New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-26

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Rev. DR.. Shepard, aid then the more upintel-
iectual performances commenced. How strsuse
set of b-iugs we are, We aust coax ourselves mo
good hum0r for a talk, by ticking our palaIrs be-
fore our stubborn minds ~ cons. M 10 DO all, Thing.
After dinner Gov. Briggs Opened the afternoon ex-
erci.rs with an eloquent tpeech. Foreigners, ne
SAID. have cearged us With talking too much about
ourselves. And shy should We not Tor IN families
i, right Ia talk oi other people. We are
suodl, faunie aud have done something. here Gov.
Briggs wen, into II brief history OF Berkshire men,
during several ciis-s in Our cOunrr, = history
! The taking OF ricrDdrrogs planned by some
] Connecticut and Berkshire men, ut meeting held
in house IN P,isfrd, on The corner where Willis's
sturr now stands. An expediloo wSs started and
brt rr olher people knew any rtrg about IT, Ticon-
;rroga hid su rendered to Erhsn Alien authority
when dare rot lie disputed, tcneers He mention
ed rs curious FAC, that DUNG that campaign John
] Brown OF Berkshire saw through she character OF
! Benedict Arnold, and soon aiief published him as
coward and traitor, which aiteTTB1d proved
! iJset TO be too trur-Bcrssbre men poured through
the nose of the tunnel up there, Wilisnstown 10
assist their brethren Bennington (cheers and
cries from the 100, OF The tables speak louder -
| tGov B. said that il his speech worth much he
would wish make all hear, but that those WHO did
not hear met with great loss. y David Jewett
who had tuu ght under Lalay cite, net the old Gene
raj on his visit 10 Pitt, field, ami he (Gov. b re-
meubered well how the good old FrenchmaD, when
he rvcog Missed him, ca-ped hun III his arms, and they
both wept L. gether. Tue SERVICES oil Berkshire men
including the " bloody NINTH" in the second war,
! and in the FiorJs war, were not forgotten. Good
feeling aud liberation on matters OF politics and
religion were peculiar in Berkshire. Berkshire men
have ben dsng ushed IN the councils OF the nation.
In ore Congress he recoilected eight members who
we've ratves OF Berkshire. The Governor closed
ms very happy and eIoquen, speech by welcoming
/ the guests 10 the festivities oi The day. Welcome
To our homes, welcome 10 our hearts-welconle 10
! tie sspulchres ot cur Fathers.
The President then called on Hon. Marshall
5. Bidwell, now OF New-Iork, formerly speaker OF
the House of Commons IN Canada, native Of
! Be,kshire-he had back after many years
absence in ioreign land. he came 10 believe that
the age rt miracles was not past, for TINS meeting
mad ruised the dead, the glorious forms of the dear
! departed lowered round us, blessing us with their
revived preseucs. He concluded with this senti-
ment:
| The scenes and tho friend Of our childhood.
| The President here remarked rhsr like all others
who had nothing say he forgot 10 co what he had
risen to pcriorni-to give sentiment
The Cou,.y Btrk.Are-Hsr cenery aud her sons. gazing
upon the exe.l.l with ns Roman mother. lsess
N, Jewels
The President then Introduced Dr.. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, OF Il ston, whom he requested TO take
/ his stand on he able, whch would be improve
u,eut on OCCASIONS oi tins kind formerly, where peo
pI.. sometimes 20. usder il. MIR. Holmes said that
! # he could not Ia, claim TO the honor Of being
! sou of Berkshire" lie could not be considered
stranger 70 that noble county. There was no moro
anci-ut Iie than his 10 love and honor the soil Of
This fair village. He asked for pardon TO the per-
sonal character OF the allusions th which he intro
| duced his story.
Among his earliest recoections an annual
| au,umnal pilgrimage which his pareHts made to-
ward the setting sun, from the classical village OF
Cambridge. TIE parting was tender and the return
anxiously anticipated. At length it came and the
J young horse winch had gone away full of flesh and
spirits returned with faded step aud with his ribs IN
dt0 reifero. Ii like the rrturn OF the crusaders
ns figured in the rontsplece Oi Fuller Holy War.
| This tourney was TO Berkshire, on the confines Of
! New York, where some underlined expanse OF terri
rory recognised them its owners. IL was walled
~ hy m0lnans tall forests waved over its uplands,
and winding ran, in coqu-ttish cur, es through
th- midst oi lis grassy meadows
Years passed ny and changed the scenes that sur
rouud,d him. He passed some years abroad, and
-aw some the ioseliest regions OF the old world.
This nadu him love hI- own shores better, and more
aux iuus lhr b~auieS OF h's own nniiye land
rgnln He had sailed down The Rhln., and ne fslt
rs Vi I've must sai up tie Hudron lie hoaied BE-
tween liz -nchan,eu banks snd found tnla, II at Al
| amy. A f'w hours cHrriri hm 10 PIus6ed, and
inrodus hun u the O'd nh rioncr that had ioTm-
ell the sub, Oi so many early visions linen arose
the hope that sumo day "ier u nj be his home.
As Yet he lad ror farther than his yearly visit.
| 30 mnch tor ms own story -t gutistica II judged
,aIshiy-- Dut genuine exuact from his book Of
| liz. wien IL flesh from the press and lis hist
ic 7v-s 81. cut open. The place nov called sbo
| Wendell Fnria. AID formerly known us Canoe Mea.
dow, Is but uIa o tie extensive trrriIoIy oDco
owned BY mr. nrc--ior,. he rIsulal pnpers, from
which H. would lake two or three iaclr, were put
into hi- hands uf short tn'e since.
| In Nuy, l735, the great and Gru-rnl Court assem-
bed al Boston, "granted 10 The onn oi Boston three
trscis of land, each sIYfy nnls square, 10 be lald
but IN .uir"bl- pers in lh- nunppr"prlaed territory
! oil this province" sc. In June, E57, jacob "en-
! l-ll O, Boston aforesaid Esquire. at public auc-
on, puIchnsed QUE OF the tracts lor the sum OF ihi-
| tren hundred and twenty pounds" a plan Of The
| township granted Jscob Wendell was drawn up by
John Huston in 1873. 1his which If in Dir.
Holiness possession, 9 the original plan OF PoDtoo
snc or Pilsii.d, which Is figured perfect sqaaIe.
Who n.bbIed away the Northwest corner h5 does
mol know but in 100, when Nathaniel Dwg INT made
another Ian which ID u his possession also, ION tho
back OF parchment continuing Gov. Shirley COM
InssiODl II already gone. The original pur-
chaser Of Putfeld was his hr. H.'s) great grand
| fither ON ihe maternal side. The t"ehIy-iouT thou
sand acres, OF which (wiIh the exception Of one
| lhous, md acres granted To Hon. John Stoddard) he
was the sole owner, have mostly passed into other
hands. A little corner remains, and in virtue Of
ths ancestral relic, he venlured 10 greet the sOna Of
| Berkshire his brothers.
Dir. Holmes then rrnd The following poem which
was received with great delight by the company.
Come back u your mother, ys children. tor sbarno.
Who have wandeis ise truant, for riches or f.us!
With s:1l &C her luce and spng on her cap.
She calls you feast from her bountiil dp
Come out from your alleys courts and your lanes
And breathe. Ike young ase- the mir Of o'ir plains.
Take whiif from hed,, and your excellent wives
VIII declare IL s ell nDisenJs iJiuring your live.
Come you of he Law. who can talk II you peaIe,
| Til he man ~ the moon Will nlow il > a cheese.
! And lave . the old lEdy tbnt never tells iies."
To s.eep with her hsndAer hiei lef eyes.
! Ye Heaes Of men. for moment decline
Your f.ats the :hubab and ipecSc line;
While you shut up your tofnpte your ne'Fhbon saa 20.
The old roundubou, road. TO the region, below.
! You Clerk Oh whose are couple Of pens.
And whose herd is an HnthI o units and tens;
Though Plato den g. you, We welcome you sul
A.aE ethere.s tIped. IN spite of ;our GULL.
Poor drudge ofibe City. how happy he feels
With the burn his legs ard The at his hesS
No dodzsr behind. MS bandannas 10 share.
No constable grun blnz " You mustn't w1H theIs."