St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-06-04

OF North and South!
A South and North,
Made one by common grief,
Made new by sacrifice,
In brave defence of right
AS each the right.
To one came loss,
To came gain,
And God decides
What in the battle days
We might have thought, or said or done
Is quite forgotten now.
And standing by these grassy mounds,
In consecrated ground,
We are at peace, they,
Who rest beneath them are,
With one flag over all,
And not a star dropped from its place.
Our dead dear to us;
No mother weeps the less
Because her boy wore blue gray;
He her child,
That is enough;
And buried there, she gives
Him all her tears,
Remembering only this
That he is dead
Beyond, there is blue gray,
But clothed in white,
The serried ranks that fought
Shall fight more.
That which is lost is lost;
Let US forget the past,
And nobly with the hands
That made the wounds,
Bind up the wounds,
And hide the scars
In f1owersI -[New York Sun.
For the first time in many years
the regular observance of Memorial
day was interrupted by rain. An
elaborate program had been prepared
by Commander Bowman and it was
a matter Of regret to him and his as
sociates and everybody else that the
outdoor exercises had to be omitted.
The parade had promised to be the
largest and finest ever seen in town,
as all the secret societies had signifed
their intention Of marching in full
uniform. A gentle mist began to fall
about o'clock, soon after a fog
settled upon the hills and later the
downpour began. The work for the
forenoon was so well under way be-
fore the rain began that but little in
convenience was caused. The out
door exercises for the afternoon had
to be omitted.
At St. Johnsbury Centre.
At $50 a. m. Chamberlin Post met
at the 6. A. r. hall in full uniform,
whence they were led by the St.
Johnsbury Band, Frost Camp, Sons
of Veterans, of this place and Davis
Camp, Sons of Veterans, of West
Concord, to the depot. At 915 they
were taken by special train to St.
] Johnsbury Centre, where they were
met by scholars of the public schools,
and citizens generally and escorted
to the cemetery. A halt was made
while graves were decked with flow
ers, after which the usual g. A. R.
were held. Chaplain w.
P. Chaffee offered prayer and a
salute was fired by a picked squad.
The addresses by the clergy and
others were omitted on account Of
the rain and the return march to the
train begun. While waiting in the
covered bridge the patriotic citizens
treated them to cigars and lemonade.
The party returned by the train at
11.3O. In the meantime DR.. G. B.
Billiard and Mr. Cheney drove to St. |
Johnsbury East and performed a
service in decorati ting the
graves of fallen comrades at that |
place. The cemeteries at Waterford |
and Passumpsic were visited by
comrades residing in their immediate
vicinities.
At Music Hall.
At 2.3O p. m. Music hall was filled |
to overhowing to witness the indoor
exercises. A special delegation
had been sent to the cemetery |
to decorate the soldiers graves, and |
the beautiful service to the dead,
which is usually held at the G. A. R.
ot, was conducted in Music hall |
prior to the regular exercises. When
they were over the regular exercises
began Music was furnished by the
oand and prayer was offered by Rev.
:. M. Lamson. Col. Franklin Fair
banks, president of the day, spoke
IF the disturbance in former years
,aused by people running out and in
Turing the address, and asked that