Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-07-21
VERMONT NEWSPAPER MEN
DROP SHEARS AND PASTE POT AND
ENJOY THEMSELVES.
RutlaDd--Trip Thruugh Lakes George
and thamp.ain with Stop ,,.i
at Westport.

The annual outing OF the Vermont
Press Association was brought 10 Il pleas
ant close Saturday morning. when the
newspaper men and their ladies left the
steamer Chatcaugay after the TRIP from
NCstport to this city and separated to go
| TO their homes. The outing was IL very
pleasant one, from the opening meeting
at Rutland Thursday evening through to
its termination in this city.
On Thursday evening the members of
the association rcndczvouscd at the Bcr-
wick in Rutland. where they were the
| guests of the Rutland Herald Association.
| A business meeting was held in the even
| ing On Friday morning the party left
| Rutland at G2j for Caldwell where they
embarked upon the Horizon and arrived
IHt Baldwin about / O'Clock Fort TiCon-
dcroga was reached at 30 and there the
steamer Vermont was taken for West
! port. WCstport was reached at 1920 and
/ here the Wcstport Inn was made the
/ headquarters of the Association. In the
evening pleasant entertainment WIS
given in the parlor of the Inn. Satur-
day morning the u cXcursionists ate nm
carly breakfast and most of them left
/ Wcstrort at o'clock upon the steamer
Chttoaugas for Burlington, a few re-
naming until the Vermont came along
/ in the afternoon.
! The trip to this city Saturday morn
ing was made agreeable and more cXCit-
ing to the newspaper mon by the pres
cncc upon the steamer of Speaker Thomas
y. Reed OF the House Of Representatives.
Mr.. Reed gave the editors meat for many
IN editorial and it is quite possible that
his amiahle conversation and happy witt
| ticisms secured for him the support of
more than one state paper should he be
placed in Il position to desire It.
/ The trip to this city Saturday morn
occurrences. Not the least of these was
lfn t..s.|t
bcrs of the association at Wcstport Inn.
This gentleman walked up to the desk
soon after the arrival of the party and
the following conversation cnsued:
| "Nill you please direct me to the bar"'
| "Dh' We have no bar here"
| well! where do you serve it? in the
dining ROOM"
sir, We sell no liquors at this hotel"
Yes, Yes, | know, but whore do YOU
serve the suests?'
81 told you that we did not serve IL
quors.'
Well where can / secure a drink"
perhaps you might get it at the drug
store"
"Wcll. where's that drug storo?"
/ The directions were given and soon the
thirsty soul reached its sheltcring shade
/ Here he called for small quantity of IL
qua and received another rebuff, when
the clerk told him liquor was not sold en-
cept ny a physicians prescription. The
editor was equal to the occasion. Calling
| FOR pad he dashed off a prescription
calling for one pint of spirits frumenti,
signed his name and the magic letters M.
! D." His cup was filed.
The only game which could be found for
amusement at Westport was II mysterious
game called Horse billiards." which con-
sisted of rolling "A piece OF iron through
n sand board. When asked what the
7 "a fnr IA.
clerk informed the editors that "they
usually drank in the fine air ana wander
ed about" whcrcat Editor Chase invited
all to have drink with him and an adj
Journmcnt was taken to the hotel piazza
Tho Following new members were eject
ed at the business meeting Thursday
/ evening: f.. II. Crane of Ludlow. l.. NJ
Hays of Essex Junction Ralph Cobleigh
ana Il. O. Leonard IF st. Johnsbury and
II. w. Iiildreth of Newport.