Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-10-27

gresham Springer of Illinois. A minute
later the Governors Of States, led by the
best known OF them all, VIM. Mckinley OF
| Ohio appeared and the cheers which fol
| lowed were the climax of tho enthusiasm,
Each executive was recognized by his
friends and admirers in the various portions
OF the building. Each OF the distin guishcd
| guests Of the occasion came in for a tribute
of applause, but none received a more
hearty welcome than
Tho Governor of OHIO,
ns he moved to his seat. accompanied by
his stalP az the extreme right OF the stage.
| Hon. Robert Lincoln minister TO tho
| court Of St James, seated himself beside
| tho Turkish minister, and the inevitable
cnoer Of enthusiasm greeted his arrival 1t
was after 2:S0 o'clock when tho last guests
were seated on the stage. and then the
tattoo of hundred drums at the south end
of the building commanded sudden atten-
f, ton. Tue audience accepted this as the sig.
nal for silence and there was an instant lull
| OF TIE hum Of voices. Nearly every eve
turned to the south COO feot away, whsre
! the
Largest Chorus of Modern Tiines
was sea ted. A moment later ard sigma,
| from the leader ushered in the first exercise
composed by Prof. John *. Paine of Cam
bridge, in honor Of the day and event.
Probably never before was the insignifc.
| ance of the human voice 80 fully demon
| strated. The chorus Of >. 800 voices il n
&rend aggregate, but in this vast building.
| over quarter Of a milo IN length, those at
! the extreme north end could scarcely have
caught sufficient Of the sound to distinguish
the melody.
! As the music ceased, the hum of human
voices was the only sound TO be heard for
ever a minute. suddenly a dead hush fell
over the vast multitude a., at u signal,
bishop Fowler, ia sacerdotnI Garb,
commanded silence and pronounced the in
vocation.
In his prayer the bishop seid; eve thank
Thee especially for Thy favoring provi-
dence, which has ordered the unfolding of
our history people and the shaping Of
our destiny as b nation. Thou didst keep
this new world in the thick clouds that sur
round Thy purposes and didst reserve it for
the high honors OF thy maturing kingdom
| Thou didst bring it to the knowledge of
! men by the wisdom and proves
and faith OF thy servant, Columbus.
Thou didst speak TO our fathers, heroic
and great men, men of PRAYER and of pow
er, ana ltCt tECIu come 10 Inns land
and plant here in the wilderness great in
stitutioua for the elevation Of the race to
c on ecrata these vast vnl!eys ard erJlos,
plain. to freedom. n free ideas ard froo
conscience. to tho same community of the
private home and iuanabilit, Of iudiyilp,l
rights,
We thank Thee for the
,i,rio,,. ,.,,,,.-.. w. ,,
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>, we .I'"'N nee 'oF 'ne mighty ho0tS OF
,he ntrolc "ead ana Tor tue priceless lessons
in s,,ta.,,o,,sl,i, o,,I i, ~. - ~ w.
thank Thee for 80 n0o GEO Of ,raa ..-a;a
rotrio-ic citiye,s. for tho oror Ei,J, ~
orau qclool md tbo omen church. for nm,
rrecedeptsd crovtb oiu,!or+ ,,rosna.it,,
We thank The. for n free rso,,ls ;, IIa 80
feIred to tho sic,.nas,a = Ms ji,.riso,1 ,,,,
the symrathv felt for the rresid.nt ~, .ba
reopia
At tho concIYsior NJ ti,, .,-o,-or riro,.ou
General Davis odvo,caI - ~ t,,,t 49,,
aftsrfbe or,,,or.o ei,ci,,l 10 hi. a,.,aa..,a
bad sursiirl ,r,,r'.,o,I ..atIil,i.t