The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-03-29
SAYS VERMONT
SOIL is BEST
Governor PrOuty Guest at
Brooklyn Dinner
THE YERM0NTERS ANNUAL
Sons and Daughters Of the Green Noun
tain State Loyalty Sing PraSes-
Cold Water Toast Drank to
"Neighbor Taft"

1 ana ulu iuH JUSTICE 10 fVb vi Bvos
things set before them. They also lis
tened, with much interest, 20 the elo
quence OF several favorite sons Of th'
Green Mountain state who were present
as guests Of honor, and who had many
nice things to say Of their native STATE
and those of its sons and daughters whc
have made history within and without
the confines Of its boundaries.
Governor George H. Prouty laid aside
his duties as chief magistrate of thu
mother state and came TO New York just
for the purpose Of partaking Of the hospi
tally OF the Brooklyn Vermonters and
to renew the aequaintanceships which he
made last winter when he was also pres
ent as a guest of the society.
Gov Prouty Praises State.
The toast to which he responded was
Vermont" and he handled the topic a:
one who know the subject thoroughly
He had some Vermont stories which he
told in clever manner, some of which
were new. He also told his hearers
many things relating to the progress
Vermont is making in keeping abreast
of the times; her good roads, her pros
perity and the efforts being made by the
present administration to give her the
very best government
Judge Wendell Phillips Stafford Of
Washington, D. G., and st. Johnsbury
VT, was another guest of honor and
speaker. Judge Stafford is on the bench
of the supreme court of the district Of
Columbia, and this was his first appear.
ance in New York as q guest of the
Brooklyn yermonters He spoke to the
toast, "The making of Vermont and
he made clean cut and eloquent presen-
tation Of his case and won it, as, by his
eloQuence he won his first case in the
Vermont courts years ago, when as a
struggling young lawyer he secured the
aequittal Of man charged with the
crime Of murder
Another favorite son who occupied a
seat at the guests table was Colonel
George Harvey of New York and Peach.
am, vt.
Col. Harvey in Happy Vein.
Col. Harvey is the editor of the Harper
publications and a frequent, but good
after-dinner talker II was his debut
among his old.time neighbors, now resi-
dents Of the same city with him, but
the colonel said he felt perfectly at
home among them. although some time
had elapsed since he left Peacham for
the great metropolis to seek his fortune
And he did not look bit fustered when
he failed to recall face and a name
that he had never seen or heard be-
fore.
Col. Harvey responded to the toast,
aCity and Country" and he said many
fattering things about Vermont and
those who had left the green Of the
country for the gold of the city and
those loyal souls who were still holding
the old state down on the map and max
ing enyiable history up among the Green
mountains.
Among other guests present were Mrs,
Julia G. r. Dorr, the poetess of Rut-
land, Vt, whose verses have been an in
spiration to many native Vermonters;
Hon. Nelson II. Fisk, Ex-Governor John
G Mccullough Of Vermont, but now al
resident of New York, and James Me-,
Keen, president of the Maine society of
New York.
George E. Miner Presides.
United States Senators Dillingham;
and Page and Congressman Plumley and
Foster were also expected to be present,
but found at the last moment that they
could not get away from Uncle Joe"
Cannon and the new tariff bill in Wash.
ington,
George T.. Miner of New York and Ran
dolph, VT, the president of the society,
presided at the dinner and filled the role
of toastmaster with originality and wit.
He limited rather broadly in his intro
ductory remarks that il was rather too
bad that they had nothing better than
spring water with which to drink the
toasts. but no one seemed to mind even
when he suggested that he wasn't put |
ting up an apology 1t wasn't his fault |
that Vermont had been prohibition |
state for about 80 years or that native |
Vermonters, the world over, were famed |
for their fine discrimination and alb
stemious habits.
A reception preceded the dinner. II
began at $780, Those in the receiving /
line were President and Mrs. George Z. |
Miner. Governor George H. Prouty. Judge |
md Mrs. Wendell Phillips Stafford, Col.
md Mrs. George Harvey, Mrs. Julia G.
R. Dorr and Hon. Nelson II. Fisk
The officers of the society are: George
Z. Miner, president; Charles +. Mathew
son, vice president; Herbert X. Twitchell,
secretary; Frank IL Chandler, treasurer;
Hiram r. Steele, chairman; 0mri +. Hib-
bard. Walter H Jayeox, Franklin W.
Hooper, Elijah r. Kennery. executive
committee; George E. Miner, Hiram r.
steele, Herbert X. Twitchell, dinner con-
uittee-