Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-07-11
Responded to bv Hon. F. E. Woodbridge.

9Th The "a Stars OF our political Constel-
laton las the Stars of Heaven, sometimes
shoot from their spheres, and are lost, so
some of the stars OF our Constellation, Lave
wandered from their orbits. May they be
brought back by the magnetic power OF Stee<'
or be extinguished forever.
Responded TO by John Cain, Esq.
10th. Tie nsena0,.y and message Of Stephen
H. Douglas. Tell them to obey the laws,
and support the Constitution OF the United
States"
Responded to by Hon. f, E. Woodbridge.
l1th The Vermont Tolunteer Regiments.
We know them as citizens, We believe IN
them as soldiers, We confide in them as pat
riots and woe, woe, to the toemen who meet
them with steel.
Responded to by w. c. Dunton, Esq.
18th. The martyred patriots Of '61. Kin
dred in spirit with the martyrs of the Revo-
linton, and heirs with them OF an immorta!
fame.
Responded to by S. NJ. Dorr, ESQ.
The following Volunteer Toasts were pre-
sented and read
VOLUNTEER ToAsTs.
For the enemies Of our Country. That
they might wear a pair OF cobweb breeches,
and sit on porcupine saddle, and ide on a
hard trotting horse, and have an endless
journey
Ihe Flag Of ar Co,nsry, The only
thing that can bear stripes and not groan
under them.
Tie great men # Vrgtnia-on the Sitting
scale. In 1876: Geo. Washington, great in
the field, and Thos jefferson, great in council.
In 1861 Henry \. Wise, great in ab-
straction, and John B. Floyd, great in sub
straction.
and exciting trial Of their engines took place
between the fire companies above named, the
two Rutland companies, and the Bellows
Falls company 'Abenequi.' This sport lasted
two hours, to the great amusement of many
spectators. A finer exhibition Of muscle, to
a really useful intent, is rarely seen. The
excited spectators rewarded the boys with
many a cheer ;testifying their appreciation
Of the meritorious efforts of these 'quenchers,
who sent the waters high into the air to de-
scend in brilliant and cooling drops, which
were so refreshing in the heat of this season.
The sight was a beautiful and exciting one.
Hardly was it concluded, before there fol-
lowed an exhibition of fire works, such as is
seldom seen among our old hills. The bright
and many-colored lights, whose lurid glare
revealed house-tops and steeples and hill
tops, bringing them out of the darkness,
seemed almost to suggest to lockers on, the
idea that the realm of Night, in her cold So
lemnity, had been invaded and desecrated
by the erial missives which jumped from the
earth and went whizzing into the clouds,
scattering golden showers of light, and MINI
licking the very stars
After this exhibition, which lasted till after
9 o'clock, the crowd ,lowly and quietly dis
persed. The day was observed with un-
usual decorum. Notwithstanding the large
crowd, there was but little noise and confu-
sion, and (creditably for many,) but little
drunkenness.
During this exhibition, and in fact all
InTouS INC diteFhoon, evening, anu lhto tue
night, the Bands were playing, doing ample
justice to the glorious anniversary. They
serenaded many of our prominent citizens,
and played at various intervals until the
NOR ming of the 9th, while they were await
ting their respective trains Of cars, to take
them home. The crowd Is dispersed-the
cannons are dumb-the music has ceased,
and our streets are left to their accustomed
quiet. A better celebration we never par
ticipated in We hope for many more. We
hope that the anniversary may never want
for a Country to celebrate it that the Coun-
try, and the WHOLE Country may never fail
to remember its birth day, and to do it JUS
tice.