Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1901-08-22


And In it, shadow az the waters edge,
a barefoot boy with eager hand and eye
a robin from the roadside maple hutest
A sunset pink across the water shoots;
a misty Incense rises from the stream.
The white haired councillor a. from dream
Wakes % the present, o. the picader's tone,
And ~ the duties ne has made MS own.
l.lie bath Us Joys. Bur show me yet the man
Who would not win % be boy aealn.
a woman. bound by thronglng city ways
sees, on 4 sudden, through The dust and haze
2 % crowded ',, thorous hfare Q vision cool
and standing just within, ganne siri dressed
U az the bravery q her simple best
and feels che sabbath hush upon her soul
The aisle l. dim. The hgwers thicklE srt
pol the altar pink and mignoneite~
Breathe oui their haunting frasrauee on the afr
/ A holy bcnedietiun and PRAYER
she bears The chant q choir,the preachers tone,
/ And, moved by Instincts heretofore unknown
Z Lifts shy glance 60 meet With mute surprise
! NE ardent lightning shot from hgyish eyes
i Ahd swift her heart under ~ bodice high
\ Beats 70 the endless tune ~ destiny.
Nor life, nor death, nor future hath the power
/ To change the outcome % that pregnant hour.
Vision on vision. how they swim and play
Before the eyes Ut those long, hong away.
We know each picture on each dear old page
That Mother Nature turned Tor Vs. and axe
/ can never dim the beauties that We sees
How swift they crowd upon our memory.
High hocks % clouds, swimming ID summer blue
The morning mists with sunlight breaking
The frosted tracery upon the pane
swift tempest aud the silver glance u rain
The slender stream down dripping from the
Pastures o. crusted SHOWS ablare with ught
/ Of orhed moons. Green bowers u birds and
The hllls that meet 10 frown or meet 70 kiss
fairs IKE cobWebs on the dew drenehed grass-
IN slow procession through the summer night-
The dark uf climbing eyergreens-the white
ot spring times driited orchard linSers-the glow
ot autumnt elnsterinE tinis-all, at We know
ana sounds that only here our eyes may greet,
and pleasant pathways Tor our tired feet,
Homei homei Thousand voices cali us home,
thousand heart-bonds draw Us and We come.
What though old friends have slipped away e. an
The silent city on the silent hin.
What though We look In vain for eyes that knew
What though we md a void where love was seen,
An aching silence where voice has been
SUI smiles the mother home land fair and sweet,
With cloud kissed brow and river-rippied feet.
sim speaks her welcome, hallowcd a. q dream.
In WHISPERING winds and music haunted stream
sun wraps her peace around her child In death
or life.-as whom his mother comiorteth.
Dear Mountain Home-unehanged through
changing years
Alone unchanged, where change alone appears
What wonder that our hearts should cling q thee
symbol q Gods immutahIlity.
when dust shan ne together with the dust
And In our ashes we, ~ In our birth,
Be part and parcel u thy sacred earthi
Col. Albert Clarke, secretary Of the Home
Market club, Boston, was then introduced.
After pleasantly alluding to the great au-
dience. as contrssted with the smaller one
which he had supposed would assemble in
the hall or in one OF the churches, he said
that for lack OF time il would be necessary
to omit a portion of his address which was
to deal largely with the local history OF
the town and the qualities of the people
who dwelt here in the past He would
thus be initiating some members of Con- |
gress whose speeches are not heard but |
Which Qnupar on no rqoord
In 1865, the town Of Rochester, by vote /
at the annual March meeting, expressed a |
wish that Hon. w. W. Williams prepare a |
history OF the town. His work Is of much |
value to those interested in its early rec
ords.
In the second year Of the settlement of |
the town lots were laid out for three pub |
lie purposes-one for the worship OF God. \
one for town school and one for the en- i
of building mills. In this |
we see exemplified the Christian character l
and public spirit OF the first settlers.
These qualities have ever characterized the
Of the town. The tract OF \
land which is now comprised in the town
OF Rochester was then a wilderness.
Bears, wolves and other wild animals |
abounded. The streams were filled with
fish. 1t is related that Thomas Currier
took from the river salmon weighing "A
pounds.
Timothy Clements, nearly opposite the
place where the lower mill schoolhouse
now stands. IL was built in 1888. The
nrst tavern in what is now the village was
bnilt in 17S9 by Mr.. Cephas Sheldon. In
this same building the first store was
opened IN 1922. The first sswmill was
built by Enoch Emerson in 1856 and 17s7 Il
on the Branch. The first blacksmith shop
was built by Ebenezer Morse in i7Ss In
1876 Jonathan Jewett built the first mill
Tor dressing cloth. postofiice was es-
tablished in 1905 in the Sheldon tavern
house.
DIR. Retire Trask and wife came to town
in 1920 and were the first physicians of the
place. The next most prominent physi-
cian was DR.. Daniel Huntingdon Col.
Clarke here introduced poem addressed
% himself by his twin brother. Almon ,
Clarke, in 1SSS, and commemorative of an
went OF great importance TO the twins j
iorty-elght years before. in which the
senior DIR. Huntington figured. DR.. Dam /
el Huntington was succeeded by his son.
William, who practised medicine in this /
ma adjoining towns for many years. The
ioctor was seated on the platform and was /
congratulated for his long and successful /
'areer as physician, and especially on /
he completion of the White River Valley !
abroad, OF which he has ever been an en-
huslastic advocate. The speaker was of ,
ne opinion that this had something to do {
With his success as physician. He must /
ave infused liberal quantity of iron into I
ne blood OF his patients and railroaded q
hem on 10 quick recovery. DIR. Will !
huntington has succeeded his father and I
las been honored with the Offices of sur !
eon-general on the governors STAFF and
resident Of the Vermont Medical society. :
IS TO be hoped that the succession NAV | \
ontlnue and that even as DIR. 'sBll- has | i
'een succeeded by DIR. .Win'' so the latter \
nay be followed by DR.. mill"
Among others who have become distin- 1