St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-08-21


Vermont nearly quarter Of century
we feel that it is the dearest spot {
earth, and particularly st. Johnsbury
Vermont has reared and sent forth son
and daughters who have maintained
civilization which has been of grea
strength to the republic"
Rev. Geo. H. Ide, Milwaukee: "W
love Vermont, and Loyalty wear til
green of memory for her men and noun
tains. OF course there is no town in tn
state quite like St. Johnsbury, which
was not responsible for having beer
born in, but am responsible for proud,
declaiming the fact. Every son of Yer
mont will rejoice in the features of tn,
week" ,r .,i. as
Rev. H. M. Douglas, West Haven: g
shall always be happy to reckon st
Johnsbury as nay home, to recall the sur
passing beauty of its scenery, the charm
of its generous friendships"
George D. Rand, Boston: ut will be 6
rare occasion to meet former friends
and to recall with them the cherished
memory of those whom we shall see nc
more. retain lively affection for St
Johnsbury and it's people, and send cor.
dial greetings" 4
c. P. Bowman, Sioux City, Iowa: 81
do not believe there is another state in
the Union that draws its sons with such
bonds of afectionate remembrance
Rev. Thos. lyric, Attleboro, Mass.
You may be assured that our hearts
will be with you and that we shall never
forget the five happy years spent in your
midst, nor the unnum6ered courtesies
and kindnesses shown us. The praises
OF St. Johnsbury have been sung many
times, and she is worthy of them"
DR.. Geo. A. Gates, Cheyenne, Wyo.
ut hurts deep to say no, but l must"
Miss Charlotte Morrill, Brooklyn: 81
congratulate you upon the happy idea
of calling together Vermont's sons and
daughters"
Letters of regret were also received
from Hon. H. c. Belden Of Minneapolis,
Alex. c. Halves of San Francisco, Rev.
c. M. Southgate of Auburndale, Mass,
Rev. c. B. Atwood of Whiting, Hon.
Frank S. Streeter of Concord, Rev. F. D.
Buckley Of Waterbury, Conn, ]. K.
Hamilton, Jr, of Marinette, Wis, Henry
c. Hastings of Elk River, Mimi, and
several others.
THE GUESTS.
Not a Complete List of Course, but as
| Nearly SO as we can give IL.
1t is next to impossible to give COM
plete list of those who were here to at
tend the festivities of the week, much as
we would like to do so. But we have
been able to CLEAN quite number OF
names which we give below. II any
have been omitted, it is because we
were unable to learn the names:
Congressman D. J. Foster of Burling-
ton; Hon. D. c. Remich and wife OF
Littleton; Hon. J. B. Gil6Ilan, wife and
daughter, Minneapolis Hon. Fred G.
Fleetwood of Morrsville; E. H. Wal
colt of Boston; Hon F. D. Hale OF
Lunenburg; Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w.
Kyburg OF Brooklyn; Mrs. Geo. H.
Bradford of Sherbrooke; Mrs. P. K.
Gleed, Morrisville; Geo. H. Hale, Sun
cook, N. H; Daniel Harvey, Springfield,
Mass; Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Davis, Bel
lows Fails; Mr.. and Mrs. Cornell,
Omaha; Julius A. Morrill,, Springfield,
Mass; Arthur o. Malley and Miss Sar-
gent, Wakefield, Mass; Mrs. A. c.
Aldrich. Somerville, Mass; DR.. 0. ].
Brown, De Kalb, ILL.,; A. L. Hardy,
Wife and son, Amherst, Mass; Mr..
and Mrs. Walter P. Rankin, Boston
Miss Amanda Northrop, New York
Judge Moulton, Washington; DIR.
David Hartman, South Hadley Falls,
Mass; Mrs. A. l.. Simpson, White River
Junction; Fred M. Crosby, Vergennes
l. P. Dana, Kansas City; Mrs. Olive
Thompson; Mrs. B. L. Hastings; Chas.
Wilcomb and wife: Mrs. w. Harvey
H. Thomas, wife and child; Mr.
Champion; Mr.. and Mrs. P. ]. Noyes
Lancaster; Mrs. Mary R. P. Hatch,
Hanover; DR.. Hougbton and family
Boston Rev. A. l. Davis and wife
Bath, Mainr.; Rev. E. "A. Hoyt and
wife, Dover, N. H.; Chas. E. Parks and
wife, Boston; Mrs. Pierce, Washington,
D. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. H. Cook OIL
Natick, Mass; Edward Humphrey
wife and son, Boston, Prof.. McCurdv
and wife, Andover: R. w. Peabody and
wife, Chicago.
Some Notes.
Barnet had the lead when it came to
the birthplace # the speakers.
The committee of arrangements fo1
Old Home Week, who are responsible for
whatever success was scored, included
Rev. DR.. Edward T. Fairbanks, Frank
H. Brooks, A. F. Stone, F. G, Bundy
Harvlin Paddock, Jonathan Ross, Henry
6. Ely, o. H. Henderson, George H
Cross, Harry H. Carr.
B. Frank Harris was accompanist in
the musical selections.
Atwood was the caterer. The com
pany was waited on by bevy of young
ladies and gentlemen.
WATERFORD's CELEBRATION.
Am Ideal Home Day and an Entertain
ing Program.
cold Home Day." Aug. IA, in Water
ford was in most ways an ideal day
Especially so was it to the nearly one
hundred and fifty returning sons auC
DAUGHTERS who a0aiu vieited +ba bou,a,