Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-06-15

Stowe and Seward and Parker. an aborigine
from the prairies, an ancient minstrel with
q modern fiddle an a modern minstrel with
an ancient hurdy-gurjy. All these and more.
Each man was a study in himself, and to all
Falstaf"s description Of his recruit, would
apply.
Ny whole charge consists Of corpofnls. lcutc.
nnnts gentlemen of companies, slaves as ragged as
Lazarus in the painted CLOTH when the glutton
dogs licked his sorcs the cankers of a calm world
and long peace, ten times dshonorably ra gged
than an old faced ancient; that you would think
| had hundred and fifty tattercd prodigals lately
come from swine keeping from eating draft and
husks. mad follow met me on the way and told
me had unloadcd all the gibbcts and pressed the
dead bodies. No eye hath seen such scare crows"
The proceedings on the review were excl
ting. After the calling of the roll the idol
of his regiment, Col Martin Van Buren,
Brick, discharged the following eloquent and
touching speech.
SPEECH OF col. BRlCK.
FELLOW SOLDIERS Brave associates and
partners of my toll ! Lend me your ears for
perceive you have cars to lend We meet
to-day to celebrate tho glorious achievements
of war. In sordid and practical age when
Turkey and Bear are the objects of war,
when the neighing of the Iron Horse is heard
above that of the war stced, the clash of
shuttlcs above that of arms when crane
fills human instead of cannon mouths, and
lead fills only mental calibers, when 5reeches
turned to the heads of British soldicry at
Bunker Hill are transferred to women, and
canOns are used only in theology when
love affairs are simply brandy smdshcs, and
Punch and Harper are the only magazines
OF war, when flints have fled to misers' hearts,
and caps arc stuck on block-hcad tubes when
pocket pistols hit on the month, report about
an ho.r IT rTalis, and kick towards the
ditch, AID bpmb-.hclls give way to Sott. shells
that are touched on with a cigar when all
these are the rage, we rejoice to present before
you the realization of those bright visions Of
hcrosm and valor which in oldcn times filled
the rorH with GLORY Tcheers. As
appear before you feel like the incarnation
of the spirit Of hundred battles. You
look like the fragments of as many-the
stems of the fJorer of Chivalry whose bloom
has fled to iairer cheeks above. | glory to
meet this circle of soldiers inscribed in this
public sguare surrounded y"New England's
dead "whom though dead as you see they
still live with the great Shanghai Eagle
floating over all. Sensation. You are the
pride of your mothers over whom your first
victory was won-the honor Of your fathers
discipline you still bear you are-thc inhab-
itants of the country in which you live
Ladies may one of these many colored reign
boan1 Of promise illumine your mental VS.
ions for ever. O fellow soldiers as | look
upon you having the appearance of being
dragged through where there wasn't even a
knot-hole, and worn down with many an
incursion into
The orchard, tho meadow the deep tangled Wildwood,
my heart is all but overcome with emotion,
and if the lake were spirituous fluid and
Adirondack were II sugar loaf, | would stir
it up with yonder flagstaff, and with a rye
straw in your mouths you should imbibe at
my expense forever ! too am full OF scars
as am of honors. | was brought up in
Sleepy Hollow and Parliamentary instructed
by Ichabod Crane. On the cotton plains
of Couch-in China | had three night mares
shot from under Inc and for years since
have lain senscless for nearly ~ hours day
For a long time to come shall feel the
effects of recent biO,c from North EaStcr
ana U your Culuuvl's oars nrc made sore
with music of the Hornet Band Terrible
blare Of tumultuous sounds from the Band !
Most skillful Surgeon do invent cure for
musical strains and scelLs. In the words of the
immortal llomcr-that Band
Pluck the ewes of sentiment
Aud dock the tail of Rhyme,
They crack the voice Of melody,
And break the legs OF time.
But let the dead past bury the dead -
There are high and gratifying prospects
spread out before us Rarnum's celebrated
army recruitor has been introduced into our
ranks, and We have plan for watering the
streets with the dueS collecting at the Tailurs
and Livery stables
Your Col. has no national measures to
propose, hut has devoted his entire energies
to this his beloved city. lie would recon-
that ii ship canal be cut from this lake to
the St. Lawrence, that our aristocratic Goldfish
may have nibblc at John Bulls becistcak {;
that sa,rmW be built on the breakwater
to lower the price of JOard ; that the recip-
rocity act be carried into full operation
between the college and seminary that a
Marine Hospital be established here that
the Doctors may draw off their deadly blue
pill fire upon the healthy inhabitants Of town,
and direct it to real inyalids that the sol
diers give special attention during the sum
ner to the encouragement Of district school
ma--no, teachers that our noblest church
spire, the pride Of the city, be reformed from
its tipsy habits and be no longer forced to
describe IL RhUmb line, and that the funds
the ladies raised for ornamcnting the Camp
ground, be applied to defending it by placing
a row Of piano ioiH around the outside
Strong sensation Fellow soldiers the
sands of time are flying and must close
Be true to your Colonel, first, and afterward;
to your country and you shall never want.
Remember Pyralnus and Thisbe whenever
you see a hole in the wall, and you shall bt
as worthy as the glorious hero of Paradise
lost, and like him sit " exalted high upon
throne Of royal state [Cheers from til,
soldiers and immense applause from the
| crowd.
From the report Of DR.. Opodelldoc, which
was SO feet in length, we can of course Civ,
but few extracts. He commenced by in
forming the Inviucible- that his cures the yea
past had been more astounding than ever anc
that his fame would continue to grow
brighter and brighter until eciipsed by th
advent Of some younger DR., Escnlupius Liver
worth Tar Cant ye get -yourlcg awayOpodell
doc who in after years would shoot up like
meteor and reproduce his fathers greatness
and went on as follows:
The first academic that appeared after tn
last report was the ''desideratum graduatere
or graduating fever Twenty seven wer
taken down. symptoms, morality in the head
dignity in the walk-hints about graduating
remarkable tendency to swell,-litcrar
movement of the superior and inferior maxil
larry bones &c, &c. Structures on bleeding
were first applied, then treating Homeopathic
ally, " similis .imilibus" applied roots cx
tractcd, roots Latin and Greek, iniinitessl
nal extracts Of calculus, mathematical for
mulas, psychological inductions &c, &c. n
ayail-iinally applied huge sheepskin rlas
ters under the axilla with composition q
printers ink, paste, paper, ribbons an
writing ink be-smeared thereon-and al
were despatched III one short day
Sophomore Exhibition furnished man
cases. One man hit by II Soph-bug, drov
eye down into stomach carrying with i
brains and all inside of the head. In orde
to draw them back to their proper place
your Surgeon caused leaf from Barnum
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