Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-05-23
VERMONT, MAY %, 1890

the closing. The singing will be by a
union choir under the leadership of Mr..
Munroe. The members of the local post
Will meet at the post room at | 80 and
march thence to the hail.
On Friday, Memorial day, the exercis-
es will begin at the town hall at o'clock.
Col. Geo. Il. Child of st. Albans, who is
forcibe and pleasing speaker, will de-
liver the address. There will be music by
the Middlebury band and singing, led by
Mr.. Monroe. After the exercises at the
hall the procession will form on Pleasant
street and march to the cemetery, where
the officers of Russell Post will conduct
the services prescribed for such occasions
by the ritual of the order. The band will
head the procession and the East Middle
bury post, as well as all local Masonic
and other organizations and the pupils of
the Graded school, have been invited to
Join the procession. The Ladies Aid So
ciety is to have charge of the floral deco
rations, and solicit contributions of flow
the engine house at any time after o.
clock Thursday morning.
In the evening Rev. DR.. Smart of Bran
don will give his lecture on the Battle of
Gettysburg. The scope and character of
the lecture are well stated in the COM
munication of Prof. Wager following
Editor Register The lecture which has
been secured for Middlebury, at the town
hall for the evening OF Memorial day, has re
Gently been delivered at Manchester, Rutland
and elsewhere, and received the very highest
praise Not great while since it was deliV-
cred before one OF the literary societies at
Rutgers college. The press of New Brunswick
said OF DR.. smart ellis descriptions, espec.
tally, were remarkably fine, and the audience
could not restrain their applause at his well
plaaI u
fal into the spirit of the occasion, as the lee
turer almost planted the peaceful summer
scene which preceded the battle INTO the
chapel, and fairly rolled out the peas
sent forth by the laundering guns, $50 in
number. and discharging at the rate OF
500 shots minute 1t was the most vivid ac-
count ofa battle that could possibly be deliv-
cred on the platform" Another report said
"The lecturer took his audience to the battle
field of Gettysburgh by means of large map
OF the situations and positions occupied by
the opposing forces on that never.to-be-for-
gotten field of carnage. The doctor was pres
ent during the fight, and the lecture was
based upon facts CLEANED by personal observ.
alton. He was very graphic in his descrip
tions of the raging of the battle, the roar of
artillery, the groans OF the wounded and dy-
ing the rattlng of musketry the bursting of
shells and explosion OF cannons. The large
audience sat with breathless silence to catch
every word he had to say" When the lecture
was delivered in Albany the Albany Evening
journal said: "The lecture was IL most brill
liant effort and was listened to with wrapt at
tentiOn by the large audience present. \
diagram OF the ground illustrated the posi-
tions held by the opposing armies, and rem
dered perfectly ineligible his interesting de.
tails Of the various movements. ii was a most
vivid picture of the greatest battle of modern
times" The Springfield Republican said of
the lecture, when it was delivered at Pitts
ford, Mass: CDR. Smart of Albany had a fine
audience last evening. He was an eye-wit
ness, and he vividly and eoquently tells the
story of the great battle" The Rutland Her
aid said, when the lecture was delivered in
Rutland that the story "was told with thrill
ling effect; that the audience "was held
| spnlbound" by Dr. Smart's "graphic style
his splendid diction, his enthusiasm and elo-
quence." The people of Brandon expressed
the very highest appreciation of the lecture
when it was delivered in their town hall.
GRANVILLE lAGER,