Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-05-31
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WITH the God of love and grace.


All your gallant deeds ye braves
The flag for which ye freely bled,
Al your heads we gently place;
And turning. leave our patriot dead
With the God Of love and grace.
The members OF L.. ;. Grant Post, G. A.
r.. TO the number of twenty five, assem-
bled at their hall on the morning OF the
goth. Flags fioated from the windows OF
the hall, from the hotel and from all the
stores and public buildings. as well as
from some private residences, while the
streets wore festive appearance. At
quarter to eleven the comrades came from
the hall and formed on the sidewalk I'M
der the command OF Comrade James He
bard, in the absence of Commander Fas-
sett. Each veteran carried on his arm an
evergreen wreath, and IN his hanu Don-
ouet. Preceded by a drummer and the
handsome flag OF the Post, the libe OF
march was taken to the cemetery, where
the old soldiers formed in a hollow square
near the large and beautifully decorated
vase of the Woman's Relief Corps. Com
rade E. o. Hubbard read the opening part
OF the G. A. r. ritual and called upon
Chaplain Pratt for prayer, which was lis
tened to with uncovered heads. After the
following portion of the service was
read the soldiers dispersed through the
ward, and at the signal OF the roll OF the
drum decorated simultaneously the graves
OF their fallen comrades. They then re-
turned to the first position, where the cere-
monies were concluded and the line re-
formed; retiring from the yard, they lett
the patriotic dead to their slumbers. The
Post numbers 100 men, and the compare
lively small attendance OF its members is
accounted for by the fact that the Others
were engaged in similar duties at other
places. But this does not satisfactorily
account for the small number OF citizens
who were in the procession and present
in the cemetery during the decoration e1-
ercises. There should be more public IN
terest in the observanees Of the day, and
the gratitude which we all feel toward the
defenders of the Union should be more
visibly expressed.
Exercises at the Hall.
On Tuesday afternoon at 2 O'Clock, the
people assembled in Dubois a Gays hall.
The front OF the stage was decorated with
noted plants in bloom, while on either
Side there was a stack Of muskets sur
mounted by small flags and supporting a
drum decked with still smaller flags. Out
side OF the stage on the right and left,
were two large flags. The veterans march
ed in to the sound of music and took seats
in the front OF the hail. The singers and.
speakers were stationed in the back part
Of the stage. MIR. +. o. Hubbard made a
short address, explaining the nature OF
the day, showing that it Is not gala day,
but a solemn, and to many a sad, anniver-
sary, held in memory OF the heroic dead
who gave their lives for their country.
Following is the order of exercises: sing
ing, "Where Fallen Comrades Lie,n quar-
tet: prayer, Rev. w. n. Roberts; singing,
eThe Unknown Crave quartet; recita-
ton, "Memorial Day, Misses Bessie Lew
is Josie Montgomery and Hattie Hayward;
recitation, Wounded, Miss Ethel Gould;
singing, 1.-THE Gray beneath the Blue,'
quartet; address, j. A. DeBoer OF Mont
peher; singing, "Cheers and Tears, quar-
let. All the exercises were interesting;
the singing was exceptionally good, but
the recitation by Miss Ethel Gould was re-
ceived with especial favor. The chief in
terest, OF course, centered in the address
by Mr., DeBoer, who was introduced by
Comrade Hubbard. TIE speaker Ca young
man himself) spoke OF the advantage OF
being addressed by young man, in that
q Young man who has no remembrance Of
the rebellion is more apt then an older
man TO give that view OF the war which
will be held by posterity. He gave brief
review OF the wonderful growth OF this
country in wealth and population, and
then proceeded 10 a discussion of the bone
OF contention cause of the war-Af-
rican slavery, which was acknowledged by
the better class OF statesmen so late as the
time OF John Randolph OF Roanoke, TO be
an inconsistency in this republic. The in
ventlOn OF the cotton gan by Ell w htnel
made slavery more profitable and chang
ed the current OF public opinion in the
South. The war was born OF slavery. The
speaker gave peculiar honor TO three dis
tinguished men Of the war-Lincoln, Nc
Clellan and Grant He vindicated McClel.
Ian as great organizer and displinarian.
Grant, more than all others, made fight
/ ing business. He saw a vision of the
preserved Union through the smoke OF
bursting shells, more clearly than auy
other. Interesting statistics were Civ
en- OF this greatest of modern civil wars
and a description OF the tremendous works
accomplished in short order by the clever
artisans of our volunteer forces. Due
credit was also given to the patriots al
home, who provided the sinews OF war and
kept going the machinery Of the national
life. Some OF the campaigns, like that oil
Vicksburg, were referred TO, and the ora
tor did not fail to give honor TO the troops
of Vermont for their conduct on some Of
the hardest fought fields of the war. 1t il
impossible to give even fair report OF the
address, but we will not refrain from say
ing that it was a very fine one and wa:
very well delivered.