Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-10-02

never forgetting tnCSc N---O TOu.nC 1Or
it is an untruth. 1t does forget Wit
ness how the veterans sometimes had
to turn the hand organs on the street
to get their families a living. Wit
ness how ruthlessly some Of them were
turned out of office that some bloat of
a politician might take their place.
Witness the fact that there is not
man or woman now under 45 years of
age who has any full appreciation Of
the four years martyrdom of 1861 to
1865, inclusive. But, while men may
forget, God never forgets. He remem-
bers the swinging hammock. He re-
members the forecastle. He remem-
bers the frozen ropes of that January
tempest He remembers the amputa-
ton without sufficient ether He re-
members the horrors Of that deafening
night when forts from both sides belch-
ed on you their fury and the heavens
glowed with ascending and descend
ing missiles of death and your ship
quaked under the recoil of the one hun
dred FOUNDER, while all the gunners,
according to command, stood on tip
toe, with mouth wide open, lest the
conclusion shatter hearing or brain.
He remembers it all better than you
remember it, and in some shape re-
ward will be given. God is the best Of
all paymasters, and for those who do
their whole duty to him and the world
the pension awarded is an everlasting
heaven.
Changing Scenes.
Sometimes off the coast of England
the royal family have inspected the
British navy, Unanswered before them
for that purpose. In the Baltic sea the
car and czarina have reviewed the
Russian navy. To bring before the
American people the debt they owe to
the navy I 60 out with you on the At
lantic ocean, where there is plenty of
room, and in Imagination review the
war shipping Of our four great con-
ficts-1776, 1912, 1865 and $685. Swing
into line all We frigates, ironclads, fire
RATS, gunboats and men-of-war! There
they come, all sail set and all furnaces
in full blast, sheaves Of crystal tossing
from their cutting prows.
And now all the sQuadrons of all de-
partments, from smallest tugboat to
mightiest man-of-war, are in process
sion, decks and rigging filed with men
who on the sea fought for the old flag
ever since we were a nation. Grandest
fleet the world ever saw! Sail on be-
fore all ages! Run up all the colors!
Ring all the bells! Yea, open all the
portfolios! Unlimber the guns and load,
and fire one great broadside that shall
shake the continents in honor Of peace
and the eternity of the American I'm
p,,+ ho
scene has vanished. Many of the ships
have dropped under the crystal pave
ment Of the deep, sea monsters swim
ming in and out the forsaken cabin,
and other old craft have swung into
the navy yards, and many of the brave
spirits who trod their decks are gone
up to the Eternal fortress, from whose
easements and embrasures may we
not hope they look down today with
joy upon a nation in reunited brother
hood?
FOOte and Farragut.
All those Of you who were in naval
service during the war of 1860 are now
in the afternoon or evening of life.
With some of you it is o'clock,
o'clock, 4 o'clock, 6 o'clock, and it will
soon be shutdown. If you were of age
when the war broke out, you are now
at least 60. Many of you have passed
into the seventies. While in our Gu
ban war there were more Christian
commanders on sea and land than in
any previous conflict, l would revive
in your minds the fact that at least
two great admirals Of the civil war
were Christians, Foote and Farrag gut.
Had the Christian religion been a cow
ardly thing they would have had moth
ing to do with it. In it's faith they
lived and died. In Brooklyn navy yard
Admiral Foote held prayer meetings
and conducted a revival on the receiv-
ing ship North Carolina and on Sab
baths, far out at sea, followed the
chaplain with religious eXhortation. In
early life, aboard the sloop-of-war
Natchez, impressed by the words of a
Christian sailor, he gave his spare
time for two weeks to the Bible and at
the end of that declared openly,
"Henceforth, under all circumstances,
I will act for God" His last words
while dying at the Astor House, New
York, were: 81 thank God for all his
goodness to me. He has been very
good to me-" When he entered heaven,
he did not have to run a blockade, for
it was amid the cheers of a great well
come. The other Christian admiral
will be honored on earth until the day
when the fires from above shall lick
up the waters from beneath, and there
shall be no more sea.
Oh. while old oceans breast
Bears a white sail
And Gods soft stars to rest
Guide through the gale,
Men will him ne'er forget,
Old heart of oak
Farragut, Farragut-
Thunderbolt stroke!