The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-07-07


known and called ETHAN Aliens
well' and still is. Ii Is one OF the
monuments to him and of early Yer
mont, and should be protected and
preserved
Between the well and the COVER
nor's house, In colonial and revolu-
tionary days, passed the main high
way. leading from Bennington to
Manchester and on to Rutland; and
over this the Vermont troops often
passed, as did also Stark's army, on
| its way to the battlefield of Benning-
ton. While st. Glars army on its
retreat from Tlconderoga, passed
over the highway through the gorge
to the west to join the army Of
Schuyler.
Governor Chittenden continued to
reside here until 1887 when the Rev.
culinary war having ended, and New
York no longer threatened to assert
her claim to Vermont by force, but
was relying on Congress to obtain
what she claimed, he moved back to
| Williston, from whence he came but
continued to be reelected governor
until 1897, except one year, and died
there in that year. A grateful state
has erected there an appropriate mon
ument to his memory One should
also be erected to him here; right
on these grounds where he lived so
long, amidst the scenes of his early
and greatest activities to maintain
the integrity of Vermont. 1t might
appropriately be located on the very
spot, where stood the apple tree
which remained till within the mem
DRY of some now living, and beneath
whose branches the officer stood,
when he carved the device used for
the Seal of the state. And let It
look toward the west upon our grand
mountains, which he loved so. well
and down the gorge where flows the
Battenkill, the loveliest river in Yer
mont, and on the low-lying hills be-
yond, where the summers sun sinks
to rest with a glory and beauty of
sunset not surpassed in this or any
other land, as travellers who have Wis
tied the world over affirm.
Governor Chittenden left many lin
cal descendants, two OF whom reside
in Arlington.
While 1t is eminently appropriate,
that We on this anniversary of our
national independence, dedicate this
station to public use, II is equally fit
| ting that this beautiful tablet should
be placed therein by him, whose gen
erosity places 1t there. II will re-
main through the years as they pass;
will be read and admired by travellers
as they come and go, and by the peo-
pie of this locality; and the children
OF the present and the future, will
read 1t as their first lesson In the his.
tory of their native state, and from
it gather inspiration that shall urge
them to noble efforts and worthy
achievements. Beautiful as II is, APP
propriate as it is, its chief worth is
the benefit which will come TO the
youth of this town from what II
teaches, and what II suggests. And
one of the suggestions, they and all
OF US will receive, Is, that honor Is
due to our ancestors for sacrifices
they made and heroism displayed in
lSoNobhohihb anu lANoSiN ihb Jul ma
ton.
have, at first with some
hesitation, recalled, in these
remarks, some of The events
that occurred in the contest be
tween New York and Vermont; not
for the purpose of attracting your at.
tention to it! but because It seemed
necessary, In order TO bring out the
Importance that should be attached
to the acts of Governor Chlttenden.
while he was Governor OF the State
and resided here. But recalling that
the contest was settled in 1890 with.
out dishonor to either state, and that
al the animosities. that arose from
II, we're then buried in one common
sepulchre, never to be resurrected.
| hesitated no longer.
Vermont was admitted into the
Union in 1791,-the first new state
and In common with and as part OF a
mighty nation. We celebrate today the
anniversary OF its birth.