The Portland daily press., 1874-04-01
Ferry Village.

IHE following ADDRESS was gwen Defore the
Samaritan Society of Ferry Village in behalf of
pubic-burial ground which the people at
that place expected to have before the town
meeting and is published by request:
Friends.-My mission is not to throw a
gloom over this pleasant entertainment You
that known me, know that have suffered yet
had l the power, L would smooth every wrinkle
from your furrowed brows, wipe every tear from
your eyes. would wreath your young lips
with smiles and make laughter ring gaily
around this hall
come before you this evening. in behalf of
this the Samaritan Society; Subject Planting
Flowers, the improving and beautifying of
Evergreen Cemetery. We, the ladies of this
Society held our first meeting May 10th, 1873,
have labored for this purpose, to improve and
beautfy the resting place of our loved ones
this evening is to plant in your minds, as
necessity, the cultivation of trees, shrubs and
flowers. Not one in this assembly wishes to be
forgotten. Nay, tbs pleasant to be remembered
even while the life blood courses our veins, and
to know that when laid away at rest some kind
friend will straw flowers upon our graves
Flowers are emblems of love and purity. Let
us look at yonder cemetery. Sad indeed the
sight where some of our friends are laid not
even a rough stone to mark the spot. Parents,
companions, children and strangers are there
side by side. l would not ssay that mother
fergets her child, but some of these have been
Uduiv LeSleCUeu. Az evening WHEN YOUR lltIlo
ones have gathered around you, their prayers
lisped, and good right said, ,and you have placed
them in their cradle beds. Then one has sick
ened and died. You lave given your farewell
kiss and he is taken from your ght. Suppos
ing some one standing by your side should say,
chow soon forgotten, you would look the as
tonishment you could not speak. Yet go look
at that little grave of few short summers
The grass has grown green upon the sod Plant
flowers upon that loL ely grave of dear moth
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so sacred as mothers grave. Flowers are
angel whispers. They come to us in the morn
ing breeze, laden with the dews of Heaven;
they whisper to our tired souls peace and are
gone. Flowers have conquered monarchs A
throne was once gained by garland of flowers.
An atheist once walking over his beautiful
grounds around his domains, leading by the
hand his cherished only child, -pucking with
his little hand tiny flower; looking up to his
fathers face: "Fapa, who made the flowers"
The strong man was bowed, thinking silently
few moments, exclaimed, my child there is
God. Chaucer, the reverential father of Eng
lsh poetry, was often seen bending in lowly
attitude beside his favorite flower, the daisy
1t was he think, who called this little flower
the ''the eye of day"
Flowers are emblematic of Heaven. In Wis
iting Cemetery where the grounds are laid ont
with care, with trees and flowers on either side,
our better natures stirred withinlus our finer
feelings revived. One says, II planted roots
and flowers on my lot ard when / next visited
it they had died and 1 was discouraged. Did
you expect them to live without care? Others
will say have no interest; my remains will
never be laid there. Have you no friends
there, not one who sat in school by your side,
and will you not in memory of that one place
one rose upon her mound. l would ask no
greater boon after death than to know that
some loved one would place upon my grave my
favorite flowers, the white voleis of spring, the
enshrined in the memories of childhood. Look
at whatthe Evergreen Society has done in a
few years. They have labored for purpose and
have been blessed. They have been well re-
paid We too will come with them; we will
plant trees and flowers; and with Gods help
we will make them grow and spread out their
branches long after we are laid to rest, where
the birds in summer will build their nests and
sing their wild sweet songs above our tombs.-
Look at the houses here and there, flowers in
the windows (heavenly messengers).
Plant flowers would say to all, and hope
to see the day when the passer by will stop to
admire the progress we have made in our la
bors at the Cemetery on yonder hill. We love
to visit the spot on a summer evening, at the
twilight hour, kneeling beside the lowly mound
of our cherished ones. l feel nearer heaven,
nearer our God and nearer the angel-ones with
whom we are holding sweet converse. Yes. we
will work for you all, it is for you we'll as us,
and to night they, our loved ones know in
heaven, we are laboring for their happiness as
we'll as our own.
D. w. Kincaid has sold his store on Sawyer
street to N. o. Douglass, Esq.
J. Fl. s. f. Fl. Hartford are putting up a
building on Sawyer street to be used for a store
and post office.
Mrs. Weston, a Boston medium, is producing
some wonderful phenomena at her seances in
this village.
AS this is the third year of the pastoral SER
vices of the Rev. B. Freeman, according to
usage, he will be transferred to some other
charge. He is highly esteemed and enjoys the
confidence of the best people in this communi-
ty, who would be glad to have him make this
village his permanent home. The church has
grown and prospered under his ministrations
and it is no led he will carry with him to his
new field of labor, some substantial token of
the high appreciation of his services by the peo-
pie of his presen charge.
| Asa 7. Webster has bought the Bailey prop
erty at Knightvile. Terms private.
There has been $1,000 appropriated by
the towu to be expended on the Ferry Landing.
The town also voted pay one-half of the ex-
pense of all permanent sidewalks built in the
village on the waterfront during the present
wear,