Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-08-23
The Decennial Reunion. Continued.

mathematician for those DAYS. AM
mi Durham had judicial mind and
was the Edwin Booth OF the district.
In public exhibition la about 1892.
he was highly applauded for his abil-
ity 10 spell and pronounce as one
word. -i-na-ble-bum-ble-be bee
with-his-tail-cut-off." Ii was no unus-
ual sight 10 see a drunken man By the
roadside. We (children) turned into
the fields and went around him. These
poor objects were the legitimate fruit
of that greatest curse Of the world
iltemperance. Southern planters and
their families. and colOred man for
eoachman, used frequently To pas on
the main road. | learned that the col
ored man was slave, bought and sold
in the market as merchandise. and
here the anti-slavery sentiment OF my
life had lis origin. The north end of
the district was set off in 1881 TO unite
with Tunbridge to form district No.
u, and my knowledge Of your early
history was less positive. Yet one re-
port ever came from the district: that
il aimed for first-class teachers, and
that its SONS and daughters were found
in neighboring academies and col
leges. In ls47, ! visited your school
in the brick house a. superintendent
Of public schools. shall never forget
the c0rdiality with which | was re-
ceived as | there gave my first public
address on 1.-The Common School in
Republic During my three years Of
official relation, ! found your school
OF the first order-t teachers, pupils and
patrons alike all Interested in educa-
ton.
After the reading Of the letters, din
ner was announced and was partaken
of under the widespreading branches
of the naples The afternoon pNer-
else, lasted from two till four p. IA.
and commenced by the singing OF
"llmrah for Old New England" The
Grafton by Dr. Horace Tracy Hank
Of New York CRY printed elsewhere
was listened to with great interest and
satisfaction and applause. The doctor
is very popular in this neighborhood,
where he passed his childhood and
youthful days, and his friends here
would be glad 10 see him ofiencr
among them.
Following the Grafton was singing.
and then came the five-minute
speeches.
The first speaker was the Hon. War /
rem French of Woodstock lie said /
he was glad TO be present. though new /
er resident of the district; but some /
Of his family had lived here in old |
times. No other state than Vermont, 1
and no other town than Randolph, 4
can show better scenery. fhe name,
of the old families bring To mind the
scenes of his boyhood. You find Yer /
monters wherever Won 20. New Eng .
land education and enterprise have 4
built up the West. Leading minds /
are New England minds,and many Of
them are from Vermont lie got
good share of his education in little
red >choolhouse near Randolph Cen
ter. Country life i nobler, purer and
healthier than city life. Liberty j.
sustained by country life.
Dr VIM. l.. Paine of Thetford said
that he gets his living by holding his
tongue. He came not here to talk,
Z. =. to make a speech, but would read
what he had prepared. He had been
requested 10 speak Of the charms and
advantages of Vermont. "Once upon
a time, became very restless and
longed TO fee from the beautiful wall
ley, with its surrounding hills that
had become like prison walls TO me.
wanted To get ont where ! could eX-
pand and develop the possibilities
which ! believed were latent within
me. iourneyed 10 the West, and
never can forget the experience and |
OF those six months upon
The vast, illimitable, featureless prai-
ries. where was surrounded by the ,
wholesale rush and scramble of the /,
great West. II ! had one truth more
than another impressed upon me. il I
was my own insignificance- a drop,as ,
i were, in the ocean of drifting hui ,
nanity." The Eastern farmer points /
with pride TO his favorite cow. his !
FLOODED horse, his fine, fat hog: and i
itt " tNttiii tdiititls W Ills Htfu OF { i
attic his drove of hogs, etc without /
much reference TO the individual. The :
anne difference seems TO apply TO men 4
md women. New England develops =
he individual. The doctor recited /
wo original poems, one entitled the :
Rivers of Vermont, and the other. 4
'Nermont's Centennial" and contin- h
led: "Returning, after my soiourn q
II the West, the old hills no longer y
eemed like prison walls: for this little n
alley had become 10 me sweet ref \
lge from the great. tumultuous world. 4
shall never forget the thrill Of iov y
cit at the sound of the first running i
'rook that greeted the wanderer and -
welcomed him back 10 the shady glens u
nd noble hills Of the old state. 4 \
core Of years have rolled away: still y
ny lot is cast among the beauties of -