Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-07-08
monument OF baffled enb,,,o, aud n,
disappointed bores


monument OF baffled ambition and OF
disappointed hopes.
ne french destroying their own
wu'N' abandoned their fort to the Eng
fish Only few years later in i7-5 tho
p.eem mountain boy, Seth warner, with
MS little hand, took possession w,thou,
blow. The next year. re,reo,,,o ero-.
canada. the Americans roparded cro,,,r
Point as indcfensibe, and b,rv,ny hor.
hundreds Of their comrades pushod n,
In distress and destitutIon. tn Ticorao,,
oga. 1t was from Crown Point. later in
the year. 117G. that Arnold set forth with
his little fleet to check the designs =,
me English general, Carleton. and +,
defeat, in the battle of Nalcour ,qf,ra
won lasting laurels for the Arner,cs,
name by his military SKIN and irdo,ri,-
able courage. Hither. by rare s,ratot-v
ne succeeded IN returning. but MT %
stay; and Crown Point again came ,r,o
possession Of the british r,o
next year arrived BIrgoyne with NJ.
great army spreading terror and ron.
FUSION, Issuing graz eloquent and jueo-
lent proclamation. sweeping with res,s,
less force to Fort Edward. hrldip,
crown Point and reducing Ticondoroga,
only to moot the appalling disaste, n,
saratoga, where the success n ~.
American arms DESTROYED the hss,s o.,
British hope Of dominion over tina
colonies and assured tho final success NJ
the cause Of Independence.
Upon this vantage point have stood
French and English. each in its Turn
bent upon dominating the future Of tlis
favored land Each regarded the ,.ha,
as the foo Of its ambition, and it, rival
In the scheme Of conquest Bui destin.
would have It otherwisc. and amid these
ruins 81 ambition were laid the fonda
tons or 'he Republic undc~ whose ba,.
ner ~s meet today. tho friend bo,h II
France and of England IN whose bless.
ines the children Of both the ancier,
rivals share, whose peaceful nrogro.. Is
boon to all mankind.
JUDGE BARNES STEAKS
Judge Barnes, who was born r., N.
opposite shore of Lake Cramplat, q,
CHIMNEY Point. caught the aDprol:,l 10
the crowd when he said thar "'.ors tbcn
OF all places on this lake. should 3 q aroc..
cd monument 70 the memory o. tbis
great explorer who more than any nrher
OF MS time was actuatcd by worthy
zeal for State.
The New York aud Vermont connie.
SONS contemplate te erection of \ mo.
mora 10 the discoyerer. but It's loca,io,
ms not vet boon selected judge 7 a-,es
was also anpleuded when he referred ~
inc cfumbllne ruins Of Amherst's fo~t
erected at cost Of 1000 oo0 hounds stor.
ing by tic Erg,ish. This en- ough. mot
10 70 ny. he said, without tho e,lgras.
lion that grateful people should nro-
'ect from further ruin this best pre-
server reno of the times that stf.rad
men So such protect It Is Under
STOOD. 's already under consideration.
Governor and Mrs Hughes anJ
fn''hoers Of the New York commission
came down tho lake from Plattsburrh
early In the day on former Rep. John
g. Slhley's Yacht Valcour. reaching
Port Henry shortly before noon. They
were welcomed by Commissioner
Witherbee and driven to his homo
where they were entertained at lunch-
con as were several OF the Vermont
commission
The Witherbee family is also on
terta'ning Robert Taft and Miss Hell
en- Taft, children Of the President
TheE attended to-day's celebra ton.
After luncheon the eubernatorial
pa - b'drued tfle \alCour for Crown
Point whore they viewed the FIRST
production Of the Indian pageants
given on huge floating island
Scores of Indians from the Canadian
reservation in their savage togeerv
OF plumes and war, gave an interest
Ing production Of the IrA'an version
OF Hiawatha, concluding with Cham
plains battle. The addresses were
delivered later in the old fort.
AT FORT TICONpTROGA.
Fort Ticondcroca. y. Y. July 5-r'n-
der the auspices OF the TiconderoEa His
torical society at Fort Ticcnderoga to-
day, a reproduction of the cross RAISED
by General Montcaln on July .. 100, In
honor of his victor over the British
General Aber was raised with fitting
ceremonies, by representatives. of the
French American societies and French
Canadian societies
The religious ceremony was CONDUCTED
by the Very Father +. Chagnon ~
Rouses Point.
Delegates from Boston. Chicago. QUE
bee. Montreal. Fall River and othei
points We're present