The Newtown bee., 1899-07-14

home to you with force and persistence of personal application that will tax to the utmost all your resources of wisdom and experience and technical skill as well as your patience, your fortitude and your courage. To meet these new con- ditions you will need & thorough and complete education; not merely the oom- hitting to memory the contents of book, but personal exercise and intel ligent training of every organ and func- ton of the mind and body. Furthermore to attain this perfect education you will need patience, thoroughness, close appli- cation with strength to rustain it, as well as proper regard for the opinion and feeling of others which lies at the foun- dation of all ethical culture. Without these qualifications all seeds of genius, even the best, will fall upon barren ground and all effort at success in life result in bitter ashes of disappointment. On the other hand, to you who have these gifts, either inn rited or acquired, and to you only, will be vouchsafed the opportunity of obtaining places of honor and trust in the affairs of men. Halt the round earth Is banded now with
 hoops ot steel;
 The news comes flashing through long ways We're neighbors now and comrades too for
 woe or veal
 Ot every Nation known and men of every cline.
 Along these bands ot steel or in soma steel All things desired of men will find quick ex change
 l And all the t21lers of the earth in quest oi work
 ] Will seek the country that gives hope oi greatest gains.
 Our "star of Empire" reaches now to far Ga, thay
 Our morning drum beats sound halfway around the Earth,
 New forces and new projects vast. have come New Standard hence will measure what your | lives are worth. Among these brothers and sisters and cousins galore, who have experienced the vicissitudes of life, who have tolled to- gether in the heat of the day and borne it's burden, there exists a firm bond of friendship which is growing stronger with the declining years. We can con. 1 gratulate one another that in the COL fl ict with the ills of life, we have done so well or rather, that we have done no worse. | We can smile now st the recollection o1 those rainbow bubbles of hope that burst so suddenly when apparently near per. lection. We can weep with the f1licted and ref )ice with those who have succeed ed in gathering pearls amorg the peb bles on the shelly beach. May this bond of friendship long continue that is sC well begun and may these family gath erings grow into permanent institutior wherein all that is pure and sweet in the asL irations of our ever increasing ia mily circle may find full fruition.
 In conclusion: let us lend no ear to en vious whisperinRs; let us give no occa l sion for words of bitterness or tears o1 anguish :; but rather let us, hand in hand and Keeping step to the mnsic of ouI beating hearts, Journey on down through the twilight valley and rejoice together at it's portal in the splendor and the lory of the departing day. Dear Friends, farewelIf until we meet again Excuse the awkward phrase, the haltine If we have pleased you then 'tis not in vain | We've trespassed on your patience and youl time.
 Mayhap in course ot time some Of our race May reach lofty pinnacle of fame, | Or by the light of genius find place On htstory's page to write a deathless name And may we have the genius that can make The nations all agree that war sh III cease; That inc eSthetic genius that can take | The highest honors won fn Rrts of peace. We had at one time in our budding youth, ' Within our breast, @ keen desire to try 1 To giean some knowledge in the field ot truth That might the soul upllft and glorifY. When in the battle field of llfe we pressed | With eager steps 10 mingle in the fray, Am the tumuIt and the strife the quest Was somewhere lost, and left upon the way Lie is failure If we think it sn,
 ,I1s hard to tel what life is really worth; | It's future lies beyond, we only know The few brief moments that are passed on / earth.
 Our morning star is past the zenith now, The noontide hastens to the setting sun: We view the prospect with nnclouded brow, | WV a f8Bl rewarded tho nTiZa ha ypnY We all with staff and scrip, now fast, now slow.
 Are moving onward to the final rest. It will be consolation then t0 know That in life's battle we have done our best. When hence we've parted to our several
 ways,
 May the remembrance of this day well spent Be treasured with the thoughts Of other days We've cherished for their peace and sweet
 content.
 The healthy well ted babe in sleeps embrace Be yours, RS onward to the goal we press. peace no Ills can mar or time efface. Along the pleasant paths of love and hope May all our footsteps ever rheavenward trend, An cen the halt and blind have verge and
 scope,
 That none be judged unworthy at the end. Time. the great reaper. reaps ns all at last. This hope remains our anxious hearts to That when the trials of the earth are past We'll meet with loved ones in a higher
 sphere.
 Once more, kind friends. adieu. but ere we
 part. We wish to thank you from our inmost heart For this reunion here with you today.