Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-02-01
BROADWAY GLACIER.
A FAMOUS OLD HOTEL AND THeATsF
SUCCUM6 TO 1T.

f anu
"reminiscences That VIII Interest Others
Besides New Workers.
Ihlrty years ago the metropolitan hotel
was the focus of the town. The gildcd
youth went there for late suppers. The
most noted politicians of the Tweed RING
noured ont chnmnnonc tbere Its bi-d-
,yoro ol,,o,,s ,,.,li conl,od its stool.. ,.cr,
,,,,rro,,,od e., -, t,,r,, H.. o,.s.ors L.,a 80,
caII and i,s ,vhisty ,,ns fnn,ons
IT, ,ros rho rIn,,, f,r th,, ar,,rs ,,,ti .,,,,
oftcr tbo war Thrv stood in rInetrr. ali
ro,,,d Ire stor, n,d Lntd co,,,,,il In Ire
vcstihulo for all tbc notcd rbunl.onscs
,vere in tho noirhhorhood
Dound tLo e,r,,or In 1Ious+c,, stroot
,,oro tbe uo,,so Of tords md Clifton, =
ord nm or, tLo otb or cud If tho ,lurl, vas
tho Revere unnso brom tb,t corner doyyn
Won conI1 moot ON , nlc,s,ut INV all ,ho
fou,o,,s ,c+,r. in tn,vn-E / D,vcnrort
M, pIaoidn purt,r Dior pnn,i,o,,lt
Io,,,os w WI. 1'horIas Eis,,nr I,t,,
prouob,r, prfus ul.l,c ,ud 81 Joulln
,o,ro ,,f ,tl,or, IF or, Of tl,,,,, cot ~, az
f,r nc cha Ntn,rorolitnr or,r, TIousc !.
y,as bohi,d - f,gt foam and tn,,, f,,,,ud
tbo,,soI,.,,s il, ,I,o co,,ntry
WI, 40 Nia+ronnjit.,, ,,.os o,orc,1 IN
1870 if ~ tnll- If
.,,,r,,od ,,.itl =. st,,rcndnns b,,,,o,,ct eto
,,bnr Dc,,.,los and Tn,n nrntor mud
Gam IIo,s,nn ,ycrn tbcro V,lnn,innrs
descrintinne If thr botcl on,c,rod in tho
,,o,,s,,.,,n,. ~ tI,,t ,l,to p.,,I. .t,,,,,l i'm
croyvds and Io,l.nl nm Mt if from t,n other
eidc Of tho st,cct If ,v,s tL,,u,,ht Inv RON.
s,rc,tiv, ,,o,nio T., h,, q ,,cy+ ,,,,,rr,rtcd
,,ircc If crtr',,o,nrn AM rho N,tropnli.
tou ho,.,,,o ,,t ANN ono If tbn most rnnn.
lar bntpls i'm thn civ And ttsrnmnInmnnt
of uon ,,no.ts aid NOT fan otf yhil, tbp
IcInnde Ind rh,reo Of il
Poforc and ,urinc tho war If was cus.
tomorv for tho rnnnrtors to On tn rho Ntnt.
ronoIifon every n iobt to oct tb, nryys IT.
was inmmod With nnonIr on tho ni,rht of
thn rnrIe celebration and IN thn d,v thnt
Srn,tcr ,voy rrnd ON Thnrc ,v,s in f,ct
mo surh conter ,buve it. on Brondvnv. and
its wills n,u.t b,ve rnno with tho vnicos
of many orent cantnins and celebrated
boontios
Thcro ,rp mania in Now York who ran
re,nep,har hon \ihlo had a eardnn thorn
Tbere .rn many ,noro who con ro,unu,h,r
the first tbn,trr which won't nv tho mama
Of the gordcn and how the American in
stitrto 1vns wont Tn hold its fairs tbcrn
md tho ori,ir,l Cbri.tv ,ninstr,l. b,roro
tbrv got INTO Mechanics, hall rralIv
couobt tho small town tbrrn and how for
sovoroI soosors tho concort boIl ,,os tL,, r.,
SORT of our small u,usic,I rorul,tinn
Then later the tbentor snrrud out into q
oroat auditorium and Mr. A r Stcvart
honoht tbn nrornrtv and had , nriv,tn Inv
connoc+cd ,rith rorIor and Gn,Ily came
Jarrntt ard paInrr tn tol,e Tho ui,,nn,r,
mont and thcp hIoomod upnn the world
tho ..Rlact Crool" and IN, ..\vhit,,
Fawn ,, sncct,cles whose lik. had meyer
boon soo., and ,vhicb rolled nm fortuu,.
for evervbodv connected with them
Rnt nt this time tbr thr,t,, .,xos in the
fulI swine IF nonnlnr snccoss Thr cnor
mons snrcoss Of rho e.. RI,cl. ,,rnol hn1
eocurad ali .hn commprciol visitnrs in
town If woe denounced Inv tho nnlrit
bnt rovnr ,ynrrd in ,ttrn,tivrrrss in,
yoors Aoonts worn Lcrt in E,,r,ne to
cnon mn cverv .necinItv thnv cnuId uud
and euch v,e rho uli,LiIitv and ,,,r,city
of tho norforu,,ncn th,t IL s,v,II,,,r,, ~,
evcrvthinr fran, a nprfnrniuu ,,,tt, ;,
,,ri,,,o L,lIorin, .,s.,,int,
Ronfanti was then in her nr,mc and no.
came rho rocrnf th, tnwn p,nIin,, Nix
ho,, NC il, ruII .,,,,I, If ,,,,, ,,r,, Id ,h
Amayone
r. eon,o ono will Inv hold of tho stil vir
lie hn.,rd If the vennraIl,. Cnnmodn,e
TooI,,r no ,,iu roninisc. for an bour ON
th. naluv 5ovscf Nihln,s AlItbrListoric
Thosnians of tho nav4,ytll toll uf tho DAYS
~ William, vvhnotIc,, and tho nrodnr,,cn
Of "Dnkrs Motto ,, n NAV which made
rho most ,,xtr,nr,Iinnrv ltnI Of a bit omd
how ,ft.r ,h,t Enrrce. camc win thn
.,Rrolrer If R',oota - one If tb, hnst o,i,.
inaI A,nnric,n dran,as of ito ora
Whnu I,,,,.tt and palmor tool hold or
Nihlo,s Garden n cbonge con,o ovor tho
house Than nnonod tho or, If Ternsichoro
and for voars rho r,oco WINS oiynn ovor to
voInrt,o,,s oroie If h,cchantns and snoc
+ooIa rh.re ,,,ero lana, r,,,,', ~ +hn h.,,d
sonost ,,n,n.n l., tbe ,Torld In tho corri
dors on Tnesd,y morninos +o dra,y thoir
saIarU
After tho :. RIacl Crool,,, xvoro i+solf out
+hora 1roro s,,S,n,,dic ofrorts tn caII booly
+ho al dnai,,atio ,,uoctioo 80 +ha -,
81 .,,a'.t,, 1T. g., t'i,,,a :,
falling tn nIense the uublic If was there