St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-03-13
FOR SUFFERING ARrIENIA.
Mass Meeting In 7uslc Hall Stirring Ad.
dresses by Sympathetic Speakers.

Sunday evening on the occasion Of the
mass meeting to protest against the Ar
menian outrages. Officers of the Board
Of Trade, Glergymen and citizens occupied
seats on the platform and much interest
was mani ested by all present. Ex-Pres-
ident Eimore T. Ide of the Board olTrade
presided, the meeting being under the
auspices OF that organization.
After music by the Methodist church
choir and prayer by Rev. Mr.. Tyric, Mr..
Ide spoke briefly upon the object of the
meeting. He said the Board of Trade
could hold such meeting as this on Sun
day night as the outrages aroused the
sympathy OF people o. every shade of
religious belief. He said that America
could do work that no European nation
could because the United States had no
territory abroad and did not want any.
He then introduced as the first speaker
E. F. Brown.
Mr.. Brown said he was here to record
his solemn protest against the cruetes
of the bloodthirsty Turk. He believed
the policy of the Turkish government
was to wipe the Armenian people from
the face of the earth. He bel leved that
the only way to stop this extermination
was to unite on some plan and have the
warships of all nations sail up before
Constantinople and demand with cannon
and bayonet that this slaughter of the
innocents must cease.
to represent Rev. Edward T. Fairbanks,
who was kept from the meeting by
severe cold. Mr. Horton spoke of Mr.
Fairbanks great disappointment at not
being present at this meeting, and then
read the following interesting letter to
the meeting:
DEAR FRIENDs:-It is very great dis
appointment to me that cannot be with
you this evening. And ask the privilege
of few words to you in writing ASIDE
from the ordinary impulses OF humanity,
there are special reasons for this meeting.
1t is not Just the same as if we were taking
up the case of some hungry Patagoniaus
or Christian martyrs OF Uganda or NADIA
gascar. For we OF st. Johnsbury have
been in some relation to the armenian
people, i'll more ways than one. Some
40 years ago one of our most promising
young physicians, Dr. Fayetle jeNrtt,
and his sweet-spirited wife, Mary Ann
Bracket Jewett, took leave of us to go
the long journey it then was to Tokat.
taking up the missionary work on the
spot where Henry Martyr laid it down
Today their son, Consul Jewett, whom
we might almost claim tor St. Johns
bury boy, is the able and energetic repre-
sentative OF our government at Sinas
In 1855 and 1856, among the manifest
fellows in our Academy was Giles F.
Montgomery of Walden, who gave his
splendid life to the Armenians at Aintab
and Marash. And his widow, Mrs. Emily
X. Montgomery, CHEEKY, brave and Iowa.
Bile, writes that now she is having the JOY
oil lie in minstering to the sufferers and
seeing their heroic loyalty to Christ.
Seven in all, think, sons and daughters
of Caledonia county have done noble
service in the Armenian mission, among
them George c. Knapp OF Lyndon, born
just across the st. .Johnsbury line) whose
son George, graduate of Harvard and
most accomplished young missionary, is
now under arrest OF the Turkish govern
ment on charge of iomenting sediton.
Pounced upon as telon, the wolf
charged the lamb with rolling up the
water so he couldn't drink it. How
so" said the lamb, seeing the water
runs down from you to me ?" "No mat
ter how" said the wolf, as he pounced
down on him and ate him up.
We have had native Armenians in our
Academy whose rank and department
have won highest commentator; and
have counted on my fingers, without
reference to catalogue, 81 children of
missionary families from that country
who have been in our village schools and
Academy. In the course oil the years. it
must be many thousands OF dollars that
have gone from this town, built into
consecratcd Armenian schools, colleges,
homes, churches; planting little St.
Johnsburys there with our standards of
education, morals, home lie and person.
al character.
All this has been damnabe offence to
the Turk. There are three things, yea,
four, which the Turk, as champion of Ell
Islam will not toerate-light, liberty,
purity, progress. lnasmuch as these
hated notions have been getting good
footing among the Armenians they must
now be stamped out. That's what
these massacres mean, The sublime
Porte, to be sure, SAYS: 80 mol Our
government and people are peaceable
we only suppress insurrection!" Sublime
mendacity Sublime bosh! Sublime inso.
lence! flung into the face OF the civilized
world
Why doesn't the sublime Porte 60 on
to say that human blood isn't red but
white; that when a Christian man is
being cut to pieces by Turk he enjoys
it?
have had for some years on my study
wall photograph from Geromes pic
ture ent,tled The Muezzin." Standing
on his high gallery in the minaret the
man throws back his turbanned head
and sounds the call that goes quavering
over the city five times day and night
as weird a cry rs one ever wants to hear
All this is well enough in picture hung
on the wall, and confess liked the pic
ture But the other day got up anc
pulled that Muezzin down. | SAID: 81
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