Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-03-18
SEVENTEENTH BANQUET.
Buffalo vermonters Hold Annual
Meetinq.

Buffalo Vermonters Hold Annual
Meeting.
The annual banquet of the Buffalo
Society of Vermonters was held at the
Hotel Lenox, Buffalo, N. Y, on Friday
evening, March II. Governor George
H. Prouty, of Vermont was the guest
of the evening and principal speaker.
The banquet, which was attended by
one hundred and twenty of Vermont's
sons and daughters, was the largest
and most brilliant affair in the history
of the society. A reception was held
in the hotel parlors from seven until
eight, and at 8. Is the company sat down
to an elaborate dinner During the re-
ception and dinner an orchestra, con-
cealed behind palms, played popu
lar selections.
1t was after nine O'Clock when the
POSTMASTER arose and read the follow
ing telegram from Hon. Charles
Hughes, Governor of New York: Il
am very sorry that cannot accept your
invitation to attend the dinner of the
Buffalo Society of Vermonters this
evening. 1t would give me great
pleasure to join you in greeting the dis
tinguished governor of Vermont, whom
hold in the highest esteem. Please
give to the Green Mountain boys my
cordial greetings and best wishes.
aIl ecu ta,,
ed to with great attention and was in
terrupted with frequent applause. He
retold some of his States history show
ing wherein lay the root of the excel
lence of her sons and daughters of to-
day Then be turned to the Vermont
of the present and enumerated her in
dustries, describing the granite and mar
bic quarries, the largest in the world,
and the manufactures which have made
Vermont known throughout the world.
The Governor laid emphasis upon Yer
mont as an agricultural state, and arous-
ed great interest by his statement re-
garding the improvements of Vermont S
roads. The Governor closed with a
glowing description of Vermont's seen
cry and called attention to Vermont as
a winter resort. He surprised many
present by stating the number of peo-
pie who patroniZe the Woodstock Inn
and other well known Vermont resorts
during the winter season. In closing,
Governor Prouty said, 81 am proud of
Vermont, not only for what she has
done as state within her borders. but
for what her sons and daughters have
been able to achieve away from home
as uplifting influence in the several
communities in which they live.
The president of the society, Samuel
b. Botsford, native of Vergennes and
graduate from Middlebury college in
the class of 1908, presided and introdu-
ced the speakers. The other speakers
of the evening were Senator Henry W.
Hill, Mrs. John Miller Horton, and
Joseph Dana Allen. Edmund j. Plum
ley, the poet of the society, paid a
graceful tribute to Senator Hill in
verse, and Thomas H. Noonan moved a
vote of thanks to the Governor. At the
conclusion of the evening, an octette
sang the University of Vermont song
Lake Champlain"
This was the seventeenth annual ban
quet of the Buffalo society of Vermont
ers. A new booklet containing a his
tory of the society and a list of mem
bers, with pictures of past officers, was
distributed during the evening. Some
of the most prominent citizens of Buff
falo have acted as officers of the society.
and many of them We're present at the
banquet.
Among the previous guests of the
society have been Hon. Roswell Farm
ham, two of whose sons live in Buffalo,
Prof. Walter E. Howard, of Middlebury
College, DIR. Mathew H. Buckham, pre-
sident of the University of Vermont,
Hon. ID. j. Foster, DIR. ID. C. Hawley,
then Mayor of Burlington, Hon. Char
les H. Darling, then Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy, Rev. John M. Thorn
as, president of Middlebury College;
and Charles H. Spooner, president of
Norwich University.
The Governor was entertained while