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Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-07-21

Club presented the monument to the
city in the following speech:
"Ladiee and Gentlemen: On the
21st of July 1896 iusr ;hrce years ago
today the members of the Burns Club
met to commemorate the one hundrcdlh
anniversary of the death of the Poet
Robert Burns. AT that meeting Mr.. D..
u. Mari in the course of an address ON
the subject of a trip through the land of
Burns advocated the idea of erecting a
monument to the memory of Burns III
Barre. The seed thus sown must have
fallen in good soil foI al the anniversary
of Burns birth on the 10Th of January
following Mr.. William barclay promis-
ed that the Burns Club would erect a
pedestal he would crown ii with Il stat
ue. AT ihc following meeting of the
Club it was decided to erect Il monu-
ment and n committees of twelve were
appointed and constituted a Ways and
Means committee to carry the project to
complexion. II was at first intended to
contine tho Subscription list entirely 10
Scotchmen bnt owing to the earnest re-
quest uI II ial9 9c uulilJ'l 'l 1Alil'lN''l
citizens who, though not Scotchmen.
were yet great admirers of Burns ire
spectivc of nationality with the rc,n!t
that owing to the unlirng efforts OF the
ways and means committee and the lib
erality of the admirers of Burns not OH
lv in Barre but all over the state we are
enabled to erect this monument which
stands second to none in the world OF
ant in granite today and which is cred
it not only to the manufacturer but lo|
the citizens of Barre i'll general.
And NOW, citiZemS of Barre, present
to you through your Mayor MIR. Gordon
this monument and hope that Vou will
see to i thV il j. carctUIiN GUaldrd and
popO@ OasCS sC&,O@ 0 81 o~O - 0ssCro
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-07-21

.UrUd>. t,.r year j,V Mnd,' u,> taN in
vrntory in verse. 1t offers >till Il half
humorous, half >orroWful picture of his
poverty. Some of the poems-and
some of the best, briotle all over
with the names of his neighbours so
it is, for instance, in the iva Herds. 1t
was never printed while Burns lived.
1t was handed about and laughed over
among the unrcgencrate for the slaps
of wit and stingS of sarcasm, all unhap-
PLY too well deserved. 1t was exactly
as if a great genius should drop down
here in our midst, take a hand in all
our quarrcls, ridicule our weaknesses,
ayenge himself upon us for our Sights,
and draw with mercless fidelity the
characters we meet day by day upon the
street.
After Burns came back from Edin-
burgh, London paper offered him fifty
pounds year if he would send it a
poem now and then. He refused. Yet
he needed the money, and his family
needed it. He had foolish scruple
against writing for pay; but he would
I'LL thc countryside with songs and
satiros and opilaphs and witty cpiStIes -
just for fun. 'lhe fact is that every
thing he wrote that was really original,
really excellent. and that shines bv its
own light today, was not only the fruit
Of something that touched his own life.
but was written to be read by the men
and Wonru he knew. And so far from
being strange, that was the very pivot
of his poWrr the very secret of his sue
cess. If he mad written for the world,
not even Mauchlinc would have read
aim; but then he wrote so that
MaucAline lad to read him, he
cnchaiupd the attention of the world.
lhe whole thing lies there in Il nut shell
he kurw his subject, and he knew his
hearers, lie had perfect mastery of his
theme and perfect sympathy with his
audience.
Now stop and tell me if those are no;
the conditions of achicvcm"u in ey. y
branch OF art. Is not a. rcal painter
he man who knows Nu ne is pantng
amt whom he is paintl ior aud makes
his PICTURES an appeal t.. .hoec people !?
is NOT the great oralo" the man who
know, his subjects TO the core, and
knows his Audience to the core? And
the poet whose wit and wisdom become
Il part of the worlds precious store,
whose ph mseS become household words,
whose songs thrill in the hearts ot sot-
ierS and liyc on the lips of lovers s--h,
is not the Yoel who shun, VIZ '.''oa
men and poIiShes his hac~ .ar ..-eu'5,
but the man Who . ,ighs 500 CRIES with
them. and rN' lud works 4 a.s
\ their ~ III llvas
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-07-21

.OSos oe or OF OpQyo o@OsO@ot2o
preserved so that III futnrc years WItn
we who are present here today shall
have vanished into the obscurty of the
past that monument shall still stand Il
noble and lasting tribute to the memo-
~ of one of the worlds greatest poets.
Robert Burns.
Mayor Gordon in acceptance replied
as follows;
And it was Robbie Burns that sang so
sweet
OF lovely Ayrshire Brea aud Bonnie
Doom;
All of the melodies in song did meet
To swell the chorus Of his lyric tune.
And side by side the rose and hustle
The daisy aud the mouse We're noble
theme;
Two dogs, philosophers as wise and
As those who dcIyc in classic learn
ing school. 4llcs>trt.
OF rant and cant the strong and certain
As keepers OF Iwa Herds tu well can
tell,
And Yuarkish Doctor lIoIubrook- well
may know
In scanning lines fueil Wofu ehamS
hrfpl
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-07-21

seopoSor 10 9 ~ovo ose ~ or cEtaGc Q
And friends OF you'J ,hrir p.aca must
soon resign,
In SINNERS sury heat or win'1'>
The voice shall con The lines Of Aud
Lang Sync.
When auld companions, ON tiie', fur
thcr slope,
Recall the canty days of long ago,
They'll walk with tirmer step and
brighter hope,
Remembering John Anderson, My Jo.
When titled lords IooS down OH kilh and
kin.
Dcspising hoddm cray and simple
samp,
As if the common wore the bad4" of sin
Well know theranh is but the 2uinca
stamp,
In every patriot, veins for aye shall
The Godlike praise That Highland
heroes won.
Fol dau4hty deeds at bloody Nmnocl-
When Edward 4ay of rryaupy was
done
And scotia's grandeur stronger yet
shall splin@
From praycI!u -rona 0pu,ah the
Goftnr'. roof
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-07-21

'r >p 'atr, Of the DAY I!o'. w. p.
~.Hu id Na~ mrodur"I uy MIR. Camp
'rIl )u the f. low in Wu4I-:
g., "ra >ion> li~c the pr~cDl Wlcn
a Statute is uAvalr to t1c public, j.
customary anl the people general y -
pee; to hrar something IA !r,.#,N ~ ,..
original. We 10 notiutcnI ne pies, TT
OCCASION to prove any exception t" tue
rule as we have invited ono to br pr :
cul with Us today WHO i, abe and in
every way competent of telling to us
about the life of Poet Burns and his
works.
In selecting the material of which the
Memorial is composed the Committee
We're unanimously in favor of a native
the selection Of an orator their notions
took a turn N the same direction as we
are informed that the Honorable Gentle-
man to whome | refer is a Barre Boy
one who is no stronger among you who
needs no words of mine to introdncr him
to Barrie Audience.
now take much pleasure in presenting
to YOU as the Orator of the day. Honor
abls Wendell p. Stafford Of Ut. Johns
bury.
Zone hundred and three years ago this
very day Robert Burns lay dying in
Dunfric,. Thank God there have been
few saddcr deaths than that. His four
neighbor's house, to hear his parting
words. In the next room his wife. his
"Bonny Jean.n dcarer to his wayward
heart than he himself bad ever known,
lay waiting her hour in rhildbed. Pow
crty sat upon his hearthstone, and his
lutt words were mingled with curses
for the cruel legal agent whose threat
cning letter had tortured and embittcred
his dying hours. His country had
praised and petted and then had shun-
ed and neglected him, and he had been
| MS own worst enemy, until now in Il
rude tenement, surrounded with all he
circumstances OF misery, poor. heart
broken and abandoned, he was passing
away from life. Thus was being
fulfilled 1T last the very prophecy he
mad uttered in verse one bright spring
morning ten years before, following his
plough along the mountain side and
muslng over the "Wec, modest, ci'jm-
son-tipped tlower' his share had crush
rd and buried.
Given lou who mourn's he Dasy's fate,
That fate Is thine no distant date
Stern Ruins plJughshare drives elatc,
Full on thy bloom,
Till, crush'd beneath the burrows weight,
Shall be thv DOOM"
Outside in the streets men were gath
cred in hushed Ny;roTGASl r. GSlyW, waiting thcncws
that he was de.N,' de.'"o1 law j., conscious that
the greatest tinues. Tmen had been
living in thei,idges is esWhatever they
NAV have tho1'lIe wheat now today that
wed. has ueen co pletelv deA
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-07-21

nlleSs and hiding from arrest, he was
persuaded by his friends that a small
addition of his songs might yield him a
prof; and help him on his way to the
West Indies. So the Kilmarnick cdi-
tion came out, six hundred copies, from
an obscure country press. The unpre
tcntious little book contained that per-
feet love song, 1t was upon a Lammas
Night The Twa Dogs, The Mouse, The
Mountain Daisy, and the Cottcr's Satur-
day Night, No such body of verse had
come to light since the are of Elizabeth.
We know what sensation it made
The whole course of the poets lite was
turned. The venture brought him in
three hundred dollars, and took him to
Edinburgh and made him the lion of the
hour. But the remarkable thing is that
scarcely one of these wonderful produce
tions had been written to be printed at
all. They had passed from hand to hand
among his friends; they had eaSed his
own morbid or passionate hours and
that was all he ever expected And,
when you think of it, what were the
subjects of his verse? Merely his own
experiences, his own loves and hates, or
some incident that set him moralizing
oi t'~""d the deeper or finer forces of
Quotations, a.r- then maGc r-or9
t..- 's po-l> 4orl as t5, Mouse. The
-v. ].C-. .-.. .g1-.. ataf N.l ispn
and lLc-j 2" i}.nH.1. ia .tl...au u4
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-06
WEDDING BELLS IN PETERSBURG.
Marriage of Mr.. Parham and Miss
Mnnn-roiiticaI Lenders Confer.


PETERSBURG, va. September g.
Special)-The residence of Captain and
Mrs. r. II. Mann, on Main street, was the
scene OF beautiful home wedding this
evening at $50 o'clock. the occasion be-
INK the marriage Of their daughter, Miss
susie Slocum Mann. TO MIR. Henry Nir-
ginius Parham. The ceremony was i'm
pressively performed by Rev X. Il. Bar
rott, OF the Methodist church. The par
Tors were very handsomely decorated
with palms, ferns. and flowers. and the
couple stood beneath a wedding bell
suspended from an arch TO plight their
vows. They made their entry TO the
strains OF Lohengrin's wedding march as
rendered by Mrs. Harvey Stuart Bailey
OF Norfolk The attendants were Miss
Carrie v. Mann. a sister OF the bride,
and Mr. Charles W. SydnOr. Of Ports
mouth After receiving the cOngratula-
tions OF the numerous company present
Mr.. and Ms Parham left for the North
on their bridal trip They viii not be
at home until September Goth.
The bride is the youngest daughter Of
Captain 4. X. Mann, an exceedingly at
tractive, charming. and popular lady
The groom Is the son Of Captain John I.
Parham, for some years past. Deputy City
Sergeant. He was first lieutenant Of
the Petersburg Grays. during the late
war. and is one Of Petersburg's finest
young men.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS CONFER.
A conference Of the Democratic leaders
OF the Fourth Congressional District was
held here to-day i'm the Office Of the Dis
trict chairman. Major +. r. Lassiter.
Senator Martin was present. The con
diuon OF the party organization was dis
cussed.
Mr.. julius Liebert, an old and we'll
known citizen, IS confined to his bed by
sickness.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. O. Egerton. who have
been visiting at the seashore, have re-
turned home.
The movement recently inaugurated
for the Organization Of new military
company is progressing satisfactorily
Many Of our best young men, members
Of the old Grays and Rifles, Will join
the new company. and the Young Men
business Association Is interesting IT.
self i'm procuring an armory.
TO RETURN a CAPTURED FLAG
At a meeting Of the Battlefield Park
Association. held tonight, committee
vas appointed TO meet the special com
mittee from the Grand Army Of the
Republic encampment. who will arrive
in this city tomorrow morning from
Philadelphia bringing with them the nag
Of the old Grays. which was taken from
the courthouse in this city during the
civil war and was lately. by an act
OF the Legislature Of Michigan. made re-
turnable TO the original owners.
4 like committee has been appointed
bv A. p. Hill Camp, Confederate Nete-
r9,s ord these TWO committees along
with the surviving members Of the ola
Grays will meet the visitors and enter
tain them.
The Park Association tonight decided
TO recommend, in addition 10 what they
have already recommended TO the gov
eminent, the purchase Of the lands upon
which Forts Malone and Sedgwlck. Ia
niliarly known as Forts Hell and Dam
nation. stood
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-06
THE MONONGAHELA SAFE.
Has Passed Virginia Capes-Interest-
ing Norfolk Items.


NORFOLK. VA. September 5.-(Spe-
ciaI)-WhjIe In naval circles the delay
Of the cadet training-ship Monoagahela
was treated lightly, there was great
anxiety for her safety, and the utmost
relief was afforded when the ship was
reported as passing into the Virginia
Capes. at s o'clock this morning, with all
well aboard and no accident to report.
The tug Standsh, which has for seve-
raj days been awaiting the arrival OF the
Monongahela. took her in tow and pro-
ceeded to Annapolis, where both should
arrive late tonight. The MonSngaheia
las taken over q month 10 come from
Funchal TO the Chesapeake. Her arrival
was telegraphed broadcast TO the friends
and relatives Of the 40 cadets aboard.
DIAMOND SHOALS LIGHTSHIP.
The Diamond Shoals lghtship. the
only beacon marking the most dangerous
point on tho Atlanu coast, Is still high
and dry on the beach wherein she
stranded during the recent hurricane.
She cannot be fioated until the east
winds pile up a high tide on which she
can be pulled off. The Merritt Wrecklng
expedition. including the big tug Rescue,
that went TO carry her tackle ana
anchors has returned to port from cape
Hatteras. The lightship is reported in
good condition now The wreekers as
sert that she can be saved.
on account Of the yellow-feyer in
Southern Florida, Passed-Assistant-Sur-
seon Smith, of the Norfolk Marine Hos
pltal Surgeons Office. who has been tenn
pOrarily on duty at Hampton, has been
ordered TO Tortugas quarantine station.
His orders were for instant execution.
WILL MANAGE IMPORTANT PRO
PERTIES.
1t is reported here that Mayor c.
Brooks Johnston has been elected
general manager of all the pro-
pertics held by the company OF which Mr..
J. Lancaster Williams is president.
These properties are now the Ocean
View railway, the electric light com
panies and the Norfolk Street railway.
There will be stii another concern In
the near future. Mr. Johnston IS to nave
entire charge Of these properties.
A fatal runaway accident, In which
Mrs. Alice Randolph her0ically gave up
her life TO save that of her infant oc-
CURED near Portsmouth to-day.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-06

G. & r.. No. 3, sold at 1870; packages,
G. T.. D.. no. 6. and J. ~. O., No. ], 500
at $40. packages. G. T.. D.. No. 2 ana
u. * A.. No. l, sold at $40; l package
W. B. NJ. No. H. sold &c 81; package.
A. b. NJ lB. abovel, No. 8. sold at $3.50;
sold at Ssh; package. G.. W. T.. No. :;
sold at g 90 4 packages h. & A.. Nos. 3
and 4. J. b., No. g. and ". X. ~. No g.
sold ut g 20. package. W. l.. y. Bro,
No. ~. sold at $3.50; packages, c. p. p,
No. 3. and W. l.. q. q Bro. No. -, sold
az $500; packages. ". l.. b: x Bro,
Nos. a.. 49, and 81. and O. W. T., No. D.
Nos AZ and 81. and W. y. x. No 10. s2ld
al 50: 1 package. a. b. NJ. CB. above, no.
Z. Sold az $3.50: packages. y. ". r., No
q W. S H., No. 8, }. h &C. abovel, No.
4: 5 packages. G. r. D., No. :, and X. IL
p. on. abOye). No. 6, sold at S29i /
package. b. < A.. No. 8 sold at E'v; :
packages. W. w. D., No 3 Ooosel and
g. g r.. No. 4. sold at 81 CO | package,
w. L. T. 4 Bro, No. AZ, sold at tzn:
package, w. s H., No 4. sold at Gi0; l
package. w. W. d., No 10, sold at 81 10
Among the sellers at auction on Shanse
through Mr.. Haynes to-day were Messrs.
James Beazley. r. II. Eager, Il. IL. Eager
CN. above) X. II. Eager ~ 1 aD9Ve2l' r. r.
billiard. and Blsnton & Brother, Of Caro-
line county: T.. w. Buckley g. W rim
berlate. ~. l.. Madison. A. Ii. Madison
B. above). and W. u. Madison. OF Louisa
county who got for his No (2S pounds),
$25: No 2 GO pounds). $50; No. CIV
pounds. 5000; No. C}2J pounds), S6 No.
Gao pounds. $3.50 No. 8 CS5O pounosl, 90
No. (iS2 pounds) $50; No C55l poundsl,
$50: No. . (37O pounds), $40; No. 10 $40
pounds. 50; and No. II 0,O3O pounds)' ~
making an average OF 1919.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-06
RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET.
Richmond, Va, September ), 4

Richmond, Va. September ., 1879.
Private sales reported to-day were as
follows: Wrappers. hogsheads; hliers,
/ hogshead; leaf dark, 81 hOgsheads;
cutters (brighO. Ii hog heads; Tugs,
hogsheads. Total number OF hogsheads
sold during the day were a.
United States internal-roYenue collec-
tions Tor the city Of Richmond, Va, To-
day were: Tobacco, SPILLS; cigars,
E0S70 Total, Ni,1S2o.
Seabrooks. Crenshaws, Shock0e,
Stonewall. and GA Dominion warehouses
report to-day: Receipts, ~ hogsheads; de-
liVeries. 80 hOgsheads
The tobacco inspector reports today;
Dark. inspections. IS hogsheads, 81
tierces; reviews, dark. - hogshsads.
There was the following sale on Change
to-day Dy Mr.. George A. Haynss-nihety~
one packages: l package, w. ID. Nj, No.
/. sold al 81. package, w. ID. NJ, No. z,
sold az SO; l package, }. H., No. l. SOLD
ahOV0 sold az sl5.7S; / package, j. -, No.
?. sold al Sl5; l package, X. IL. y. ~
ab0vc). No l. sold at ,li.J0i package,
II. IL. T., No. !. and G.. w. T., Nc. !, sold
at tl2 70; package, W. y. Al, No. g. SOLD
No. ?. sold at SO; . packages. 4. n. ~.
i - packa S't1 Il. H. (. M aEeTel. 10. J.
sold at .s,25. 2 packages, r; II. z. No. 4,
and X; II. ID tB. above no; 1 = ssoys az
No. 2. end q. 4 r., No. l, sold at T.25i
packages, a. q. ". %. abovel, no. J.
II. IA. e., No. 3; packages. X. n. J.. ut.
above), No. 2, and X. II. q. ". ahovel
No sold I, at "a pssESsess p W. 4 . \
= IL No'S r. II. Il III. above), No 3,
and j. B., No. .. SOLD at Sc 20; 2 packages
W. 5. H.. No; l ana No. z. sold az 'ds Is
Il packages. e. W. B., No. !, j. b. &C..
4 Bro. No 49, A. b, NJ, No. 4. W. Ia NJ,
No. /. A. b. N. O8. abovc), No. 4 and
No. s. r. II. T., Nos. 5, ., and 2, and X
II. r. al aboye)' 10. 2 sold az ssi
BAGGAGE. X. II. Il. M above). Nos.
and 5. and G.. w. T., No. 2. sold at $50
/ package, K. II. ". on. above. No. 3
sold at sS6o; packages, w. l.. H., 4
Hro.. No. 50, and W. .. ~. Nos, aud 8
sold at $50 ! pssSkage, " L; y; 4 /, Bio 70
No. &. and @. W. T., No. 3. sold at go
p.s.clksags' > D &C. above No No. s snS
W. r.. Nj, No. & sold at IS: packages
r. II. l.. Or. above), Nos. and 8. and
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-06
",vARsITyY PLAYER FOR LEAGUE.
Walter CurIey signs With Chicago
Happenings in Charlottesville.

CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, September
Especial Another University Of Vir-
ginia athlete has gone into professional
ball. Davis Wills, now with Louisville.
was the first Of last sessions ball team
OiTst baseman) TO go into a league, and
the second 6aseman OF the same session.
Walter Curley, has been signed by the
Chicago club. lie Will join the team
upon its arrival in the East. Since the
end Of last session he has been playing
on the Springfield team. He and Wills
viii both attend the University this ses-
sion. though, OF course, both will be de-
barred from playing on the college team.
Mr.. William IA. Prout Will leave to-
morrow FOR Massachusetts,, 10 recuperate
his health For several years he has
been far from well, and recently his con-
ditiOn has excited the alarm of his
friends For some years Mr.. Prout was
the publisher and editor OF the Gordons-
Vile Gazette and later was publisher
and co-editOr with the late James Biakey
of the Charlottesville Jeffersonian.
Last evening Mrs. q. r.. Harris, or
KEY West. gave an entertainment In
honor OF Miss Clements, ~ Kentucky.
Among those present were Mrs. warren
lee Misses sarah Magruder, Mary Fisher
Minor. Joan Holladayi Jane Hardln' OF
KentuckV. Mrs Clements, and Miss Juila
Hardin: Messrs. Percy McMuroo, AISnle
Dabney. Frank Magrudef, Dupuy Holla,
doy Warren Lee, j. n. Holiday Jf', anu
DTHTH OF WILLIAM SUTHERLAND
Mir. William Sutherland died az ms
home. near North Garden, at miuhlsnt
III as GIN wear lie was one or the
best.known men Of his section The funs-
raj viii occur at 10 o'clock to-morro"
morning oa Ia,oos
An old colOred man hahieu Jaines
Munay was run over by HisHtensn
horse this morning and dangerously In
jured. 4.
In the County Court this morning, IN
tie case OF the Commonwealth w; sn,i-
less. wherein Shifett was charged WIN
teisnisus assault on Bert Howard color
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-06
PAMPLIN CITY ITEMS.
Personal and Religious News-A
Delicate Surgical Operations.

PAMPLIN CITY, VA. September g.
(SPecial)-Mr. John White Roach. Of Dali
las. Tex, a grandson OF Rev. Elijah
Roach. a Baptist minister. who was wide
~ known in this vicinity half century
ago, with his daughters. Mrs. S. II. Frank
lin. Of Lynchburg, and Miss Maidee
Roach. are guests OF Mr.. John r. Frank
lin. Mr.. Roach Is 4 large owner of lands
in the vicinity OF Dallas. and works fifty
penitentiary convicts on one OF his farms.
Mr.. c. II. Chiffon. a Tyler Democrat, Is
canvassing the county in opposition TO
Mr.. j. r. Horseley the regular nominee,
who is a Martin man.
Rev. Mr.. Dey. OF Prospect. has COM
menced a protractcd meeting. with the
assistance of Rev. Mr.. Bell. Of West APP
pomattoK.
Dr. r. ". Taliaferro, of this place per-
formed p critical operation on 2-year-
old child Of Mr.. William Hawlet. near
Ramsey's Shop. yesterday. lie made an
incision between the eighth and ninth
ribs Of the right side. and the little fell
low il doing well to-day, with fair
chances Of recovery.