Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-07-24

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tic at Cedar Creek or crush rebellion ut the Apo
mattox; for her judiciary. untaintcd by the
breath of suspicion her legislature, inc1truptt-
be Tor hundred years Tor her municipal or.
carnations, town, city and county, never dishnn-
ored by n ring; for her colleges and common
schools free 10 all Of every race, color or conii
ton for her churches in every hamlet her be-
nevnont institutions, covering the poor At home
and stretching forth their arms to the Earliest
islands of the sen for her thousand hunes OF
comfort and plenty, lighted by the presence of
affection and love for her plain, prudent, vg0r-
aus race Of men, her rudy children, her glnti-
Gus true hearted women for her past history
and her present example for all she has been,
and is and promises to be. For all this inner
itancc YOU are indebted 10 the foresight, the in.
dustry the courage, and the sacrifices vt tho
men whose deeds we celebrate to-day. Rciuein-
b. r. then, their bsttlo Of twenty years Tor indie
pendencc and seli-glvernment lie prompt Ia de-
rend them, and teach your children To keep their
memories always green And ont OF the depths
nf the reverent grateful hearts Of every son and
daughter Of the State they loved may the daily
PRAYER ascend to heaven Vermont, God bless
her God bless her
During the delivery Of the address "A shower
came with ~ much force as 70 compel suspen-
sion for some fifteen or twenty minutes There
was general rush for shelter but the roois Of
the Pavilion were not sufficiently extensive to
shield one half Of those present, and umbrellas
were hut feeble substitutes in wardng olf show
er that came with force fr a few moments suii-
cicnt to turn back q storming party unless there
vas an unusual prospect for plumber During
| the struggle for dry places three or four ladies'
fiinted. aud tlese were all the casualties we he
ieye that attended the taking Of Ticondoroga Ivy
the Vermont Historical Society. It was quite ey-
dent however, that in anticipation Of ths attack,
d few Of the Tic0ada r9gles had " fortified, but
having in their ha-ty engineering argouen the
important matter ofa waterfront, or 10 putany
water in their ditch, a." the shower might be re-
sardcd as quite opportunc.
After this little interruption the address was
finished and the exercises closed in good order aud
n military phnsc, the objects of the cxpcdi-
ton were fully accomplished or as nearly so AS
mas often been the case under a more proteutious
rendering Of this curt war bulletin.
Before closing the meeting the thanks Of the
Society, on motion Of Hon Charles Reed, were
voted the orator. for his excellent address, and
notion Of Hon. q. G Beneiict, Col. Calkins and
the Ticondcroga committee also received similar
compliment for their care and courtesies. Many
# the gentlemen, piloted by Col Cdkns, theu
visited the remains Of the Old Fort, and some
extended their wandering- to che Ahcrcrombie
battlefield The ladies could not well join.in this
uart of the day proceedings as the rain had LEFT
che peculiarly sticky s1l of that locality alto
gether too adhesive for anything less substantial
thnn army brogans
The rains were in much better state Of
preservation than We had expected 70 find them
=, from what has heretofore been said and written,
a md notwithstanding there were gaps recorded IN
the old walls Of what was once the harracs. That
told Of the utilizing tendency OF " Vandalism
when it wants 10 stop a sheep or undcpn
-hanty, there is still enough LEFT, with ordinary
care and usage to last another century, and
give the Vermont lli-toricals of nineteen hundred
md ,eyeuy-two or five sufficient pr1vocation 20
renew the visit. and still keep the memory Of tie
Old Fort and its c,pturer- gre n.
Il was evidently q more formidable fortress and
more complete In its appointments than we bad
been led to infer from any description of it that
we have seem and must have been hard to take
except hy strategy and surprise Tlcy were new
, ruins to many of u.s. mud We have 60 thank the
Vermont Historical Soaeiy fr giving tine oc-l-
. sion u visit. what every Ncrmlntor should once
. behold, If not from curiosity out ui respect %
their historic value revolutionary souvenir.
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