The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-06-25
NEwBURY. VT. June 10, 1897.

head of steam on, and ploughed males.
tically through every obstacle. AT
1890 p. m. groups of people were
vending their way towards the Con
gregati0nal church and teams came
from every section of the town. The
dedicatory exercises opened with an
organ voluntary by Mrs. Abbie Ford
BerthOlf, organist at the Clarendon
Street Baptist church, Boston, at the
close of which the large audience room
of the church was filled with a happy
joyous throng, despite the down pour
of rain and threatening clouds outside.
Within the church portals there were
no clouds, nothing to dampen the pleas
ure and good cheer of the participants.
AT about 20 Rev. W. H. White, pastor
of the Methodist church, offered fer
want prayer, invoking divine blessing
on the Library, its donor, its trustees
and the community, praying that the
cause of education might be vlslbly adj
vanced by the generous gift. Rev. j..
i. Merrill, president of the board of
trustees, made the opening address. 1t
was spoken without manuscript, and
was delivered in his happieSt mood;
every word was laden with good cheer
and cordial welcome. No mistake was
iidde III Clle oedc TGSI VI ''''il'oII w.
Ienney ESQ, OF w llilanStQWn, Mass,
as the orator OF the day. Ills OfatlOn
occupied about 45 minutes and was an
able. DO1ished, scholarly production.
Af+or q f+ting +rihute to the memory
of Col. Tenney the speakers Inc of
thought was on the advantage of book
culture. Mr. Tenney is a young man
of pleasing address and his short visit
in NeWburV made him many friends.
Down to this DOint i'm the program the
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Mahogany Q4dIl etCe oI ~. ooilllop ~.
had turnlsned several appropriate anu
well received selections. Much 10 Une
regret of the large audience the quar-
tette were obliged to leave at this time
to return on the afternoon train. The
formal and nnhIir nrpsontation of the
iiLra,1, LIIi1dinr was made Inv letter.
library DulIulllS WdH lllaue ~ leVIel'
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MISS TENNEY'S PRESENTATION.
Mr.. Chairman, Gentlemen of the Board
OF Selecfmen' ana the dear 1rlehdS OF gooo
olq H -ond inos ~, +bis clodsor,o dow
which onens +he n0rtais of the TenneSy
NTnn1nriaI ibrarv
Thanks for tLe voice of the peonle on
IonmorT % 1SG6 aii0wino me tbe rare
Dieasmre Of TODAY and thanks for the bean
Hi Iibrary LOT generously donated nv a
fri w hnnpn
q nnbiic hnilding Manv have aided i'm Our
Iibrary, work fins brinSing ms ioyfuIIv to
10 Jodicotio1
TIC daed of +be Tennev Memorial III
brarv was cGeerfIILI1i signed and delivered
70 t6a town in February 1897, with fine
don't oesnrance that nnder the neo-
nIe,s increasinG interest. the institution
would he sustained as a Clamp of learn
i moi 70 The Memory Of vour late townsman
Co1 4 r. w. Tenney. who was proud and
hannv TO claim Newbury as his home and
birth-pIace,
| now. therefore. make this formal and
nublic presentation of the Tenney Mem
Orial Library, repOsing confidence in the
INTEGRITY and co-OperatiOn of the citizens |
of nv native town, | ask your acceptance
of the same.
II is with deepest regret cannot in per-
son do honor TO him whose name | bear |
and on this memorable occasion meet the |
dear friends of Olr. library,
Yours sincerely.
MARTHA J. TENNEY, |
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Horace w. bailey ana Is nereln repro
duCed by request:
MIR. BAILEY's ADDRESS.
Mr.. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accepting the pleasant duty of repre- |
Senting the town of Newbury IN the &C |
ceptance of the Tenney Memorial Library |
in grateful Acknowledgement of the gift, |
my position can in nowise be considered
dual, for in her choice of trustees Miss
Tenney selected citizens of Newbury for
this reason, for the purpose and intent of
this happy, memorable event. There are
no trustees; our interests are those of
common citizenship, our purpose and duty
are one.
Since human institutions became part
of written history it has been customary
to erect monuments. The motive which
promotes these acts of cOmmemoration
are legion. Sacred history furnishes many
a beautiful example; ancient history is |
fairly punctuated with temples, towers
and pyramids erected in memory of per-
sons, and to perpetuate events
No time in all the centuries is more fer
tile than this nineteenth, whose DEPART |
ure is close at hand. No country more
prolific than ours in noble acts of COM
memoratiom. Need | mention Bunker |
Hill, Bennington or Washington Need | |
call your attention to the grand imposing |
tOmbs and monuments where lie buried |
the heroes of many wars, and citizens !
whose noble deeds are worthy of emula-
ton and whose lives were masterpieces |
in Gods great universe. There is no lack |
of true patriotism in nations or indivio-
uals to prompt these acts. The hills and |
valleys of Vermont; Vermont, the cItjLd
of the Revolution; Vermont, that name