Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-23
THE ATLAS.

The Atlas club met in the rooms of the
Business Mems association last Thurs
day afternoon. The papers of the meet
ing We're read by Mrs. Martius, Mrs.
Slater and Mrs. Holmes. Mrs. Carroll
spoke entertainingly Of duelling Incl
dent in Germany and Mrs. Kicker spoke
of the War-like situation in China and
the effect of Ii Hung Changes death on
the government. Mrs. Passmore spoke
of the revenue bill recently passed by
congress and Mrs Mclaughlin read an
extract from a Filipino paper in relation
to the landing of United States troops
that was an oddly.
Mrs. Holmes paper related to the
Philippine islands and it was made
doubly interesting by the fact that many
relics of the islands We're exhibited
Among these relics We're little shells
painted by the natives; a bone thmble
different coins and flags of the country
MIS-. Martlus' paper related to Admiral
Dewey and was as follows:
Admiral Dewey was born at Mont
pelier. VT, Dec. &c, 1887. Before re-
viewing the life of this notable character
it would be well to visit the scenes sur
rounding his birth place. this, particular
~ proves interesting to myself as
had occasion to visit the now famous
village of Montpelier several years ago.
as the stranger in quest of the town in
which Dewey was born, travels up
through Vermont, he is occupied with
speculative thoughts as to what nature
OF place it is. The railroad takes him
into the very heart of the town and
crosses the famous "Winooski' river,
just behind the house in which the adj
miral was born.
Coming out of the station, the first
mat lmpresses the eye is the hand
some brick structure which holds the
great financial institution, the National
Life insurance company, which the ad-
mlraIs father, DR.. Dewey, founded and
nurtured into a prosperous condition.
Across the wide. beautiful street on
which Dewey was born in a house a few
doors to the south of the structure lust
mentioned there stands proudly at the
foot of hin which could almost be call
ed a mountain is the state capitol. Set off
against the towering green and fronted
with terraced steps and a wide grassy
slope reaching down to the street is the
massive granite masonry of the build
mig in the form of a Greek cross SIM
mounted by dome and cupola capped
ny a statue representing agriculture
Inc capitol is admitted by experts to he
the finest and one of the most perfect
Illustrations of its style of architecture in
america. Directly opposite the capitol
was the front of the house in which
Dewey was born.
Montpelier is an ideal town
for a birthplace of a great mo,
1t is clean, wholesome, and attractive
us residents are thrifty, and well edu
Gated AS the capitol of a common
wealth which has produced sucb
large proportion of successful men If ;s
In no sense disappointing. in fact, it is
the Grass OF town he would select as the
South1ul nome of a great man. The
ouholhs that Admiral Dewey first re.
members seeing is the state capitol,
From his earliest days of receiving i'm
pressions, the capitol of the state. with
All IT'S dignity, beauty and associations
was there to develop in his mind a Wig.
orous sense of patriotism. Not only the
capitol, but the ideal SURROUNDINGS Of :.
village life, all conducted to develon in
George Dewey's qualities of bodv .na
mind that would prepare him in a meas.
ure Tor the trials of the future. Pbvs;-
cally, he was not large, but strong. He
carry expressed desire to be a sailor
Dut as there was then no vacancy a.
west Point or Annapolis. his father sent
MN 10 Norwich, military institution IN
1901 where. he remained three years In
1853, he entered the United States mill
tary academy, when he began his course
there he did not hold high rank. Grad
Nating as midshipman in 1888. he wo,,.