St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-11-22
BOARD OF TRADE BANQUET.
A Noted Catherine of our own People


ed voted it the most enjoyable in the
history Of this useful organization. The
festivities began with reception in the
Museum. The people were received there
by Elmore T. Ide, president Of the Board
OF Trade, and Mrs. Elisha May, president
of the Woman's Club. hest. .Johnsbury
orchestra furnished music, and all en-
joyed the reception until o'clock, when
the invitation was given to proceed to
Stanley Opera House for the banquet.
Here Landlord Chase Of the St. Johnsbury
House had set the tables for the $50
guests, all beng very handsomely dec
GRATED with palms aud banquet lamps.
The banquet was thoroughly enjoyed
and well served and Mr.. Chase again
proved himself very successful caterer.
But the intellectual feast was soon
reached, and with W. P. Stafford as
POSTMASTER, fine spread was served.
President Ide started the speechmaking
by first thanking the committee Of ar
rangements for the excellent results of
their work. He said the object of this
organization was to do anything for ST.
ohnsbury that ought to be done and
that there is no other method Of doing.
He then spoke of sono of the practical
results of the Board Of Trade, the reduc-
ton OF freight on coal, the beautitying OF
our parks, the spin Of good feeling
throughout the tow, and the white,
washing of our bridges He thought the
village needed a little whtewash occa-
sionaly. While no Industries had been
brought into town, he hought some un-
desirable ones had be, kept out.
Rev. Edward T. Fai. banks gavea short
historical address, ira ing the mercantile
development of the town from 1889,
when one man in the dext two years in
troduced fifty men into the town, down
to the days of our veteran merchant, E.
F. Brown. The merton Of the latter
name, coupled with the speakers tribute
to his long business career, was received
with prolonged applause. This address
was full of interesting information, and
closed with a tribute to the work the
Board of Trade and lhe Woman's Club
are doing in tnis cont Sanity.
The Mahogany Quartette then sang
"Huzza," after which L. N. Smythe was
introduced to speak Of the business of the
town. He said the character of the town
was measured by the moral standard of
its manufactures and mercantile life. The
natural business must be slow and we
must develop what resources we have.
When Canada was annexed he expected
to see st. Johnsbury the natural centre
of all the territory between the St. Law
renee and the Atlantic. Then we should
have greater St. Johnsbury,"
Arthur F. Stone was asked to respond
to the toast, "The press; what it is;
what it should be-" AS answering the
latter question he quoted few sentences
from tke salutatory of the first number
of the CALEDoNIAN, written by its founder
the late A. G. Chadwick. He then ex-
pressed the opinion that the press OF this
town had tried to live up to this ideal,
and that it had been a powerful factor in
building up the town.
Owing to the lateness of the hour the
music by the St. Johnsbury Orchestra
was omitted, and Hon. Henry c, Bates
was called upon to respond for the law
vers. He said that lawyers had influenced
| society ever since the time OF Moses, and
then proceeded to give the characteristics
OF a model LAWYER. He said he needed
an iron physique, the patience OF Job, the
cheek of brazen image, and gray mat
ter on the inside rather than on the out
side of his head. He must have the mas
terry of all the sciences head every sub
scription paper live by grace and be
sustained by the inward sense of his
personal merit. Such a lawyer will die
poor, but will be rich in memories. Such
lawyer will be successful and end his
days either in states prison, congress or
on the supreme bench.
Rev. Thomas Tyrie responded for the
clergy. He esaid the times demanded much
more of a minister rnow than a generation
ago, and that a minister had to keep up
with the times. He said that personally
he had received help and inspiration in
his work from all the people OF this town
and he wished to thank them at this time
for their kind words and acts. He be-
lieved that everybody helped everybody
else, and only by working for Others
rather than ourselves could we achieve
success
Congressman Grout was asked to give
an inside view of Washington. Hebegan
by giving a brief description of the found
ing of the city, saying that it was copied
from the French city of Versailles He
thought it was one Of the finest cities on
the continent, and one in which every
American may feel justly proud. He
then touched upon the social life of the
city, its various receptions, ETC., and said
that its social life was different from that