St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-06-05

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gramme a Little.-A Good Concert in Music
Hall Closes the Exercises Of the Day.
Another Memorial day has passed into
history and the people of st. Johnsbury
have again paid their tribute to the SOL
dier dead. A little shower came up just
as the procession was starting which pre-
vented the burial ritual being performed,
but otherwise the regular programme Of
the day was carried out.
THE SCHOOL EXERCISES AT MUSIC HALL.
The exercises by the school children in
Music hall Friday afternoon were all pa
triotic and finely carried out, the pupils
doing themselves and teachers much
credit. A short address on Young Pa
triot" was made by H. {. Bates, who
told the children about the great respon-
sibility that would soon be theirs in
looking after the government of their
country. He felt sure the nation would
be safe in their hands and told them to
love their country and be devoted to the
old flag. The exercises closed with flag
drill by 45 girls dressed in white and
having in their hands hoops wound with
red white and blue. The girls went
through their march and different ma
neuvers finely and won hearty ap-
plause from the large audience. The cur
tain went down for an instant at the end
of the drill and when it went up the girls
were prettily arranged about the God
dess of Liberty and the singing of the
"Star Spangled Banner" closed the ex-
hibition. 1t was a fine entertainment
listened to attentively by large audi
ence.
EXERCISES AT ST. AGNES HALL.
The exercises at St. Agnes hall were
given by the young ladies of the convent
and were very interesting. large audi
ence was present and greatly enjoyed
the exercises. Sixty young girls made a
fine appearance on the stage when the
curtain rose. The programme OF music
and recitations was an excellent one and
well rendered. John Mcdonald enter.
tained the children for short time tell.
ing them about the battle of Getty sbure
and why they should love their country
THE PARADE.
The procession was commanded by
Gen. H. K. Ide with w. B. Eastman and
Lyman ]. Brock aids. 1t was made ur
as follows: Police, six members; ST.
Johnsbury Band 21 members; St. Johns.
bury Guards, 81 members; Palestine
Commandery, 81 members; Uniform
Rank, knights Of Pythias, 25 members
Chamberlin Post, Al members; disabled
soldiers and citizens in carriages.
AT MUSIC HALL.
The exercises at Music Hall were in
charge of Prof. A. L. Hardy, president OF
the day, and opened with selection by
the band. Rev. G. c. Waterman then
offered prayer and Miss Rosa M. Bailey
followed with a spirited rendering of IAN
April Morn The orator of the day was
Benz Fl. Sanborn of Boston, who
was introduced as native of Vermont
and son of veteran.
After referring briefly to the meaning OF
the day Mr.. Sanborn proceeded to speak
somewhat at length of the greatness OF
our country. Besides its great area it
had wonderful mineral and agricultural
wealth. America holds the world"
said Matthew Arnold. Its wealth is
phenomenal, being over $1,000 per capita.
The material progress of this country in
the last twenty years is wholly without
parallel in the history of the world.
Our national debt has decreased more
than two-thirds since the war, while the
debts of continental Europe have been
steadily increasing. Our pension list is
larger than the combined pension list OF
the rest OF the world. The speaker then
spoke of the fearful cost of the war.
Nearly 5000, 900 soldiers had enlisted in
the Union armies and there were 1000
skirmshes and battles. Nearly 100000
died in defense of their country and in
the 70 national cemeteries 800, 900
Union soldiers are buried. OF this great
number las 900 are in unknown graves.
Mr.. Sanborn then gave brief resume
of some of the Southern battles, paying a
notable tribute to the bravery of the
Vermont troops. Our state furnished
one out of every ten of her population
and gave more lives in proportion to her
population than any other state in the
Union. All nations have their memorial
days, but in European nations the gen
eral is the only one honored. The
United States honors the private soldier
and sailor The old world builds its
monuments to the individual; we honor
the memory OF the common people.
A MEMORIAL CONCERT.
The concert at Music Hall by loca
talent on the evening of Memorial day
was much enjoyed by an audience which
comfortably filled the hall
The Cecilian Quartette pleasingly ren
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