Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-08-19

| crOWdS already there and to vie with
| each other in happy congratulations and
| good cheer. The town presented an ami
| mated appearance when at 10 O'Clock the
| Shelburne Falls Military band gave a
| pleasing concert from the hotel lawn, at
| tracing a large audience of not only
| nonresident sons and daughters, but
| large proportion of the townspeople.
All business was well nigh suspended in
| order to afford the merchants an oppor-
| tunity to shake the hand of some home-
| conner who had perhaps been away for
| nearly so years or had been an infreduent
| visitor during the period. The trains,
| automobiles and teams brought additional
| numbers to swell the ranks of those al
| ready present until the hospitality of the
town was taxed to its limit
! William A. Davenport Of Greenfield
| brought his wife and six children in his
automobile but explained to his friends
| that his father, Lawyer S. T. Davenport
| drew the line on such mode of locomo-
! ton, preferring, as he said to live out
| his allotted years rather than sacrifice
| life and limb to uncertain autom bles
| Judson, James, John and Emma Sargent
who have been absent from town AZ years
came back with the rest of the tnrong
| and S. NJ. Spencer of Boston, a former
| resident of Brattleboro, and scores OF
| others just dropped in without notice of
| their coming. The farmers occupied most
| OF the day with an elaborate program in
| the railroad grove, where a picnic din
| ner was served to hundreds of visitors
| including a good representation Of the
| agricultural districts surrounding Wl-
| mington. Hon. F. Warner Wiggln of
| Quechee, VT, spoke very intelligently
! and Interestingly on the principal sub
| jects in which the farmers are interested.
| holding the close attention of the audi
ence, as did o. L. Martin, Vermonts COM
missioner of agriculture, who in a schol-
| arly dissertation upon the needs of Ve,.
mont to promote agriculture and en-
courage thrift and happiness IN the home
| farms.
A mixed quartet sang, composed of the
following: Merton H Barber. H. d Al
len, Walter Howe, P. Fitch. Helen Buell.
Nellie Barnard, Mrs. II. E Mann and
Mabel Medbury. Miss Eva Kathleen Par
melee recited The Pied Piper of Hame-
lin" and the band played popula- airs
during the exercises.
An exciting Incident not on The pro-
gram was an automobile race by Mrs.
Johann Newton-Cuneo of New York.
whose summer cottage is at Lake Ra-
ponda. Mrs Cuneo drove a 90-horse-
! power Knox racer over a course laid out
between the post office and Courte-
manche's blacksmith shop to the delight
( and enthusiasm of great throngs which
lined both sides of the street. The effort
was a strenuous one, over a somewhat
uneven course, but Mrs. Cuneo succeed
ed in driving this exhibition mile at the
rate of y miles an hour.
The town presented a gala appearance
with additional decorations which fes-
tooned the village residences and bust
ness places
Wednesday night the Mexican sere-
naders and Miss Knapp, the Marshall
sisters and Charles Darling the cartoon
ISL and clay moulder, gave a most
unique and satisfactory exhibition in,
Memorial hall, which was crowded into.
the lobby by the home-comers and their
I.1.,
Tavern was the centre for the various
casual meetings and the portraits in Me-
mortal hall afforded great interest to
those, who for the first time, saw their
fathers and mothers faces displayed
there. The consensus of all present was
that this scheme to preserve for all time
the portraits of early and present set
tiers was most unique, worthy and pleas
ing and many promises of additional por-
traits were given. It was Gov. Proctor
on former visit here. who declared that
the scheme was worthy of emulation in
every town in Vermont which contained a
public building for such a purpose
Veterans day, Thursday. added another
successful feature to the Old Home week
exercises and was much appreciated and
enjoyed by the old soldiers of Windham
county, Bennington, Sheburne Falls and
North Adams. The day was just suited
Tor Such gathering of marching men,
not too hot, but sunny and mild Like
the day before the morning was given
to a band concert and this was followed
by dinner at the old floral hall on the
fair ground at Il o'clock, at which the
old soldiers, their families and invited
guests were bountifully served with an
abundance of good things Following this
came parade of the veterans headed by
the Shelburne Falls Military band and a
drum corps. This was received with en-
thusasm by the large crowd present II
was the most formidable line of old SOL
diers seen here since the stern days of the
civil war and everybody entered into
the spirit of the occasion with a hearth
ness and fervor exciting much of the old
time enthusiasm
The campfire was held at the Memorial
hall in the afternoon with a large audi
ence in attendance. Col ]. II. Gouding
presided and at the outset the officers of
the Windham County Veterans associa-
tion were chosen for the ensuing year:
II. w. Hutchns of Bellows Falls, presi-
dent. DR.. NJ. L. Bruce of Brattleboro, vice
president; c. NJ. Russell of Wilmington,
secretary and treasurer. The place of the
next annual reunion was left to the ex-
ecutive committee. Col Kittredge Has
lIins made a pleasing address and he was
followed by Col. Alfred Bugbee of New
York and Benjamin Chadwick of West
field, Mass, sang two songs to the ac-
compartment of a concertina. Col.
Franklin of Newfane also spoke as did
Capt. Haskins of North Adams Frank
+. Howe, editor of the Bennington Ban
ner, gave Wilmington the compliment of
being the most progressive town of its
size in the state of Vermont, saying that
there was no such hall in the state and
that it would be difficult for any town to
outdo Wilmington in any entertainment.
Austin II. Watson of New Lork closed the
speaking and Fred ]. Russell read a
letter from President Taft regretting his
inability to be present. A vote of thanks
was extended to Lawton post and the
people of Wilmington were given a vote
of thanks also
Thursday night grand ball was given
at Memorial hall to which $50 tickets
were sold, The ball was preceded by a
concert by the military band and orches-
ira.
Today, Friday, the professional men take
their inning at Memorial hall when II is
expected that the governor and other
distinguished visitors will be present
The afternoon will be allotted to the
Women's Christian Temperance union,
Mrs. Mary Morgan giving the welcoming
address.
This reunion has been one Of the most
enjoyable ever held here.
The report will be continued next week,
The police Of Santa Rosa, Cal, are
making a vigorous search for Henry
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