Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-21

-. Clark mioht not sleep a WIDOW.
i ~ =, Oh, ,he liberty for which thousands %
mon followed Sherman to the sea- ,1 i
With Sheridan in the oheh ;,n,'nr
' M'n, the mountain side with lloohc, .
s'o ,rh ,' on TO Richmond under GRAM
pusI fo,,aht tbe battle of Mobile WIN
1 p Tor it Lincoln gave his life " n vs., IL
.nol,c Garrison wrote, THEODORE lal III
S .'ond Whittier toiled, Sumner calieu
p l1d Jobn Brown died, Columbia was
innr AGO. chosen as the guardian OF I'D
rrty of this western continent. u" ',nI
the fairest ward of all, is still oppres::e e'
" "I Columbia is fulfilling her mission
and freeing the fruit garden OF the
tropics. ,.,,;oo todov there
,re ,housands of mourning hear's !,
,ybv fears trickle down the cheeks VI
,onyos Of our citizens as they wait lor
he dawn of peace and listen for 'he
'nu Of the familiar step of those who WI
perhaps may never more return. n dnd
drummer beat theIroll, the buSle soun 'ea
aror the hill. Heartstrings were broken
rs to happy homes came the message
. ..God help YOU, I've enlisted Inc c.
,Il was sioned. "To Chickamuaga,
..To TAMPA" ITO Manila" "To CUBA
echoed through the vallies ana over inc
hills The fates of war will and nave
brought sad messages to many Amer,
,.on homes. Mothers will weep ana
Gathers mourn; wives become WIDOWS
children orphans sisters will mum ~ nc
Vacant Chair" as their tears fall upon
piano KEYS. For what does Columbia pay
such heroic and pathetic part in TINS
Cuban drama? That the flag may De
reflected. the butchering OF children
stopped and the golden land OF Cuba
riyen her liberty. Our heroes include
he wives, mothers, fathers, sisters
and children of the boys at the front
Lee. Barley, Hobson, Woodford, Nc
Kinley, Decker. John d. Hart Clara
Barton, Dewey our Washington county
naval star. and to the list we must ada
Siosbee and his men of the Maine. And
IS our reunion is about to close with
thc war cloud still above us voice the
sentiment of this association when say
fhat if another call should be made, from
..Goddard's Home Guard brave men
will respond, and the Red Cross Relief
have the services of the Goddard girls
who are ever ready to be loyal women
Of America. No nation will dare open
IL aid our foe they have all heard OF
Dewey and Ice. They know that un-
tied North and South can whip hun
dred nations and that Engl md and AM
erica the Anglo-Saxon alliance can con-
duer the world. They all know that
might and right are on the same side
this time and that God approves the
present act of the Cuban Drama.
Forget none of the heroes of Goddard
Captain Foster of the regulars, Captain
Badger of Nermont's Company f and
Private Ward of the same company
have all been Goddard students. We
remember Thomas Durham, Prof. Dun
ham. Scrgt. Robins. Jackson, Calef
soper, Lamson, McKellow, Wishart
Goneo. Wheaton, Thurstolsand Wet
more. Before another reunion occurs
we trust Cuba will be free, and Heroic
Goddard boys will not be forgot as long
as waves our banner of the free. They
heard the bugle call ; they followed the
dag. Mourn not friends of our absent
brave. They may soon return with a
victors badge to be immortaized in
song and story as the heroes of the
grandest war ever wagcd since the dawn
Of the world. If the battle plain, the
prison pen, the burning ship, the hospi-
tal camp, shall be their scene. of death
they will not be forgotten when ''laid
TO rest by all the countrys wishes