Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-31

+'l''it " tHe otnef exercises OF the day
/ = rIblishej elsewhere in this issue.
Il ,.lhcrs of Seth Williams Post No. T..
Ladies' and Gentlemen:
| II is win realizing sense Of my in
! ability 10 meet the demands of this day
ana hour that undertake. the task allOt-
\ lcd tn me. Looking upon this day az
| DO; understanding its Significance as I
undCrS tand il: realizing IN" great and
+ Irnd influences that should he the out
/ come OF it, ! say to Nuu here ANA now
/ thcre Is no heart great enough, no intel
I i'rt brilii2ni enough. no tongue eloquent
/ enough t. impress upon our people the
/ ""uiy and 'ricdncSs IF this day 10 full
I'LL the mission uf this hour.
Nuch less am !, with my incXperience
and diminUtivc brain, worthy exponent
4 tn pay trbutt To the illustrious living to
! I'VINr sweet M muries OF our hunured
/ Gcai. And yet We Of the younger men Of
/ today. or many Ul rs at least. who know
not 81 war, its privdtions. distinctions
/ Hnd death, have turned the pages of his
! tory ana learned the lessons written
! there.
The story book is but the instrument Of
| the pleasant paSttmc To which We turn in
hours al rost ana recreation ana whose
! contents are soon forgotten. but the his
/ Tory M thr tinted States from the land
/ ing Of the Pilgrims At Plymouth down to
! the present time. stands out in bold re-
! lief ami mas Income a part OF the very
being OF every true ana loyal son Of the
states.
Wonderful ana varied as that history
has been nGtShinnE us ii has. in its
splendid ml%niiccnce the history of all
.ori.d which fills the soul Of the con-
.,.iculiuuS student oi American history
VITA noun admiration ana sorrow are
nose dark days Of the civil War in the
early sixties.
Ana 50 We Of the younger men Of today
acting in unison with you who watched
with eager eye and hated breath the out
come ~ those weary years, acting in
sympathetic harmony with the grand
army Of the republic. would add our lit
tic in strcWiug flowers on The grassy
/ mound which marks the last resting
place Of him who died that We might have
life and liberty
our meeting here tonight? Why is il that
| throughout the length and breadth of
our beautiful land today great people
depart from their usual VoCationS. the
ceuseltsS hum of the mill wheel is stiled
ana the weary mother weeps afresh Der
III, grave within which rests the precious
remains of the boy whom she loved ana
whose smile was the light VI her soul in
Inc days that are gone: What is the oc-
lcasion of our meeting here?
IN my own brief experience | have M L
thnse If wealth ANA Dosition. who smoke
| their HINInaS, who thrust their ldiC
hands into their trousers pockets ANA
with the ,sotistical smile Of the material
man speak lightly Of this sacred day II
is MT fuT me Ia Judge ut them; it is not
for you 10 pass upon them. We know not
the ability u such people T. comprehend
sI iu{" ,,r',,,I.f ~, ',nprrri.,te lnif-saC.
rifice. L" that a IL may there Ger
taiuly is a class Of people IN the world
| ,.tf-, - Yrinri,,I- when th.y- SEP il and
\ h.,l ',rctIrrrd III Hill th1t il some of
IthcS. people had lived within the confines
Hill -',rnfi thp means ana sobs If starving
| nm lyir. mon thIt they might then an
| - ..,ni rnino whom Thry shy it.
HAN INN might thGn Talk, pleasure in
H. fir,,r n tbt' ,x,rrisas ~ this Iay
The man who lives Il shiftless life
PASSES from earth ana is soon forgotten;
il, r,.,I, vyho lives A GOOD life is rcmem-
| fr,.i. Inn mo man who Laws down his
liifr that subsequent generations may by
free becomes 4 martyr whose name shan
INST ~, ~ r,.nnrv shall live on
tnrnyer
| The lives Of great and good men g
t ,ioml +,'.,G :nl lgtrn therrtrom i'll. Ivs-
.ons Of true manliness ana moral worth.
Thr time honorod custom Of thc oh7-rN-
ancc Of lulM IN Is 70 Keep tleI II. ~ s'
minds 81 All NV, ~ onr fnrcfathers ana
the fearful consequences nut 1hu Sl9IH
IF their :" DOING. 20 win AlClnnI 4' i, -
in thc htIutliul ~pIltS NJ Tin..,Ii nI
Urc begins To nud ana 10 nloS9otl i 'tL,.
tn hiIitupS rcsound WIN inc LleI"t'l'' a.
noltS ~ tne soh53lfui tirc p, jnPiJ toiI mi
fair ldhd lay .i9luS th'ha NM "If !, !. Mn
pay tribute 10 me ~! Ia ~ 1.i. -. Ola
u dav If recreation. y lS y III :. utH IN ~
Nv aver the ignOminipuS defeat oi a iost
lr',u-.. ON it Is . day not only To ddorn
Am h.9utifv the last resting place 81 the
onI';inr INIT also tu perpctuate the name
i1nI nrnlprv Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic which stood fcauM u III t rnnt
VI need when -rra l.,rl mn.L" gor M u IL
with CiNH StliIe a't Ii,'i I,rtG.r,a the sa-
iEirucUun dHu ,u ,".i !"
tl!-5J name 81 n1Vla! ,,, ~ ,,ronI1n-
Liberty, a NJ " 't,,, -, .;;r,nia letters
ciaii 1p, Npcllrd WIKI Si IMAM" tPbe rnbonI.
Ia part ~ me N"Glpu ILL :" tb.',Isands III
boy: ana rel "i IN" mn! f'ntna II
words known - II MIL, HIT, ,bicb tbosc
is the one life sur atusi ,.u ~ Thought
many and bc@ut'J u" - nri"odi' Whose rIdi-
cluster. II i thc oiiu Mia III glory
ant significance IHIuMTaaro ,-nr viii and i;
over all others. ~ III interior of far
lis there. Mlth!n III Hill ~ fhe seas. amid
OF AiTlca, On , Nv IF cipiIized activity
me rush ,,ru iii is there. Without lib
IL mrtiIns iii" .,ch.s us that man sinks
crty history ~, TIL ,nimal. He would
to the low l'FeI ~ Nv tho animal man
crafty the cravings n .i'' Mill knows
ana thlt is all. NE ILL ,nnther' (
MOI the beauty Of a CHRISTIAN M Vii Vii i
Inyc ana the mother wastes amy ,a,th
no gender hanu u f ~ -br faCGs 81 an ana
despair is written IN me -" N-ith liberty
diFkh,s1 .,,1n uiiickrns ana brOadfhS
1.-THE mental horizpm -, tfrr1ms and the
Of grass, the ruh.luS mvstic meaning
stars ~ neaNe Ven t t%e va,nr Of 4 christian
the enid k'iD Tho mother Bosses from