Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-06-07
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Mrs. f. r. Skinner, who was very sick,
! is reported to be better.
I Rev. j. F. Page Of Weathersfield is visit.
d ing his many friends in this place.
: Harry Adams OF Lebanon, N. H., is a
G guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. q. II. Avery.
Henry Wacott, whose illness was noted
: last week, is reported to be very low.
E A Baptist quarterly meeting was held at
the North village Friday, Saturday and
/ Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. L. Swan and daughter go
to Massachusetts, soon to pass few weeks
with friends.
Albert A. Allyn OF West Springfield,
) Mass, was guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Tucker last week.
Rev. Foster |. Sargent OF Thetford was
in town attending the Baptist quarterly
meeting last week.
Miss Inez E. Giles, who has suffered
from a generous growth for long time,
died last Thursday aged 80.
Will B. Gould OF Worcester, Mass, has
been in town since last Friday morning.
II is reported that he has sold the Tun-
bridge spring property to Landlord Weed.
Lester f. Whitney, who was very sick,
is now convalescent ana Miss VERNE
Whitney, his daughter, who was called
home on account OF his sickness, has re-
turned to her school.
Among the veterans who attended Me.
mortal exercises In this place were Capt.
s. j.. Arnold OF STAFFORD and Albert
whitney OF this town. Mr. Whitney has
been very sick the past year but is now
better.
L. o. Peabody OF Concord, N. H., who |
! bought the old Gay factory last fall, Is /
moving here ana will occupy the Bowen /
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ried near Brocklebsnk hill and will COM
mence doing monumental work at once.
1 The many oldtime friends OF Lester A. /
Bryant former resident, but now re-
siding in Lincoln, will be pleased TO learn /
that his son, Fred, was the orator at Lin.
coin Memorial day. The father was a
true soldier and an excellent citizen.
The Z. :. steamer Albany, upon which
Chas. A. Rolie is serving as a mHchinist
and which has been at Newcastle on the
Tyne, England, has been ordered to Gi.
braltar aud will cruise in the Meditterra-
mean and in that vicinity through the
summer.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Memorial day was one OF the brightest
and most pleasant days OF the season, and
the veterans who took part in the exer.
cses OF the day, realizing that but few
moro Memorial days will be reached dur.
ing their lives, could not but be grateful
because so beautiful day was given for
the exercises they hnd more and more in
teresting as the years go past and they
draw nearer the day when they too shall ,
be mustered out. IL was an ideal day and
the memorial exercises seemed more i'm
pressive and beautiful because OF this.
In the forenoon details OF veterans visit.
ed the several cemeteries and decorated
with flags, flowers and wreaths the graves
OF ~ soldiers. At p. M, the members OF ,
Whitney post with visiting comrades, ana
mem bers OF the w. X. c., assem- bled at the
y. A. X. building, formed in a procession
and escorted by the Tunbridge cornet
band marched to the common by the Con.
sregational church, where a halt was
made. The teachers and pupils OF the !
public schools and a large number OF
other people here Joined the procession. .
they marched next to the village cemetery
y here the q. A. X. and w. r. Z. services
we're held. To each soldiers grave was
assigned a comrade who, as taps were
sounded, strewed flowers ove- the grave. u
n nearly every instance the comrade de.
allied Tor this service was one who served v
y the same company with the soldier d
whose grave was decorated. An especially
ine and touching memorial hymn, They /,
sleep Meath the Flag" was sung at the q
opening OF the q. A. X. services by the
hoir led by James l.. Farnham, whose
ban It did this day. At the close OF the v
Exercises at the cemetery the procession
eformed and marched to the Congrega- 81
ioDal church where the address BY Mr. N
b. Wilson OF the Harvard law school
vas given. II was an address full OF n
bought and feeling and was finely de. n
iVered. Mr.. Wilson is a true orator He
poke from the standpoint OF one who =
'aSborn since the veterans he addressed y
vent forth to fight the battles OF their
ountry, but who loved and revered the
principles Tor which they fought, and u
mo, having heard and read the story OF el
Ghat was done by the soldiers in the
onor OF whose memory the exercises on te
ne DAY were held, wished to pay them the ii
rioute that was their due. To the veter.
ms, who listened to the address, Ii seemed =,
nat the country Tor which they fought u
1ight safely be left to the care OF the
Dung men now coming forward, II their :,
noughts were those the speaker had in n
In his address. The musical co
ervice at the church, like the ADDRESS,
'as one well fitted to the day and occa BY
ION. special feature OF this was the fr
nging O" Cover Them Over and Of, The tn
acant Chair, by Walter $. Goss Chelsea,
son OF veteran and a talented soioist, a.
Ie was accompanied by Miss Annie Goss 8,
y sister. The church was neatly decor. nj
ted with flags and flowers, the people Of
us village contributing literally of their
nolcest plants 10 this decoration. There y,
ere ~ veterans who took part in the ~
xerclses OF the day. The marks OF age 81
ere upon them but they formed as true
line as In the old Gays and marched with Co
ie same old swinging step that carried viz
lem so many miles In the years OF the An
vii war.
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