Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-04-17
Sons and Daughters Will Visit
Green Mountain State Old
Home Week.
COMING TO BURLINGTON
Every Itinerary Suggested Includes a
Visit to Queen City-Thres Routes
cutivs Enjoyed
Novel sugar Party.

Boston. April 1.-THE Vermont associa-
ton of Boston tonight after brief discus d.
sion voted unanimously to visit Vermont
in body during the coming old home
week in August. There were over 100 men,
bers of the organization at the dinner at
Young's Hotel. The affair was a comb ma
ton smoke talk and sugar party and WAS
very successful.
Col Josiah II. Benton Jr., the vlce-presi-
dent, presided over the meeting and
speeches were made on the proposed trip
by Judge Edgar J. Sherman, Judge Ira A.
Abbott of IIaverhill and Arthur l.. r. bin
son. All endorsed the trip unreservedy.
Further discussion was invited but no one
cared to speak and a rising vote was then
taken with the result that everybody IN
dorsed the outing amid great applause.
several routes are proposed but non =
has been decided upon and the matter
Is left with the executive committee of the
association. All the trips include visit
tC Burlington. SO the Queen City is tain
to sec the visiting delegation of sons and
daughters of Vermont. 1t is believed that
If the right kind of an itinerary is laid out
go or more will come by a special train.
One trip suggested is to leave Boston at
10 a. m. arrive in Waterbury at 2:20 p. M.
take the electrics to Stowe and then ascend
Mt Mansfield with teams and stay the e
all night. The party would the next day
go to burlington and then disband at that
point going AS they did last year to the
several town celebrations. The only objec-
ton to this trip is that the hotel accom-
moda tons on the mountain would permit
the entertainment of only $50.
/ Other trips spoken of are to go to st.
IJohnsbury and then across the State TO
Swanton where the party would take a
steamer and cruise about the lake dine on
one of the islands and then land at Bur-
lington. Another route is to leave Boston
by boat for New York, come up the Hud-
son, through Lake George. past the hls-
toric spots and eventually land in BurlinS-
ton.
/ 1t Is believed that the executive cont
rnittee will decide uron ar itinerary that
will be satisfactory to everybody ard one
that will Sive every ere a chance to visit
his home celebration after taking the main
outing with the party. The association
has over 100 male meml crs and as most ol
the men would take their vi ives and fdnlil-
ios. 1t will be seen that Il large party can
be secured. A feature of the dinner to.
night was the heating Of maple syrup il
chatting dishes on the hotel tables and
serving it on ice. The hotel mana. cement
said it couldn't lie done. but the officers in
sisted that 1t could be done ana undertook
to carry out the plan. The walters were
not experts. but the native Nermontcr>
were in their clement. Not a dish burned
down and the unique scehe me was success
fully carried out by the members them
selves who tended to the dishes and served
tho sugar.
pleasant surprise was sprung on tho
secretary u the ass, citation y. l. ShUl-
don, who was preso ted v It'll Very hand
some clock 10y friends in the or"arlltinH
who appreciate his successful efforts OF
the past two years to lltrcase the nom
rcrShip of the sooiaticn.