The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-06
VT. NEWSP APERMEN
LISTEN TO FRANK SlBLEY
Boston Globe Man Tells His Experiences
to the Mid-winter Meeting Of tie
Vermont Press association.

Waterbury, Feb. 6The mid dsWinfei
meeting Of the Vermont Press associa-
tion was held at the Waterbury, Inn last
evening and to-day, business meeting
and banquet of the association being held
last night and the weekly publishers
meeting to-day to discuss matters Of
vital interest to themselves The meet-
ings were OF much interest and enjoy
ment, as arranged By Publisher Harry G.
Whitehill Of The Record Of this town,
with the cooperation Of the president Of
the association, Arthur II. Stone. editor
of the 81 Johnsbury Caledonian.
Previous to the banquet, a business
meeting Of the association was held, dur
ing which an invitation was received
to visit the Proctor marble works as
the guests Of Governor Proctor some time
next simmer The invitation was ac-
cepted with zest by the association, as
aifording an opportunity to visit one OF
the states lending industries The Gus
tom Of the press association has been
to visit each summer some one Of the
industries Of Vermont, thus getting
better idea Of the commercial life. Four
new members were taken into the asso-
citation, Mayor w. j. Bigelow, an editor
of the Burlington Free Press, Charles
Parker of Bradford, son Of Publisher IL,
f. Parker Of The United 0pinioT, Editor
w. II. (;ilpin OF the Barton Monitor, and
Editor E. r, Seymour Of the Aliddlebury
Register,
There were sixty at the appetizing
banqpet served by Landlord Davis, the
associations list being added to BY repre-
sentatiyes Of several type, press and
printing supply houses ana BY citizens
of Waterbury President Arthur III.
Stone presided and introduced Deputy
Sheriff G G. Graves, who extended the
courtesies Of the place to the visitors
and allowed that they owned the town
for the time being, asylum and all
Whereat, President Stone expressed the
feryent thanks Of the association.
The speaker OF the evening Nas Frank
P. SiEley, ono OF the leading reporters
on the Boston Globe, who led bis hearers
through an intensely interesting descrip-
tion Of the life Of the city reporter, be-
ginning with the time when the reporter
starts with his official duties as chief
Office sweeper and ending with him bal
ancing On the pinnacle Of fame as d
department head or editorial adjunct.
Nj. Sibley sprinlsled Bis talk with a
great many personal experiences, the like
os which are typical ef the profession.
Perhaps the most conclusive evidence
shat 4 city reporters HE il not one Of
peaches and cream was the speakers own
experience just before leaving Boston to
come to Vermont.
lie had been doJging assignments ~
he said al any rate, all day Tuesday,
with a view to slipping out for Vermont
% give his talk 70 the country news
paper men. but that night he got caught
II miserabIy disagreeabIe job, which |
i0ok him far down she Boston harbor In
.he middle 81 one of the coolest nights /
II the season 60 interview aiae crew Of /
ne steamer Cymrie. which was returning /
With the persons rescued from the steam
Il Cuthbeft in mid d-ocean. He got TO the
.yn1ric. only to receive bluff retort /
md told 10 mind his affairs and the /
.aptain would mind his. So Sibley re
urned 10 Boston without a story and /
minus nights rest He took the train
ne following morning. Wednesday, and
pent the day trying to reach Vermont
On top Of that, he spent an hour en-
tightening the Nermnnters as to how (
Sporter II supposed to act and then
peft an hour 81 twn more giving aninrl-
able inpersonations Then he took d
hree. hours -late train to Boston this
morning. starting at 3:l5.