St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-29
The Editors Outing.
An Enjoyable and Profitable Midsummer
Gathering.

genIlSlneu WHO SldISu llS pleasures Vi
the trip as the best yet in the history OF
the organization. Some years ago this
took midsummer excursions
to popular resorts solely for pleasure,
but this year there was the happy COM
of pleasure and instruction.
BY invitation of Gov. Proctor the craft
visited the Pittsford Sanitorium Thurs
day and the following day was spent in
the quarries and shops of the Vermont
Marble Company, the visitors being the
guests of that corporation during their
two days stay in Rutland county
The trains arriving at the little town
of Pittsford Thursday afternoon were
met by Gov. Proctor, Col. E. X. Morse,
Frank c. Partridge and Redfeld Proctor
and the party taken to the Sanitorium
two miles away in carriages and auto
mobiles. This institution, a model of
its kind, was the gift of the late Senator
Proctor to his native state, and the
Senator last trip to Vermont was to
come to its dedication last December.
The institution is for the treatment of
incipent cases of tuberculosis and repre-
sents an investment of $3.50, 900 with an
endowment of 100000. 1t commands
most slightly location in the heart of a
pine grove, with superb mountain views
on all sides. The present capacity of
the building is limited to 80 patients,
but by building sleeping shacks on the
grounds the capacity of the institution
can be doubled. The medical director is
DR.. H. D. Chadwick, formerly health
officer and Psychologist at Waltham,
Mass, and a nephew of the late A. 6.
Cha iwick of St Johnsbury, the founder
of the CALIFORNIAN.
The visitors found all the patients out
doors, happy and contented and tanned
by the summers sun. Certainly no gift
which the late Senator Proctor might
have made will be of more tasting benefit
to the state than this institution which
will do SO much to eradicate the white
plague.
Thursday evening the party rendez-
voused at the Bardwell House in Rut-
land for the banquet. Editor Hindley of
the Rutland Herald and Editor Fairfield
of the Rutland News had the arrange
ments for the affair and it was one of
the most enjoyable features of the entire
trip. The dining room and Office were
decorated with ported plants, Cox's Or
chestra furnished music during the ban
quet, and at the postprandial exercises
Editor Crane of the Brattleboro Reformer
and Mrs. c. G. Cocklin of Rutland rem
dered most enjoyable solos. Editor
Hindley made an excellent POSTMASTER,
and, after drinking rising toast to Gov.
Proctor, Mayor Carpenter extended the
welcome of the city to the visitors. In
the absence of the president, a graceful
response was given by the secretary,
Editor Whitehill of the Waterbury Rec
ord. Editor French OF the Brattleboro
Phoenix, the dean of Vermont newspa-
per men, paid notable tribute to Sena-
tor Proctor and the value of the Pitts
ford Sanitorium. p NJ Medon of
Rutland eloquently presented some Of
the issues of the day and Editor Greene
of the St.-Albans Messenger convulsed
all with his stories and then spoke seri-
ously of the nobility of the profession.
DR.. J. A. Mead of Rutland, the republi-
can candidate for acknowledgement
spoke of the marble industry of Rutland
county and invited the editors to visit
the Howe Scale Company's plant.
A delightful feature of the evening was
the addresses by three of the bright la
dies of the company, Mrs. Fred N. Whit.
ney of Mortified, Mrs. E. A. Mutt of
Montpelier and Mrs. J. w. Sault of Lud-
low. So successful were their efforts
that it was decided to have the ladies
participate in the future gatherings of
the association.
Friday was spent in the inspection of
the largest marble quarries in the world
and all the visitors were impressed with
the magnitude of the industry. Gov.
Proctor met the party at the Bardwell
House in the morning. and after a tour
of the city on the electrics the party were
taken to Center Rutland to visit the I'm
ishing plant, where inlaid marble decora-
tons and fancy carvings are prepared.
From there the party went to West Rut-
land to see the great quarries, and all
were astonished at the amount of mar
BILE they could see. In the immense stock
yards are tons upon tons of the raw
product, and down in the earth is an in
exhaustible supply of the same material.
Nearly all the party descended one of the
quarries, going down $40 steps to the
bottom of the shaft and then taking an
electric car to an adjoining quarry.
At Proctor the party was escorted to
the Y. M. c. A. building, where the
gymnasium was handsomely decorated
with flags and flowers and where an
elaborate lunch was served. During the