St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-07-23


was held. After that the St. Loui
party on our train held reception
The exercises closed with a Fourt'
of July celebration on the Vernon
cars. First came the street parade
with music by the band. There wer
Rotations by Guy Powers of Athen
and Rev. T. M. Wiswall of Putney
The orator of the day was Rev. F. M
Pomeroy, who made magniloquen
speech. He also read poem which
was as follows, and which wa
warmly applauded:
We come to wave "Old Glory"
And rehearse the wondrous story
OF our country's independence
To every heart so dear
Beat the drum and clang the cymbal,
Let the urchins all be nimble,
For the eagle screams in triumph
And the citizens all cheer.
As we rush with roar and rumble
Louder than ten thousand humble
Bees on summer sweets intent,
We would hold our celebration,
For our great and glorious nation,
While we cross the continent.
Hail Columbia ever glorious,
Over every foe victorious,
Grand mid peers and potentates,
Her escutcheon shines forever;
Tyranny shall blot out never
Her bright galaxy Of states.
Ring the bell and blow the whistle,
Raise the cheer and fire the missile,
Let her go. Take off the brakes.
In this age of strife and hustle
Every mothers son must hustle
And must make no great mistakes
We're band ofjolly tourists,
Keeping laws respecting jurists.
Headed for the Golden Gate.
With the cars unceasiug motion
Rises high our glad devotion
To the day we celebrate.
Massachusetts,, Maine, Missouri
Join to feel the fire and fury
OF the days that tried mems souls
And Vermont, from mountain passes,
Sends her sons and sweetest lassies,
While our Especial" onward rolls.
Stronger than our cars connection
Is the bond of strong affection,
Which cannot be seen or told.
May it hold us close together,
Keep us fast to truth forever,
And our stiny be gold.
Some of the youthful spirits de
vised a state "yell." Here it is:
Here we come! Here we come!
Maple sugar. Fine spruce gum.
Who are we? Who are we?
VERMONT"
Tuesday morning found us in thu
heart of the Sierras. We sool
rounded Cape Horn, almost holding
our breath as we looked over tn
edge of the precipice on which tn
track is laid and saw the valley fa
below us. A short stop was mad
at Sacramento. The station wa
lavishly trimmed with convention
colors, and here number of white
capped reception committee met u
with hearty handshakes and did al
in their power to make us welcome
to the land of fruit and flowers.
Before sunset we reached Sal
Francisco and were soon settled il
our quarters, thankful for the Provi
dence that had watched over us il
our 5000 mile trip across the cont
nent.
Those constituting the Vernon
party are Miss Alice Reck well, Mid
Rev. F. M. Wiswall, Put
ney; Mrs. George Hoyt, Hardwick
Miss Marcia Douglass, Shoreham
W. Hill. Warren; Rev. w. c. Clark
Keeler's Bay; Mrs. Charles w. Clark
Georgia Miss Edna Cushman, Bur
lington; Miss Emma Mudgett, Cam
bridge; DR.. 6. E. E. Sparhaw Bul
lington; H. E. Huntley, Westford
w. A. Dolan, $50 Washington street
Boston, Mass. w. H. Mcmillan, S;
Johnsbury; Rev. Benz. Swift, Orwell
Mrs. M, Thompson, Burlington
Miss Carrie Church, Burlington
Mrs. H. c. Fullington, Johnson
Mrs. H. l.. Chandler, Franklin; J. N
Powers, Athens; Mrs. r, Hyde, Eas
Georgia; B. S. DAWSON, Huntville
Prot. H, A. Storrs, Burlington
James Edwards, Winooski; Mr.
L. G, Fisher, Cabot; Dean Fishe
Cabot; Rev. Frank F. Lewis, Hare
wick.
Great wealth and high station new,
make a happy man.