Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-07-11

This was the progrnm at the grove :

the EheretHea AT the NafoVes
This was the program at the grove:
Invocation by Rev. A. ". Gooduow
Music America
Reading Of the Declaration of Independence hy
Prof l. A. Buttertirld uf Boston
Music "Hurrah for old New England"
Address Of Welcome, 10y r. A Fitch, President Of
Music Ly the Wilmington Cornet Band
Historical Address by Col. kittredge Haskins of
Brattleboro.
Music by First Regiment Band.
Dinner
3PN- Music by Hcnschel Quartet
Poem by Mrs Esther ). Forbes.
Iuasts, sentiments aud responses, with musical
selections by the quartet aud bands.
Poems and letters from former residents unable
Ia br present
Song MY native town written hY Rev. III
Eastman Of the Association ir-"Auld Lang
SynT'l.
An effective feature Of the opening ex-
ercises at the grove wnS the stirring old
song, "llurrah for nll New England. as
sung b, the llemschel quartet, 4 f. aud .
w. Chlds, Mrs lInskins and Mrs 5 NJ
Kidder, With audience joining in the cho
rus.
The address Of welcome by Mr. h A.
Fitch, president uf the day, hegan with an
allusiuu Ia the patrlntir memories of the
day. aud the speaker then said
To-day nature is prupitinus above MS the in
dust has sprung wauInn intu grass aud flowers
over grave and town the imperial sun Scatters his
golden sIl nlurS NrrduIe-cruwu urtl are hills aud
valleys For lS the ever recurring miracle Ot tllr
$, asnus has been wrought, aud lo, the earth ~
Edt u new again Throughout the Nulthlahd Il is
summer Wherever caunpl+l hy the stars aud
Stripes il ~ Fourth Of july. II IS gala day, In
Wilmington II is Jubilee, made sacred and historic
by the rttuln and presence uf her SONS aud dauRl
tIs Wilmington, clothed win naples, whose
raycs whisper Ia the touch of the wind and whose
sweet is nectar for men and gods Wilmington,
sentinel guarded hN odd llaystuCk, and jrWeled
by fair RApunda lake. Wilmington, riyrr-rib-
bOnrt aud mountain crowned. Wilmington, whose
village. not like Rome sitting upon her seven
hills, but nestled among them. Wilmington, the
Typical Nankee-lHud whose steady hehting pulse
brgius Ia feel the ihruh of nrw life Wilmington,
propled by independent, frugal, honest toilriS.
Wilmington, town Of schuuhunses aud churches,
where education Is encouraged, and virtue, honor
aud int, llipruct. rryrrrtl. Wilmington, home of
men and women, on whusr tastW ard-turned faces
already falls the dawn ot coming century. VII
ningtuu, your mother. has called, and her chill
drrn have heard the call From East, from West,
from North, from SOuth, you have come at her
bidding, She has heard Of your prosperity Ia dis
laut cities; OF your success the prairies Of the
West: of your homes in the sunny South; your
skill IN fields Of art; Of your wisdom In halls Of
lraming your eloquence Ia the pulpit; your tri-
umph at the bar; your ability Ia legislative bodies
aud your Justice and inpartiality upon the Oench.
All tins She has heard and read with pride aud
satisfaction; yet still she longed 70 see her
children face to face, aud, former residents L. as
surtd your mother is glad 10 str you here today.
After alludiug to the wonderful strides
in science, art aud invention made within
the memory Of the older generation there
present, Mr.. Fitch felicitously said in con
clusion
"Deyotees have their holy ground. Pilgrims
their consfcrated shrines. Science her dedicated
temples. Literature her classic fields Oratory
her Marshtield and Ashland, Nalor her Auster-
litz aud Lockout Mountain. Patriotism her Mt.
Vernon and Springfield Poetry her StratfoId-on.
Avon and her Parnassis The Aeadlans their
fountain OF Utopia In our love for mOthertown
we have a touch OF all these, and 10 as, her chill
dren, more than all these AS wanderers in a