The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-06-01

"A suit has just been commenced in
the county court involving an Intricate
legal question and one likely to come
before the Supreme Court for settle
mcnt. Three days after the death OF
the late Consul Rufus Mead, and before
his death was known, an action was
commenced In his name and an attach
ment made of the Rockwell hill firm.
Afterwards, Mr.. Rockwell gave deed
of portion of the land to other parties.
When the case came on for trial the
party to whom the deed was given
waived objections to the irregularity
and allowed the administrator of Mead
to enter as plaintiff. Judgment was
taken, tho land was set of by commits
sioners and sold to third party. Now
the party holding the deed from Mr..
Rockwell brings an action at law
against the present occupant for possess
sion of the property. And the question
Is, was the original attachment utterly
void so that no lien was obtained upon
the property and If so, could the waiv-
er, at the time of trial, by the party
holding deed under Mr.. Rockwell be
such as to bar him from recovery now
Decoration day was observed at
East Middlebury with appropriate cere-
monies. The procession formed at ten
Am. in front Of the Good Templars hall
in the following order, Maj. Martin as
marshal, Waldo Olmsted, assistant mar
shall; Brush's drum corps, speaker aud
invited guests; Post Warner, No. 1G, G..
A. r.; Cold Spring Lodge, No. 81, l..
o. of G.. T.; Cold Spring Juvenile
Temple, No. 8, consisting of forty boys
and girls wearing regalia and In charge
Of their superintendent, Mrs. Augusta
Needham; children from the school /;
citizens ON foot, and citizens In car
riages. On arriving at the cemetery the
children distributed the flowers to all
the soldiers present. The memorial
service of the e. A.. X. was conducted
by Darius Martin Hs commander; j. j.
Nancy, senior vice-commander; Aus
tin Peck, junior vice-commander and
Ira w. Clark, chaplain. Prayer by Rev.
Mr.. Rowsom; recitation by Miss Fanny
Day, "Cover them over with flowers y;
music by the band; recitation by Miss
Fanny b. Wood, "The land mourns
her soldiers dead to-day, both OF the
blue and gray" address by Rev. Mr..
Rowsom, of Middlcbury, and benedic-
ton by the same decoration Of the
graves by Post Warner, assisted by the
children.
How appropriate ii seems to invite
the children TO strew with flowers the
graves of our fallen heroes, that II may
be 50 implanted in their minds that
whom the last comrade shall be called
from this to that encampment above
there shall be generation Of men and
women that shall observe and hand
down the memories of this day to the
latest generation of time.
Too much praise cannot be said of all
who assisted in the services. The
speaker presented in clear and forcible
manner the duties of the soldiers In the
past, present and future, and urging
that the animosities engendered by the
war be forever laid aside for the good
of our common country, and extend to
all the olive branch of peace. Special
mention should be made of Mrs. Au-
gusta Needham and Mrs. George Ladd
for their large contributions Of flowers
and for contributions from friends and
relatives of our soldier dead from Rut.
land. Nine soldiers are buried here and
eight others we number buried else.
where. What sacrifice we have made
that the heritage handed down to us
from our fathers Of q free and happy
land, ever remain inviolate and let vi
ever remember from whose sacrifices
come these blessings!