Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-03-21
Middlebury.

der service in this branch of industry.
The spring quarter of our graded
school closed last Friday. The three
days of examination was highly credit
able to the pupils, who gave full proof
of the thorough training they had receiy-
ed at the hands of the teachers. Friday
afternoon was occupied with public de-
clamation in the Hall, by the scholars.
| The speaking was excellent in every in
stance, and some was decidedly superior.
| All must admit that the standard of
public instruction in our village is very
much higher than ever before realized.
The study of elocution has produced a
marked change in the young ladies and
gentlemen, who show that this import
ant branch of education has heretofore
been too much neglected in our schools.
1t is a rare gift to speak well in public,
and while other branches of study are
all important, the study of elocution
should never be neglected. Some of
those young lads who acquitted them
selves so finely, will undoubtedly be call
ed upon in their manhood to take part
in public discussions, and the training
they are now receiving will then be of
incalculable worth to them. This age
demands not only good sound thinkers,
but also good orators To make a good
orator requires a good well-disciplined
mind, with power to grasp thought, and
clothing it in good strong language pre-
sent it with Clearness, clothed with logic
and enforced with the power of chasten-
ed eloquenCe. These requisites possess
ed will always make man II power
among his fellows. 1t is true that there
are very many men of splendid schOlas-
tic attainmCnts who are not possessed
with the power to sway the masses by
elOQuence. Such men, however, have
their part to perform, and are necessary,
highly so They often make the best of
legislators. Cool, collected, with minds
trained to severe thought, they always
or most generally, move slow, but
their conclusions are genera lily safe
But eXigencics often arise, when it needs
the power Of the trained, disciplined
orator to arouse the public mind to the
contemplation of great measures, vitality
affecting the public veal. and with
&" thoughts that breathe and words that
burn guide the ship of state through the
storm that may rage threatening the loss
of all that is dear to the human heart
Some men are great orators who are not
profound scholars. But | think it bet !
ter to have the scholar and orator united.
Patrick Henry was a poor scholar. as
the term is generally understood, but he
Numbered in the days of the revolution, /
and how he fired the national heart |
against British oppression, when he ut /
tered the ever memorable sentiment /
g. give me liberty or give me death. /
Here again, who can ever forget the /
profound scholar and statesman and ora /
tor Daniel Webster. as he reads the
beautiful closing thought Of his reply to .
Robert Hayne in the L. S. Senate. Lib
orty and Union now and forever. one
and inseparablc.
A good orator must have inspiration.
and that must arise in the truthfulncss
Of the subject he discusses. Possessing
this, his soul will rise in dignity and
power, and ordinary obstacles will van
sh at the touch. But the theme cnlarges
700 wide for discussion here. | am.
however, firmly convinced, that our
graded school system in Middlcbury and
elsewhere will do intinitalv more than
many are wont to imagine. in making
not only good sound scholars but GOOD
public speakers. Our school is in very
condition. and We trust it
nay ever thus be. blessing the children
md youth, who, made the recipients of
he great benefits it confers, shall bless
he world with lives Of usefulness in
heir day and generation.
A very interesting temperance
Meeting was holden in Cornwall last
week at the Baptist church. The house
vas crowded and collation. WIS given.
II which Cornwall, provcrhial for its
ibcrality and hospitality. fairly went
,eyond itself. y good spirit prevailed.
Xccllcnt speeches were made. while the
ROWING act was that more than 80
igned the total abstinence pledge Hca-
en- help the signcrs to prove true and
tcadfast to their pledge.
Mr.. Henry L. Sheldon has taken the
roCcry formerly kept by Nh sumner
2 ourvillage He is going to rctit it in
ne style and keep an estabishmcntthat
hall not offend the sensibilitics Of the
God people Of our town. in selling that
which robs 50 many of their reason and
Success to such an effort.
At the last quarterly meeting of the
towards and leaders Of the Methodist
hurch in Middlebury, d committee was {
ppOinted to draft resolutions for adOp- !
on by the church, expressive of the |
ISIS sustained in the recent death Of Rev. :
,ennett Eaton. The following rcsolu-
on were reported for the committee by :
.ey A. F. Bailey, and unanimously :
1opted by the church. 1
Whereas, The death OF our late beloved +
aston and highly esteemed presiding ell ,
~, Rev. bennett Eaton. OfwhoSC sudden. /
inspected and somewhat premature de Z
i,c We have heard with 50 much regret
nd sorrow, calls for some expression of
NJ feelings and affection.
Therefore, ReSOtred, That in the death on
rOther Eaton, both the Church generally t
I'd ourselves as Il society in particular, 9
ave met with great loss and experience l.
deep afti otiOn. +
ReSOlr6d, That he. by his ability and dill :
nee as a preacher, his taithfulness as Ii
lStOr, his kindness, sympathy, courteous !,
nSS and ChalitaDleneSS as Il man, Cudcar- -
himself to us all. a
ReSolred, That by his ardent sttachment -,
the interests of the church his uniform y
adineSs to cooperate with every moral
I'd christian effort. and to make sacrifice
+ their success; the skill with which he a
the often difficult and ever
SpOnSiDle duties of his Office as the pre- v
ding Elder of Burlington District; the II
undest Of his advice, and the safety of -
5 counssls together with his conscien- "
Gus fiTmneSS in executing what his judg- n,
emf approved, made him person to be -
teemed and respected while living, and b.
be moumed and lamented when dead.
Resolved, That while we bow with revcr-
hich suffers such an event as the demise
such a man in the midst of his useful
,ss and in the maturity of his power to T..
cur, we cannot but lament his depart -
e: and while we well know that no one
an, however rich in natural and acquir- -
abilities, however great in character u
id deserving in reputation, or however.
FL qualified and adapted to do much, to =,
Try forward the cause of Christ in the III
Orld is of so great necessity that no one
good or better cannot be raised up to Fl
his place, yet we cannot but feel that -
e departure of Brother Eaton has de-
ived the Church and the cause of our O.
sdeemer, of an efficient laborer, of a
)rkman who had no need to be ashamed.
ReSOlued, That we deem an event which hi
s thus spoken to each one and all of
in so solemn and affective manner,
,rthy of, and demanding place in the al
cord of the Church.
Resolved, That we also take this method
tender our coincidence to our bereaved pc
d beloved Sister Eaton, now so sudden w
called to experience the sorrows of
dOwhOOd, and to her family generally,