Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-11-25
A MASTERPIECE.

people giving thanks. Let those who
are incapable OF high thoughts and
noble aspirations prostitute the day to
their own selfish desires; but there are
those in large numbers, the country
over, who refute any application to us
of Goldsmith's complaint concerning the
people of Italy:-
"But small the bliss that sense alone
bestows,
And sensual bliss is all tho nation
knows"
We arc asked 10 recount the causes
which VIC as people have for special
thanksgiving today.
/. AS Vermonters we ought to thank
God Cd For the faithfulness of mother
Earth in her ministrations 10 US. Our
hills have been clothed with fairness, and
our valleys have blossomed and brought
forth fruit. Our barns and our store
houses are grooming with the abundance
of the land 1t is not often that YER
mont soil disappoints the husbandman !;
richness of its productions.
(2) Our hills. which for so many ages
have been hiding their treasures of
granite, marble, slate and ores, now
cheerfully yield them up because the
world wants them. And untold wealth
is yet untouched, and lies concealed
from human eye In no part Of the
State has prosperity smiled upon the
people as here in our busy little city. 1t
remains for us to make good use of Ma
lures riches, and to thank Natures God
for giving them to us. (3) This year
Vermont's sons have brought added
glory to the sturdy old State. Vermont
has ever had faculty for getting ahead.
Biologists tell us that these very hills
about us were probably the first land
that appeared on the continent after the
glacial epoch. The subsequent history
of the people of this Stale proves that
this sort of forwardness has been char
acteris:ic of Vermont. This State was
the first republic on this continent; and
when at last she succeeded In breaking
the charmed circle Of thirteen states,
thus becoming first to join the Union,
she came as full-fledged government.
She it was that first responded to the call
of the President for volunteers to punish
the insolence of Spain.
What wonder, then, that the first VIC
tory of the war should have been won
by one of Vermont's own sons! And
how nobly it was won! What wonder
that voyage which the world said was
impossible was successfully accomplish
ed by another son Of Vermont, when he
brought his magnificent ship more than
13, 900 miles, aud at the end of the voy-
age needed only to take on coal to he
ready to 60 into battle, The like of
such victory and of such a voyage was
never known before. For the record
made by Vermont's sons in this war we
ought to give heartfelt thanks; and the
more especially since the God of battles
controlled the forces of the two nations
and held the storms in check.
For the preservation of righteous
law the Christian and temperance people
of the State will thank God today. In
spite of the frantic efforts Of its ira
ducers, in spite of the SANDERS heapcd
upon it, and the moneyed opposition on
the part of the liquor interests, tho good
sense of the people prevailed in the
and the law stands. If
there is anything hypocritical about
this law it is on the part of those who
demand its repeal on the ground of its
and yet refuse to observe
the first principles of good citizenship
by helping to enforce the law. In spite
Of the adverse conditions under which it
has lived, this law has demonstrated its
right TO remain as means Of safe
guarding our homes and the rising gen.
GRAFTON. That it does remain let US de-
voutly thank God.
As a part Of the great American peo-
pie we should rejoice to-day and give
thanks, for the remarkable prosperity
enjoyed even under the depression of
war. 1t seems as though God, who
foresaw the conflict through which We
must pass, prepared the people for 1t by
sending unparalleled prosperity to the
country rs whole. Complaints were
thereby hushcd and embarrassing him
ORANGES removed.
The wonderful resources Of the
country were finely exploited where
The government, by simply taxing lux
arits (chiefy these), was able to raise
sufficient revenue to carry on the war.
Surely if any nation ever had reason
to thank God, we are that people, when
we consider the wonderful issue of tho
war. In ia days an army Of quarter
Of million was collected, two Spanish
fleets utterly destroyed, an entire army
taken prisoners, two fruitful islands,
besides other underlined results, and all |
his without the loss Of an American ship
except small gunboat. and with almost
4 minimum loss Of men.
For reunited country let us thank
God today. A generation of living side |