Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-07-09
Independence Day.

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Independence Day.
As the Fourth came on Sunday celebrating
was mostly done on Saturday. The day was
6ne-all that could be asked for-neither too
warm nor too cool, the air bracing and In
MIGRATING.
AT ST. JouNsBURY.
The day was ushered in by the music Of
the bells, and the less musical notes of
gongs, tin pans, and the burning Of powder
in old anvils aud the like. This medley was
continued we'll into daylight, until every
slumberer quit his couch and came forth to
realize that the day of all the year was at
hand. People gathered in from the sur
rounding districts, and nine or ten car loads
took the extra train for the picnic at Lyu-
donville grove. At half.past eleven another
train took quite "a respectable company to
the picnic at St. Johusbury Center. The st.
Johnsbury band accompanied the latter
party and gave a few pieces before leaving.
Iu the procession which marched down to
the depot was a shovel brigade, a load Of
girls representing the states, and a very
sweet toned hand organ composed of a huge
dry goods box on an express wagon, to which
was attached a crank a little smaller than a
well sweep, operated by an artificial darkey.
After their departure, the village resumed
its usual quiet, and the dust returned to the
ground.
In the evening there was a display Of
fireworks on the hill west of the North
church, with music by the band.
AT LYNDoNvILLE.
The great gathering for northeastern Yer
mont was at Lyndonville grove. They cam
by cars, by teams, aud on foot, to the exten nj
Of fully 5000 persons, a larger gathering
than had ever been on the grounds before
except once. 1t had been gotten up as q
workingmen's celebration, to which every
body was invited, and although, by mistake
it had been advertised as a 'grangers' pic
MIC" that fact seemed to deter none from
coming, and so general was the attendance
that probably not over one-third were gran.
gers. There was the best of feeling, and al
seemed to enjoy the occasion.
The meeting was called to order by Hon
Il. p. Cotton of Irasburgh, the president Of
the day, and the master Of the state grange
of the Patrons of Husbandry, who made
few timely remarks. Then followed prayer
by the Rev. II. p. Gushing, and tn,
reading Of the Declaration Of Independence
by Mrs. Il. NJ. Jameson. After this followed
the toasts given by Hon. n. p. Bowman
toast-master, and we regret that we are no
able to give a full synopsis of each response
The first was,
1.-THE day we celebrate" Responded t.
by DIR. Geo. A. Human.
The ladies' their approval and aid give
success to every enterprise" Response b!
Rev. IL. p. Cushing.
o'The ladies; what have they to do will
the prosperity of the country" Respons
by Rev. ii. p. Gushing.
" Education, the bulwark of liberty, an,
may it be a prime duty" Response by Gee
A. Gates.
= There are some who believe all educa
G ton beyond a common school education i
useless. The same persons will decry rail
roads and other modern institutions, yet vii
use them whel occasion requires. They ar
mostly the older class of people. They de
l nounce modern school books, yet our school
boys eight years old can correct their mis-
Y takes. But they do no harm. They sue
q coed in stopping the wheels of progress abou
as well as the Indians did who tried to sto
a locomotive with a rope. Our best colleg
students come from The farm, and farmer
4 boys are to be the me Iofthe future. Educa
c ton pays 10 enjoyment of it, and it also pay
in money"
The dinner hour having arrived, the choi
$ was called upon to sing the following song {:
The Hand that Holds the Bread.
l.. Brothers Of the pillow!
The power Is with you;
O The world in expectation waits
: Oppression stalks abroad,
MonOpolies abound
Their giant hands already clutch
The tllers of the ground,
Chorus.
Awake then, awake!
The great world must he fed,
And Heaven gives the power
n 10 the hand that holds the bread
Yes! brothers Of the pillow,
. The people must he fed,
And Heaven gives the power
To the hand that holds the bread.
c .. Brothers of the pillow
In calm and quiet might,
You've waited long and patiently,
For what was yours by right,
q A fair reward for toll,
A free and open field,
An honest share for wife and home
OF what your harvests yield.
l. Chorus.
IF 3. Brothers Of the plowl
le Come, gather from the prairie wide,
The hillside, and tho plain
Not as In days OF yore,
with trump OF battles sound,
70 But come, and make the world respect
The tillers of the ground.
:" CHORUS.
: All hands then fell to and proceeded
u empty their overloaded baskets, in groups
"a all sizes scattered all over the grounds, al
~ the romance of the thing was far more sati
u factory than setting tables, while the wo
- for the women folks was very much lei
AZ The way that graugers and outsiders, ev'
d middlemon, squatted down and lunched
u gether, was a pleasant thing to sec, aUd SUI
% a dinner was worth a hundred of your A
tors or your Oopeland's. But the eatil
u and visiting, of which there was a great de
70 among friends from different places, W
IL finally over and the exercises at the staI
a were resumed. The next sentiment was,