St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-03-01
In THE OLD BAY STATE.
Two Reunions and a Gathering that Was
as Significant as it Was Unexpected.
Editorial correspondence

Sixty-two loyal sons of Amherst
gathered at the Massasoit House at
Springfield last week Wednesday
evening to attend the sixth annual
banquet of the Connecticut Valley
Alumni Association. 1t was the
most notable occasion this society
has ever held, made so because of the
high order of post-prandial speeches.
Rev. DR.. Lamson led off in the ad-
dresses and set lively pace. DR..
| Lamson was cordially received by
everybody and elected president of
the association for the coming year,
thus ensuring an excellent toast
master at the next banquet. Rev.
Calvin Stebbins of Worcester urged
the desirability of more complete
course in American history at the
college, and Prof A l.. Kimball of
Amherst spoke of the new physical
| and chemical laboratories, the most
complete of any in the United States.
| Rev. Dr. futile, the college pastor
whose strong address in St. Johns
bury recently is we'll remembered,
made speech full of bright things.
His allusion to the freshman who did
so brilliantly that he was given an
encore on his first year was received
with applause, and his remark that
many a father of a college graduate
has to say with Aaron: $50, l
poured in fine gold and there came
out this calf" brought down the
house.
The interest of the evening conferred
in the address on the college senate
by w. H Lewis of the Harvard Law
School. Mr.. Lewis is '92 Amherst
man and is one Of the most popular
men in Harvard. Besides being one
of their leading orators he is mem
Der of their football team. He is
mulatto, but no one has any disre-
gard for his color. Capt. Lewis gave
a polished and eloquent address, dur
ing which he was frequently inter
rupted by applause. The banquet
was enlivened by excellent music
from the Amherst College Glee Club.
Speaking of music reminds me of
PATHS visit to Springfield last Fri
day evening. The Springfield Home
stead has an excellent cartoon rep
resenting Dame Springfield handing
the singer purse containing $4,000.
Underneath the picture are the words
Dame Springfield was supposed not
to have much spare cash in her peck
cts, but the divine Patti came along
to get some of her high notes cashed,
and like the widow of the Scripture,
Springfield gave about all she had,
which was in the vicinity of FIVE
thousand dollars" You see the
point.
The next reunion was at Young's
Hotel, Boston, and by the courtesy
of Col. Albert Clarke, secretary of
the association, the writer attended
the sixth annual dinner of the Yer
mont Veterans Associa ton of BOs- |
ton and vicinity last Friday evening.
After an excellent banquet President
Carpenter called the assembly to
halge as the first speaker. The Gov |
ernor is fine looking man, bright
and earnest talker and the right man
in the right place. His address was
full of tributes to Vermont states
men from Ethan Allen down to Ed
munds and Phelps. He dwelt at
length on Ethan Aliens religion and
said he was an earnest, religious
thinking man. He was followed by
exGov. Barstow who gave one of
the best speeches Of the evening.
Gen. T S. Peck of Burlington spoke |
OF the part Vermonters took in the
civil war, closing with the statement
that Vermont, in proportion to the |
number of men furnished, gave the |
Union more lives lost from all causes
than any other Northern state"
Ex-Lieut. Gov. Halle of Springfield |
gave one of the most finished speech |
es of the evening in which he paid a
glowing tribute to the work of the |
loyal women during the war.
Department Commander Branch |
of Vermont was heartily received by !
the veterans and made an excellent !
address. DR.. Branch is a good talk |
Ct anu MS duuISSS was SlOduSnl anu
finished
Another Vermonter who elected
much praise for his speech was
Senator D. J. Foster of Burlington,
well remem bered in ST. Johnsbury.
He spoke as one of the younger gen
Grafton and made a very pleasant !
impression on the veterans.
The unexpected gathering at the
Boston state house last week Tues |
day was not as serious as the papers
represented, but it was significant as
showing what an unemployed mob |
could do if they became excited. |
They were led by Mr.. Swift, col
lege graduate who is labor agita-
tor who can accomplish great harm
e he leans M ia kin0 Cor Greer,-