Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-01-02

from the speeches at zoe meetL NJ the New Eng
land society Of New f1ik oup rcfaturrs Day.
CuAuncy NJ. D-psw said .lDYe Of the ne
eminent OF New England diA-s himself the
son Of Puritan clergymAu, ,ald me that
when a boy be heard the dea@1s at his ia
Tiers house discussing the men, Of their re-
spectiye ministers AfieI mauYhad spoken
ons old elder said: "Wa'al, our ati-ter gives
90 much attention to his farm ed orchard
that We get pretty poor scrmunsS ,ut he is
mighty movln' in prayer IN cata illar and
cauker-worm time LAughterGndA AplAuse. !
Judge Pratt of Brooklyn emarkdp When
the President informed NE that ! nj state
the reasons why was here with ihNbadge
on my coat, felt that | was preciselSi the
| condition. am going TO tsli You tr't tory
of a young gentleman IN Brooklyn VI wAS
called upon to mourn the loss OF his Nfe.
| When the undertaken at last told him thu ne
arrangements were such that he would he
| to ride to the grave in n carTrge With a,
mother in-law, and finding that there was ?
method 10y which he could avoid it, be iiuah
said and the words ar" applicable to7ms III
EVENING" II suppose must do it, bat It wi
rob this occasion of all pleasure to me.
| Laughter.
General Horace Porter, alluling TO Gen. "
| 4. Sherman, said But, Mr. President, fe'
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| pressed in the prese ude OF so forciDle a rel
rest ntative OF the military power Of the r
public. The effect OF being in the presen,
of one of these distinguished Generals
sometimes very peculiar. | had the honor
| being on the h+ld At times With this honort
soldier, and when had occasion to ride aoI
the line in company with him, 1t somehow
other invariably happened ib8t ELECTED mu,
more cheering from the troops than when
rode the lines alone. Laughter But l a
sure your guests congratulate this sOce
most seriously in having with it tonight
character that will be always exalted in hi
tory and in whose veins flows pule New Eu
| land blood, q man who for years was both Il
sword and the shield Of the western half
the great republic. Applause aud cheers
No one can pluck the laurel from his brO'
| No man can lessen the measure Of his fam
The gods themselves have stamped their 81
upon him, ITO give the world assurance of
man." Continued applause. The presen,
OF this General reminds me OF camp, aud r
calls the colored contraband who had escape
from his master and struggled into our lin
one day He belonged to that class of mt
who in camp were classified artistically
| charcoal sketches from the OLD master
TLaughter While he was uLilosophizing
only a cOlored brother raised on a plantatiC
can philosophizn, he said in remarkpg upC
human wearing apparel "De shirt butto
helps de looks oh tings, but it am de- spend
button dat does de solid work" Loud a
plause. Aud 20 we may philosophiza 7
garding the inhabitants Of this country. Sou
parts OF the land have been settled by peOp
less sturdy, perhaps less prosy, than the p
ritans, by very brilliant people, but in tim
of trial they have been ouly ornaments
They have been only as the buttons in o
shirt fronts But when great issues are
stake, great principles are to DO fought OF
when a land is threatened with disruption,
look to the stout old suspender button of NJ
England to do the solid work and hold thin
together. [Applause and cheers,