Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-06-04


know that the sweet angel of temperance
dwelt with us evermore."
DECORATION DAY IN SALISBURY.
In spite of the severe storm of Satur-
day, which prevented people from Mid
dlebury and other surrounding towns
from attending the Memorial exercises
at West Salisbury, nearly GOO persons
were present. The Rutland Herald
gives this account of the affair
The Memorial day observance at West
SALISBURY on Saturday was notable
event IOr the people OF that town. The
rain in the forenoon prevented the Sails
bury association and the Ann Story chan.
ter of the Daughters of the Revolution
from visiting the cave and grave of Ann
story. The rest of the programme was
carried forward without a hitch. Gen.
.. .. Howard was the speaker of the
day and Mrs. Julia G. Il. Dorr was a
guest of the occasion.
Inc Ann Story chapter left Rutland
on the 80 train Saturday morning in a
special car. On their arrival at Sails
bury they were driven to the house of
Columbus Smith. After lunch the la
dies went to the church, where the ex-
ercises of the day were held. Those in
the Rutland party were: Mrs. Jesse Bur-
dett, state regent of the Daughters of the
Revolution; Mrs. w. G. DuntoD. chan
ter regent, Ann Story chapter: Mrs. i.
/ W. Clement, Mrs. NJ. j. Francisco, presi-
dent OF Mercy Mead chapter Mrs. Julia
-. ID, Dorr, Mrs. .. w. Sterl. Mrs. G.. G..
lhrall, Mrs. y. E. Leavenworth of Gas.
Mrs Iut, 4
lando Wooster, Mrs. \. b. Engrem. Mrs.
George F. Davis of the Windsor chanter
Miss Grace kilburn and Miss Ruth Bar
rett.
At the church Capt. S. II. Kelley OPEN
ed the exercises with few remarks adj
dressed to the school children. Mrs. Dorr
read her poem, "lhe Armorer." and
Mrs. francisco also read a poem on
Ann Story" Gen. Howard delivered
an address, which, in substance. was as
follows:
One morning, while thinking of this
day and its duties, my eye fell upon this
passage
The commemoratlon today of the bravery
OF the men who have fallen in defense of
thtlr country Will recall memories of many
events OF former years which the country il
100 prone to forget, and many denouncC ms
thlngs to be forever hid in oblivion. But the
/
deserve tn, IN. Either those men fell i'm a
noble cause or the United States committed
Il crime Tor which 4 ought 10 he o.frnrized
/ by the nations OF the world.
Memories which the country is too
prone TO forget and many denounce as
things to be forever hid in oblivion. ."
Ihls expression produced on my mind Il
two-foId effect.
First, those memories. | began To re.
call the personal friends who went brave
ly TO the conflict and lost their lives dur
ing the struggle; tender recollections.
In the second place felt a touch of in
dignation. Generalites do not usually
excite the emotions of our hearts, but
the specific recital of individual achieve
ments, of personal exposure to suffer-
ing, TO danger, to death-these things
are always calculated from childhood 10
old age to stir the depths of the human
soul.
so in common with the svmpathies of
humanity, as the individuals whom | low
ed, and whose lives paid the forfeit of
patriotic devotion, were passed slowly
in review on the field of memory. nv
heart Swelled and my eyes ran with
tears But after this sympathetic review
OF me most familiar faces among the
dead, thought of the men in America
b L.
lous, sOul-inspiring, heart-upiftIng mem
cries as things only fit to be forever hid
in oblivion" and my emotions suddenly
changed. With a scoA on my forehead.
with my teeth set, my nerves braced and
my hands clenched, felt little of the
Old-tlme Indignation which moved NV
sell and other men at the time of the first
war tidings of 1861 tidings that terri
ole blow had been aimed at the nations
life. hope there are not really many
to denounce these memories If there
are such men, they may be open enemies
TO be fought, or secret mOth-eaters to be
watched and guarded against, or they
may be men bred in that cowardlv at
mosphere where it was the fashion in
wartime to spit out the venom of con-
tagion and treason and then stink away
into other lands to avoid the blows of
patriotism and valor. Or they may be-
long to weakly milk-and-water brood.
who never entertain any clear ideas of
patriotism or principle, who, always i'm
tremulous watchings for troubles, drive
them of by the coveted oblivion of OBI
ates or debaucheries. Such men need
enlightenment, conversion. salvation.
had two class mates from this State.
Henry w. ClOsson, who was recently re-
tired from the army as colonel of the It'll
artillery, and Henry A. Smalley, a bro
ther of Col. b. b. Smalley of Burling-
ton. Gen. Howard then spoke at length
of the careers of these two men. lie
closed his remarks with Holmes tribute
to the flag, Union and Liberty"
After the address the Daughters of the
Revolution were driven to the station,
boarding their special car, which was
attached to the 4 20 o'clock train. The
soldiers association and the children of
the public schools then decorated the
graves of the soldiers.
W. B: johnson, Newark, o., says,