St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1886-06-03
MEMORIAL DAY.
Some Local Tributes to the Coun-
try's Defenders.
Addresses by Rev. Chas. NJ. Lamson,
Col. Geo. w. Hooker, Messrs. Bates,
May, Stafford and Major King.
Impressive Ceremonies at the Cemeteries.


Memorial ebay" began early with
the st. Johnsbury comrades this year
and closed late, in fact there were two
or three of them. Some of the mem
bers of Post Chamberlin were engaged
more or less of the time from Friday
until NJ Onday evening in various ex-
ercises that constituted this years cob
servance." To begin with commit
tee of the post assisted by an unusually
large and efficient sidewalk committee
were engaged Friday afternoon in put
ting up new 75-fOot flag staff over
the Grand Army headquarters and
when, at last, it was securely in place,
fine new flag was run up amid the
cheers of the assembled small boys.
The flag raising served as sort of in
auguratiOn of the series of exercises
that were brought to successful close
Monday evening.
Saturday Nights Meeting.
The regular meeting of Post Cham
berlin was held Saturday evening.
Fifteen new recruits were mustered in
and there were seven others who had
been elected to membership but did
not report. The meeting was a very
enthusiastic and interesting one. Short
speeches were made by DR.. G.. B. Bull
lard, NJ. T. Femme, Major King, H. c.
Bates, Captain Blodgett and Col.
Hooker, who came in from Brattle borO
on the mail train Saturday afternoon.
These grand army boys are given to
doing generous things and, when it
was announced that Mrs. r. F.
Stevens son was about going to the
West, the hat was passed round and
soon $40 was raised to aid the boy ON
his way. The meeting served as a
very natural beginning of the exercis-
es that were to follow and was much
enjoyed by those present.
The Memorial Sermon.
The Memorial sermon was preached
Sunday evening in Music hall by Rev.
Every available seat in the hall was
filled as we'll as some that ought not
to have been available as the ush-
ers put extra chairs in the aisles.
Post Chamberlin occupied reserved
seats at the front of the hall. Mrs.
Wallace, Mrs. Hazen, Harry May and
j. H. Humphrey, led the singing.
Scripture selections were read by Rev.
L. L. Beeman of the Methodist church |
and prayer was offered by Rev. L. w.
Smith of the Advent church.
Mr.. Lamson's text was from Matt. |
% :39, ''Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as myself" The central thought of
the sermon was loyalty to law. In a
broad and comprehensive way many of
the vital questions that are now agi-
tating the country were brought up
and, while no attempt was made to set
tie all the points in dispute, SEINE sug
gestiOns of a practical nature were
thrown out that, if needed, would go
far toward the settlement of them all,
the sum and sub stance of it all being
that existing difficulties must be settled
by the gospel stan dard, thou shalt love
thy neighbOr as myself.
When the American armies broke up
at the close of the war England declar-
ed that the soldiers would return to
their homes no longer good citizens
but lawless horde. Happily such
was not the case. They returned the
same law-abiding citizens that they
were when enlisted and to this is due
the peace and quiet of the land to. day
The progress of the nations of the
world from the days of lawlessness to
those of law was briefly sketched. The
law of our republic is the result of gen.
erations of thought and of struggle.
The laws made have always been bet
ter than the law makers. The aver ,
age power of the statute book is high .
sr than the legislature that makes it. |
Men are ever building better than they
know. Law is in a way the voice of
the infinite it has its seat in the bosom ,
of the Eternal. Many things need to |
be taught the people. Teach that the ,
state is as a great family that the re- t
public is living thing, not a mere /
that liberty-loving men G
should protect the law as well as en- |
10y it's protection.
The great question of the hour is the 4
relation of man to man. How are you I
md l related to each other and to so I
cietyf The answer to this question {
brings up many of the problems now
before this people for solution. GEN. t
sratiens ago children were regarded as b