Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-06-04
Decoration Day.

resurec,ed nature. We Witnessed as il
"a. nation honoring is dead soldiers
suspended labor, with thoughts and
Rs ofhOly gratitude aud sober reflection,
with aower-strewn graves In some
pcs, the lays observance was richer
mere general than ever before; ip
&srs less 30 but as a whole the ami
cary exhibited no weakening hold, no
= interest in the popular heart. Pro-
@nions, uith music, to the graves Of the
BED soldiers, and the placing of laurel
ureaths and aovers upon them, with
myers, and singing. and addresses, con-
tlilsied the programs. The peculiar. the
u1Iversal feature, as il is the sweetest and
nost tender, is the visiting of the graves
uish flowers. The organizations Of the
1nrviving soldiers are generally the leaders
q hll these proceedings, bu: the people as
poe accord jOirsd with more or less
1prsoDal activity, and certainly with CON-
|stuess of sympathy in them all.
In Cambridge the day was quite gen.
ally observed. as has been the custom
ere ever since the ceremonies wers in.
&s,ituted.
The following persons had been appoint
u 10 oficiatc:
w. II. Parker, J. NJ. Stafford, B. G.
aeoy. Commute Of Arrangements.
c. w. Turner, j. NJ. Stafford, Marshalls
S. Royce, G. ID. Field, Mrs. G. w.
brner, Jeuney Wait, Decorating Com.
ittee.
At East Cambridge IN the morning the
kersises we're MS follows:
A procession was formed at the church,
eaded BY the band from the Boro',
hitch marched up to the cemetery on the
III and after the playing Of dirge BY
Ne band, appropriately decorated with
wroaths and flowers, some half dozen SOL
Hers graves. Geo. d. Field Of Cam
/. Ridge Boro', was then called upon to
lake some remarks. and was followed by
sv. Mr. Sandersvu aud Rcv. n. svr iLuur.
Inc time was too limited for any thing
eorc than passing tribute to the SOL
icr dead. 1t was done BY the speakers
4 few we'll chosen and fitting words.
lr. Scrbner then made short prayer and
e ceremonies concluded with the play
" Of "Old Hundred by the band, and
Q benedic,iou by Rev. Sanderson after
<hich the procession marched back to the
hursh, and several accompanied the
and to the Boro' to assist in the further
ceremonies of the day there.
At one o'clock in the afternoon the
Procession reformed in the following order:
Fletcher Drum Corps.
Cambridge Cornet Band
Delegation Of children with flowers.
g Comrads of Post Gates, @. A. X.
= Carriages with Decorating Committee and
itiIens.
aking a procession nearly or quite
kalf a mile in length, and proceeded to
be Boro' Cementry, where, after music
fom the Drum Corps and band, prayer
as oHrcde by Rev. Austin Scribner. The
eautiful decorating service of the Order
q the G. A. r. was read by j. M. Stafford
hen the committee proceeded TO strew
nth flowers the little mounds so sacredly
I ksld In the nations remembrance.
After the, exercises here, the procession
3 EeturRed in the same order to the Congre-
ational Church, when after prayer from
cv. Mr.. Wheelook, Henry Ballard, Esq.
( Burlington. was introduced as the ora.
Dr Of the day, and delivered one Of the
hest addresses it was ever our fortune to
BAR. He spoke entirely without minutes.
ID his words.--full Of eulogy. patriotism
ID pashos. fell from his lips as from
pe inspired, as no doubt he was, without
mischosen word or break through the
hole. lie referred to the MANY exam
es Of pure patriotism displayed by those
hose graves We decorate and those whose
fsvcs noac but the All-seeing eye can
pas .norg them the enlistment Of Eli
lenvood Of that town, who though Of
bred an office by his comrades. fought
nd died 10 the ranks The heroic death
4 Lieut. Sumner Of the 9th, VT, who
hlisted from Hyde Park, and was shot
cwn blythe side of the speaker al Saw
gs Station. When Lieut.. Sumner fell.
stopped to see what could be done for
I'm, aud received the reply, "Neshing.
" the ohsge is over, prefsriug to suffer
ed die rather than impede the success
the hsly cause In which they we're en-
hged.
The speaker related an afiep.iag Incl.
eut that occurred that morning, while on
% way to Cambridge. When at Fairfax
elderly gentleman got on the stage,
earring asspsrb boque., when he inquired
him, if there were to be Decoration ser
ices at Fairfax. "No,' said tho gentle
an, with a trembling voice, '.not gcner.