The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-12-30

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Joseph LaT.ock got badly under th,
influence of spirits last Sunday ant
tore around so at his house that officer
were summoned to attend to his case
Deputy Sheriff Rider and Officer Dick
8 enson called upon him, and 1t IL sale
were evilly entreated by LaIlock, who
was on his muscle. He was finally
lodged with Tailor Cobb, and on Mon
day interviewed the blind goddess al
: an expense of five dollars and costs,
His disclosure was that he had ordered
a lot from Boston. On search at his
house eight or ten gallons were found,
which the justice was obliged to de-
cree belonged rightfully to him and II
f was returned. Joe was evidently pro.
pared for the holidays.
Mr.. Powell, who has for the last
ten years been ~janitor of the college, re.
signed his position last week, compelled
by infirmity and advancing years. Mr..
Powell has been known by many gen.
erations of students, and during this
connection with the college has been
one of the institutions, hardly inferior
to the president himself. Ever al his
post of duty, kind-hearted and oblig-
ing, he was loved and respected by the
students, and is held in kindly remem-
brance by every graduate since he as
sumed his duties. The students always
found in him a friend who was ever
ready to overlook theirsittle p~eccadillos
and whose heart was filled with sor-
row and sympathy whenever trouble
with the faculty threatened them. His
retirement will be felt as leaving a void
al the college.
PILGRIM SOCIAL PARTY.-This reunion
with the ladies of q large portion of the
audience after the public exercises of
the celebration briefly noticed last
week, had its special points of interest.
The occasion Is eminently a social one,
and from the first descent of the Assem-.
bly, from the audience room into the
lecture o of the church, il is evident
that no time is likely to BIO lost that is
not occupied. Delays are not unaccep-
table, while arrangements are recog-
nized and mutual fluctuations inter-
changed. A series of tableaux on the
part of the ladies was very o an
nounced by Rev. s. l.. B. Speare, and
was deliberately and strikingly present.
ed, Of e m taken from Whittier's
popular New England poem of "Snew
Bound" These were succeeded by the
luxurious material feast with which the
ladies superseded those realizations of
the past, from scattered tables among
the seated groups. Time beginning to
liuger a little, Professor Brainerd, hay
ing the staff of presiding officer on the
part of the Historical Society, announc- |
ed, to precede the programme of senti-
ments and speaking, q song, written |
for the occasion by Mrs. W. w. Thorn
as of Middlebury, to be sung as solo
and chorus, which was given with fine
execution and effect, Mrs. Pitts singing
the solo. The words were the follow
ing:
IT'S meet that we hallow our glorious birthright; |
Twas given in storm. on the rock by the wave,
When WHO winds grew sweet with the hymns OF
CHORUS
Then all hail to our land,
49,. To the true hearted band, |
whose Leader through peril our own still shall be |
Long ages In story
Shall crown thee with glory,
v Land OF the Pilgrimsl dear home of the freei |
y Land of tho Rilgrimsi dear home of the freei |
Away from the kingdom Of splendor and pride.
"here hawthorn blooms cluster, and green ivics
Unto freedom or death-lo the gloom lieth far.
But nope shineth ever, like Bethlehem's star.
CHORUS.
q heroes undaunted, no tyrant shall now
nncnaln me thanksgivings glad spirits that bow, |
before,
The Maylower rests mid the SHOWS of the shore.
CHORUS.
Give echo, ye forests, and waft, troubled sky.
Iheir triumphant anthems to portals ON high;
An AM sing. happy hearts OF Columbia, tonight
VI Liberty, Law, and OF Loves holy light.
CHORUS.
Ring, bells in the steeplel all lands freely own
Earth's proudest Republic, whose first corner
Was Plymouth's stern rock. and the faith of the
Whose memory we crown with the laurel anew.
The sentiments follow below with the
of responses. Musical as
were made by Prof. Higley.
The speeches in oil cases were offhapd.
and we'll received, Mr.. Tilden recalling
with interest the circumstances of the
celebration at Middlebury forty
years ago.
/. The Day we Celebrate Col, L..
e. Knapp. Rev. l.. l.. Tilden.
2. The Law of the Pilgrims the Full
fillment OF the Law.-Prof. L. A. Aus
tin.
The Pilgrim. looking straight to Heaven. saw
Jehovah God, the same W HON Israel knew
COO ofrlghteonsness enthroned on law.
And only to the favored covenant few,
Of haes and patterns glorious 'tfs true WOOL
Bgt, IKE the spiendors traced on wall, and roof
o. Judah's temple, only for his saints' behoof.
Not such the God we sec. The olden gloom
Hath frightened into glory, and the throne
Is now with love illumined. In the room
{ justice, stern, undending and alone,
Is mercy speaking peace in tender tone,
With many a smiling angel, round her, swift
To fly respondent 10 each human moan, /
And every burdened, crying soul 70 lin
10 fullest snare In Heavens every perfect gift.
Both views Of God are true; but seen alone
As justice unadorned with love, or grace
With no stern justice underneath the throne.
Himself he doth not all reveal his face
Hath yet lthat we have failed to trace.
Is false. SO erred the teachers OF our race.
They looked at God and thought they saw the
When Of his perfect sphere they saw the colder
pole.
And we. by looking with the Pilgrims eye.
Az one who relgns infexible and just,
Tempering our thought OF heavenly love thereby.
May ind a God whom we delight TO trust.
But only may when PROSTATE in the dust
Far from the path oil sins that rouse his fire..
To know God well, through Law to Love we
Ascend. The Cross through sinai's smoke and
Reveals the pefcct God, the worlds supreme de
.. Lo, the poor Indiani-
And a sin and a shame
To strip him ofland
And TO leave him the game,
Rev. w. A. Remele.
4. The Ladies-the making of the
Pilgrim in the fashion of their day: and
so on with their descendants 10 suit the
chauoas IF fha t;unn "L.-.