, 1874-06-10
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DEGoRAT1oN-DAY AT pRATTLEpoRo.

DE0oRAT1ON-DAY AT BRATTLEn0R0.
Tho acono onacted In tho comotery ut Drattlo-
boro, w., tho town In which James TIsls, Jr.,
waH born, and IN tho ocmotcry Of wliol, ho now
lioa b'1rtod. on Deoorattou-Day was, aa tho
Staoss-Zeitung of yoslertlay charactorizes It..
acanua'oua. Tlak hnd. it il true, ILLS good parts.
Thore was something OF llumnn nature tn him.
But 80 had Rafferty,, who was hanged for murder
couple OF. months ago at WaukeGan. 30 Ind
Judaa, WHO hanged himself eighteen centuries
before. No ono thinks, however, Of erecting d
monument to Ratrosty or Judas,-unlcsa IT be
somo patron Of tho Commune whose calondar
contains no othor aaints Fisk was not
murderer ltke Iarorty, nor q traitor like Judas,
but what virtue WINS there in hfa soul Con-
ofoslty ho had, 1t is true. Ho eayo freely what
he had as freoy stolen. Tic man who could atoal
a railway, and keep haren, and bribo Judge,
aud BY ha dishonesty make boggara Of hun
drods, could afford to DO generous. But bis
generosity WAS like tho generosity Of the bandit
or tho highway robbor. Gran.ing, however, that
hfs generosity was virtue, which 1t was not, 1t
waa Lis only one. lie MAS debauchco as woll
as knavo. Go was the companion Of gamblorB
md Of harlots. 11o died tho victim Of
q man who had divided with him
tho fa7ors Of all abandoned woman.
Lust paved tho way for murder. Aud
this Ia tho man who ia hold up to tho youth Of
tho country by sona foolish Vermont yeomon
as IN example. Hithorto monuments have been
erected to patriots, soldiers, pocta plilauthro-
pists. It WAS reserved for this ago and this
country to oroct monument to a gambler aud
IN aaultoror, whose only claim to distinction is
TINT ho was king among his like. This is tho
man to whom, on Docoration-Day, honors wore
paid In tho cemotory at Brattlcboro, VT, which
cast into tho shade tho honors paid to tho brave
boys who laid down their livos for
tho Union, and who sleep not far
from ths spot where tho great blathcr-
aklte' and Potor Funk lies. Tho lmnedi-
ate relatives Of Fisk had perfect right, doubt
less, to oreet to his memory monumont of
whatever character they dosirod. But the dedi-
cation OF sho monnmont was not a private act.
It was madda public ono, and took place On
Decoratlon-Day. Five Thousand persons marched
In procession to Fisk's grave. Among them were
the notablcH OF tho notghboring country. The
procession was headed by braaa band. The
pall-boarcra wore conveyed In carriages carrying
great number Of wroaths. white dovos, and
other embloms Of tho purity and innocence Of
Fiskt Tho minister, Mr.. HarriB Unlversalist
preacher, eu1oglzed him in a gingorly way, and
spoko Of tho groat good hoaxt Of tho departed
brother.
OF The five thousand persons who attended this
funeral, there were doubtless ma,.y little boys
aud little girls. What an impression all tho
parade OF that day must hayo made upon them
The procession, tho monument, worth 900, 900,
tho aowors, tho doves, tho address Of the min
ister,-all these will live In their imaginationa
but above them all will rise tho memory Of Fisk,
OF whom tho most that can DO naId il tint ho was
not quite us bad or rs villainous, In somo ro-
spects, as 1t ia possible to imagino man
to DO. In later years, IN tho minds of many
who Witnessed that scono, tho namo Of
Fisk will fade from memory, and tho day
will bo remembered only as ono on which mon-
u1nont WAS erected in graveyard ut Brattlo-
boro, Vt., to the Rambllng-table aud tho brothei-
house. Tie ambition Of some Of tho young lads
will bo to emu1ate Fisk; porchance Of somo OF
the young girls to bo ManaAelds. Decoration
Day at Brattloboro waB Dosocrntfon-Day.