St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-09-25

Address by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
Undoubtedly large portion of the
crowd which gathered at the Fair
Ground on Tuesday were attracted
thithrr 10y the fame of the man adj
vrrti>cd To give the annual address.
Promptly at the hour announced. Mr..
Brcchcr came upon the ground III an
open halroachc. In the carriage with
him were Hon. Horace Fairbanks. pres
Charles y. Sylvester. ESP. president
Of the Agricultural Society. They were
preceded 10y the st. John>huly Band
and the Mar>halS of the Fair. A. the
carriage drove into the dense crowd i'll
front of the Judges stand. the multitude
upon the ground ami the Thong upon
the seats gave The distinguished orator
Il hearty round of applause. Upon the
stand with Nh. Bccchcr. were the gen
tlcmcn already announced a> accom-
pauNing him. Judge Poland. Hon. Cal
vim Morrill,. Bliss y. Davis. f.. y. Parks,
and others. Attcl another piece 10y the
band. Mr.. Fairbanks introduced Mr..
BcccIcr in a few choice words. and the
vast audience was hushrd aS the speak
rr came to the front of the platform and
without notes addressed the assembly
ton nearly an hour in Il most telling.
and sometimes impa>>ionrd manner.
Below We rive Il full abstract of the
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MIR. EEEcHEE'> ADDRESS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN comgrlt
ulItc NuG on being gathered to-day un-
der auspices - fair. | congratulate
You on the brightness of the sun. which
| should think would Ice Il Vet greater
blessing if You were not Obliged to look
il in The face. | congratulate You on
hciu" assembled in one of these fair vii
lagos which think can he found no
where else ont of New England. where
What God has made 81 beautiful Is en-
Haucrd 10y the skill and taste of man ;
where morality. intelligence and pub
lie order spring ont Of thrift and indus
try. and where men are after all the
best product : and think You viii 90
fan before N"u find Il better crop. bet
ter nr"kcd and better thra>hcd ont.
than the New England people. 1t wa>
my honor to l"- bonn III Connecticut.
and that Is Il small state was born
too. on nearly the western edge III it,.
ana that hI> always been Il title of no
hility Ia nlt Nhrn in after Years |
nave lived anon. nIt'u who have tried
80 insult me hN ralliu. me Il Yankee. |
always lifted my hat al that title and
rlrHmkcd them. Laughter If You
pave come here '"-daN to here what
kn"U about tarmin" it would take You
81 ~hoit Il TN" that Nou would not cor
>IdrI il worth tlr rAi"'nrr and tr"uhl"
nt coming. iul though | know \ great
deal about it. | can comprise. il in Il sin
gle line. and that is. ! pay my bills rN-
cry Saturday NIGHT. Laughter d"
NOT prnp">c then. /" di>ru>> ANY of th,
topics Immediately relating to ayIicui-
turc and. instead of discussing topics
more specially hclon.im. IL farmers
clubs. speak of that which lies behind
all hu>babdll. all mechanics and all
ants. | mean the .pirit of enterprise
and improvement. 1t l.. that which in
work. nHt al the IaW materials pIoli-
'lcd to his hand. those elements "t civ
iliIati0n Hui rtiurur.mt which adoIn
ON dwellings aud m:lkr Us superior to
the animals; iur friends there i Il
Il marked distinction between he hc.I~l>
ttat perish AMI nau Will" W.. .nr
dchrI"nl III many qualities they POSSESS.
still MAY. without vanity. d>>cIt that
We do >uIpls> la. beasts. The bull
can push harder than can. and | adj
nil that he Is my master. The >ultmr
and eagle can sec where human >iyht
utterly fail. Everything" has it> >pc-
rialty. ana every thing cNccls every
thing else in >"lnc ON" thing. hut the
whole animal creation M, l.nl >u>ccpt
Idle of education except within cNtIrm-
ely limited points. That which di>rin-
%ui>hc, ur.;u l. an almost indrtiuIir
susceptibility :" unfolding and dc>np-
iug himself. and u, lh> ~ his grand
di>tincti"lI from The beasts below him.
=" the Tendency Ia improvement MARKS
among mru the higher. the middle. The
lower clarsr>. The lowest of mankind
i i, " hn like Il stone don't urnN and
doesn't know that II ought t" grow.
Next aIr these thai grow WlIcn -oun,llN
stimulated and pushed might and day
Ia enable them to grow Il little. How
many people thc.r arr. " hn rcplc and
wish they were rirh without earning
money. and wish they were honorable
without doing anything thai Is honor
able. and WISH they were happy with
ont cainim" happiness. Then We come
tn the great iUiddl, class of men. who
easily catch the motives tn industry
Il
The word. who know hon to aug
mcnt lir hnundN of intelligence. and
where this Gn"> from the individual
To the h"u>rhod. it 'nn"hlcs and
>tTcnci hens; ii spreads to the neigh
burlnod. and makes men proud of the
community in which they live. 1t en-
braces mcNt the State and the nation.
and lastly the race. and thus man has
RISEN to some sort of sympathy with
God himself. who looked ont on the
world and said: 1.-The field is the
WoIId." il j. said that all men are
born trcr and equal. but before they
are born long they manage to make
many differences that are never wiped
out. Mem are not born equal amy more
than they HIr born free. Taking these
terms in their literal and comprrhcn-
>lNc Stn>c, there never WAS IL state
ment :" popular that involved 81 much
untruth. The slave Is born int" bond
age. and l. not free. Two men are
born equal :" what do they weigh
alike are they equally as tail If 50
whence comes the >had bclli"d men,
wishing they were dead ur else biz
Is the rotumd man. fat and happy. !
Laughter