St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-29
VERMONT PARTY IN TENNESSEE.
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together as a united nation under its
broad stripes and bright bars.
Your history, your government, your
education, your industries, yourimprove-
ments, your physical features and climate
are results and conditions of a wonderful
growth, incident to a remarkable people
dwelling in a favored locality.
"Not least among the jewels OF which
your state has reason to be proud are its
men and ONE who tostered its wei
fare, stimulated its progress, advanced
its development, founded its institutions.
gave excellence to It's character, and the
Green Mountain state would on this au-
spicious occasion join you in honoring
them. their memory and their monument
this beautiful state. All honor to Ten
nesSec.
1--WE would thus join because Vermont
raises men and women and delights to
honor the product wherever found.
"Your early settlers were. an earnest
f~eaxless people. Your state has the dis
tinguished honor OF furnishing the
seventh, eleventh and seventeenth presi'
dents.
"The seventh, while journeyipg to the
neighboring state OF North Carolina on
horseback among the mountains at your
eastern entrance, met the seventeenth on
foot, a poorly-clad young man, inquirlng
his way to Tennessee. Thus met two
presidents of a great republic, one at the
zenith OF his popularity, who, as a poor
boy, passed over the same road on loot
a few years before, also On his way into
Tennessee, the other at the foothills OF
his future.
ANDREW Jackson, James K. Polk and
Andrew Johnson are names long to bere-
m%embered. They rose from poverty to
fame, overcame the adversely Of their
early lives and are great in history be-
cause of what they did. They were OF
your people and are OF our nation.
"Congratulating you, then, upon what
you have as a state, and the city OF
Nashville upon it's charming attractions,
we would not forget to congratulate the
promoters of this most interesting expo
sition upon the great success attending
their efforts.
"We shall return to our home pleased
and instructed by what we have seen,
voting unanimously that you have every
thing nice in Tennessee"
CREEIINC FkOM NERMONI'
At the conclusion of Gov. CIRCUITS
speech, the visitors united in singing the
following, which was composed by J. w.
Sault, editor of the Republican:
From far Vermont we bring to you,
Tennessee, o, Tennessee,
The greeting of a neighbor true,
Tennessee, D, Tennessee.
Our fields are rich, our meadows green,
Euir ri i've re rim tbe hills het tween.
Our loyalty like yours is keen,
Tennessee, o, Tennessee.
We travel far to see your show.
Tennessee. o, Tennessee.
We find your scenery mot so slow"
Tennessee. o, Tennessee.
May lurid glare of furnace blast,
Its hopeful brightness ever cast
Prosperity from first to last
For Tennessee, o, Tennessee.
We send you down our maple sweets,
Tennessee, o.. Tennessee,
To show you what the Yankee eats,
We've other things to talk about,
But won't detain you while we shout,
Come up, you'll find the latch-string out,
Tennessee, O.. Tennessee.
Brief responses were also made by Col.
G. G. Benedict, Col. N. 6. Williams and
Commissioner Croft.
After the exercises the party enjoyed a
delightful lunch on the broad piazza of
the New York building. The gentlemen
were invited into Major Wheeler's Office
where there was a union OF some OF YER
mont's and Tennessee's productions that
required expert testing. The party lett
the New York building in a body and
took a hurried trip through two or three
buildings. At $50 O'Clock they were at
the terminal station waiting for Especial
train to take them to Belle Meade, the
famous stock farm of Gen. Jackson, six
miles from Nashville. Here they were
given a genuine old. fashioned Southern
welcome by Gen. Jackson, who awaited
them in his front lawn enjoying a cigar
and looking every inch of him a typical
well.to-do Southerner. He made a short
speech, speaking OF his service in the con-
federate army, OF his being the only un-
pardoned rebel in the country and how
glad be was to welcome to his home the
Vermont Yankees to tell them of his 10y.
atty to the Union against which he once
fought. He had never, he said, asked for
pardon, because il he got it he might at.
tempt to run for congress or do some
other TOOL act of that kind. But he adj
mitted that on occasions he helped to
make senators, congressman, governors
etc. Gen. Jackson's farm comprises
$500 acres, including a large deer parl
where over 400 OF these beautiful animal.
are carefully looked after. A number o
famous horses have their home here
some of them being in their day the mo
famous of racers and the owner has pait
many thousands of dollars for them.
hundred fine Jersey COWS is also a part o
this plantation. The General must de
rive a large income from his dairy, as h
sells his butter the year round for 271
cents, besides the milk. cream and butter
milk that he sells. Bob. an intelligen
old negro that has been on the planta
tion for 40 years or more, entertaine'
the party with a few anecdotes of hi
first experience with sea water and in New
York city. He was on his way to New
York with some colts to sell and Will
crossing the Terry felt sick and aske
some one to diphim up a bucket of waite
and give him a drink. He took a goo
long drink. then set the bucket down an
accused some one Of playing a trick o
him by putting salt in the water. On
time Mrs. Grover Cleveland made a visi
to Belle Meade and greatly admired til
horses, especially one, and she asked Bo
why this one appeared to look finer tina
the others. Sure" said Bob, hes
wonderfully intelligent animal an
knows that the finest lady in the land
Looking at him" The visit to Bel
Meade was a most enjoyable one and to
soon over. At six o'clock the party VIZ
back in the Tulane.