Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-06-25
CHAMPLAlN TERCENTENARY
Brief Information Paragraphs
Concerning the Coming
Event


July 40; Isle LaMotte, July 8; Presi-
Dental day at Burlington, Thursday,
July s.
Railway excursions will be run from
all points to celebration centers.
The Indian pageants will be given at
Burlington and Ise LaMotte.
The foreign governments officially rep
resented at the Tercentenary will be |
Great Britain, France and Canada.
Chorus singing will be features at all
the celebration points in Vermont.
The religious observances on Sunday,
July 4, not only at the places of Cham
plain interest, but throughout Vermont,
promise to be unusually impressive.
A Marathon race will be run in Bur-
lington on Monday, July 8. The money
stake is 81 500 and John II. Hayes Of
worldwide fame, "Pat" White, the
Irish runner, Black Hawk and Simpson,
the Indians, and Carvajai, the Cuban,
are now in training for the Burlington
race.
Everything about the celebration at
Vergennee is free excepting the banquet
and base ball.
The Right Honorable James Bryce,
who will be orator at Burlington on
presidential day, has the reputation of
being able to speak ut any length on any
subject at moments notice.
The Hon. Rodolph Lemieux, Canadian
minister Of posts and telegraphs, who
will speak at Swanton, Burlington and
Isle LaMotte, ranks as one of the bright
est after. dinner takers in the Dominion
For presidential banquet tickets ad-
dress W. j. Bigelow; for information
concerning lodgings in Burlington, c. E.
Allen; for grand stand seats, John j.
Whalen; automobile information, E. A.
Brodie; at Burlington. Do it now.
The police and emergency hospital
service in Burlington will be equal to all
demands.
A dirigible balloon will make daily
ascensions during Tercentenary week in
Burlington, weather permitting.
The bands everywhere will be the best
procurable.
Cash prizes to large amount will be
given in the drill work of uniformed
organizations on Fraternity day, We'd
nesday, July Z.
One piece of the fireworks display for
Burlington will cost $500.
All prizes in the motor boat races of
Tuesday, July 6, at Burlington will be
the highest quality, an example of the
silversmith's art-S16OO worth in all.
The girls drill team of Alpha Camp,
M. w. A, will be a feature of Wednes-
days parade in Burlington.
The parade of historical floats at Swan
ton, Saturday, July 3, will not be ex-
celled anywhere.
The Ferar Exposition Shows to be in
Burlington all Tercentenary week, have
no less than ten baby lions, some less
than two weeks old.
81 So Al i
be the announcement by the publishers,
ton, of "A History of Lake Champlain,"
by Walter Hill Crockett. The author is
on the staff of the st. Adams Messenger
and very favorably known among the
newspaper profession. Mr.. Crockett has
long been a student of the history of the
Champlain region and it is probable that
no other man is so well qualified to write
in history as befitting the present Cham
plain interest as he. The book will be
found reliable and exhaustive and writ
ten in excellent style. Altogether, it
represents a great deal of research and
painstaking industry. The price is sew
enty-five cents, or eighty-cents by mail,
postpaid
The Vermont Tercentenary commits
sion has engaged "Grass Mount" the
old Gov. Van Ness mansion in Burling
ton, for the entertainment of the foreign
guests of the United States government,
during their stay for the Champlain cell
ebration. Among these guests will be
the ambassadors of Great Britain and
France and the representatives of the
Dominion of Canada. During their stay
Grass Mount will be in charge of Fed
eral officials, who will have full care of
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both American and foreign, in times
past have been entertained, including
the Marquis de Lafayette when he made
his last visit to this country.
A big feature of the celebration at Yer
gennes will be chorus of $50 voices
which will sing at the big meeting in the
afternoon, led by the great violinist,
David Marines of New York, who has a
beautiful summer home on the lake
near the city. He is one of the great
eat violinists in the world and refuses
all engagements during the summer, but
has kindly consented to lead the chorus
to help make this celebration a great
success. His fees run as high as $1,000
per night during the season
Metzger Bros. of Rutland have been en-
gagged to do the decorating at Vergennes
for the Tercentenary celebration July 8.
This is the same firm that has the dec.
Grating to do at Plattsburg. and beau
full city from their hands is assured.
A change in the Isle LaMotte pro-
gram has the Hon. Henry w. Hill of
Buffalo. N. Y, give the address of well
come. Senator Hill is a native of Isle
LaMotte aud has long had a summer
home there.
A copy of the official program for the
Champlain Tercentenary week in Bur
lington, VT, July 4-lO. is on file at the
office of this paper, where it may be
consulted by all who may desire to do so.
The railroad folder and map, one of
the best pieces of literature concerning
the coming Champlain Tercentenary
will be sent free upon application to
l.. NJ. Hays, secretary of the Vermont
commission, Burlington.
The order of worship for churches on
Champlain Sunday, July 4. has been SO
generally requested that the first edition
of the same size is in press. This will
be furnished free in sufficient numbers
upon application to A. F. Stone, member