Of ground, that
nowhere short of a prairie State is
there sufficient room for them. want
also to say that Vermont will be here
with her productions and thus pay still
further tribute to Illinois. And if the
judges should not give us a prize, we
shall, at least, expect medal duly in
scribed with the following language
from one of our poets:
Vermont Her principal products:
men and women, maple sugar aud
horses.
The first are strong, the last are feet,
The second and third exceedingly sweet
And all are uncommonly hard TO beat
Yes, Vermont will be here with her
productions. The management of the
fair has kindly provided for a special
exhibit of Morgan horses aud we shall
have a collection of them here and let
the world see the kind Of horses for a
pair of which Napoleon III sent all the
way TO Vermont while at the height of
his power, and at time when no other
horses were good enough TO draw him.
We shall show you real maple honey
made from the pure juice of the maple
before it has been defiIed in the glucose
houses of this city. We shall also show
you butter which derives its flavor from
the proper qualities of cream, and not
by baptis.. in stale buttermilk in the
oleo mills of this city. She will also
show you her scales from two great
houses, in the manufacture of which
she leads the world, AMI by which the
world, civilized aud unciyiized, buys
and sells to-day for Stanley tells Of
fading Fairbanks Standard on the Up
per Congo in the heart Of darkest AT
rica She will also show you the
world-renowned Estey organ, which
has brought Vermont 10 a uniform
pitch, at least on the question of gov
ernor, and which will make happy all
who have music in their souls. She
will show you her marble, of which she
is the greatest producing State. And
over all these products will be placed a
plain sign saying, You can have the
genuine of all these articles by ordering
direct from Vermont-except the men
and women, who come aud 20 only on
their own order.
And now just closing word to the
absent sons and daughters OF Vermont,
for whom, wherever dispersed over the
face OF the earth, the State still feels
mothers affection, and in their success
a mothers pride. She does not re-
proach you tor your absence, but won
ders whether there are not times when,
distracted by the rushing wheels of
trades tumultuous jar, and tired of
the artificial life Of great city, You
wish yourselves back among the hills and
streams and in the pure air of your ma
tive State. Vermont, like a mother at
the deor, stands ready to welcome you,
not to pauper State of abandoned
farms, but TO one whose per cent of
property valuation for the
last decade was twice as large as was
the average increase throughout the
United States. The old homesteads.
sacred through the memories of child
hood, perchance planted 10 the days of
Allen and Warner in your names, await
your coming and viii give you some
thing still to do.
Were all the wanderers TO return,
and at once, who would describe the
feast? And when the inevitable
hour shall come, what better than to
lie do. with kindred and friends be-
meath the blue sky and beside the clear
waters of the Green Mountain State,
really much nearer heaven than in
most places, so that living or dead you
'hall have the best.
Mr.. President, let me give you this
sentiment: Vermont forever-ihe star
hat never sets.
General y. II. ouDDs delivered a n
patriotic recitation. The rest Of the
,rogram was toast, "Vermont," by
!. p. Thayer. A memoriam in honor
# Henry Howard Nash was read.
The officials of the association for
he coming year are: president, Lewis
/. Bisbee; vice presidents, Lyman B.
Ray, Aldace f. Walker, David I Cor
in secretary, Geo. II. Foss; treas
rer, W. II. Gleason executive COM
nittee, w. n. Sittey, f. F. Aims ,
Forth, G. w, Boyce, Austin Clement, I
;. S. Marsh.
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