Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-04-10
FAREWELL DINNER
Judge J. r .Stearns Central Figure IA

Judge J. # .Stearns Central Figure Ia
Testimonial mt New Sherwood
THE best of all ships is Royal Frienc
ship"
Probably no one in this city realize-
the full significance of those two lined
more to-day than does Joseph T.
Stearns, attorney. clubman and one of
the best known professional mon in
this part of the State, for Tuesday night
at the New Sherwood Hotel at a COM
plimentary dinner those lines were
multiplied one-hundred fold. one for
each friend present. The lines were
at the end of tho menu card.
1t was jolly affair, yet with a sad
side to it, this testimonial and farewell
banquet to MIR. Stearns. 1t was brim
full of fun and mirth and yet each
speaker, and there were seven Of them,
could not help but touch upon the fact
that the community would be a great
loser in the departure of Mr. S.earns
for New York City. where he will make
his future home.
Charles F. Black off1ciated as toast.
master. He introduced the speakers,
who were Judge Charles H. Darling,
Clarence p. Cowles. Merritt D. Chitten-
den. Judge Edmund c. Mower, Judge
Sherman r. Moulton, F. L. Linsenmier
and Thomas A. Unsworth.
The following original poem was read
by Levi p. Smith:
WHERE OUR JOE COMES IN
We have here as our guest tonight
a most uncommon fellow.
So friendly and so square and white,
With heart so true and mellow.
That if he wore a striped coat,
AS Joseph did Of old,
The only yellow stripe we'd note
Would be eighteen karat gold.
He is the kind that you'd pick out
To put on a committee
To do the work that some good scout
Must do in every city.
Always willing, always square
And almost always witty.
When needed he was always there.
To lose him Is a pity.
At U. " NJ. as we've heard tell,
And then at Harvard College,
He studied some, and raised some-wei.
Got more than bookish knowledge.
He practced law he made some laws,
He speechified and wrote,
AS Judge he made some foes, because.
They could not get his goat.
We like you Judge. We love you Joe.
fellow lives and learns,
Good fellows come, good fellows go:
There's just one Judge Joe StearnA
And if you really have to go,
A-seeking wealth and fame.
Remember that We'll miss you so.
The town won't be the same.
Those giving the banquet were: DH
Lyman Allen. c. A. Barber NJ. j
Barnes B. d. Bartlett, Lawrence Brat.
ley, NJ. c. Beebe. DR.. C. H. Beecher.
George NJ. Besett. NJ. c. Berry. Royal
E. Bingham. Charles F. Black w. r.
Bliss. B. J. Boynton E. A. Brodie. A B.
Buell., DR.. E. Fl. Buttles, F. e. Burgess.
A. j. Canning. John NJ. Carroll, Paul
Chamberlain. NJ D. Chittenden. Har-
rison a. Cooke. r. A. Cooke, F. NJ.
Coon. Frank II. Crandall. Clarence r.
Cowles, j. w Crosley. Chas. A. Davis.
&c, H. Darling. NJ. Dorm, Frank w. Eli
ott DR.. VIM. II. Englesby. John J.
Flyn, Burr o. Foster. Prof w. H. Freed
man, p +. Garvey, T. G.. Gaul, E. +.
Gebhardt. Thomas w. Quincy, John w.
Goss, Harrie V. Hall, Walter G. Holt.
ham, Ezra Nj. Horton, Il. D. Huntley,
Richard Irving, DR.. ]. n. JENNIE, Ed
ward S. johnson, Prof. Charles II.
Jones' J. s. Kenney. F. +. Kmball, H.
w. Kimball, w. o. Lane, F. l.. Linsen-
meir, d. A. Looms DR.. Guy f. Loudon.
DR.. David Manson, James H. Middle
brook, James II. Mitchell. Col. John II.
Mmms Charles II. Mower, Hon. Ed
mund c. Mower, Hon. Sherman r.
Moulton. Dr. r. X. Morgan, John L.
Mcconnell. j. A. Neser. c. d. Ordway,
DR.. Louis ]. Paris. Roy L. Patrick. j.
A. Quinn, j. L. Reeves Frank f. Rob-
inson, Frank A. Rousseau, John Rush.
low, A. H. Rutter. H. T. Rutter. Ho-
bart j. Stanley. II. H. Shufeldt, Alfred
L. Sherman, Arthur e. Sherwin, Levi
p Smith, Eben sutton. DR.. James D.
Tanner, Scott +. Terrill, DR.. NJ. c.
Twitchell, Thomas A. Unsworth, Henry
l.. Ward, Harry A. Way, e. NJ. Webster.
Walter NJ Webster. Frank r. Wells,
F. w. Whitcomb. George +. Whitney.
VIM. II, Wilson, Graham Wilson, Hon.
Stanley c. Wilson. L. p. Wood, c. l.
Woodbury..