Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-09-16
LETTER FROM MONTPELIER.


you about the Commencement" up to
the new Methodist Seminary, 1 guess I
must tell you little about the Dedica-
tion. 1t was August 28th at 10 o'clock
A. M. The first exercise was singin'
by everybody. Next, prayer by Rev.
Mr.. Bullard then singin' "Oh for
thousand tongues to sing, my great Re-
deemer's praise" Then the Hon. Mr..
Dillingham; introduced the Rev. J. w.
Lindsay, D. d., of Boston. Mr.. Lind
say is, l should say, nearly 6 feet high.
rather thin in flesh, with long, smooth
ly shaven face, holds his head a little
on one side, and had decided way of
speakin' He took us back to the an
cient schools at Athens, Tarsus, &C.,
told how, and what they learned then.
He spoke of the time when the first
schools were founded in Boston. [ be-
lieve he said that at the foundin' of
Harvard college, at Cambridge, one
brought piece of cloth, worth 9 shil-
lings, another pewter pot, another a
spoon, to help endow the institution.
And the library was begun with about
40 volumes given by some ministers.
Then he spoke of the men who have
gone from those schools to bless the
world, and of the great value of schools
generally. All he said was good and
solid no light wit, very little sober wit +;
but all he said was worth learning
After singin' ''All hail the power of
Jesus name'' a prayer was read by
Mrs. c. P. Taplin, and l just wish you
could have heard it. Young America
said it was "splendid' but Young Amer
lea would have called a new bunnit
splendid just as quick, We will call it
excellent; in perfect rhyme, and clear
distinct tone. She spoke of the beauty
of the buildin', but SAID it was not i'm
mortal, it should be brought down, un-
til there should not be left one stone
upon another, but immortal influences
should go from it souls therein should
learn the way to glorious hereafter
to the ''house not made with hands. ,
Mrs. Taplin was loudly cheered, both
before and after the readin' of the poem
Hon. G. W. Willard then addressed the
audience. Mr.. W. is tall, fne-lookin
man, and of course he spoke well, bu
l was so far from the platform that
couldn't understand near all he said
but all did hear was excellent Hol
Mr.. Dillingham; spoke next. He hat
been advertised to speak at st. A1bau
at the same time, (for you know Mr.
Editor, that there was great Republi
can time, at St. Albans that day,) bu
Mr.. Dillingham's mind wasn't muddlet
one bit and he didn't have to 60 to St
Albans to find out how to vote, so b
stayed and spoke to US, and we was gla'
he did. You see it's Grant and Greele
pretty fierce here in Montpelier jest a
it is everywhere. Two large flags ar
flynn over the principal street, one fo
Grant and one for Greeley, but thoug
the papers say that the people wan
Greeley for President, l don't happe
to know anybody that talks very stron
that way, and I'm sure | don't war
to. Mr.. Dillingham; spoke frstrate,
always like to hear him speak. He
very much in favor of a thorough Ell
glish education. sClassics" were all we
enough, but English is becomin
classical. The great deeds of the da
f are recorded in that tongue. Poop
speakin' English are everywhere, an
he told folks to give their children
good English education if it was in the
5 power. After they sang the "Dedic;
I tion Hymn and received the benedi
tion, young minister who is attendil
school there showed us all over the bull,
p in. The four Societies connected wit
I the school, have two rooms, nicely fu
p nished, but the hall is the incest of al
4 room. There are ever so many recit
5 tion rooms, music rooms, &c. They a
o all high, and light, and pleasant, and
suppose if the buildin' was in EuroI
t or some other fcrrin country, folks wou
: 90 into ecstasies over the views to
f seen from the windows. But Vernon
! ers don't go into ecstasies over an
: thing they find in Vermont, and fol
t generally don't think so much of seen
o right around them, but they would S;
n that they was perfectly magnifcen
h if they should see some of them in Swi
i zerland. Now | think it is the be
$ way to praise the Lord for the beauti
o we can see every day to be thankf
: for the clear blue sky, when perha
n London is under blacker cloud tn;
i ever we see and if we can't see t
b blue sky, there's always somethin'
# be thankful for, let us be thankful f
4 that.
L AUNT KEzIAH.
IS Montpelier, Vt, August 81, 1872.