St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-07
Green MOUNT AINMEN
Their Annual Reunion and
Banquet at the Nieollet
Last Night.
Features of the Affair Which
Were Of a Rare
Order.
Company | in a Row Over the
Davis Militia Reorganiz-
alton Bill.
EX-CongreSsman Snider Not
Guilty of Contempt--Yes-
terday'S Casualties.

Several hundred members of the Yer
mont Association OF Minnesota met to-
gether in the parlOrs of the Nicollet
house last night. The event was the
third annual gathering, and was en-
jOyed by all vino attended. Had the
weather been less diSagreeable, the
hotel parlOrS would scarcely have held
all the Nermonters, for, as remarked by
one of the Old-timerS last night,
There's mOre'n fair sprinklin' of
the Green Mountain boys in this
town." The affair was informal,
the guests moving about through
the parlOrS interchanging greet
ingS and "reminiscences of their
old home and renewing acquaintance.
A string orchestra was stationed In one
of the alcoveS, and, though it is safe to
say not one of the musicians ever SAW
Vermont, they all did very well in the
line of Green mountain music. Near
the entrance of one of the parlOrS stood
showcase filled with old relics,
brought from the New England states
by c. c. Dunn, secretary of the assOcia-
ton. This case proved quite an attrac-
ton, and the quaint old candle sticks,
shuttle, square. shoe lasts and rolling
pin, used in the household of the ancl-
ent Dunn family, were admired and dis
cusSed in a manner that must have
awakened in them a feeling akin to con-
ceit.
Col r. c. Benton, as president of the
association. called the gathering to order
shortly after o'clock, and W. r. Cray
made brief address of welcome. He
spoke of the old times in New England,
of the happy days spent in homes nest
ling among green-tOpped mountains.
and said it was no wonder that the Yer
mOnter never forgot his native state.
Miss Emma Lucille Witherell then rem
dered several selections in prose and
verse, illustrative of New England life
and descriptive OF its scenery.
A Boston Chefs Triumph.
The refreshment room was marvel,
a bewilderin gBadmiXture of flowers.
fruit, maple sugar and other delicacies.
Chef Briggs. distinguished gentleman
of the culinary line from Boston, had
arranged the table in the refreshment
room, and all who saw its lavish display
were of the sentiment that it beat any
thing they had ever before laid their
eyes on. In true Bostonese way this
chef had scattered roses, pink and
white, over the table in profusion, and
around the edges and sides were long
strings of smilaX and eVeTgreens.
In the center OF the ''groaning board"
stood pyramid of the Vermonter's de
light - maple sugar. 1t was the
pure stuff, too, and there was not
even a streak of common brown
sugar about 1t, for it had been
shipped expressly for the event from
Vermont. The trees from which the
sap came grow within the woods that
shade the classic little hamlet of Peach
ham. This pyramid of sugar reared
itself high above everything else on the
table, and rather looked down. as it
were, upon the minor stomachicS.
There WIS trophy of ham, a symphony
in white and brown, that called forth
Explanations of delight and admiration
from the guests. The ham was arranged
III the shape Of a chariot, upon which
was Inscribed, "Hurrah for old New
England" The chariot was drawn by
six tiny rabbits, made from tallOW, and
perched OH the top OF the ham sat fox,
cut from a piece of meat and trimmed
off with some white substance known
to the chef, the monarch of all he sur
veyed.
On one corner of the table, almost
hidden from view by roses, was an
''aSpic" of oysters and shrlmps, and
| directly opposite bOned turkey sur
sOcle," of pyramid form, set in jelly.
There were salads without number and
some without name, for the chef from
Boston had performed prodigies in the
line of dainty dishes. Acres of ice
! cream and bushels of oranges ranged
| themselves along on the sideboardS,
leaving but little room for the guests
to seat themselves. 1t must be
confessed that the Vermonters feed"
well and the person who left the re-
freshmen room last night with any
thing but an OVercrowded stomach must
have had corner on all the dyspepsia
and indigestion this side of the Green
mountains. To wind up this feast of
| good things, session of maple sugar
eating was INDUCED in. The genuine
article was heated and boiled to
! liquid form, and in that shape
passed around among the guests.
| Two barrels, full of pure. white snow,
shipped in from the country, were
rolled in from the kitchen and dishes
full of il pafsed around. The dishes
containing the melted maple sugar were
placed in the snow. The delightful
stuff was in this manner cooled and
eaten.
A dance in the main dining room
wound up the event. 1t proved equally
enjoyable with the first part of the even
| ing's programme, and it was not until
late that the thermometers and their
| wives and sWeetheartS left for home.