The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-13
IN HIS HOME CITY.
Vermonters Swarm
to Welcome Their
Admiral.
DEWEY IN MONTPELIER.
Biggest Bonfire Ever Built
Lights Up His Ma
tive State.
DEWEY IN MONTPELIER.

Montpelier, VT, Oct 1.-THE cup of
happiness for Admiral Dewey was sure
ly overfowed today, when he was the
recipient of the honors bestowed upon
him by the people of Vermont Months
ago when the mayor and city council
sent the admiral, then in the far away
east, message of congratulation for
his victory, he replied that if the peo-
pie of his native city, Montpelier, were
pleased with what he had done, he was
fully repaid
When the admiral wrote this it was
his hope that the people of this country
would let him return quietly, and his
greatest wish was to come back, not as
a hero, but as a vermonter. He then
knew nothing of the preparations al
ready under way
TO MAKE HIS RETURN
a time of national rejoicing. Admiral
Dewey returned in blaze of glory, and
his wish to visit again in Montpelier
was fulfilled, but he came as hero,
and amid an outburst of enthusiasm
which was fitting climax to the many
receptions and official events which
had been his since he left his flagship
Olympia two weeks ago. Although he
has been paid the highest honors with
in the gift of the nation, it is doubtful
If any display was felt so deep down in
his heart as that which occurred today
AS guest of the city and state, he was
greeted by the largest crowd ever as
sembled here and rode at the head of
the largest procession ever seen in Yer
mont; was presented
A MAGNIFICENT JEWEL,
and in many ways received more at
tention than any other man this state
has sent forth.
The enormous gathering for Dewey
day represented every section of Yer
mont 1t was not a trying day for the
admiral, as the ceremonies lasted
scarcely three hours, and he seemed to
enjoy every incident. The forenoon
was spent by him in his private car
Soon after daylight he took look at
familiar places about the city, read the
big signs on the house of his birth; on
THE BIG sCHooLHoUsE
he attended when boy; looked over
the ground and the church in which he
was christened and saw thousands Of
likenesses in conspicuous places. A
little later he saw what pleased him
most-many scores of friends of his
boyhood days. After a parade in the
afternoon the admiral and Gov Smith
gave a brief reception to the newspaper
men of the state. When introduced the
admiral said: II am glad to meet you;
this has been a great day for Vermont,
q great day. You know / was born
here, right over in that little house.
You all know how I feel 1t was all a
dream"
His place of review, under the state
house portals, was in sight of the cot
tage in which he was born. Just be-
fore the review, and as the admiral
was passing through the state house
corridor to his position in his stand
there was pinned upon his breast the
jewel which was
vERMoNT's GIFT
to her son. 1t is of beautiful design,
the top bar supporting a rising SUM-
which holds in each tip two diamonds,
making four stars, the emblem of the
admiral's rank. Below, held by rib
bon, is a shield on which is the likeness
of the admiral, surrounded by is dia-
monds In relief, on the Shield is an
anchor with a representation of the
flagship Olympia on the stock. Below
is wreath with Vermont's coat of
arms The bottom bears in raised two
letters,
WELCOME HOME"
The jewel was to have been presented
in formal exercises after the review,
but the program was Unexpectedly
shortened, so that the admiral, after
being given general introduction to-
the state reception committee, passed
into the state house, and a few minutes
later he left in his carriage to return to
his car.
This evening Admiral Dewey wit
messed a fine display Of fireworks near
his old home, but about 10 o'clock he
returned to his sleeper and retired. At
midnight his car was attached to a spe-
cial train and taken to Mortified.
The big parade contained fully 20I
bands and 5000 uniformed men, under
command of Col. w. L. Greenleaf of
Burlington, with J. M. Boutwell, as
chief Of staff. The marshal Of the
day was Col. G. w. Hooker of Brattle-
boro The admirars flag was carried
by an aide of the chief marshal. just
ahead of the carriage, while the Nor
witch university cadets acted as escort
The cadets wore their full dress uni
forms, with the dark red facings of the
artillery, making a splendid showing
which greatly pleased the admiral The
parade started just ahead of time, and
although the route was nearly
THREE MILES IN LENGTH.
the adniral's carriage reached the
state house at 3.15 Here the column
stopped, while the admiral was driven
into the grounds, as the party could
not get to the reviewing stand. All the
gentlemen in the party stood with barred
heads while the column went by. When
band passed singing "All Vermonters
who had nothing else to do came to
see the grand old hero Of the red, white
and blue" the admiral Joined in the
applause. He also showed his pleas
ure when the school children went by,
singing and carrying flags. The review
lasted nearly an hour, and at its end,
to the disappointment of the crowd,
there were no exercises on the stand ex-
cept the singing of Welcome to
Dewey" The admiral was given a
general introduction, and a few min
utes later he was driven to his car.
A MAMMOTH BONFIRE.
The day wound up with a gorgeous
display Of fireworks on the plot of
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