St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-02-12
Vermont Press Association.
A ROuSing Mdwinter Meeting at Water
bury Inn with Mr.. Sibley of the BoS.
ton Globe as the Entertainer.

A ROuSing Midwinter Meeting at Water
bury Inn with Mr.. Sibley of the B0S-
ton Globe as the Entertainer.
The midwinter meeting of the Vermont
Press Association was held at the
Waterbury Inn Wednesday night and
was one of the most successful and enjoy
able in the history Of the association.
The editors of both the St. Tohnsbury
papers were in attendance, including
about 80 other members of the associa-
ton. Secretary Whitehill of the Water
bury Record received deserved congratu-
lations upon the arrangements made for
entertaining the boys and all agreed
that the remodeled hotel under Land
lord Davis management ranks as one of
the few first class hotels in the state.
AT the business meeting four new
members joined the association and
matters pertaining to the craft were
informally discussed. An invitation was
received from Gov. Proctor inviting the
members of the association and their
wives to visit the marble quarries next
summer and this was unanimously
accepted.
About 60 sat down to the fine banquet
prepared by Landlord Davis and during
the feasting music was furnished BY a
Montpelier orchestra. At 9 O'Clock
Arthur F. Stone, the president of the as
ISOLATION, raped to order and intro
duced Mayor" Charles S. Graves, the
president of the village, who very cor
daily gave the association the freedom
of the city and hearty welcome to
Waterbury, The guest of the evening
was Frank P. Sibley, the star reporter
of the Boston Globe, who made good in
an address upon the "worthwhileness"
of the profession, followed by an hour of
entertainment.
Mr. Sibey said the successful journalist
was the one who played the cards as
they were dealt and did it lightheartedly,
too. He himself, had splendidly ilustra-
ted his point as he had been up all the
night before in a tug boat below Boston
harbor, in below zero weather, hunting
for the Cymric, He played his hand,
however, covering the story for the
Boston Globe and making his date at
Waterbury in the evening
In a charmingly Informal manner, and
with rare modesty, Mr. Sibley told of
his experience in the Canaan wreck, the
Brocton boiler explosion, the Portland
steamer disaster, Buffalo building col
lapse, and his balloon ascension in Den
yer. On each of these occasions Mr.. Sib. |
ley said he simply played his hand and
did not Law down"
In closing be urged all to wear no
mans collar, but work with a will and !
remember they represented one of the
noblest professions in the world, pro-
tession that never paid for results
achieved what the other professions did, |
but whose chief satisfaction was the iov |
of having made good and played the
hand.
On Thursday morning the members of
the association visited the State asylum
for the insane and were shown all over
this splendidly managed institution by !
the superintendent, DR.. D. D. Grout.
About dozen representatives. of the
wholesale houses were in attendance and
Thursday morning furnished an excellent
opportunity for the editors to meet them
and talk shop for awhile.
Delayed trains bore the members to
their homes throughout the day, and all
present voted it was one of the most
profitable gatherings the Vermont Press
has ever held.