Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1907-08-10

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Falmouth Mass.-This old and his
torc town, the birthplace Of sailor
men, on Wednesday dedicated me-
mortal to the living memory Of those
gone before.
Under a cloudlaae olIs, In the pres
ence of a vast multitude of the resi-.
dents and summer visitors, Gov. Guild
standing on platform beside the
out over the waters of Vineyard
sound, delivered the dedicatory ad
dress and unveiled the monument
Public school children sang hymns;
officers of the revenue cutters Ores
ham, Mohawk and Dexter, and their
blue Jackets, lined up within the tri
angle, the boys" of the B. r. Jones
G. A. r. post faced the memorial, and
the veteran captains N. p. Baker and
Obed Pierce were seated near the big
rock. Capt. Purdham and his crew of
the Concord, .impersonating Gosnold,
stood near Miss Marion Grace Ell
dredge, aged Z, and Miss Camille Wat.
son, granddaughters of veteran whale
men.
| A tremendous crowd stood outside
of the triangle and witnessed the ser.
vices and at the conclusion gave three
rousing cheers. Wednesday was the
big day of the tercentennial celebra-
tion, commemorating the landing of
Bartholomew Gosnold, who stepped on
these shores in 1902.
Gov. Guild arrived ON the train from
Boston at 1872 and was met by Chief
Marshal George w: Jones and his as
sistant, Rev. Mr.. Washburn and II. w.
HeWins of the exposition committee.
Gov. Guild rode from the station in
a private carriage, accompanied by
mGmbers of his staff, while Rear Ad-
miral Rockwell, U. S. N, retired, was
rendered the use of another private
carriage. Headed by Chief Marshal
Jones, Asst. James H. Pierce, aids, the
band and detachment of bluejackets,
the party proceeded to the vestry of
the Congregational church, where
lunch was served.
The street wis lined with people
who cheered for Gov Guild and the
invited guests. Rear Admiral Rock
WELL introduced by Rev. Mr.. Wash
burn as a Cape Cod admiral, he hav.
ing been born on the cape, said in his
address,:
"The only difference between the
old race Of sailormen and the modern
sailors is that the Old race were afraid
Of the land, the modern sailors, the
steamboat men, are afraid of the wa
ter. Falmouth was the. birthplace of
Sailormen and the men of the old days
grew in perfection from 1910 until
1862 This. was. the. halcyQP age of
men and ships of a peerless race. of
American seamen that charmed the
world. Every ship IN those old days
was a school for boys who grew up
and later commanded ships. The boys
of Falmouth. then are the fathers of
the men here today. :, =.
"The whole ambition of the boys
was to get aboard a whale ship to go
chase whales and try to catch them,
and they produced race of men of
courage and resolution, After the war
these old sailormen looked around for
their old ships, but they were not
there, the new men, the steamboat
sailors, who hug close to shore, filled
the positions.
Il have witnessed the decadence Of
ln c1, a laaliI1n nf III % M
rine The u. S. navy. the marine
corps and the men of the revenue cut
ter service don't know when they are
licked"
During the exercises Rev. Mr. Wash
burn sent telegrarA of congratulation
to the mayor OF Bath, Me-. where
celebration is being held. The exer-
cises in the tabernacle closed with the
reception to Gov. Guild and invited
guests. The historical pageant was
then formed on Main street at village
green.
The exercises at the memorial
opened with singing of America" by
the public school children, under the
direction of Prof Walter Butterfield,
accompanied by the band. Rev. Mr..
Hazen of the Congregational church
offered prayer. Rev. Mr.. .Washburn
then told Of placing the copper box
with the names of the 100 and more
sailors of Falmouth in the. corner
stone on July last.
Gov. Guild was greeted with pro-
longed cheers. He said:
mo address is more. appropriately
delivered by me than has to do with
those who go down to the sea in ships.
Before this country existed, before
America was settled, Cape Cod If not
them the strong right arm of the COM
monwealth was the beckoning finger
that brought the mariners across the
ocean. 1t was known among the more
adventurous fishermen, of all nations
of Europe, and the old vikings sailed
along its shores. Gosnold also came
here and took home cargo of sassa-
fras. .. - y, '.'
Massachusetts is pre-emipently a
seq state, and her sacred cod is an
emblem of honor. New England sail-i
ors enterprise built up the great
northwest, and a Massachusetts, ships
crew was first to discover the Colum-
bia river. The proud boast of the
commonwealth is that Boston fur
nishes more recruits to the U. s. navy
than any other city in the country,
ana nowhere more than on Massachu
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Special Agent w: A.. Graham