Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-07-11

State o. Now York to the city os Pintt.,- |
burgh Il consists OF stutLo and ped |
cstal standing OF, a terrace In n park
overlooking Iake Champlain. ncnr the
outlet of THO Sar'lnac river. Tho .erzpce
e bordcred by Il granite coping, Nrr.
fight of steps lends down TO the lake.
The pedestal Is silH,c, slightly tar.r-
Ing towofd the top 1t Is 81 fes,, high, aad
built Of Massa chusct;s pink granite It
stands on IL plntfUr:n Two stops above
tire terrace It's bose e surrnom,cd by a
granite sea. and orran1~n;ed IN c.oat by
the figure % crovchiag INDIAN vi.
bow AID shied. carved in granite st
each side by a canoe prov with trophies
typical of Atncr1oa In C,!aiprLan's tmo.
AID q. tho V0r by IN talbot bsrLr-
ing the names % the ttroer tcnary S~,m-
nissoncfs.
The cauoo grows wss-, chosen tennuse
the birch canoe ir one OF TIE hshsc.
achievements. botA cunst-rct.vely and
artisttcally o: any primitive -ann. and IS
typical OF eastern Norm America
Strongly nna i,vopously made of mate
ria.B fo,rOd In the woods. seaworthy, ca
pCble Of carrying a he'ey load, and -
l!ght that It can 'e easily carried from
uvicheat ard ca siest means OF travel for
the Indians and for tho explorers of this
part OF the country. without ite ats,ist-
nntO journeys such as t!hamplaSC'1 would
have been vastly more difficult, IL not I'm
possible. IN tire time available FOR thar".
The upper past Of the pelestal Is deco
rated with carved Tarlands OF Indian
corn and bears the following inscription
on the frolt and back respectively:
SAMUEL CIIAMPLAIN
1857 1926
NAVIGATOR D1SCOVERER
COLONIZER
ERECTED RY THE STATE OF NEW
lC4It IN CON -fiOI-AI4DN
OF THE DISCOVERY or
LAKE ClIAMPLAIN.
1909 1900
Inc STATUE or Chafnpla>h' when Is
nearly twelve feet high. ami of bronze
represents him in his soldier costume
holding In mis- hand the arquebuse Of
which he speaks in his memoirs. This
and his brenstplate. helmet or morton,
cloak. dor hlet, boots. ash sword fol-
low carefully the style Of us periol;
the arQuehuSe' morton ana sWorH p'-
in the collection Of MIR Rowland Poll
Tho monument Is designed by oil
Ion, Mcclellan AMI ReaAel of New
York. the architects of the Champlain
Memorial Lighthouse Mt Crown Point
AMI the sculpture is by c. a lIcbor
who modelled the Crown Point figures
The speakers platform was decor
ated with the blue and white and tie
n"ur de lis or Franco In the time OF
IChamplain
TIE SPEECHES
Ex-senator Knapp Of Moocrs, In
presenting the memorial to Governor
DIX. sai1 that such n character as that
of Samuel de Champlain belongs to tn
world not to any one locality. and II
all time not TO any one age. This
STATUE" said he. "wlll speak to future
generations"
"Our house Is no longer divided.
England and America will never again
contend upon the battlefield"
In accepting the memorial on ho-
half of the state Of New York, Gov
ernor Dix commended the work of the
precautionary commission. and said or
tho statue:
| hrOnEgf
transmit the story of the great man
, of Franco. who first came into this
viIJarness. and through whose work
and ambition you now enjoy the bene-
hts of the present"
General T.llotson. called upon to
rcsnoud for Governor Mead, said that
+, vos much to hts regret that his
| chief was unable to be present. The
rovcrnor. he explained. was Ill with
n rheumatic affection. and suggestcd
tba, although the ind!spaettion had
| followed thc governors visit to the
Cbtcoco convention vet the trouble
r,s no. 90 ~, incamn,torv nature
,,or was no h,nairr Nm hts sore gpots
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u..v -, oroloov ror talking nAlit!cs.
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