Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-10-11

scene of beauty with its decorations of
the national colors, scarlet peoples and
asparagus ferns. The President and his
party were at Col. Estey's about an
hour. Besides the Presidential party
those present were Col. and Mrs ]. Gray
Estey, Mrs. julius ]. Estey, Jacob Es-
tey, Joseph Estey, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Har-
ry Estey, Miss Allethaire Estey, Paul
Estey, Mrs. Abbie r. Fuller, Gov. A. NJ.
Fletcher, Col. Lee S. Tillotson, Judge
and Mrs. ]. NJ. Tyler, Judge and Mrs.
J. l.. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. c. c. Fits,
Stanley Fits, Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Wat
erman, Mr.. and Mrs Charles r. Crosby,
Mr.. and Mrs. George l.. Durham, Miss
Evelyn Durham, Dr. and Mrs. c. S.
Pratt DIR. G.. r. Anderson and Freder-
ick Holbrook.
Meanwhile people began focking to
Island park, some going as early
as ~ o'clock. The First Regiment band
marched to the park shortly before 2
o'clock and played until the presidential
party arrived at 245, three-quarters of
an hour late. Early in the day large
flag bearing the names of Taft
and Sherman was flung to the
breeze across Main street, and most of
the business places displayed flags
Business was suspended in order that
all might go to the park.
A high platform had been constructed
been decorated profusely with flags, and
on either side were lower platforms with
reserved seats About 1900 persons
crowded upon the grand stand and about
as many more stood on the ground or
occupied the platforms. Charles r.
Crosby, Chief-of- Police George Wilson
and Policeman Ellis G. Worden, in the
the Presidents car and cleared the way
to the high platform. AS President Taft
approached the platform he was given
an ovation, which he acknowledged by
lifting his hat, and. when he assembled
the stairs the demonstration was still
more emphatic Col ]. Gray Estey in
troduced the President effectively,
simply saying: Il have the honor
to present the President of the United
States" When the applause had died
away, President Taft spoke as follows:
Ladies and gentlemen of Brattleboro:
1 am very much touched by this cor
dial welcome l am not on a speech
making trip. Some of the good people
of your city asked me If / would say
a word in Brattleboro to those whom l
happened to meet, but i didn't expect
the word to be heightened into a speech
or the people / might happen to meet to
be anything like the throng which greets
me, but there are some circumstances
which concern my relation to the state
| that make this greeting exceedingly
| welcome. My father was a Vermont
man, born in Windham county; l could
| not have forgotten it if would, be-
! cause he reminded me every day of that
| fact. There was no man whom he met
| in the community who had an equally
honorable origin that he did not refer
to him as "one of our Vermont men,
and in studying these characteristics
came to find out why 1t was he felt
proud of the association, and l do say
that he liked to distinguish these men
as "one of our Vermont men," They are
| the leaven in every community of which
they are a part, and following his judg-
ment I agree that wherever there Is a
sufficient modicum of Vermont men in
| the West, or anywhere else in this
| country, you can count on those COM
munities always as being typical of the
good things that are.
l am on journey, not of business
and not of politics. but of real pleasure
That's the reason why 1 brought Mrs
Taft Therefore you do not expect g
political or a business speech from me
The beauty of your state is now a.
it's height. The mountains are not greer
but golden yellow, golden brown and
golden red and If there Is any spo
more dramatic and any stage NOR,
beautiful than Vermont at this season O.
the year 1 challenge Vermonter to tel