Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-02-24
VERMONTERS BRAG A LITTLE
Governor Prouty Helps the Work
along in a Striking Way.
Tells the brooklyn Vcrmonters THAT
the Green Mountain state Turns
Ont More butter Per Cow
Than Any other state.

raises more butter per cow than nny
commonwealth in the Union. You don't
| have TO take the word OF a reporter for
It. because the Governor Of Vermont IS
| responsible for this statistic and the
| Hon. George II. Prouty told the Brooklyn
Nermonters at dinner in the PARK Avenue
Hotel Saturday night that even tho cows
arc increasing
More than 900 folks who were hon on
one side or tother of the Green Noun
tains I'VE In the city ana Brooklyn has
| 22j OF these. a collection If which Brook
Ign IL said to be nordinntely proud
Most of them went to the annual dinner
and heard Governor Prouty and the Rev.
Dr. John NJ. Thomas. president of Mid
dlebury College. and Wesley Z. Woodruff
and others name Vermont as one o, the
face cards of the American pack
AT the right of Walter D. johnson. who
was toastmaster was Gov George H.
Prouty Of Vermont; at his left was the
Rev. DR.. John w Thomas, president Of
Middlebury College Others at the guest
table We're Wesley e. Woodruff, Charles
| +. Mathewson, ex-Gov. John w. Stewart
OF Vermont, ]. G. Mccullough, the Rev.
Charles Henry Wells and Prof. c. +.
Yates. president Of Robert College, Con-
stantnople.
At other tables We're Mr.. and Mrs. f.
A. Pratt, Mr. and Mrs Walter II. Ly-
man, Mr. and Mrs. H. II. T.. Lounsberv,
DR.. Asa y. Davis, DR.. Carl Ct Burdick.
Lawrence w. Atwater. Miss Bertha At
water. Charles Leo Tracy. II. u. w.
Giddings, Prof Franklin W. Hooper. Mr..
| ND
Elijah s. Cowles. Percy W. Cowles. the
Rev. Robert NJ. Davis, Judge Hiram r.
Steele and Mrs. Steele Judge William
b. Hurd and Mrs. Hurd, Col. A. b.
Chandler, +. H. Chandler. Mr. and Mrs
w. T. Bingham. Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester
Deming. Judge Jesse johnson and Mrs
johnson. c. f. Johnson. Mr.. and Mrs
James l.. Taylor Lyman +. Wood. Miss
Kathryn Holloway. Miss Emma Halo.
way. Miss Minnie a. Blanchard. DR.. s
J. Alker, Or. J. Oscoe Chase and Mrs
Chase, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert X
: Twitchell. Miss Bernice Twitchell, Pierre
pont f. Twitchell, the Rev. l.. p. Arm
strong and Mrs. Armstrong; Franklin
Dana Hooper and Miss Rehecca Ian,
Hooper. Walter Carroll Low. Mr. anC
Mrs harris G.. Eames. Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph l.. Barker, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
T.. Waterhouse. Mr.. and Mrs Clifford Il
=, Griswold, Mr.. and Yrs. Fred o, Seaver
John f. Seaver. Mr.. and Mrs. James T
Seaver, Miss Elsie Benjamin and Josep,
1 Potts.
, After a toast had been drunk to tn
0 President of the United States and th
= tost master had dashed off few trul,
= rural jests. Governor Prouty explaine,
+ that he was so anxious to get down her
4 to attend the annual dinner that H.
Z travelled all the way from White Rive
Junction to Springfield on a milk team
n CHearty laughter. There had been a few
I inconveniences previous to climbing
( aboard the milk train-litte annoyance
v which go with railroad travelling in
o Vermont winter-such as a wreck AM
= the failure OF an engineer TO keep stear
= In the boiler of his locomotive eve
Governors have TO put up with sue
things
i want to tell YOU" he said. that Yer
mont is improving in every way. Their
| will be as great a change for the bette
"A In Vermont nj the nest few years as Ina
taken place in some other State. CAP
= plause) The Champlan celebration wa
, a great help to us Many people learn
-, ed that the Champlain valley is enc of III
beauty Spots of the world.
- Vermont is. above all else, an agr
cultural and dairy State. She can neve
be n manufacturing State. Asricultur
- ought to be taught scientifically as othe
professions are, for TO my mind agricu
ture is n profession. and unless il shall /
so recognized the people Of this counti
will have a large debt to pay 30 the Il
z ture When we get to the point of teacl
ing our young men IN Vermont that beiu
a farmer Is tust as honorable and dign
e fled as being a lawyer or a doctor or
business man, then We shall be able
ig keep the boys on the farms Appiause
ut We need to convince them that it
re more honorable to work on farm tina
st it Is to loaf in offices and pretend to
ty men who are loating in offices ny in We
st mont. and they will never amount
er shucks daughter and applause
s. II expect that the profession of farmir
r. will go forward from now on as nev
r. before was talking about apples tn
afternoon while lunching at the Waldo
rt with a New Yorker The New York
ne WAS telling me wonderful stories aho
when gave him the name of n man wi
raised $4,000 worth OF apples this ye
on one farm my acquaintance opened y
eyes. (Applause)
while I was travelling on the Missi
sippi with a number Of other governo
heard lot of Dragging about this Sta
ed and that, waited until all of the
w. got through and then | said: Cent
err men, listen to me. We are migh
gs little State. but we raise moro corn
a the acre than any State in the I'nio
n The only trouble is we don't raise enou
ed acres. daughter told him that t
OF sweetest music OF old Vermont was t
on FLASHING Of the dasher in the churn
We domestic symphony that delights Il
OF ear from South to North. Cow for co
IRE we beat 'em all at butter raising"
ed Gov, Prouty was pleased to fnd W
al. monters In places of Importance or RI
ge pectability. at least, wherever he we
'as on his western trip. He was accompani
IN by Gov. Quinhy OF New Hampshire. a
'Vo he observed that Quinby seemed dow
me hearted and peevish at times Fina
ne said. "Quinby. what ails your ana
governor next door said. For HeaVe'
b. sake Prouty, l wish / could ma Bull