St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-01-25

with religion, as Ethan Allen de-
manded the surrender of Ticondero-
ga in the name of the Great Jehovah
| and the continental congress.
After several other speeches an en-
tertainment was given closing with
| a dance.
Sons of Vermont at Chicago.
The Illinois society of the Sons of
Vermont held its 18th annual banquet
in the Grand Pacific hotel of Chica-
60 on Jan. II.
Over 100 members of the society.
with their wives and daughters,
were in attendance. The menu card
was inscribed with Gen. John Sedg-
wick's command to the troops Put
the Vermonters ahead and keep the
column well closed up"
The retiring president of the socie-
| ty, Louis H. Bisbee, made the opening
address at the conclusion of the ban
quet and introduced the new presi-
dent, Mai E. D. Redington.
The state from which we came is
SMALL" said Mr.. Redington, 80
small that New York wanted to
make county out Of her once, but
fonnd her large enough in pluck to
achieve her independence; SO small
that a one time the southern state
of Georgia passed a resolution that
the president of the United States be
requested to send a detachment of
the army, which shall proceed to
Vermont, dig a ditch around the
thing and float it into the Atlantic
ocean; so small that she seems like
speck among her sisterhOod of states,
and vet there are those WhOlOve her,
and such are you who have gath
cred on this seventeenth anniversary
of this association in friendly fellow
ship that springs from just and
honorable pride in common heritage.
We are here in the heart OF the most
intense and progressive city in the
country, and to US comes the mighty
thrCbbing of its multiplied indus
tries, and the rush and roar Of its
busy streets. But the ear of memo
~ is listening to the gurgle OF the
mountain brook or the tinkling of
the cow bell, while the eye of imagi-
nation is taking in the old home
stead, surrounded by evergreens and
maple, the red schoolhouse and the
more pretentious academy and the
marvellous view among the noun
tains and valleys. The Vermonter
is, however, but a representative,
and of course we think the best of
that Puritan character which has
made New England what it is, and
which wherever it is in the ascend
ency, possibly somewhat softened
and modified by other elements, yet
furnishes the highest type of Ameri-
can citizenship"
The AriOn quartete entertained the
gathering with several selections,
after which the Rev. George Gates,
D. D., president of the Iowa college
of Grinnell, Iowa. eulogized the ster-
ling worth and character of the New
Englanders who made their home
within the shadow of the Green
Mountain state. The address was
full of witty stories illustrat ting the
sturdiness, honesty and integrity of
the native VermOnter. He eulOgized
the VermOnters who, leaving their
native state, had always been in the
vanguard of the civilization of the
great west.
After Ben" King had delivered
several recitations, the Hon. Judge
Jonas Hutchinson, president of the
Sons of New Hampshire, presented
the greetings of the Granite state to
its sister state. Secretary Edgerton
then read letters of regret from Gov.
Levi K. Fuller and United States
Senators Morrill, and Proctor and
the telegram of greeting from the
Brooklyn society holding its ban
quet in that city.
H. L. Wait responded to the toast,
Vermont in the Navy" Judge R.
S. T1thill was assigned the toast
"a Western Boy in a Vermont Col
lege" and Judge Henry NJ. Shepard
was the concluding speaker, toasting
"The Sons of the American Revolu
ton"
The Brooklyn Society.
A hundred sons and daughters of
the Green Mountain state attended
the fourth annual dinner of the
Brooklyn Society of Vermonters at
Wilson's Banquet hall, Brooklyn, the
same evening. Robert J. Kimball,
president of the society, sat at the
table of honor with the speakers.
President Kimball made the intro
ductory speech and then gave way
to ex-Congressman Roswell 6. Horn,
who spoke to this sentiment: ever
mont-a small but mighty people
The most active and most rebellious
race upon the continent
Gen. S. M. Dodge. president of the
alumni of Norwich (Vt.) University,
was called upon to respond to the
Vermont-The offspring of con-
Mountain boys, like their ancestors
in the Revolution will be found fac