The Washington herald., 1909-07-10
HIGH MASS CLOSES
CHAMPLAIN FETE
Justice Stafford, of Washing
ton, Chief Speaker.
EXERCISES AT ISLE LA NOTE
On Site OF First Military Settlement
in Vermont, Noted Men Gather In
Final Session of Tercentenarv
Celebration = Ruins of Fort So.
Anne Can stiII BE Traced.

Plattsburg. n. z, July 9.-The Cham.
plain celebration by the States OF New
York and Vermont ended to-day at IsIe
la Motto. vermont's territory. and within
sight OF the rivers mouth. from which
Champlain emerged into the lake 90
years ago.
The exercises were held at the Shrine
Of St Anne, mother OF the Blessed Vir-
gin
Here was the first military settlement
in Vermont. and here for the first time
white men wOrshiped. The nrst mass
was sung here after the French had
erected the fort OF ST. Anne in 1866
Mass was sung at the shrine, which is
maintained by the fathers or ST. Ed
mond OF ST. MiehaeTs College. The
guests OF Vermont and about LOO others
arrived from Burlington and Plattsburg
shortly before noon.
Bishop Burke, Of Albany. and numerous
other clergy were awaiting them. The
shrine is near q pavilion. where the IN
vited guests sat. The services consisted
Of high mass. A company OF Vermont
clergy sang the Gregorian royal mass
chants The services were practically In
the open air. and the beauty and repose
Of the place, shaded as il was with enor-
nous trees, were IN striking contrast
10 the confusion and noise OF the other
celebrations Of the week
Al the conclusion or the mass, a mixed
ehoid OF 30 from St Adams sang I'm
Iold fe Portals" from Gounod's Re
oemption.
Earnest Plea for Church.
After the mass the guests went 10
luncheon. but they reassembled at the
pavilion at O'Clock, where Gov. Prouty.
OF Vermont. presented President Thomas.
OF Middiebury College, who offered prayer.
A striking feature OF the prayer was an
earnest plea for a blessing on the Roman
Catholic Church and its work
Commander day. French naval at
tAche a. Washington. spoke on behalf
OF Ambassador Jusserand- Coy. Hughes
then spoke, and finished an arduous week
Of oratOry.
PToL John Erskine. Of Amherst College
read poem. after which the formal ad-
dress OF the Gay was made by Justice
W. F. Stafford, OF the Supreme Court OF
the District of Columbia Then the s.
Adams Choral Union sang a national
hymn anthem, TO Thee. o Country. +"
by Riehberg.
Gov Hughes left at me close OF these
exercises. The others Of the party then
adjourned 20 the crest OF the hlH where
by the roadside a bowlder was unveiled
70 the memory OF col Seth Warner and
Capt Remember Baker. eminent Green
Mountain boys and patriots ana col
Leagues of Ethan Allen" Tho bowlder
bore an appropriate bronze tablet. and
was erected oy the patriotic societies of
Vermont women The bOwlder was cut
form granite on the Isle Ia Motto.
Visited by Mckinley.
The Isle Ia Motto is not only historical
because ChamplaiR first landed there IN
le-9, in what IS now Vermont. and be-
cause Capt de Ia Motto, or the French
army. built 8 fort there in 1885. but be-
cause President Mckinley visited # IN
1897 as the guest OF the Vermont Fish
and Game League, and also because Vice
President Roosevelt was a guest OF the
league at the same place IN 1901. when the
news came that President Mckinley had
been shot at Buffalo. The news broke m
the festivities, and Mr.. Roosevelt Ieft
hurriedly for Buffalo.
The ruins OF Fort 81. Anne can stfI be
traced. The fathers who have charge OF
the shrine, which contains q small piecs
OF bone supposed 70 have come from ST
Anne's body, and 20 which pilErfrnareS
are made by Catholics every summer
have inclOsed the remains OF the fort
with hedge and have erected numerous
stations Of the cross within the confines.