Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-05-25
AN HONORED GUEST
Reception to Cen. 0. 0. Howard
at Wilmington Monday Evening
Among the speakers-Address by the
General on Battle Of Gettysburg.

Among the speakers-Address by the
General on Battle Of Gettysburg.
Monday and Tuesday were practically
devoted to doing honor to Gen. o. o.
Howard. The reception and banquet at
Childs Tavern on Monday evening was
under the management of the commit
tee, DIR. s. Farrar Dunn, Rev. G.. Edwin
Woodman and Rev. +. c. Slower. Fifty
-FOUR invitations were extended, that num-
Der being all that could be accommodated
In the dining room. The guests assembled
at 1880 and marched into the dining hall
promptly at s. The invocation was by
Rev. A. N. Blackford. The menu cards
were very artistic bearing a fine portrait
OF Gen. Howard and his autograph upon
each.
After doing full justice to an excellent
repast, DR.. Dunn, POSTMASTER, raped to
order and made appropriate remarks.
Being Obliged to respond to a professional
call from Dover he asked Rev. Mr.. Wood
man to act in his place. which he did in
a very happy manner.
Gov Charles j. Bell was the first
speaker, responding to the sentiment,
Our State" Gov. Bell, in paying tribute
to Vermont, made hearty mention of her
natural scenery, her productions. her
record in the civil war, her Morgan
horses her loyal sons and daughters,
both at home and In other states. He
also paid a warm tribute to Gen. Howard.
The governors remarks received hearty
applause.
Col. j. H. Goulding was called upon to
relate "reminiscences of the war. in South
Carolina, when the speaker knew Gen.
Howard, although Gen. Howard may not
have known him. He expressed the high
est regard for the general a military
man and as "A courteous Christian gen.
tleman. Owing to severe cold Col.
Gouding was obliged to make his re-
marks brief, much to the regret of the
audience.
The next speaker was the Hon. William
G. Soule. of Portland. Me-. vice president
of the board of trade of that city. Mr..
Soule Is father-in-law of Rev Mr. Wood
man and takes great delight in visiting
Wilmington, the home of his daughter.
Mr. Soule prefaced his remarks by say
ing that he was not a professional man,
but a plain business man. He spoke of
the state of Maine-her area, her re-
sources, and mentioned a few of the
great men she has produced. notably
James C. Blaine. Thomas B. Reed, Henry
w Longfellow, Neal Dow and others.
He then spoke of the city of Portland
and gave statistics at length,
The sentiment, Our President" was
drunk (grape lemonade), rising, followed
by the singing of two verses of America.
"Our Nation was the next topic. with
response by Congressman Haskins. Col.
Il
most regarded Wilmington as his native
place. Here he came at an early age.
| studied law here, married his wife and
| buried his first-born child In the village
cemetery. He remarked that he noticed
| that the word Nation" was commenced
with a capital IN" and he showed why
this was so. Tracing the history of the
country for the past century, he demon
strated forclbly the reason why we can
most truly claim to be the greatest nation
upon the face of the globe and why we
/ should spell nation with a capital M
/ He remarked that he came up from
| Washington for a short vacation, as he
| had worked pretty faithfully for the past
| few months in Congress, only being alb
/ sent two days, and that Uncle Joe Cam
! non" had thought il most judicious for
! him TO come to Vermont for a brief vaca-
ton. Having been born and bred as a
| farmer he wanted to come up and make
] his garden and incidentally. although he
did not say So see that the fences were
in good repair and things in good condi-
ton upon his farm. He related graph
! ically meeting the Mississippi colonel who
had become a Republican and a Protec-
ZIONIST. His remarks were forcible and
full of meaning. they always are, and
were received with hearty applause
One of the best talks of the evening
was made by Judge George ]. Bond OF
Searsburg in response to the sentiment,
1.-The Future"
The closing remarks were made by Gen.
Howard. who touched upon military mat
tiers and spoke especially upon the educa-
tional work he was engaged in at the
present time in furthering the interest
of the Lincoln Memorial university al
Cumberland Gap, Tenn. The exercises
were very enjoyable from first to last.
On Tuesday afternoon Memorial hal
was well filled with the scholars and
teachers from the public schools, anC
citizens Rev. E. c. Slower presided
Patriotic exercises were carried out in
GLIDING a defamation by Merle Corbett
THE Flag" Gen. Howard told the story
OF how he lost his arm at Fair Oaks II
June 1862 The entire audience passed
around and had the pleasure of shaking
hands with the one-armed veteran, al
incident that the children will always re
member and will speak Of it many year
hence
ON Tuesday evening Gen. Howard CAV,
his lecture upon the battle of Gettysburg
and Meades famous campaign in Me
mortal hall. A chorus of about 20 rem
dered 1.-THE Star SpangIed Banner" as in
troductory c. NJ Russell presided ant
introduced the speaker of the evening
Gen Howard described the battle as
transpired during the three days illus
trating positions by the maps. Close at
! tention followed each word. The singer
rendered Marching Through Georgia.
, very effectively and every one felt tina
the evening had been one of profit.