The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-05-30
NUMBER 22.

ins5 DiacB, blue anu gray Anna Baker;
Fighting the Foe," Robert Blanpied "Of-
fering for the Soldiers" William Quinn and
Myra Gilley. An acrostic by eleven children
was pretty and attractive exercise. Follow
ing the exercises by the children, Hon. III.
A. Huse delivered brief address.
The death of Mrs. f. w. Morse, recorded
elsewhere in this issue of the wArcHMAN,
was welcome relief from long and severe
| bodily suffering. Somewhat more than a
year ago. the malady that ended her ex-
istence developed itself With a courage
and heroism that were among her striking
characteristics she battled disease. Death
was long held at bay. A less resolute spirit
would have early succunbed to the assault
upon her physical resources. Mrs. Morse
had been strongly attached to life and its
enjoyments. She had wide circle of
friends and keenly enjoyed their companion
snip. In the furnace fires of suffering
earthly ties were burned away and she was
given enhancing views of the bright land
beyond the grave.
" Her faith could see with weary eye
The dawn Of heaven on earth's dim sky.
Shone on her soul the morning star"
Her funeral was attended on Sunday by a
| large concourse of her former friends Rev.
j. Edward Wright officiating. Many and
appropriate floral emblems and her PASTORS
| words of eulogy testified to the regard in
which she had been held and the sorrow her
| departure had brought. Interment was in
| Green Mount cemetery.
| THE Goth of May is a day of sacred me M
ories. 1t is day when the sterner duties
| OF LIE may not all be laid aside, but it is
| day on which the pleasures and frivolities of
| life should be placed in allegiance; certainly
| it is day which should never be specially
and deliberately chosen for games and
festivities The awful sacrifices the day is
set apart to commemorate render almost a
sacrilege the indulgence at that time in gay
| etles and pastimes; and the deliberate selec-
tion OF that day for sports and games is sac
rilege. We are panied to notice the fact
that this day has again been chosen for
game OF baseball by the students on the
hill. Very much can be pardoned to youth,
| to whom the events of the civil war are
largely matter OF inanimate history. But
the schools are said to be the nurseries of
patriotism, and it is incumbent on those
| who control the youth in the schools that an
impetus in the right direction be given to
the young spirits under their direction.
There is painful incongruity in the cir
cumstance that on the day when Principal
Smith, as Memorial Day orator at the capi-
tai OF the state, is enforcing the precepts of
patriotism and paying funeral honors to
those who died that the nation might live
the youth under his charge are illustrating
the practice of patriotism and expressing
their sense OF gratitude to the nations
saviors by engaging in game of baseball.
The principal Of Goddard Seminary at
Barre, we are pleased to note, having diff
ferent sense of the fitness of things and of
uAo uuJy W bu6 young men placed In MS
charge, forbade the playing of game on
the day specially dedicated to commence
rating the memory OF the nations dead.
His example is a good one. We trust that the
game that has been advertised to come off on
the campus this afternoon will be Cancelled.
but the matter has been the subject of some
discussion and we are assured that the
game will be played.
In the presence of a congregation that
filled seats, aisles and lobby, the services
incident to Memorial Sunday were held at
the Church Of the Messiah last Sunday
morning. The reading desk and choir GAL
lery were draped with the national colors,
and large flag was twined above the
speakers head. Brooks Post, T. L. Casa
want commander, Brooks Relief Corps,
Mrs j. W. Leland president, and General
Stephen Thomas Camp of Sons of Veterans,
Thomas Dewey captain, attended in body
and were seated in the front and center
slips. During the services the choir rem
dered "Sleep, Comrades, Sleep" and ITO
Thee, o Country" " in an admirable manner.
Rev. j. Edward Wright took as notices for
his remarks on this occasion words found
in the 103d and 138th Psalms: :" The Lord
exec1teth e1i thst righteousness and Judgment for
stretch forth thine hand against the wrath
OF mine enemies, and thy right hand shall
save me-" In his opening remarks, Mr..
Wright said that it was very hard to realize
that to a very large share of the congrega-
tion before him the war was ancient his
tory that many who had been voters a
dozen years were not born when the war
broke out, and thai it becomes more and
more important as those who took an ac-
tive part in that war grow less in numbers
to keep alive the issues and principles for
which they fought. The speaker rapidly
reviewed the period from the first shot at
Sumter to 1865, dwelling particularly upon
the dark days OF the winter OF 1862 SO, and the
spring of 1868. In this connection he paid
tender and eloquent tribute to Lincoln,
who was bearing nation on his great heart.
In conclusion, he referred to the fact that
now both South and North acquiesce in the
results of the war. Slavery is admitted to
have been burden and a curse to the white
people. Now we live in harmony, with no
war-engendering disputes. All the tests
have been met and satisfactorily settled.
The weight of debt has been largely re-
more than doubled-tangibe proof that
those who fought for peace did not choose
unwisely, and that those who gave their
lives did not die in vain.
GOOD progress was made in the disposal
OF cases in supreme court during last week
and the business OF the term was completed.
The cases heard on Wednesday were all
from Chittenden county, namely, George
w. Hurlburt Apt, V. Estate of Wait Hurl-
burt, an appeal from probate court de-
cree; Eleanor Sheenan V. Caleb NJ. Rock
wood, an action of ejectment; State V.
Eddie Hollenbeck, and the pauper case of
Town of Jericho " City of Burlington. In
the case against Hollenbeck, the judgment
OF the county court was reversed, the
sentence was vacated, and the case was re-
manded for new trial. A decision was
rendered in the Caledonia county case of
State v. Napoleon Valwell, tried several
days previous. The proceedings in the
lower court were affirmed aud respondent
was remanded to states prison at Windsor
to serve out his time. On Thursday the
Washington county cases of Phlo G. Camp,
ct al. V. Village of Barre, and William Casey
v. j. B. Thompson, were heard; also the
Franklin county case of Albert f. Lane v.
George Scagel. The mandamus petition of
X. A. Perkins, editor of the Rutland Herald,
v. o. f. Cummins, justice of the peace of
that city, was also heard. ii. A Huse for
the complainant, 7. w. Moloney for the de-
fense. The question involved is whether
newspaper reporters have right to in
spect the records of justice of the peace,
the decision of which will be awaited with
much interest. The cases heard on Friday
before adjournment were III |. Cutting, an
pellant, v. Estate ,of j. w. Ellis, from
Washington county; Hartford Steam Basler
and Insurance Company V. Lasher Stocking
Company, from Bennington county In