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

State which elected him to the office.
He paid graceful tribute to the found
ers of the Green Mountain State. and
closed his eloquent remarks by saying,
"The seed of the blessings which
they planted is bearing fruit to-day in
the jealous guarding of liberty, indus
try, education and happiness of the
people, and thus we find Vermont, at
the opening of this new year, on the
morning Of the second century, pros
porous, ,and its future bright with prom
ise. We who still live among the hills
and valleys imagine how, at times,
there comes stealing over those of you
who have gone out from those scenes, "a
desire to return to them again. You
will feel with one who said
Il am tired of planning and toiling
In the crowded hives of men;
| am weary of building and spelling,
OF spelling and building again;
And / long for the dear old river
Where / dreamed my youth away;
For dreamer lives forever,
But toiler dies in day."
Every son and daughter of Vermont
was glad and proud to welcome Mrs.
Julia C.. X. Dorr of Rutland, the "poet
laureate" of Vermont, a woman whose
beautiful face and equally beautiful
white hair charmed every eye. She
was received with great warmth, and
read poem on "Vermont," in cele-
bration of the States first century say
ing, among many other good things;
"Arise, o noble mother OF great sons,
Worthy to rank among earth's mightiest
ones,
And daughters fair and beautiful and good,
Yet wise and strong in loftiest woman
hood
Rise from thy throne, and standing far
and high,
Outlined against the blue, adoring sky,
Lift up thy voice, and stretch thy loving
hands
In benediction DER the waiting landsl
Take thou our fealty! at thy feet we bow,
Glad to renew each oft repeated vowl
No costly gifts we bring to thee to-day;
No votive wreaths upon thy shrine we
lay;
Take thou our hearts, theni-hearts that
fain would be
From this day forth, goddess, worth er
theelN
1t goes without saying that great
wave of pride spread over the banquet
hall as the Hon. +. j. Phelps rose to
respond to the toast, "The Statesmen
of Vermont The speech had the
grace aud felicity which mark Mr..
Phelps more formal efforts but it was
difficult to report, as good informal
speaking is apt to be. We shall not
soon forget the impressive way in
which he said:
ssThere is a big difference between a
statesman and politician laughter :;
about $50 Degrees think, and should
make it larger il there were more than
180 degrees from the top of a circle to
the bottom. We have long line of
such men, whose names even are un-
known outside Vermont, who, in that
wonderful period of history from 1854
to 1871, created the State. God made
the outside OF it, hut they created the
government. They were men, for the
most part, of small education and few
advantages. They had had no legisla-
tive training they had no lawyers,
which was perhaps TO their advantage,
and no newspapers, which was certain
ly their good fortune. They created
State government and made no ac-
count of it. They had no reporters
and made scant records but they drew
a bill OF rights, which is one of the most
remarkable documents on record.
We cheered him heartily as he told
us:
"We hear about abandoned farms
but Vermont is not going TO be given
over to the Canadian, the Irishman or
the Bohemian have no fear OF that.
There is no State where agriculture all
the year round thrives better. and with
the growth of the custom of having
country homes, sons Of Vermont, like
are more and more going
back to the old homes. If you will
only come back for your vacations, if
YOU cannot stay the whole year, you
win find it indeed true that there is no
place ike home.
Colonel G.. g. Benedict spoke briefly
for the press of Vermont, declaring
that the State had 1000 voters and 20
each county except Grand
Isle having from one to seven papers.
Colonel Benedict looked as Il the TO-
300 voters all subscribed to his journal,
and he omitted to tell what the other 50
editors lived on. Congressman ID. II.
Powers made he witty speech OF the
evening, as he made fitting response to
vermont in the Past. 4
Mayor Boody was down TO respond
Tor the 'sCity of Brooklyn, but 1t was !