Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-15
Lake Champlain Settles Down
After Week of Festivity.
n Observation-Disclosures lakes
Lntcst stir was the First Peace
full One in It's History-Tcr-
centenary WINS Of Mntcri-
al Good to Region.

columns. Mr.. Franklin Matthews
Cornell graduate, who accompanied the
American fleet OF battleships around tho
world and gave the public tho best ac-
counts Of that wonderful and epoch
making tour, journcyed with President
Tafts party to the Champla'n valley.
He not only gave the Sun readers many
columns of bright and spicy reading re-
Earding the Charnplain tercentenary dur
Ing the progress OF the celebration. but
he also summed up the whole matter IN
the evening Sun of Monday In the fol-
lowing taking style:
Lake Chnmplain Is calm again. For
the whole of the past week it's normally
sleeping waters have been troubled by
turmoil the like of which has never
been seen In tho peaceful country Of
northern New York and Vermont.
Thro" hundred years ago tho caravel OF
Samuel dc Champlain brought the first
white man to this inland sea, and then
the Indians first heard the report of a
gun, ana there was trouble. Years later
tho English and 1roQuois fought with the
frchch ana Nlgpnquins over inc stretches
OF the lake and the surrounding territory
10 see winch should hold 1t in possession,
ana there was trouble then Some tim"
AFTER mat, IN the early hours OF certain
dawn, young \crmontcr named fthan
Allen walked up to the door Of Fort IL
conderoga and demanded its surrender
IN the name of the great Jehovah and
'he continental Congress, ana more
trouble followed that In the meanwhile
the settlers Of New York and those from
across II. the Green mountains had been
squahbl'ng with each other, and that
meant trouble. too. Then In the War OF
1872 the British thought they wanted the
Iake again, and Commodore McDonough
had to build some ships and meet them
IN tho battle of Plattsburgh to persuade
them that they did not More trouble
All these things NAV have given Lake
ChampIain her due share OF history and
excitement. bu; to what hnppen,d last
week all thi, WAS nothing.
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