The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-31
FITTING DISCREPANCIES
At Brandon

observance of Memorial day. The busi-
ness places of the town were closed during
the exercises, and the citizens filled Its
spacious town hall with an audience of at
tentive listeners to the appropriate ser
vices.
Upon the platform, upon extemporized
shelves, covered with white cloth, were
displayed in bountiful profusion the beau.
tiful flowers wrought into chaste gar!ands,
in forms of crosses, wreaths and boquets,
to deck the tombs of the soldier dead, that
lie in various cemeteries of the town. The
display of flowers impressed one as they
entered the hall, as an extraordinary rich
and choice collection, arranged with rare
delicacy and taste by the ladies of Bran
don.
At one o'clock the procession was form
ed in front of the Brandon house, in the
following order:
Capt John W. Chase, Marshal.
Col, f. A, Hamilton and DR.. G. W. Peck, AS
sistant Marshals.
Brandon Cornet Band, 7. b. Kelley, Leader. :.
Wa. ner Guards, Company L Of the National
GuuTu Ol teTuUut.
Carriage containing President, Chaplain and
orator OF the day.
citizens IN Carriages
Citizens generally.
The platform was occupied by j. s.
Cilley, president of the day. Rev. W. G.
Davenport, chaplain. Hon. Frederick
E. Woodbridge, orator, Rev. c. A. Thorn
as, D. D., of the Baptist church, Rev. T..
w. Ingalls,, of the Methodist, and select
choir under the direction of Volney Ross,
ESQ. The Warner Guards and comrades
of the Grand Army occupied seats in front
of the stage.
| The commemorative services began a,
half past one o'clock, and were conducted
in the following order:
| Music by the Band
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Song by the Choir.
| Grafton by Hon. +. Z. Woodbridge.
| Music by the Band
Song by the Choir.
| Benediction.
| After music by the band, Rev. VIM. G.
Davenport, rector of St. James church
Hydeville, chaplain of the day, offered al
appropriate, tender and eloquent prayer
invoking the blessing of God to res
upon our country, its wounds be healed
the spirit OF forgiveness prevail, prosperity
continue, ard the principles defended ant
the Union cemented by the blood of GU
dead heroes, might lead us in the path o
righteousness, so that as free and unitet
people we may be approved and accepted
by Him who is ruler of the nations.
The choir under the direction of Mr.
Ross, then finely rendered the spirit stir
ing soldiers song,
ave are tentlng on the old camp grounds &c
night"
Miss Libbie Hamilton singing the sol
with great spirit and excellence.
Mr.. Cilley in graceful words, intro
duced Hon. Frederick f. Woodbridge O
Vergennes, as the orator of the occasion
Mr.. Woodbridge then proceeded to tn
delivery of a well conceived, eloquent an
appropriate Grafton, of which the follow
ing is an abstract:
MR.. wooDBRIDGE's GRAFTON.
Upon occasions like the present, silenc
is more eloquent and impressive tina
,, speech. Memories cluster around the day
sad yet, softened by time, too sacred fc
utterance. The better qualities of the sol
are aroused and selfshness is remove
from our thoughts. The adornin
: graces of humanity, rise superior to a
that is dwarfsh and sordid, the physic,
| Yields for the hour to the intellectual an
spiritual, while we hold common with I'll
past. There Is such thing as huma
friendship. Man is not all bad. God
: own breath was breathed into his hostri
[ and he stood forth living soul in tt
, image of his creator. MARRIED as he ma
be by sin,-God's impress is still there az
as the spring of sweet water bursts forth
l a barren land from beneath the great rocl
: so underlying the rubbish, that sonietim,
seems to bury our true humanity, spiritut
yearnings and aspirations and symp
thies spring flow forth and ming
e in the great stream of human life, for |
e publication. We do not need extreme
Illustrations to convince us that there 10 di
= interested human friendship-wherev
e there is nobility of soul wherever the
4 is personal sacrifice for the happiness
n Others wherever there is manly generos
ty and benevolence wherever in person
: life there is honesty and purity and heave
I ly charity; wherever there is courage
8 stand forth for the right in the face of o.
position, danger or death, there soul a
', swereth to soul as the deep answers to Il
d deep and that Is human friendship. 1t di
d regards personal advancement or priva
o interest. 1t is the outgoing of one soul
:, another. 1t is as enduring as memor
Death does not bury 1t, and hence we a
Z accustomed to express ii by casting q fio'
h er or signing a loving regret over d
Il graves of those we have known, or eret
= ing monuments, in finished marble or e
IL during brass, in memory Of those who,
n their virtues or heroic life, have shed
:. luster upon humanity.
To-day we are assembled to strew
loving remembrance, flowers upon Il
!, graves of our own departed heroes--on
d our neghbors and friends. 1t is sad, b
=. nevertheless a beautiful offering of graf
full people to their worth. No gram
> column or marble shaft attracts the stran
er to their resting place; but loving frien
: know where they sleep and tread light
q reverently the sod which covers them.
is fitting that this day and this ceremoI
o should be observed fitting not only as
s lust tribute TO the dead soldier, but as
IT lesson 10 the living, stimulating US to
!, pure spatriotism, and higher regard I
y the institutions first established and aga
preserved at such an infinite cost, remer
n herring that however great the price, Il