Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY
Continued from Page 1.

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the peace is secured, the state can be
served just as nobly, just as meritor
iously, just IS substantially by quiet
men who are devoted to the plain
everyday duties OF citizenship as il
has been in the past by brave soldiers
and sailors whose deeds OF daring have
made the world wonder. Keep ever
in your minds, my young friends, that
war is but an accident; that mans
truest, highest ideals are labored for
In time Of peace. Keep ever IN your
minds the fact that the
wondrous progress Of this great nation
was not achieved alone by deeds of
valor on bloody battlefelds, but rath.
er that it was wrought out day by
day, step by step, by the honest toll
Of honet men and women in every
walk of life. d. not be deceived by
high.sounding phrases and loud talk
Of patriotism.
There is wondrous deal OF patriot
ism IN simple quiet devotion to the
commonplace Of an uneventful life.
there is wondrous patriotism in the
every day deeds OF honest, ambitious
citizenship. 1t is the vast aggregate
Of lives that nobody hears about that
makes the marvellous glory Of this
great Republic. She stands today,
towering among the nations Of the
earth, splendid monument to the in.
tegrity and industry OF millions Of
men and women whose names are
forgotten, but the influence Of whose
generous deeds and patient, urassum-
ing devotion to the highest ideals Of
manhood and womanhood still live
and animate and inspire the ambitions
Of their children,
1t is possible that some OF you
young men may some day be called
upon to make the Soldier's sacrifice for
our country. 1t is possible that some
day wars alarm may tear the strong
man from the bosom OF the wife that
is all in all to him, may call the fond
father from the little ones who are
dearer than life itself. And then you
will be ready. have no fear for the
future. You will be as ready and as
willing as your fathers we're before
you and you will fight as bravely and
die as gloriously as they did. And
you young women will follow in the
footsteps OF your mothers, those noble
women OF America whose sympathetic
hearts we're true to the drum beat of
the nation in times that tried the
soul as never the soul has been tried
befo e.
Gentle spirits! They paid the full
measure Of devotion to our country,
not in glorious deeds on fields Of Grim.
son stain. but in silent prayer
and patient waiting and watching by
the hreside of the old home where
they had babe the soldier boy good bye
with last fond kiss and where they
would await his coming, whether 1T be
in the full vigor and pride Of the con.
quering warriors strength, o. wheth-
er it be but the poor war worn body
wrapped in the old flag to bel laid
away to rest forever in the soldier s
|sepulchre.
Oh. the heartaches Of the days
gone by. On the long, long weary
years Of waiting and watching, hoping
against hope, smiling through tears,
the mute inglorious sacrifice of the
noble women of America has left it's
impress upon every son and daughter
and insures the safety Of our race
and the future grandeur of our coun.
try. And the mothers Of every gene.
ration who sit by the cradles and hum
the soothing strains Of old "Green.
Vile" may see In prophetic vision the
dlmpled baby face transformed into
the bronzed and bearded countenance |
OF the soldier who some day saves bis
country, or into the patient woman
who Is to love the soldier and be the
soldiers wife
1t is the same beautiful constancy
OF American womanhood from gene.
ration to generation. Mothers,
sweethearts, and wives Of l77o, 1861,
and 1898 ye are thrice blessed in
what your example is to our future
as well as In what your noble spirit
accomplished 10 our past"
The speaker congratulated the vete.
rams of 1851 that they had lived to
see the first great test Vt the pat.
riotism of their sons and how nobly
they had responded to it and also that
they had been permitted to see re-
united country.
The address was filled with lofty,
patriotic thought, and we'll composed
Ind we'll delivered and made deep
on the audience. After
mother selection by the quartette the
exercises closed with another selection
~ the orchestra.
THE DINNER.
After the exercises at the opera
house dinner was served at the Con.
church vestry by the La
lies Of the G. A. R. 1t was attended
~ the veterans, Spanish American
var veterans, the members Of the high
chool battalion and boys brigade.
There was no speaking