Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1907-05-31


Grams and Canton Palestine, Patriarchs
Militant. The Auditorium was well filled
with spectators and the military organic
atoms occupied places of honor i'm the
front of the house. The exercises opened
with a selection by the band, followed
by selection 10y the mixed quartet of
the Cniversalst church. Rev. T. @. $.
Osgood offered prayer and the quartet
sang another selection before COL H. r.
Taylor who presided. introduced Rev. \.
II. Webb, pastor of the Methodist church,
as the speaker of the afternoon. Nj.
webb said in part;
Il come TODAY to Law nv feeble trihut,.
of praise at the feet OF that vast host
VINO 46 wears ago took the neld to say,
the union and 10 uphold the honor OF our
flag but who have passea To tnat land
,,u,.re the bugle : blast is never heard
ana the smoke of battip is never seen.
A feeling of sadness comes over me MS
LOOK mo your faces today cannot
nelp thinking of the FIRST time / saw the
BOYS IN blue 1t was in 1874 when /
came. from Nova Scotia To this countrv
AT Newmarket Junction urst became
aware bv experience tnlt had reached a
country which had been rent bv a ter
uulc war Here and there | saw men
wearing their faded suits of bnIr. which
they had worn ,lst a few Years before
with such pride. Iut the Nrarcrs were
young men. lust as Young looking as
those vino returned from our late Span-
isn-Amcrlcan war. What "a cuuugr tine
wears Intervening have vyrnii,,bt S.,r
by year as YOU gather in thes, services
your ranks grow thinner and thinner
your steps less certain. You are hearing
the marks and sears of time AS we'll as
OF war.
"It will not be long before there will
Sc only one to represent Won i'm these
seats and soon maj on. yin ,nsv.., ~
the last roll-call WIN thes, Memorial
DAYS then be ended? VIII the grand tale
of your heroism no longer be repeated TO
the generations following? M. a thou-
sand times no. Behind Won are the bows
that will take your places The sons of
veterans will Keen vour graves and r,,.,r-
cries green. When the last veteran shall
have taken his last march mis- dor shaI
stilI b. sacred and fresh t,ou,rs ,,iIi no
brought by your children and vour ,biI-
dren.s children to strevy upon the mounds
and the hour will he ,nuda irstr,,ctiy. no
rich lessons of patriotisr, dr,y-r fr,,,,
your excellent examines
Il know there are Same ,.bn s,,.ai,
lightly of YOUR services There arc
few narrow-mindad opas b.ra and tl.r.
who bewau the vast amounts which are
Maid in nensions but tba, COM, ,,,,.,,
from, a dishonorad line Uii,s ana a fn.
of his kind haUalad because ~ mo
COSTLY ointnent which vvas ,,,,,r,d ,,,,n,,
our Masters baad and tbasa ara Iii.
descendents Whenever be.r ,,,,nna
mourning because of the vast sums when
are spent in pensions for our soldiers /
feel ike uftirg mn rho nr,,,ar ~ tt.' oti
woman She Iookad ar IN. wills ,,r,,,,Lt
by his satanic majesty and then sba Iif1sd
I'M This nravar ~ ord h,,r,. ~, 5a,,it
and burv him with bis Fac, ,,nv,n,,.a,I
so that the moro he srr,tcb.s ,b, d.,,,,,1,,
he'll get
NO sacrifice is too praat for vo,r
honor We can never ra,,3y ,.,,, fn,. -
services but we can ana viii honor vour
memories so lone a. Anari,, s,a,,,ls
Veterans II win nor ain, ttN -
your greatness If vour so,,s 4, la. -
noble yalor on other falds to w,rr,nt
their claim to - share n, tn, s,,,.,I ,3,.,,nN
ton of this day Your claim, vim ,lu.,,.s
be. parauount
1T is almost stoggarin,, r, ,o,,,t t,,,
hundreds of thousands tI,t t.u ~ ~,
great civil war whom We set tbat In ,,,,,
trast with tho wars tbat b,,., b.,,,, ,,,,,,i,.
before or since I, 10 ,.n,,,. -, - - 81
tinction to have baen r,y,iri,,mt, -, 49,,
nightiest cona{ct MOI Ios a,.,, ,,,,',,
this trembling Garth vim ,L. .h,,.,i. -
hattie Won yXapt fortL h.. ,L,,,.,,l -.
vour countries cau ~ S,tt So, a.
and to upboId ana follow, tho do H,a
after fnur ,aars of ta,,iII, - -
ma ,i,-l,tt,,,, 60, .. 'o'I iDte mar Cl>Iup
or mart of thar bnroia -, In p'Ch'
bearing the hatIa-stairad G,,, any,, go ~
the tronbins of ,,o,,,. batti,s ,'i , -
back with Won tho inLorttro ,,., 49, > ~
now enjoy.
And / want tho ,.ou,,,r,r ,,,r,i,,, .
this audience to Iooly 49, ,,i, ,I,,.
ance-to loo, ot tho cost ~. ILL.,,
purchased ana tbor 80 Io,,i. - ~ "us