The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-03
state, County ana Vicinity.
ARLINGTON.

Decoration day was observed, as usual
in this town, and all the ceremonies passed
off satisfactorily, and with credit to Post
Dudley, G. A. r., under whose auspices
the whole details of the day were carried
out successfully.
The members of the Post assembled in
front Of Grand Army hall at 10 o'clock, a.
m, led by the East Arlington cornet band
marched to the Town Hall, which had
previously been adorned in an appropriate
manner with sabres, muskets, flags and
flowers The hall was filled with old SOL
diors and citizens where the exercises were
according TO the following
PROGRAMME.
d RRgga4lFp66 94aress by I Is HaEd rost cnap
lain.
.. Reading Of poem by W. Holden.
Music by band
!. Address by j. X. Batchcldcr, Esq.
.. singing of memorial hymn by club.
Music by band
The procession was then formed and
marched across the road to st. James's
church yard, where the graves of soldiers
therein were decorated with flags and flow
ers, and the full and impressive Grand
Army ritual used, after which the crowd
were dismissed, and details from the Post
visited the West cemetery and Evergreen
cemetery, and decorated the graves in
each.
At . o'clock the band and Post sat down
to dinner at the hotel of n G Hard, West
Arlington, and this ended the days servi-
ccs, The weather was fine and the display
OF flowers very handsome.
The address was one of the best of this
kind that we ever heard, rejecting great
credit on the speaker, and the stiffness and
attention during its delivery, testified the
interest Of large and appreciative audi
encc.
Mr. Batcheders address will be found on
the fourth page of to-day's GLOBE.
The following is a list of graves dccora-
ted:
st. James church yard. /
W est cemetcry.... Observation-Disclosures.
Evergreen cemetery. ...................,
iONNl' ss'''sss's''''' '.''s'ssss'...s...' II
MECHANICsylLLE.
Decoration day was celebrated in Me-
chanicsyille in qnet and unostentaiious
way, "A large collection of the people OF
MI. Holly participating in the services. a
procession was formed at the school house,
headed by the East Wallingford band, fol
| lowed by children of the schools officers
Of the day, and citizens generally, and pro.
ceedcd to the village cemetery. The SER
vices were opened with prayer by Rev
Thomas Mackie, which was followed by
singing the beautiful anthem, Cover them
over with beautiful flowers The com
mander of Farragut Post then decorated
the graves of their fallen comrades, tho
band playing drgc. Detachments OF the
Post in the morning had decorated the sol
| diers grave, in other cemeteries of the towI
and at East Wallingford.
A representative soldiers monument
stands in the cemetery at Mechanicsville
and upon It's sides are appropriate quota
tions, and the names of Mt. Holly's dead
THE MONUMENT.
" Our Heroic Dead."
Moore G w Newton, Parmenter, Pin
gay, d Parker, NJ Pratt, L Ric harrison.
"They Non Sleep IN Peace"
D Richardson, II Nj Smith, W sprague, n SUI
llyan, L Woodward, NJ Wells, NJ Warner
I" our Countrys Defeadcrs."
D G Dorset, Freeman, X Fletcher G How
ard, II IIeadle, d IIeadle, = Lamphier.
"7hey fought for the Union and LIBERTY"
IA lombard, Benson, II Benson, Briggs
A d Carroll, Chase, G Cole, Clark.
The procession was reformed and march
cd to the church. Hon. John Crowley
president of the day, introduced the speak
er of the day, Henry Clark, of the Rutlan,
GLOBE.
The speaker, in commencing, alluded t,
the observance of the day, and then pro
ccedcd to review of the war of the rebel
lion from the firing upon Fort Sumter, al
luding to the part taken by Vermont sol
dlers therein. lie then proceeded to tn
review of the following points
|. What the army accomplished.
2. The standing the war has given on
nation. The American name and Ameri
can flag, as a result, will be honored an,
respected more wherever hope has havel
or freedom a home.
3. Our nation has now a special mission
in the progress of society," the accomplish
ment of which Is its special mission. Ii /