St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-02-03
VERMONT NEWS
Tercentenary Program.

,r., Vermont and New York tercente-
~ commissions have assigned the
IdII IS dates for the celebration:
Sunday, July 4, general church observ-
. %s At Burlington an amphitheatre
n ~ he erected at Battery Park where
IN will be held under direction of
q La Catholic church with famous ecclesi-
& Mo Monday, celebration at Crown Point,
81, v an address and poem. The presenta-
;on Of pageant, depicting the discovery
81 lake Champlain followed by the fight
Champlain and the Algonquin In
IONS with the Iriquois. Descendants
itI tbe Algonquin and Iriquois, secured in
Inner Canada, will appear in this
Sdpgpeant. Following these pageants
here will be presentation of the Indian
roma of Hiawatha in which $50
Il necially drilled Indians will take part.
H. drama and the pageants will be
ryen on the water on a specially con-
Etrncted stage 300 feet long by 100 feet
Z vide equipped with scenic effects and
Electric lights. This stage will be con-
1 tructed so it may be moved from point
s nojnt about the lake. There will be
81 wo performances. one at $50 p. m, and
he other at 8 P. m.
i Tuesday at Ticonderoga the Crown
Point program will be repeated. The
eli family, who own the site of the old
ort at Ticonderoga, have begun the
estoration of the barracks and buildings,
,yhich mean the expenditure of a large
nm of money To this point the New
Eork legislature will be brought by
I orcial train on Tuesday morning.
Governors Hughes and Prouty will be
Ii Wednesday at Plattsburg the water
pageants will be repeated. The pres
FIential party will arrive during the day
md there will be banquet in the even
$ng. The celebration there will be con-
Minued through the week.
q Thursday at Burlington the troops at
Ethen Allen and the Vermont Nat
&ona Guard will act as escort to the
president. banquet will be served.
$ne feature of the week will be kno wn as
French Day." when the French societies
4 fNew England and Canada are expected
h. participate in a mammoth parade.
St. Adams has planned days celebra-
Mion tor July and Swanton for July g.
MAY 7 will be proclaimed Champlain
zArbor Day by Gov. .Prouty and each
] school will be asked to set out Cham
I plain tree
/ Friday, July 9, at Isle La Motto there
awil be patriotic exercises by the Colonial
DANES, the Daughters of the American
Revolution and the Daughters of 1912.
Ia great boulder will be unveiled to the
memory of Col. Seth Warner and Col.
Remember Baker.
The plans for a permanent memorial
hare still under consideration. One plan
lis for Vermont and New York TO unite
with the United States Government and
erect combination lighthouse and
museum annex, with bronze statue of
IChamplain and suitable tablets. Which
ever plan is adopted more funds will be
needed. The Vermont commission in
lvites all former sons and daughters of
Vermont, all former residents of the
|Champlain Valley, as well as all persons
'who desire to take part in this under
taking, tocontribute to this worthy pur
4 pose. Frank l.. Fish of Vergennes is
treasurer and l.. NJ. Hays of Burlington
Secretary Of the commission.
vermonters In Boston.
Il Thanks to sweet cider and fried hasty
I budding with maple syrup there was an
!&unmjstakable Vermont flavor to the din
her served Thursday evening at the 23d
annual reunion of the Vermont associa-
| ion of Boston at the Vendome, more
y han 15O members and guests partici-
p batting Previous to the dinner a not
foo formal reception took place in the
#parlors. There were in the receiving
Eparty: President and Mrs. Isaiah X.
sClark, Past Pres. and Mrs. Albert Clarke,
Vice Pres William Craig and Charles K.
Darling, with their wives; Chaplain G. A.
Crawford, U. S. N, RETIRED Gen. Philip
H. Reade. I. S. N, retired, and Mrs.
Reade; Edwin D. Sibley, Hon. William
NJ. DIN, secretary of the commonwealth,
and Mrs. Perry; Col. and Mrs. Melvin 0.
Adams and Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. d.
mond At brief business meeting the
existing board of officers was reelected.
THE Green Mountain Song" written
more than 60 years ago by Mary Cults
and sung to the familiar air of # air
Harvard" by the assembled company
was a feature of the occasion. Later,
between the courses, a number OF selec-
tons were rendered by remarkably fine
elee club just for the evening, by Col.
Benton assembling some of the best SOLO
lists and quartet singers in Boston, who
are natives of Vermont. They were
George !. Parker, Robert Mckenzie, DR..
E. H. Page, Joseph Vieau, Arthur Mum,
Jay R. Benton, George Remele, l.. A.
Whitney, D. NJ. Babcock and Thomas
Shutelt Isaiah R. Clark acted as toast
master and the speakers were Col. DIN,
Rev. George A. Crawford, and Col. Mel
win o. Adams. Mrs. Ernestine Fish gave
several contralto solos and Edwin d.
Slbley some humorous readings.
Trustees of Vermont Sanatorium Meet.
The annual meeting of the trustees of
the Vermont sanatorium at Pittstord
was held last week. The old officers
were reelected, and one new member,
Charles X. Crosby of Brattleboro, was
added to the board in place of Carroll s.
Page. The resignation of DR.. II. [.
Chadwick, who has been with the insti-
tuition since its beginning, was received,
to take effect March 1, when DR.. Chad
wick will go to Westheld, Mass. The
officers reelected were: President, F. {.
Partridge; vice president, &c. Butterfeld;
secretary, DR.. W. N. Bryant of Ludlow;
treasurer, A. G. Williams, Jr.; executive
committee, F. c. Partridge, Miss Emily
D. Proctor and Redfeld Proctor Jr., of
Proctor, D. D. Burditt of Pittsford, DR..
[. S. Caverlv of Rutland financial COM
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