The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-01-21

thing Was served ia abundance and par
taken oi with q vlishlng, generous Justice
Al syery mans place Tor souvenir was
nea, box oi Vermont maple sugar. leiisins'
er'. orchestra played capital mnsie, aud its
soloist. "M' Duean, sang q topic song
| written Tor the occSlon. The soloist sang
,he verses and the eyercager crowd joined
| in vehemently On the "Hurrays' The
words Of the song follow;
You gentlemen OF Springfield, were glad
10 see you here.
We prize the opportunity TO wish You all
good cheer.
We know your wive. are happy, too, upon
this festal day,
| For now you've gone they've got Tue
chance to look about and say
My mans gone to the country, Murray
lie thought il best. need the rest,
That's why he went away,
He took his troubles with him, hurray'
Murray,
I'm mighty glad TO know for sure my
mans gone away.
That genial cuss, Charles Bosworth, upon
whom women smile,
Came up here several weeks ago aud talked
To us Whir.
He's got a farm in walpole, its barns are
filled with hay.
He'll send his wife. when he gets one, mp
there. and then he'll say
Ny wife's gone to the country, etc.
When your new stations finished, and
your municipal group,
To pay for these improvements all your
men folks must recoup. i
so send your families mp here instead OF
to the shore.
Then go to the Nayasset club and to each
other roar
My wife's gone to the country, etc.
But il you're going to do this, you'd better
act right soon, =.
Because this town is growing fast. It's
really on the boom.
It's going to be a city, the real thing, the
whole cheese.
And with YOUR folks here then thered be
no truth to words like these:-
My wife is in the country, Murray.
Murray.
She thought it best need the rest.
That's why she went away.
she TOOK the cnliureh WIN her, murray
Murray!
| don't care what becomes of me, my
wife's gone away.
When coffee and cigars had put the
peak of pleasure ON the bountiful feast,
Gen. L. p. Clark, vice-president OF the
Springfield board, rose to start the after ,
dinner speaking. He brought the regrets
Of Fred 7. Ley, president of the Spring
~ sc Ia haf INN hltsl
ness prevented his being present. He |
struck the first note Of the refrain that |
every Springfield man sweed, appreciation
and enthusiastic praise for the Brattleboro
men who had made the junket one Of the {
inest of times. Gen. Clark referred to the
combined sweetness" of the women and /
maple sugar of Vermont On the boxes i
II sugar the Brattleboro board gave the
Springfield men for souvenirs was this
tanza written by Vermont poet. John
J. Sake
Men. women, maple sugar and horses;
The first are strong, q
The last are feet,
The second and third uncommonly sweet;
md all are exceedingly hard to beat. v
Gen. Clark first called upon Henry II: 4
bowman, ex-president of the Springfield
,oard, and a man who was helpful in !,
he starting of the Brattleboro board. !,
lr. Bowman referred to the birth of the 4
oungster, the -Brattleboro board, grown !,
0 be such lusty youth. He expressed =
patty" the sentiments of the Springfield =
len. saying that "Brattleboro certainly =
as us today all right" that the trip was >
a thing to be remembered" and that 1--WE =, ).
re having the time of our lives" =
William G. Wheat, next called, empha- "
zed the same strain, congratulating the Ia
rattleboro men, and declaring it was ii
the pleasantest outing we've ever had" w
Tennison Cowles, president of the Brattle C
oro board, co-operated with Gen, Clark III
POSTMASTER, calling upon several Brat of
eboro men. First was Charles w. Dun Ca
am He said he wanted to have the of
pringfeld men come up to Brattleboro hi
ext summer, telling them that he would Of
ave boats ready and give them one of the re-
nest 6O-mile sails in New England. His Nj
vitation was greeted with loud applause be-
I'd shouts of "We'Il come" whats the of
,te," and well stay till summer" Then I'll
: told his celebrated bear story, that IN
,nvulsed the crowd, that had already had ia
me good laughs at preceding stories: r
hares P. Chase, called upon next, said pl
me more fine things about the Brattle.. wi
,ro men and that evoked long roars Of hf
lighter. l.. f. Adams spoke Of the fine Cl
u |
I'd emphasized the advantages resulting pl
ON such good acquaintance as the junk w
was making. tn
C. Henry Hathaway, secretary of the sit
Dringfeld board of trade was next called be
,on He worked in capital story and pa
lowed well the idea of the Springfield WI
,ard of trade in having the junket. He W
id that in way the trip, with all its w
ljoyment, of which he spoke with the tn
,enest appreciation, was in way bust. m
,ss proposition. Brattleboro and all pi
WINS in the Connecticut valley and q
lringfeld have mutual interests. The sh
mmunities in the Connecticut valley, he hi
have been far apart in feeling co
getting together; they haven't acted as tn
unit Many matters of which, perhaps, as
aific and transportation matters are M
ost important, are going to demand unity mi
action, and this getting together is 60 nc
G to make for this unity of action. FOL
When you come to Springfield he said, ex
We want you to. feel that you are DO
rt of our organization. The growth M
Springfield is largely dependent upon Nj
e suburban district, of which Brattle- cia
no is part The things we have t., ce1
concluded, "by getting together and q
Hing together" "a
R. c. Bacon of Brattleboro told good o.
Dry relative to climate and added an Q
her word to the invitation for the boat ~
lie next summer. c. A. Croker, a for !,,h
ar director of the Springfield board, and NE
Holyoke manufacturer, was called upon. ~
e said that such gatherings we're insplr. Del
9. helpful and ennobling 10 business, ere
d emphasized the getting together and fha
'rklng together, speaking in highly CON Inlt
mentary terms Of Secretary Hathawav =
larles r. Crosby, another Brattleboyo q
IN. said that the Brattleboro board was
iebted to its secretary, George Fox.
much Of its prosperity. He referred