St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-11-05
The Vermont Trip to Nashville.

The Vermont Trip to Nashville.
On the trip from Nashville 20 Wash
ingtou stop of an hour was mad
at Salisbury, N. c., for supper. Afte
supper all were requested to retail
their seats for short time and lister
to what few OF the party had t,
say concerning the great success o
the trip. Gen. ]. ]. Estey presided
and made pleasant speech in open
ing the programme. He was followed
by Hon. G. G. Benedict and Gov
Grout, both of whom spoke OF the
trip as one of the most enjoyable Of
the many they had attended. Reso.
lutions were read and unanimously
adopted speaking of the very efficient
service rendered by Rodney Mac
donough, tourist agent of the Penn
sylvania railroad and c. P. Rut-
ledge, baggage master from the same
railroad company. Both these
young gentlemen accompanied the
party on the trip and if all the en-
ployees of the Pennsylvania railroad
company are as courteous and eff
cient in the performance of their du-
ties as these two the popularity of
that great railroad is easily &C.
counted for. George c. Daniels of
the Southern railroad, who accom-
panied the party to Washington, is
of the same material as Messrs. Mac
donough and Rutledge and received
the same notice in the resolutions.
Every member of the party will al.
ways have pleasant remembrances
of these three young railroad men.
After the adoption OF the resolutions
Gen. Estey called John B. Pickett of
Bradford to act as POSTMASTER and
for half an hour or more fun followed.
Several of the party were poets and
little squibs had been prepared. Sec
rotary of State Chauncey Brownell
of Burlington, who had provided the
party with considerable fun, was
meat for two or three of these poems.
Mr.. Pickett made an entertaining
POSTMASTER and the speakers he
called up were introduced with some
anecdote Of the trip that called forth
hearty laughter. Among the speak
ers were c. W. Brownell, Lieut.. Gov.
Fisk, Jos. Aud, Col. Converse,
Mrs. DR.. Lee, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Peck
EFT, Mrs. Osgood and Mrs. Jones.
Some of the toasts were "Our
Chauncey," "The Ladies' Our
Artists, ""Our Bachelor" THE Tele.
phone" and 1.-THE Boy Left Behind, i"
besides several poems that mixed
well with the toasts. A poem was
read by J. W. Sault that incidental
mentioned every member of the party
and he was in return presented with
banquet that required the charter
ing of a freight car for transporta-
ton. 1t was most fitting conclu-
sion to the personal incidents of the
trip.
Thursday was spent at Washing.
ton in visiting different points of in
terest. Headquarters were at the
Riggs House. The forenoon was
spent by most of the party in the
new congressional library, said to be
the most beautiful building in the
world. Several of the other build
ings were visited and some took the
elevator ride to the top of Washing,
ton monument. A number of the
party took trip to Mt. Vernon. At
three O'Clock President Mckinley re-
ceived the party at the White House
and shook the hand of every mem
Der. A glimpse of Mrs. Mckinley
was had through window. From
the White House the party went to
the war and navy building and were
received by Secretary Alger.
The big majority of the party left
Washington at 9 O'Clock Friday
morning in two special cars attached
to regular train. New York was
reached in the afternoon and from
there the party scattered to their
different homes. In the 10 days alb
sence from New York they had trav.
eled nearly 5000 miles, been on the
soil of IL different states, seen many
things of interest, historical and
otherwise, and all were ready to
pronounce the journey the most en-
joyable in their experience. To Gov.
Grout the success of this journey was
largely due. 1t was his party, his
tour to the Nashville exposition at
the invitation of the Governor oil
Tennessee. 1t was his presence that
caused the Darty to be showered