The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-02-25
GOV. PROUTY IN BROOKLYN.
Vermont Executive Makes Vigorous
Speech on Vermont Topics.

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thing about little old Vermont; 20
could drop her in the State of Texa
or ind her again, but sh
raises more butter per COW than an
other commonwealth in the UIioI
You don't have to take the word of
reporter for it, because the Cover
nor of Vermont is responsible for thi
statistic, and Hon. George H. Prout
told the Brooklyn Vermonters at din
ner in the Park Avenue Hotel Sat
urday night that even the COWS ar
increasing.
More than 900 folks, who were borl
on one side or t'other of the Greer
mountains, live in the city, anC
Brooklyn has 225 of these, collec
ton of which Brooklyn is said to h'
Unfortunately proud. Most of them wen
to the annual dinner Saturday nigh
and heard Gov. Prouty and the Rev
Dr. John M. Thomas, president of the
Middlebury College and Wesley e.
Woodruff and others name Vermont
as one of the face cards of the Am
erican pack.
At the right of Walter D. Johnson
who was POSTMASTER, was Gov. G. H.
Prouty of Vermont; at his left was
Rev. Dr. John M. Thomas, president
of Middlebury College. Others at the
guest table were Wesley E. Woodruff.
Charles F. Mathewson, ex-Govs. John
W. Stewart of Vermont and J. G. Nc
Cullough, Rev. Charles Henry Wells
and Prof. c. F. Yate, president Of
Robert college, Constantinople.
After a toast had been drunk to the
President of the United States and the
POSTMASTER had dashed off few tru-
by rural jests, Gov Prouty explained
that he was so anxious to get down
here to attend the annual dinner that
he travelled all the way from White
River Junction to Springfield on
milk train. (Hearty laughter) There
had been a few Inconvenience prev
ious to climbing abroad the milk
train-little annoyances which go with
railroad travelling in a Vermont win
ter-such as a wreck and the failure
of an engineer to keep steam in the
boiler of his locomotive-but even
have to put up with such
things.
81 want to tell you," he said, that
Vermont is improving in every way
There will be as great a change for
the better in Vermont in the next few
years as has taken place in some 9TH
sr States. (Applause) The Champlain |
celebration was a great help to us.
Many people learned that the Cham
,lain valley is one of the beauty spots
If the world.
Vermont is, above all else, an agri-
cultural and dairy State. Agriculture
ought to be taught scientifically, as
,ther professions, and unless it shall /
De so recognized the people of this
country will have a large debt to pay
% the future. When we get to the |
point of teaching our young men in
Vermont that being a farmer is just
rs honorable and dignified as being
/ lawyer or a doctor or a business
nan, then we shall be able to keep
he boys on the farms. (Applause.)
We need to convince them that it's
more honorable to work on a farm
han it is to loaf in offices and pre-
end to be doing something. l know
lot of young men who are loafing in
Ulcers up in Vermont and they will
lever amount to shucks. daughter
md applause.)
81 expect that the profession of
arming will go forward from now
IN as never before. l was talking
lbout apples this afternoon while
unching at the Waldorf with a New
Yorker The New Yorker was telling
ne wonderful stories about the apple
,rop of New Brunswick, but when |
rave him the name of a man who
'aised $4,000 worth of apples this
rear on one farm my acquaintance
opened his eyes. (Applause)
while was travelling on the Mis-
issippi with a number of other Gov
,rnors | heard a lot of Dragging
bout this State and that. l waited un-
il all of them got through, and then
said: Gentlemen, listen to me. We
ire a mighty little State, but we raise
more corn to the acre than any State
n the Union. The only trouble is We
Iont raise enough acres. Uaughter)
told them that the sweetest music
# old Vermont was the FLASHING of
he dasher in the churn, a domestic
that delights the ear from
south to North. Cow to COW, We oeat
EN- all at butter raising"
Governor Prouty was pleased TO
nd Vermonters in places of import
nee or responsibility, at least, where
yer he went on his Western trip.
Ie was accompanied by Governor
luinby of New Hampshire. and he OBJ