Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-01-06

us for Vermont day of sadness it is ala,
uay Oh priue: Today Vermont, geographic
cahy small, IN all her history humanly
great, oespeaks and receives the respectful
and atfectionate attention of orr Will
people: Today this entire nation is sym.
palmetto with our sorrows sympatbe,io
Io",, we" IN. OuI Prlue; =, 1t has
again, that Mr.. Morrill, was a tvnlcal W.
monter, and it may be added, trust with
out offence, that because be was tvnical
Vermonter he was the remarkable man no
was. To say this is not invidious or die
paraging toward remarkable men tvnicsI
of other states"
Suitable recognition was made of Seno.
tor Morrill's life and character as a publIc
man and of his attainments and acbieve-
ments as a statesman. "With his gathering
years, the speaker said, sit was Mr.. Nor,
rilPs recognized wisdom, the weight of lis
opinion, respect for his character. which
made him the impressive and commanding
personality he was in the Senate"
In closing President Buckham said:
And this brings me to say, what il al
ways the last and best thing TO saw of anv
man when we can say it truthfullv. and
what all our hearts have been saving Ali
these years in which we have known Mr.
morrill,, that he is the greatest and best
and dearest to us as man. This is, l sus-
pect at the bottom of what we mean when
we say OF him that he was a genuine Yer
monter. We love TO think that the virtues
we see in him are our own virtues in their
nnest form, and we admire and love their
aggregation and incarnation in him. His
simplicity, his gentleness, his fondness for
the society OF plain people, his love of
nome ana neighbors and friends, his homely
speech, MS mother wit, the utter absence
OF annexation or ostentation, his plain liy
ing among the pageantry of the capital.
MS thorough goodness and kindness of
heart, that he was not like MANY public
men lofty and sour to one and sweet az
summer to another, but genial, gracious
natural, frank with all-that with these
amlable virtues he combined Roman for
tltude, prophets love of righteousness. a
PURITAN integrity of conscience, and a
Cnrlstlan's f-sacrifice-these qualities
make up the man who was loved and il TO- |
Jay Wept Tor by many who are thought to |
De incapable of love or tears this is the |
man who perhaps more than any other |
man OF his generation in Vermont will be |
missed and mourned in private homes.
both nigh and lowly, all over the state
VINO VIII be remembered in family PRAYERS
ana III the pulpits on Sunday; whose kindly
race perhaps in some poor print will long
De Kept on the wall of the living room in
humble homes; who will be held up as an
example TO young men of honorable ambi-
Ion and OF probity in the public service
well rewarded by the people; whose name
Ina virtues will be cherished in the affect
onate memory OF the people of Vermont
Is long as they continue in the pious belief
nat Iod greatest gift to the people of his
are is wise and good man.
Today he is brought back TO rest with ms
to be gathered to his fathers-to sleep bv
he side of his kindred and of the neigh.
,ors he loved. His good deeds are part of
he national heritage; his birthplace his
estlng- place, his honored dust, his personal
xampe, his good name, his memory. are
Iermont's own"
Inc closing prayer was offered by Rev.
3 Leavitt. At the close of the SER
ices the body was conveyed to the yault
D the cemetery, followed in carriages by
family, Washington party and other
lstinguished visitors.
The exercises at the cemetery were very
nipple, consisting of short burial service.
rayer and benediction by Rev. Mr.. Leav-
i. The services at the state house were {
charge of Ii. A. Huse and Sergeant-at-
rms Phinney.
The Washington party left NJ ontpelier
O'Clock, going by way of Burlington, a
utiand and Troy, and special trains car |
ed the Vermont visitors to their homes. t
This is the first time in the history of G
ermont that funeral services have been t
ED at the state house. a
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Morrill, will s
main in the mortuary at Montpelier until 4
le completion of the mausoleum at Straf- a
I'd. 4