Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-08-03

feature of this popular juvenile. Terms
81 so a year. John E. Miller, publisher,
Chicago.
The Grove Meeting and Picnic at
Leicester.
One of the pleasantest occasions that
has been enjoyed by US for long time,
was the gathering of the citizens of Lei
oester, in a grove near that village on
Thursday of last week. 1t was collec-
ton of the pupils of the various common
schools of the town, for the purpose OF
giving an exhibition of their progress and
oratorial exercises. 1t brought not only
the children together, but their parents
and friends, in a social way, and led them
to appreciate the progress of the educa-
tional movements in their midst, and
gave them an appreciation of the untir-
ing labors of faithful and devote teach
ers Such gatherings should be held in
all our towns, as indicative of their in
! lHrbSL III tuS CHttuI6h anu
Frequent gatherings of this character
among a people, would develop and fos-
ter far deeper interest in our schools
and educational movements in general.
The town of Leicester having once COM
menced the gatherings, let it be the an
niversary of the year to them. The gen
eral arrangements were we'll carried out
by Joseph Morse, Eeq, who delivered a
we'll prepared and intelligent address up
on the Culture of our Country" which
was we'll received by the audience, and
from which the crowded state of our col
umns only prevent liberal extracts. We
hope to give extracts or the whole in our
next weeks issue.
Arriving at late hour it was not our
Absence from home and other engage
ments have prevented writing out our
notes. but we give g notice of the pleas
ant occ aston, written by Col. L. e, Knapp,
editor of the Middlebury Register, which
appeared in this weeks issue:
Thee Common Schools of Leicester met
in beautiful grove on the land of Mr..
Erwin Barker, near Leicester Corners, on
Friday morning and under the supervi-
sion of Superintendent Morse, held school
exercises aud otherwise entertained the
people who gathered there, for several
hours AT 10 O'Clock, a. M, there were
on the ground, it was estimated, about
| five handred persons. The exercises
opened with music, by the Brandon Band,
who discoursed fine music from their
high vantage ground to the people gather
ed on tho ground below, at intervals
during the dry Rev. Mr.. Ludlum, of
Middlebury, pastor of the Leicester Meth
odiat church offered prayer. The school
from District No. /, Miss Child, teacher,
had exercises in vocal music, reading,
concert reading, geography, grammar, re-
cit ,tious. orations and miscellaneous ex-
ercses They closed with patriotic air.
Schools No 2 and 3, Miss Dyer, and
Mrs Th4cher, teachers, united in the
school exercises which consisted of nota-
ton, music, geography, sounds of letters.
analyzing and grammar. rectations, col
loqny and concert recitations, etc.
y School No 4, Miss Alice Sparks, teach
er, gave recitations, de3lamations and
music.
School No 5, Miss Ida Briggs, teacher,
gave Rotations and an exercise in mental
arithmetic.
District No. 6, was not out.
The school exercises were rather
lengthy but were very we'll performed
and exceedingly interesting. They discov-
cred excellent training on the part of the
teachers and commendable attention on
the part Of the pupils The schools from
Nos 3 and had execcises which were
especially interesting.
At the close of the school exercises din
ner was announced and a rush made for
the tables which stood at little distance
literally loaded with everything necessary
to tempt the most fastidious appetite, or
satisfy IHS ttloSd LaFeuous SOImauu. AIIeF
all were supplied to safety, there was
much larger quantity left than we are
told was taken up after the miraculous
feeding of the five thousand upon the
shores of the Sea of Galilee.
Returning to the stand the audience
listened to pleasantly written poem by
Mrs. A. E. Stanley on "The Creeds of the
Schools" written after the style of the
famous "Creeds OF the Bells" 1t was pre-
pared especially for this occasion and re-
ferred happily to the several schools in
attendance. We shall endeavor to give
it entire to our readers at some future
time
Then followed the principal address of
the occasion, by the superintendent of
common schools in Leicester, Mr.. Joseph
N. Morse, on "The Future of Our Coun-
try" 1t was an able, we'll written address
and we'll received by the audience.
Afterwards several invited guests were
called upon the platform and they re-
sponded in brief, extemporized remarks,
some of which were quite happy. Among
those who spoke were Henry Clark of
Rutland. L. E. Knapp and Ira w. Clark
of Middlebury, Rev. G. 81. Heath of Bran
don, Hon. Abel Walker of Whiting, A.E