Worcester daily spy., 1859-07-06


"Let little children love each other" hay wagon
with canvass top and covered all with evergreen
peonys, poppys, roses, blue bells, and other flowers
was aconspicuous object. Inside were the smaller
children, one of whom occupied swing in the
middle of the group Over the children
the inscription: "The Sabbath School isthe Nur-
sery of the Church." The young ladies of the Fe-
male College walked with this division.
20. Pleasant Street-R. r. Shepard Marshal
Six boys preceded this division, bearing beautiful
banner on which was inscribed: pheasant Street,
and on its reverse the words ''The Charter of Lib
erty,n surrounding an open bible wagon upon
which was built conical frame, bore the infantile
classes. Each little girl had bunch of flowers, and
with their holiday attire and their flowers and ever
green's their happy faces and their conical arrange
ment, they presented beautiful appearance-they
were mammoth nosegay. On the peak of the
cone appeared the words He shall gather the
lambs in his arm and carry them in his bosom.n
q. Tatnuck-P. Blaisdel, Marshal. The scholars
were decked with evergreen, and portion rode in
wagons, under the shelter of birch boughs and ever
greens.
%. Mission Chapel-Wm. NJ Chase, Marshal.
This may properly be styled the banner division for
nearly every little fellow seemed to have banner.
There were so many notices that failed to get
all of them. Here some of them: 1--WE seek the
TRUTH ''The Archers, aim at the truth,n 'Never
give up" "Modest Workers. ''The Word is Truth,n
"0nward and Upward, y Excelsior The delega-
ton from the Orphans Home displayed banner
presented by the Mission Chapel. a little boy
rode in a miniature barouche drawn by dog.
There were about eighty in this division.
S. New Worcester-A. w. Curtis, Marshal. The
banner of this school prettily decorated with
various flowers; upon the top there boquet 1t
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representations the Winter scene which formed
part of this last division. Upon wagon were pine
and dead cedar trees in the branches tufts of cotton
indicated the region of snow. The old man and his
| daughters were warmly clad in furs and fannels,
| while the sat in the end of the wagon,
| drawing his sled.
All OF the divisions were abundantly sup
piled with flowers and evergreens; some of
them had very rare flowers and laurel wreaths.
EXERCISES AT THE GROVE.
The procession arrived at the grove about
half past ten o'clock. After little necessary
| delay, the Chief Marshal took the platform,
and having congratulated the large gathering of
people upon the happy circumstances which
attended the celebration, introduced His Honor
Mayor Bullock as President of the day After
the invocation of the Divine blessing by Rev.
DIR. Hill, the President spoke as follows:
REMARKS OF MAYOR BULLOCK.
congratulate the gentlemen and ladies who
have interested themselves in the preparations
for this festival, upon the social harmony and
the rural beauty which crown it with success.
This is the return of the grand national holi-
day, when all differences are buried in the
memory of a common patriotism and COM
mon glory; and concur with the representa-
tves OF the several parishes of the city, in ap-
preciating the judgment and enthusiasm with
which they have initiated these patriotic OBJ
servances, in style so simple, SO beautiful,
and so impressive. In commemoraton of the
heroic sacrifices and sufferings which gave to
this day its place in the worlds calendar, we
have done well to assemble from our homes,
our churches, and our schools Yourselves and
our children, beneath these whispering arches
where our voices and our hearts may blend
with the voices and heart of nature, in render
ing honor, and praise, and thanksgiving to the
Ruler of nations, who conducted our fathers
to their victories and ourselves to the enjoy-
ment of them. While upon the plains of the
finest country of Europe the hope of national
independence to-day hangs trembling in the
issue of many battles, yet to be lost or won, we
may congratulate ourselves that we are grow
ries,-we would celebrate and illustrate them
amid the blessings and embellishments of
peace,-we would enlarge and perpetuate t15e N
by the added achievements and ,tsr,umnhs Of
education and religion. And ,Ss56w welcome
these children,-their brighF mornne faces -
their happy hearts TO this forest playground,
WHO'S wnose ga.es Mlrf Paine has SO kindly thrown
open 70 thsslf festivities. Behold them, and
= .ider They have come,-an army with
, tanners, clothed not with the emblems of
war, but with evergreen and with roses
They have brought hither, not he memories
of bloodshed, but the trophies of the lesson
and the catechism, to lay them at the altar of
the grove and the picnic Children and flow
ers have a place in every history they relieve
the drama of war, and they add another trans
port to the joy of peace. We read but yester-
day of the French General McMahon, who
only few days ago conquered the Austrian
army IN the bloody battle of Magenta, a,-how,
when the victory had been won, and he was
making his triumphal entry into the city of
Milan, he was beset by little girl laden with
flowers, whom he caught up into his saddle
and in his arms and embowered beneath her
wreaths and her kisses, rode on amid the storm
of applause which rent the air from men and
women and children, and under the shower of
boquets which almost darkened the streets as
they fell What tribute from the heart of war
to the symbol of love These boys and girls
now before me, who have read the little
school-book history of their country,-so full
of incident, so full of WAsHINGToN-wiIl re-
member, that after the battles of the Revolu-
ton had all been fought, and the war of indie
pendence had terminated in peace, and Wash
ington had been elected the first President. and
was on his way from Mount Vernon to New
York to take the chair of his office,-the little
children along the route turned out in their
holiday attire and strewed his pathway with
flowers. What moral sublimity in the Incl
dents After the armies of Monmouth and of
Yorktown had exhausted their powers in COM
mitting the name of Washington to the immor-
tality of history, the army of the roses met him
on his career of civil and peaceful fame, and
threw around it other and more heavenly as.
sociations. And on such field as that where
Washington made his last triamphal march.
we are content and proud to have ours TODAY.
and while different kind of warfare is Mt this
moment deluging the fairest portion of the
earth in blood and sorrow, it is our privilege.
JOY, and pride, under Divine Providence, to
have served this Fourth of July, in the chill
DREN's CAMPAIGN OF THE EvERGREENs AND
| THE ROSES
| The Mayors address was much applauded.
and at its close, all joined in singing "My
Country, It's of thee" &C., led by the Band.
Rev. Mr.. Jones, superintendent of schools.
was then introduced as the father of a large
family, to whom the city fathers had given up
not only their own, but every body else's chill
dren, and who was expected to account for his
charge.
REMARKS OF REV. j. D. e. JONES.
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