The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1900-01-25

.ood-by Figure =
} Good.by, Ggnre s. You have krp,
g your place for hundred years. IL wee
Q second place, TO be sure bat what Il Q
could yen dop Tor number one bad itsl
! place Bat in HUNDRED yesra more
number ore will have TO step sile for
nun Der two. and after while Your turn
at the bead OF the row will come, The
world Will g sn old, old world then.
You have been With us all the way
through. You were on hand when we
wers born, aud put the century mark 10
its place You have stood at the bead OF
every letter We ever wrote or received
fou watched our trembling hand ae IL
went scribb'ing down the page OF our
first love letter, and you saw the youpg
girl blush when she opene1 itsud strug
pled along i's crooked path. You could
tel! many secret II you wanted to; You
know all about the letters which said,
"BurL me-" From the palace TO the hat
there is nobody who wants yen TO tell all
you know. You could Sc sli tie news
papr reporters wild by enpounciug that
you were folBg to hand ont the recollec
tiuuB oi certlry, You could fmash
many reputation, darken many path
and elso clear mp many mystery; bat
then you won't. Having kept so much
80 long, you will keep mum and 80 to
yonr land OF rest aud silence; and when
your turn comes again. six thousand
cars from now, none OF your old scquain
tances will care much what you say. The
earth and the stars will then have forgot
ten when we were buried.
You have been a big figure 10 human
aff4ira for the las, hnndrea yes-e NTH |
ing worth dating has been done without
you. Nobody could give a note, or re
ceip,, or write check. or buy home; or
sell house. or go to school, or graduate,
or publish newspaper, or print book
or marry, or die, or set mp ombstone,
without you. The bottom dropped out
when you failed TO appear.
Aud yon have seen great procession
OF events. Yon saw Napoleon tumbllng
down the crowns Of Europe, and tumbliug
into q carriage on Sunday evening Jane
lS!b, 1916; snd YOU saw bim sitting un
der a tree st the waters edge OF ST.
Helens You have never seen bis eqaal
since. Perhaps you are wondering
whether he will be duplicated before you
come bs,k to take your place st the head
OF time. You saw Italy wrigsling ont
from under the Pope. You saw Bismsrch
make an empire, and die disappointed
msn. You have seen France Topping
from empire TO republic and back sgsin,
Yoo saw the tlsve trade wiped oG the sea,
and slavery II the land. You we're 10 the .
Cars edict which set the serfs free, aud
Lincoln wrote you into his proclamation.
Since the days Of Washington you have
seen sll the good men and ell the poor {
sticks 10 the White House. You watched
the man Who put his collar on over bis
head. However it vas bis eva collar
You saw Dolly Msdison when ehe
shone like q star, and Lucy Hayes when :
she ruled Rutherford. and the music OF ,
glasses was brought low, aud the hearts OF !
The blessed beat high. You saw the Sen
ate when men went there before mil
lions. You bsye seen the wistfuI, hnn v
cry look on the iacts OF oil lbe vest pro 4
cession who filed into The doors Of the de J
psrtmenis fer efilef, and then filed oct |
agiin. sadder but poorer men. G
You have teen sll the csbsIs and con
spirscies Ut the Capital, and oil the Z
treasure and blood they cost. Yon have 0
beard all the croskins snd prophecies Of 0
Evil which never came true, You have y
seen the tsscals turned ont, but you have 4
pever seen sny ti2ns Of failure In the .
supply.
You found EaglsBd a, war. and leave q
her Ut war. You faw Pit dying, and u
sfyipg; Ol, ny poor county, and yon
20 swsy with tie cry Of The Empire IL o
II stake" riugiae 10 yonr ears. You sew u
roupg Vic 90 the day sbe vas crown a
ID kbeelins before mighty multitude a
D ui itade and sstios God to mske ber q
rood queen; anj you hsve ssen ber o.
answering her own prayer. You
isye stood by Der we'll, aud abe has stood b
" yon we'll, bnt yon will no. s,sod by
Ter "oon.,.' Few dis aud noDe rssgn." y
You have sesn spsin whipped ont Of
,sr booze, u she ought 10 bsve been be lC
ere Jon came. AID you hsve reslly 81
cen MeIico getting slong without
evolution; but you could cot tell, though "a
is DO, yont Business 10 FIX dates, how 81
asby revelations South Ansfica hss had n
Tb.t you have nHksd the beat csn,ury q
be world ever hsd. nooe Of ~ douti; for
70 hsys eli bsiouged 10 1t. You bsse
iven us pslsce cars 10 ride ia, ttssm
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