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

anu - Are treasures sweet
Ana mere 'i'iS i'''n' IL wiz him we meet
Tho he's nae here in flesh an been,
Wen shortly hae him inta steen,
And up uoon the High Scoool green ,.,,.. ,.,n,
The pride o. a. who ca him frien'
Aroundhs feet a Cotter's are
AT family worship gathered there,
Bespeaks that reverental air
That honcurs Scotia's name, whereer
Her sons may go
The plowshare drvin' DER the lee,
The daisy's fate We there can see,
The cottage whar' he op'ed his ZEE, ,
10 greet the morn.
And Tam o. Shanter on his meer.
Half DAFT VII drink, half craz't wi fear,
Over Doons aud brig in mad career
Rides into fame,
10 III ''N'i '''' y" - ''0 ~ An deathle IS name
Afore that ninty nine be deem,
Hell be up there upon the green,
o. a. Draw Statues that has been
The brcwost, pest,
- thing o. art to please the
An cap the rest
And Barre weel flu craw,
'}.ang ither toons that far mair Draw,
And baud her held abonc them IA
WIZ honest pride,
Her Burns Statue dngs them a
The Ward wide
The Burns sangu and Burns laye
" i'll claim "A Scochmans praise
Tho he lived wi Us A his day
In fond reg nd
y genius clad in holden grays--
a rustic bard
l'ht world claims him as its ain,
They clai ~ his s,they claim his strain
Hen never just be oorf again -
That day is done
While mankind shouts the glad refrain,--
lie is our son
rnu MONUMENT ;ts it now Stands is -
t,rt / inches above the foundation.
The dim ;n,ions arc a follows.
BMom ba;e SO X 50 20; srrond b S
& 81 X - third base. 90 \ $ =
X Is; die, 40 X 10 60; cap, j-6
) 6 x 10; llinth, 81 81 90 {;
Statue, GA high.
The bottom base is plain. The see
oud base hear, the Inscription, "Erertcd
ed by admirers Vt Durus." The zap
bears carvings of eggs and dariS, den
tails and brackets. Around the top of
The die is II Grcek flezc having the ro-'.
thistle and blurbcil carved, in the PANELS
The whole is >urniounlcd Dy splendid
ur:tuiit, Sluiun ;)t l,ur,l,
Vac set pieces ii. the panels OF tI:r die
are very beautiful They illustrate me
various poems of Burns, and axe in a!u
relieve, the H. urcs being Relieved clear
OF the back yrould. The front pane.
bears representation of the Cater
SATURDAY nlgnt, showing the Co;te;'>
family grouped around The table, llstrn-
my to the father, who sits at the table
reading from the family bible, while the
mother and children of various ares at
tend with devout interest to the reading
OF the Holy Word. All the eight fig
ures in this piece are so true to nature
that it is hard to realize that they are
carved in hard granite. Beneath is the
couplet from the poem.
"From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur
springs"
On the back panel is Burns cottage,
showing It's front and front yard with
various agricultural implements scatter
ed around. The wheelbarrow and the
foliage on the grounding trees are As
natural as reality. Beneath is the in
scription burns Cottaye.' On the
right hand panel is an excellent repres-
entation of Tam O'Shuntcr's Ride
showing him just as crosses the bridge.
Tams face bears a very natural ex-
preston OF terror and he clings to his
mare frantically. The witches faces
bear an expression of diabolical glee,
and the front one holds in it's hand the
severed tail of Tams were Meg. His
Satanic Majesty with look of grim
OF his countenance, is in the
rear. This peice contains seven fig
ures. Underneath is the couplet.-.
"Ae spring brought off her master hale,
But left behind her aim grey tall"
On the left hand panel is repres-
OF Burns at the plough, illust-
rating the poem, 40 mountain daisv.n
The poet is in contemplative mood.
at the daisy in one hand that h
has just ploughed up. Thetwo horses
pitched to the plough, and the faithful
dog sitting near are very natural and in
fact the expression of every figure on
the diffrent panels is true to life. In
lerpeath this panel is the couplet-
"Wee modest, crimson tipped flower,
Thou smet me in an evil hour"
The Burns Club through whose un-
treing efforts this monument was err
ected, is social and literary club whose
purpose is to honor the name of Rober