Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-07-11
Celebration Of the tih aud Picnic nt
Lowell Center.

Every obstacle may be overcome by cour.
age and perseverance,. The good people Of
Lowell after consultation the Saturday pre-.
viou. 10 the ilh. came 10 the conclusion
tha, it would 10 imprae,ieable TO have a
celebration. They thought IL they a.,emp'
ted. IL would be failure. aud tho matter
wa, given up. But Monday morning. Col.
Eden Barker called upon j. q. llamhn
aud Henry Russell. E'q'.. and urged an ef'
fort, and ,aid /, must succeed. Seconded
by their Efforts. be visited the ladies in dit.
ferent parts Of that town aud Sweden aud
found them ready and willing TO furnish
the table. and they notified the people
Tuesday, us best they could. that there
would be q celebration. The rain on Thurs.
day dampcned the ground but in no way
cooled the ardor OF the energetic and perez.
,ering Col. The grounds were prepared in
q beautiful grove in iron. OF the Cong.
Churcb.-se provided. q stand erected.
and three rows Of tables about one hundred
ieO, long arranged. Will they DO amply
provided with the FREQ will offering OF tho
ladies was the of repeated inquiry? Yes.
was the hearty response Of our hopeful
friend.
Tho morning OF the lth opened gloriously.
The Sun -hone IN all its neridiin splendor.
The dew.drops falling from the branches OF
the osersprciding trees covered the ground
and table. with a refreshing eoolness. The
ladies soon began to make their appearance
upon the grounds. They had prepared
motto which they erected at the further eud
Of the ground. in front Of the speakers
stand. F." Friends We bud you welcome -
The Union forever" Immediately over
tho speakers stand another was suspended.
bearing the inspiring words" Mcclellan
-" Our Soldiers" The tables were loaded
with the bountcou. provisions they bad pre-
pared. aud tastefGlly decorated. AZ ten
o'clock. A. NJ, the people were called to
order by Col. Barker tho Marshal OF tho
day. A procession was formed IN front OF
tho church, and by the inspiring music OF
Gfe and drum. moro than six hundred
marched upon the grounds. and the children
aud ladies were seated. Prayer was offered
by Father Sanderson Of Sweden, then the
Declaration Of Independence was read by
/. s. IIamlin. A. D., {" America " was sung
by a select choir. The Grafton was deliv'
cred by I. s. llamlin, A. d. lilo remarked
in opening that it was bis frat effort before
any assembly. and he had chosen hack.
neyed subject. Ito should not attempt to
address tho Sabbath school as such, but
leave that to Others, and announced his
subject rs Slavery-In influence upon our
Institutions. lie gave q historical sketch
Of its growth and demands. its influence
upon our institutions. lie spoke OF the
reasons why II was not strapsled In ITS in.
fancy and finally urged that now was Tho
timo to rid ourselves OF tho curse. lilo ar.
pued in favor Of Immediate emancipation
and said tho seeded states had thrown OF
their allegiance to the government and there
fore were no, entitled to i,s pro,.ction.
James Hobbs, Esq, followed Mr.. Hamlln
In o few statistical remarks. and urged our
young men to show their patriotism BY re-
spending to the call Of tho government
Mr.. Hobbs had engaged to give an address
at Eas. Frycburs In tho p. NJ. and there
fore was obliged to loavs. Another pstri.
otto song by tho choir led BY Mrs. !. s.
namlin upon the Melods0n, and Z. WI