The Portland daily press., 1896-06-11

These are they who did inspire
You to heights perchance yet higher
Than they might themselves attain.
Ever let the truth remain
That their lives have taught so plain.
Mans sunccess or mans defeat
BY naught else is justly mete,
Save by aspiration bold,
Purposes he strong may hold,
Glorious lives are measured by
Thoughts uplfted to the sky.
Yet not alone shines light from out the
past,
The coming yoars glow with a radiance
cast
From dawning lives, which, ri,h in
promise rare
Give sweet assurance of a future fair.
To youths and maidens here we look
with pride.
In them dwell hopes too strong to be
denied.
At sight of them our throbbing hearts
Eeat fast
To them with Joy we point-heirs of the
past
To girls so sweet in maidenly grace,
To manly boys-they'll take our place
And bear the burden If life along
With purpose true and courage strong,
What wo have striven for, they will grasp
For life holds now within it's clasp,
Such rich and gracious heritage
AS ne er has been in any age.
Ye of the present upon whom doth rest
A double burden, the sacred bequest,
slowed,
And debt as clearly to the future owed,
See to it that ye pass nnspotted down
The goodly record of our dear loved town,
To coming generations, who in future
Will judge you calmly as your worth ap-
pears
Fen fenderly, perhaps, as there is shown
Through the long vista, lights and
shades unknown
To you, who now as fore blurred canvas
stand,
And see not how the picture, under Mas
Shall one day show you fair, and ming
The sombre with the glowing, stand
complete
AS happy children. who all day at play
In fields and kwoodlands. gather where
The sweetest flowers, and weaving as
they go,
With all the skill that childish fingers
know,
Gay wreaths and garlands, flushed with
pleasure, bring
Their treasures home in eager Offering
To loving mother, who awaits them
So would thy sons and daughters, Bethel
fair,
Upou thy brow this simple chaplet bind.
Though poor the verse, by unskilled fin
Yet tsn ds5S. with earnest love tits
And intertvined with hallowed, grateful
| thought.
| The speech making followed with
| A. S. TWITCHELL
of Gorham, N. h., presiding as toast
master. Mr.. Twitchell made some
felicitous remarks and introduced the
various speakers in most happy vein.
The addresses were all short and snappy,
each speaker being limited to five
minutes. There was much wit and
eloquenoe and each response WAS heartily
applauded. The lists of toasts and the
speakers were as follows:
Bethel Boys-Hon. NJ. A. Ha stings.
Lancaster, N. H.
Bethel Girls; Past, Present and Future
Captain r. b. Grover, Brookton, Mass.
An Old Fashioned Feast, Hens on Side
l IL
| The Clergy-Rev. b. e. Barton, Bethel.
The Medical Professionally. j. A.
Morton, Bethel.
rhe Legal Professionalism Louis G,
Stsarns, Caribou.
1oulds Academy-Hon. @. J. Chap
man, OK Mayor of Portland.
The Education of Youth-Prof. G. A.
Robertson, Augusta.
Bethel as Health Restorer-Dr. j. g.
Gehring.
the 6. A. R.-A. H. Hutchinson.
Commander of Bethel Post.
The Press-Hon. j. s. Wright.
Bethel in 10g0-E. NJ. Simpson, Bethel
Reminiscence of Bethel-The Toast
| master.
Woman-Judge A. R. Savage, Au-
burn.
The whole town of Bethel was deco.
ratad it seemed, and it is impossible to
particularize in the space at hand.
The following were the efficient officers
having in charge the arrangements of
the day.
President OF the Day-Judge Enooh "
Woodbury. of Bethel. w.
Chief Marshal-Major q. A. Hastincs
Vice Presidents-S. B. TwitoheIl r
| Kimball, John Barker, II. II, Cbannon
E. G. Wheeler, E. Q. Bean.
Committee, on Procession-G. A.
Hastings, Col. G. s, Edwards, Ii. g.
Barker, f. H. Young, Ceylon Rowe
Reception Committee-G. R. Wiley. A.
X. Herrick, DR.. j. G. Gshring, j. M
Philbrook, DR., +. B. Tuell.