Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-01-24

yon to SIT down amid friendship old ant
oar.y love, that ! have ripcued and memo
rics that have been enriched bv me
Thsy come from homes many q. which
.iit had nos been tor me. sir. YOU would
not have bcra adj, TO do 50 much I'd
build and emhel,isd.
Nou are botn sitting among your
children, grand and great grandchildren,
who come storming along, shouting.
laughing, crowiing, and skipping into
your hearts whieh nave made large aud
warm enough 50 that YOU can give room
and welcome to them all. Now I never
stop, but while | am moving along Just
let me drop this kind memeuto:
But how the subject theme may gang
Let tune and cuauoc determine;
Perhaps II may tusn out sang,
Perhaps turn ont sermon"
Let me first remind YOU of some things
l have done for you. On the 18th GAY of
March, 1923, brought you, sir, into the
world in the grand old New England
town OF Danville, and at your birth be-
slowed on you a title once worn by the
sublmest being who ever walked the
eurth"the son Ola carpenter" brought
you into a numerous family OF live men,
women and children. Al the men were
cunning workers of wood ar metal. |
gave you ample opportunity to study
the mysteries Of their sublime and useful
arts. developed You into as fine, il not
the finest artincer of them all. As my
Lord commanded, and as he did himself
in my early day, on the 2Oth day OF Ian
uary, 1S+6, | hrough, hc'pmeet whom
put IN cradle in your native town SIX
months after YOU was born. did not
give her idle hours in which to run round
IN the garden OF your life plucking aad
eating bitter fruit and offering il to YOU,
but gave her ,uchcontcntmcuta as brought
peace and comfort To your Eden. Init /
often heard her us passed by singing in
the choir. could not stop but always
went with tune in her joyous songs of
youth and more subduci melodies of
womanhood. On that happy 2Oth of
January | heard the music of the bells
which brought along merry group and
icil them at the ALTAR where You both
were Joined IN one common DIES tiuy; he
toprotect, defend, provide, and to achieve
with strength and genius, ana she to ac-
complish the true destiny OF woman.
Having passed the first degree brought
you, madame, through that OF Nile and
into all thepaSSionate mysteries of moth.
crhood-thc highest ana most sublime
degree ever attained by any woman on
the carth since began. And most uubIy
have YOU toiIId, hcroically endured, and
heartily rcjoiccd in all the unspcakable
Joys and anxieties Of TINS sublime destiny,
fulfilling the scripture and molly yet re-
proachtully rcbuking The miserable pau
city OF the age.
well remember your enthusiasm, sir
when in 1851 brought You along to
Island Pond, which was then crowded
almost to The waters edge by a dense
forest. OF the autiralroad dwellings
there were four: the Corey, Blake,
Stevens and Brown. There has been
nothing more interesting in my whole
line of march than the rude, rough
grandeur OF primeyal days. The sun
seemed to shine into the openings in a
dense forest brighter than anywhere else;
the men seem stronger aud Drawer, the
boys more lively, the women more pleas
ant and kindly and the girls more rosy in
their native loneliness. Then there is a
peculiar and mysterious interest in the
beginning OF every city or town which
carry along with increasing interest
The story of the building of Rome by
Romuus and Remus is read with more
intense interest than is the account of all
her subsequent glories. So it was with
your place of beginning. Brave, gener
Jus hlIiN anu Siisli tl'bIN, GU ~ t''pNA : VI
the town. knew only one social circle
and one place of Worship Would that
that unity had continued with me- All
your generous and good qualities were
by want and necessity. In
these conditions you, sir, went hravely
to work, and in an incredibly short space
had home which, though not expensive
or elaborate, forconvenient arrangement,
and shiIiful execution, was not eXccllcd
by any. Aud so you builded six and
wrought on half hundred more.
But in the midst of your work YOU
have been called to positions OF RESPONSE
billty. For a quarter OF a century you
have acted as magistrate, not having, as
judges of the superior courts do, books,
training, and learned associates to con
suit with. You have, without any legal
atmosphere, had to decide as difficult and
often the same questions which they do,
and then sit down in the midst of rude
and ignorant criticism. In this you have
been peculiarly fortunate. Armed with
absolute independence you secured the
confidence and esteem Of the public and
silcnced the rudcst criticism.
And now have brought you along to
that period when your life ambitions are
nearly accomplished, and YOU live i'll the
hopes and prospects of your children.
The great mystery Of your own lives is
being re-euacted by them. In the swell
ing scene around you, you have been
bounteously favored. In proof of this
have brought along eleven living wit
nesses. All that have been born to YOU