Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-09-10

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o'clock followed the athletic events. The
first of these was 30 foot run and
climbing a ladder % foot high, prizes 50,
81 and 81 George Belden won first prize,
| j. w. Porter second, Frank Noiseux
third. Best time Is IA seconds. The 100
yard dash, silver loving cups for prizes,
resulted as follows: Paul Yattaw, first,
70 Fl seconds John MORLEY. second II
fo"onds; Frank Noiseux, third. Sack
race for cups. james, Myers first. George
lcticn second. Charles Garvey third. The
mile run was won by Leonard Bennett,
with William Tallay close second and
James Myers third. Potato race: Ray
mond Yattaw first, William Yattaw sec
ond. The three legged race was won by
Harold Orr and Merrill Belden, James
Myers and Henry Bushey second. Time
"a 40 seconds. The hose race was won
by the Volunteer Hose company.
A battalion of the Vermont National
Guard. Major j. NJ Ashley. command
ing. Capt. /. L. Reeves. adjutant, Lieut..
&c. L. Melaney, supply officer, Major
r. J. HaRan, medical officer, and Ser
geant Major L. T. Huntington are en-
camped on the vacant lot on the Monk
ton road belonging to r. w. McCuen.
Rutland. commanded by Capt B. s.
Hyland, Lieut. e. l.. Gilbert. Company
r, st. Adams Capt. C. e. Pell, Lieuts
John sullivan and Summers, Company
II, Montpelier. Capt. j. r. Coghlan,
Lieuts. Paine and Page. Company NJ
Of Burlington. Capt. c. c. Girard,
Lieuts. w. ~ Hudson and Fl. ].
Homeister At 2:3O p. m. a squadron Of
the Second L. s. cavalry from Fort
Ethan Allen gave a fine exhibition
drill on the old fair ground, where they
are encamped. The squadrons partici-
pating in the drill were troops f. F,
G and H. Captain Payne in command.
At five o'clock the ruardsmen gave a
parade
At $3.50 baseball game was PLAYED
between teams from Bristol and Ii
conderoga. ON account of rain the
game was called after six innings,
Bristol winning by score of 3 to /.
Batteries. TiconderoEa, Thompson and
Bancroft; Bristol Mclaughlin and La
mere; umpire, Arlie Alden; strike outs,
Thompson, >; Mclaughlin, {.
In the evening in the ravne west of
and parallel to Main street which
forms a natural amphitheater, there
was an illuminated display and fire.
works The display opened with
beautiful set piece entitled Wei
come" There were several set pieces
representing ships of the types of
1914, set piece representing Secre-
tarY Daniels of the navy. one repre-
senting Commodore Marlborough. a big
display of fireworks representing the
a A. ii of nd Fl
rockets and chains During the day
1t is estimated that between 1000 and
5000 people were present
NAVAL PARADE TO FORT CASSIN.
The naval parade left the dock at Yer
genncs at las p. m. About % boats of all
classes made up this procession. among
them several from the Lake Champlain
Yacht club. Escorted BY the United
States gunboat Manning, the procession
moved slowly down the river to the site
of old Fort Cassin The boats were
decorated.
At Fort Cassin the Rev. Father Nezina |
introduced Gov. Allen NJ. Fletcher as
the chairman of the day. After music by !
the Proctor hand, Governor Fletcher !
introduced the first speaker of the day. !
Senator Henry w, Hi OF Buffalo, y. T.
Y, AS "a distinguished speaker. a man /
deeply interested in inland waterways,
and especially in that deep water canal |.
to he Of such great Importance to the |
people of the Champlain valley"
SENATOR HILL.
Senator Hill gave most interesting .
and scholarly address dealing with the |
historical facts connected with the cam !
paign in the Champain valley, when the |
British were endeavoring 10 obtain the /
control of the region, He told of the
building of the American fleet at Yer /
gennes, of the defense afforded by Fort
Cassin and of the Pattle of Plattsburgh.
Senator Hin spoke of the importance Of I
a canal connecting the Hudson with |
Lake Champlain, and how with i'm |
proved conditions in otter creek, Yer
gennes could become seat OF large in |
iustries. why not appeal" asked SEN |
ator Hin, ito the United States for aid |
to drcdge Otter creek and make It a |
great commercial waterway"
JOSEPH y. DEBOER.
President Joseph A DeBoer of the Ma
tional Life Insurance company gave an !
interesting address in which he en-
phasized the importance Of the victory of
at Plattsburgh and eulogized
as the greatest sea hero of
our country up to the time of the Civil
War. or AS Ex-Governor Hughes once
said, up to the Spanish American War"
Mr. DcBoer said.
Perhaps in the history Of naval war
ARE the power of a single personality
was never more triumphantly exhibited
han it was by Commodore Macdonough
n PlattsburGh hay The American nav
al force at the beginning of the War Of
Sl2 consisted of 10 gunboats near Basin
iarbor, at the mouth of the otter Creek.
Under his personal supervision Macdon-
'ugh added three sloops of war BY the
middle of 1913 the British had appeared
It st. John and an expedition was I'M
lertaken by the Americans to drive them
rom the lake. In the engagement of
sic Aux Noix, after four hours fight.
he Americans had been defeated. When
his news reached Macdonough he was
neither disheartened nor disturbed but at
'nce began to it up new gunboats and
wo or three small sloops for immediate
Use and next went to Vergennes 10 build
new heet out of Vernon. timber on
he otter Creek. At its moth Was n
ort under command of Llcute,ant Cas-
I'm, who guarded the sailors during this
p-buildng work and lauor broke up a
blockade by the British causing them
With three sloops and IL galleys To re-
.ce to Canada. II