St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-07-03
With New Hampshire Editors.
A Trip to the White Mountains with the
Press Association.

Press Association.
Occasionally the country editor can
"take day off, and such an opportun-
| itv came to the editor of the CALEDoN-
IAN last week when he was the guest Of
the New Hampshire Weekly Publishers
association at their first annual gather
ing in the White Mountains. The party
met at Thayer's Hotel in Littleton Fri
day evening where at 9 O'Clock covers
were laid for about so people and most
excellent banquet was enjoyed. The big
dining room was deliberately trimmed
with bunting, while the clever decorations
on the table consisted of flowers in
mailing machines at different parts Of the
table and big design in front of the
president of the association, 0. A. Towne
of the Franklin Journal Transcript. The
latter design was a collection of mucil-
age and ink bottles and the ever useful
editors shears. A heavy thunder shower
during the long dinner only added to the
interest of the occasion. The postpran-
dial exercises began at midnight with a
capital address of welcome from Judge
James W. Remick of Littleton. He has
just been appointed to the supreme
court and is well known in st. Johnsbury
where his boyhood days were spent. His
old friends here will be glad to know
that he has been booked for St. Johns
bury's "old home week" and will be one
of the after. dinner speakers at our own
banquet on Aug. 16 The president of
the association happily responded and
introduced as the principal speaker OF the
evening, and one of the guests of the as
ISOLATION, Senator Gallinger of Concord
The Senator gave an extremely interest
ing address on "The Old Time Printer
and the Old Time Newspaper" He told
of the early struggles in his own life
when he learned the printers trade, of
his experience on the Cincinnati Enquirer
and of bis last visit with George W.
Childs when he went to Colorado City
to dedicate the Printers Home which
Mr.. Childs had established. The news
paper men gave the Senator a warm re-
ception and he was with them on the
entire trip. The guest from Massachu-
sets, Editor ], E. Clarey of the Berk-
shire Courier at Great Darlington
brought greetings from the profession in
his state, and Arthur F. Stone followed
with greetings from the Green Mountain
state. Miss Tuttle OF the Lttleton Re.
public Journal, who had contributed
bright quotations at each plate, follow
ed with brief but exceedingly witty
speech. The last two speakers were
called out without any warning and did
themselves and their profession great
credit. R. ]. Mclean, of the paper house
OF A. Storrs & Bement Co., told some
good stories and recited several of Eu.
gene Fields poems and Frank P. Merrill
OF the paper firm OF John Garter & Co.
made hit in his address.
On Saturday morning the crowd was
up bright and early for ride around the
hills that surround Littleton. State
Senator Dan Remick Of Littleton was
the conductor of the crowd and no bet
fer m n cO,1d l,nva naa,, ,La.o., H.. .
personally conducted party" Kilburn
crags were first visited where the party
bad one OF the finest views of mountain
and valley than can be seen in the world.
Indeed, the owner of the crags, the
famous photographer who has travelled
the world over, considers it the finest Of
the kind he has ever seen. In the drive
about the village one could see every
where the public spirit Of the citizens, of
which Mr.. Remick has an abundance. The
village and town both have separate
parks and they are beautifed by drives,
shubberies aud waterways. The - or
more saloons that used to disgrace the
place are now thing of the past and
the town has increased in population 80
per cent the past decade, while neigh
boring town has lost 500, Littleton is
the mountain hub and the centre of
20 mile radius comprising a population
in the summer of 10000 people. This
village is bound to grow and is already
advertising its attractions in metropoli-
tan journals, using a fund of $500 ap.
propriated especially for that purpose.
Among its most important industries
are the stereoscopic view shops where
kllbourn's photographs are made and
sold all over the world, the big glove
shops and lumber mill. The people are
now trying to interest outsiders in the
erection of 100000 hotel and have
made many inducements to attract
capital there for such purpose. Such
village is bound to grow and the intelli-
gence and wealth of its citizens will
grow with it.
Saturday afternoon the cars were
taken to the Profile House where an ex-
ceptionaIly fine view was had of the
odd man OF the mountain" The big
hotel was barely open but in about a
week the wealthy tourists of New York
and elsewhere will begin to arrive. In
the evening the party reached Fabvans
where they were we'll cared for by that
prince OF hotel managers, Oscar Barron
of the Quincy House.
Early Sunday morning Col. Barron
took the party on carr;aua drive