Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-01-23

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To thdi "'lai"r.
On the cohriuSI'nW the morning hllSl-
ness -tiialnr Hilrich o'crci the following
resolutions;
E',o,fpI, ! ~ ii' SrnHt" "a card wi h
l,f .'"" " row .' h' ucl 81 HGhrA Is.
,H',sr,J r. I fh. Gu.' r.' ~ th. Sr,nlr
J., .,w .,, ended to cual lee hi .,- =, ci;, g, iu
IA, prop IN utcs of re-. .d e. ms 'igh
cln'r't 20 lnd dist ntui9hrd PNhi sr'N'c's.
senators Aldrirl, ElnuuIs. baynrd,
pcudir,ou. Garland and others paid feel
ing tributes to the memory OF senator
Anthony.
Senator Edmunds said scenes like this
were interesting in all parts of the world.
lnHdcl. pagan ana Christian alike ccle-
brated them and in various forms, and
with different hopes ana aspirations came
to weep over the graves of their fellow
men. To all alike the veil that separated
the present from the future was equally
impenclrahlc to the natural eye, hut to
the eye of faith and Of hope and, as MIR.
EUmuudS believed, of philosophy as well,
there opened field of view which
should lead us not to mourn at the
death in the tullneSs of accomplished
years of those we had loved and respected;
but rather to he SOberlN gi1d Tor them,
who, having lilled faithfully their appoint
ed place and time and having borne the
last and sevcrest trials of humanity, had
been admitted to the life of he mysterious
future. We here indeed saw Though
"A -iass darkly,' but our friends who had
gone before. saw clearly and enjoyed the
peace that belonged to those Wno with
pure heart and faithful endpaVOr had,
i'll whatever station. fulfilled the duties set
b, fore them.
MIR. Edmuuds referred most touchinglv
70 the personal affection existing betwrri,
himself and the d.nd Sruntor and OK
messed the hone fhnt in the ve,,rs mat
were. 80 come all ollr Senators mirht have
the ii'c.ity and devotion to duty d,spluvrd
by. hl., late. friend and a-oooiatp
senator Huynrd said that Spu,tnr An
thouv. ,ipr in wear, and wisdom had
hcri Gathered in The harvest of mortality
Inv The inevitable hand of fine Iunrrmn
rG,lrr seldom had n state been better
SERVED than Rhode Island had been served
Dv hiu. While strict and trnociou. rs -
marty man. lac had never p.ruiittrd his
Durtv fcaity 10 take the form nr o,Trusr or
imnutnt. on toward a pplit .c3l oopnurut
\ry.. hpl his face brru lYrl.urnd Inv :.
fr.tyu or distigurrd hy II sheer. In iii,
death lhr I'uitrd STATE, hnI lost = ,nnsi
,.>,,.ri,.ucaI and rrsn.cfrd nublir snry,,,t ,
Vie state of Rhode island n DISTINGUISHED
and faithful REPRESENTATIVE. and every
,,.mbrr of thn Snu,tI..n ,,nni,,l and ,cniI
beloved friend.
senator Pemdletun's belief was that S1.n-
ator Anthony had never willingly wound
cd the feelings Of any human being.
Quoting Mr.. Anthony's own words used
On an occasion similar to the present.
senator pcndleton said "To complain
~ the close of such il life i, to COMPLAIN
that the ripened fruit drops from the over
loaded bough: that the full harvest bends
to tive sickle. II is To complain of the law
of our existence: to accuse the Creator
thai He did not make man immortal ON
the. Garth"
senator Garland said The Senate and
tn, country may well drplurr the loss of
such Il man rs Senator Anthony had beer.
II. had been Il cpnspicIIull, example of n
man who brliry,. tiHt nur rnti,I1lrt il, Iifn
,uuuld he without uar;,dr or ostrntn.
tiun
senator Hoarra.d "A warm and glowing
tribute 70 the memory of senator An
tuouy. His had been n most sweet and
.,racjlus u,ltrIrc. simple and modest colIr-
Trla- ana " Iout lrrtcnsp To he and
not H. =. r . been his ambition.
senator Il ls said of senator Anthony
1t might We. f., wondered that he So SCI
d nm spoke VINO spoke 50 wen bur mo-