The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-06-27

the second annual reunion Of Keeley graduates.
Wishing you most pleasant aud profitable reunion,
three cheers,for the great aud good DR.. Kelley,
UNI "'""'' j. RAIsEY WHITE, NJ. d.
The latter is the father of DR.. F. r. S.
White, the present physician in charge at
the Montpelier Institute. A stirring letter
was also received from John Hall Richard
SON. editor of the Golden Netos, that was too
long to be read at the banquet, but which
was read and enjoyed by many of the grad
yates during the day
The first toast, q Vermont, one of the
most beautiful states in the Union, and the
pride OF New England" was responded to
by j. A. DeBoer, actuary of the National
Life Insurance Company. Mr.. DeBoer paid
an eloquent tribute to the state of his adop'
ton and closed by saying: 81 could have
wished, Mr.. President, that the accident OF
chance had not deprived you of what
would undoubtedly have been better rep
resentative to have responded to the senti-
ment, Our State for am only an adopted
son, kindly received and kindly protected
by this state in the enjoyment Of life and
liberty and sacred rights. l could wish
myself to have been Vermonter but the
accident of birth is fortuitous. Under the
somber skies OF a distant land, within reach
of the deep sounding sea, was l born and
the scent of the ocean at times calls strongly
to me- but these hills, these valleys, of YER
mont, this beautiful spot which Davis said,
when first he saw it, God intended for the
capital of Vermont, have so often struck me
with silent gratefulness, with their peren-
NAL, always-glowing beauty, that l may
possibly yet be weaned from an Unborn
reaching out after the sea. For at all times
every thing invites us to love our state-ts
history, its people, its local traditions. At
the close of his most splendid speech at
Bennington, words failing Mr.. Phelps, he
simply said, Vermont-always Vermont
And so it will be-ever Vermont, one of the
small stars, it may be, but always one of the
brightest and warmest in the great nation s
| constellation"
Montpelier, one of the most delightful
towns in New England and one Of the
most beautiful summer resorts in America"
| called forth an apt response from Colonel
| Fred E. Smith, vice-president of the Ver-
mont Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He
said: When, little while ago, you asked
me to take the place of gentleman who
had disappointed you, 1 replied that was
ready at all times and in all places to stand
| for Montpelier. We all know that Mont
pelier is delightful town, what Mr.. Foster
has declared it to be, one of the most delight
full towns in New England. 1t has more
| points of excellence and beauty than any
town in this or any other state with which I
| am acquainted. / have lived in Montpelier
most of the time for the past forty-five years,
and thought l knew pretty much all the
people in it. l think did until two years
! ago, DuJ SluCe lut httlty luSlllule has Dttn
established here the population has changed
so that | hardly recognize many of the citi-
zens. / hardly know some OF them when l
meet them on the street-they are so
changed for the better [applause]. know
/ voice the sentiments of the people of
Montpelier when l say that we welcome the
Kelley Institute and its graduates when
| they gather for their annual reunions. No
town has finer churches, better business in
situations, better roads, or better people.
We consider it grand location for a Kelley
I Institute, and we hope it will continue here
! for many years to come"
In responding for The Press" Z. A.
Mutt, of the WATERMAN, said in part
3" When | stop to consider the fact that the
press of this country, from the largest and
most widely circulated city dailies to the
| smallest and least influential of the country
weekles, have, for the past ten years and
more, with a cordial unanimity endorsed
| the Kelley treatment, / must confess that
the task to which you have assigned me to.
day is an easy and pleasant one. When
such men as Colonel Charles II. Taylor,
| editor of the Boston Globe, says, 1 believe
in the Kelley Cure from A to u; when
such editors as Charles A Dana Of the New
| York sun, to my mind the brightest news.
paper man in this country to-day, writes
whole columns Of loaded editorials en-
dorsng the work the Kelley Institutes OF
this country are accomplishing; when such
papers IS the Boston Journal, the Zion's
Herald, the Christian AduCcate, the New
York Herald, the Chicago Tribune, the San
Francisco Chronicle, the Omaha Bee, and
scores of others i might mention, give this
treatment an unqualified support think
/ am justified in saying that the press OF
this country as whole stands squarely be.
hind the Kelley treatment to-day" Mr.
Mutt referred to the antipathy shown by
the New York World to the Kelley Cure
and the recent write-up of the Institute al
| s&a D1As,,
| peared in the Sunday World OF a recent
date, that was intended to "roast" the
whole business but which really was first.
class advertisement for the treatment and
the institute there. Continuing, he said
Regarding the press Of Vermont, / believe
lished in the state, or nearly every one, and
l am glad can say to-day that since the
first Kelley Institute was located in
the state two years ago, / have YET
to see the first Vermont newspaper that has
attempted to be funny at its expense.
have yet to see the first Vermont editor
who has attempted to make light of the
work the institutes in the state al doing, OF
to throw any stumbling blocks in their way
Especially in towns where Kelley institutes
are located, more especially right here a.
the capital OF the state, the home of the
Kelley cure, the voice Of the press has nc
uncertain sound The newspapers pub
lished at the capital look at very many O.
the leading questions Of the day that affec
the state, the church, society and thu
home, from widely and strangely differ
ent standpoints. In politics they are pitte(
against each other, but l can truthfully sa.
that the press of Montpelier is glad to &C
knowledge honest merit wherever it il
found. The press Of Montpelier is not liz
norant Of the fact that the Kelley Institut,
yonder has taken between ninety and
hundred drunkards from Montpelier ant
its immediate vicinity, and, after quietl
: treating them for four weeks, has sent then
back TO their sun-lit and redeemed homes T.
rejoice with their rejoicing friends, sen
them back to five times a hundred glad
|. happy wives and children, mothers, sister
? and sweethearts. The press of Montpelie
is not ignorant of the fact that the Keele
, Institute has done more than any on
agency in Montpelier to dry up and blot on
7 the sale OF Intoxicating liquor here b
diminishing the demand for It, and acros
any chasms Of difference that may exist b,
p tween them the newspapers of Montpelie
. to-day, as they have in the two years pas
clasp hands in cordially endorsing the wor
}. the Kelley Institute in our midst has don
d !, and is doing, and in bidding it Godspeed
= the days that are to come"
g Mrs. d. l.. Fuller responded to Tn
d Ladies' Auxiliary" as follows: 1.-THE obje,
r. of the auxiliaries is to further the cause
n temperance work, and especially to aid
2: curing with the Kelley remedies the inebT