Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-10-25

persistent endeayor are acquired In this
school.
/ hesitate not TO determine which is
the most beautiful object of contempla-
ton, the broad meadows and graceful
hillsides, with clustered naples, which,
In your own Vermont, one man has
spent lifetime in reducing TO beauty
and fertility, or the character which this
constant struggle with nature and the
elements, has developed In himself, the
calm and comprehensive judgment, the
severe trust, the healthful sense of self
approval, and those other sturdy quail
ties so characteristic Of the thorough
yeomen of New England. There Is no
truer hero; there is no truer sage; fire.
quently, there Is no truer saint, than
such a man. Ii, therefore, II was
happy thing for the destinies OF this
continent, that our ancestors were such
men as they were, so loyal to truth aud
TO God, so severe in the simplicity OF
their faith and their manners, it was no
less happy, that they landed on "the
stern and rock. bound coast" ofNew Eng
land; tit school for tit pupils. The rough
sea, having rocked them for long mont -
upon its spartan bosom, kindly brou ght
them to this no less spartan nurser Of
a future empire"
This is a specimen brick from the ad-
dress, and gives some idea of the sub
stance and the style, but I. o fully appre-
ciate the address it is n ,cessary to have
heard it. Mr., Rankin has the presence,
the voice and the Tanner of an orator,
by his amiable elocution charmed the
audience not less than by his sound and
/ sensible tt .oa2hts he instructedit.
THIS WIS followed by paper on Gov
Jonas Galusha by Rev. Pliny H. White.
1t wGs a biographical narrative, with
some history interspersed, and brought
.. to light again facts over which darkness
had been brooding for half century
The concluding address was by Hon
George F. Edmunds, upon the life
and character of Solomon Foot. HI
sketched the life Of that lamented states
man from his boyhood, braced the infu
ences which formed his character, gavC
rapid but full account Of his public
: services, and paid warm tribute to hi
) virtues and talents. The whole address
appears in the Burlington Times thi
morning, and is worthy Of preservation
in more permanent form.
The officers of the Society for the cur
= rent year are as follows Rev. Pliny L
= White Of Coventry, President; Rev. E
H. Lord of Montpelier, Hon. G. w, Der
edict of Burlington and Gen j W Phelp
= Of Brattleboro, Vice-P Presidents; Georg
# F Houghton, ESQ, of st. Adams, Re
J. cording Secretary Albert D Hagal
$ Esq, of Proctorsville and Henry ClarE
j.; ESQ, of Poultney, Corresponding SecrC
- taries Hon Charles Reed of Montpelie
, Librarian H D Hopkins, Esq, Of Mon
l. pelier, Treasurer; Hon Hiand Hal
r. Hon Dugald Stewart, Henry Hal
u Esq, Rev J H Hicks, D D, D G Deg
.e ter, Esq, L L butcher, ESQ.,, an
~ Hon John Wilder, Curators; Benja
,r min H Hall, Esq, Of Troy, n Y, as pr
mary, and E ] Phelps, ESQ., of Burlin!
ton, as substitute, were elected to d
l0 liver the next annual address. II
library Of the society has been Conside
> ably enriched during the past year b
III donations of books, pamphlets and PHI
tographs, but there is yet room for
ei great many additions of the same sOT
~ The society voted to procure an albu
- capable of containing from five hundrC
=" to thousand photographs, and procu
no as extensively as possible, the pilot
~ graphs with autographs attached,
members of the society and other eli
or zens OF Vermont. Those who are di
2 posed to contribute to this collectio
A twill take due notice and govern thcr
nd selves accordingly"
Ministers and physicians are congr
eating here to-day in great numbers, t
former to attend the meeting of the T
BILE Society, the latter that of the VI
mont Medical Society. AS both the
meetings are in progress at the sar
do time it is inconvenient for one report
no to give account Of them both, and
~ must take another day on which to do
he P, H, W.