Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-04-03

positions in life are the men least to be
-nyi-d. bat those men, even IN the hum
bier walks II life. who's characters are
the very -ss-ne- Of truth. are the men
you aud | would 10 well to emulate
Mr.. Reeve has attained la such char
act-r. aud character" Sir. ais the meas
ur- Of man" Not only has he won
for himself "a good NAME" which the
wise man tells us is ''better than riches
bat be- has won tor himself the implicit
confidence Of his immediate SuperiorS
aud Of the management and from
Portland To Chicago, wherever the name
of John Reeve is known, that name
stands as a synonym for strict business
integrity aud urrightness.
That to my mind speaks volumes, aud
must ! avn sure hr a source Of very great
| satisfaction aud comfort Ia our esteemed
] friend. To sever connection with. aud
to have the goodwill of, the company
aud Of his fellow employees, after up
wards of forty-tive years continuous serv-
ice, with a conscience void of offence
aud with consciousness OF having done
his duty, and done it well. is a record
of which any one might well he proud.
NJ -. - oil
nerited tension. aud We most sincerely
hope that the days and years may be-
heightened out to him, aud that in his
retirement he will long enjoy that rest
he has so well earned and so well
deserves.
Mr.. Nutter here related story of
children playing railroad, arranging diff
terent articles of furniture as stations.
and at loss for a name they called one
station "lleaven" aud then said-All of
as are well aware, Sir, that Mr.. Reeve
has not by any means been playing
railroad lie has taken a most active
aud intelligent part in. aud has contrib
uted in no small degree towards. the
progress and development of the rail.
road with which he has been connected.
Many changes have taken place since
Mr. Reeve was first connected with the
. Grand Trunk. The officials under whom
he has served have been legion. With
, very few exceptions the personnel of the
,tait from Portland to Chicago has en-
! tirely changed. Men have come and
gone and now he, at the ripe old age OF
. ~ years, is ceasing from active work
lie has "cimbed the hill" as the boys say
, and is now on the "home run" Let us
hope that as he approaches the termina
towards which we are all inevitably has
tenng, he will ultimately hear the con
luctor call "the next stop is heaven,
and that AS he steps from the train into
the station beyond he will receive
glorious welcome, aud hear the Master
say well done, good aud faithful ser
want, enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord. :
MIR. DALE, Wcwho have been so long watch
ing the Expansion and development OF tn,
Grand Trunk system have almost come to thinl
OF It a. secondary to nothing else on this cont
ncnt, and yet perhaps lis most ardent admirer
will take no offence at the announcement tina
there is a vast business system greater thar
1.-THE l :, Government. We have with ~
direct representative OF that government L
whom we extend most cordial welcome 1t i
privilege, n honor. to present here on this ol
casion to respond for The 1. : Government
Mr, Curtis :. Emery. Collector OF Customs 10
the District OF Memphremagog.
CuRTIs :. EMERY. Mr. ToastmaSter
Ladies aud Gentlemen; NV acquaiut
auce, unfortunately for me, with Mr.
Reeve has been very brief, yet in tn,
short time ! have known him and from
the universal testimony OF those her,
who have known him for many years
deem it a truth and privilege to JOIN
#, with you in this evidence of respect ant
to bring, so far as | am able, in al
. official or unofficial capacity, the greet
. ings OF the Federal Government. Blu
q more than to any one else has his servc,
I appeared to You. Such a man in a com
munity means everything. do not i,
=, any sense uuderrate preaching or teach
ing tut the every day consistent worl
, aud example of such man as our hon
ored guest OF this evening means t,
every young man. middle-aged man ever
. man, woman and child in the com
J. munity everything. A man who | an
convinced from the universal testimon,
=, of you ALL man who has not done
h is record that exceedingly few of IL
will ever reach, and yet this is the testi
mony you bear to John Reeve. can
:, not imagine a man that if the President
knew him, whether he is a naturalizp,
, citizen of America or not that the Presi
dent would be so likely to hold up as al
example to every young man. He il
:, precisely the kind of man that on
President seems determined to max,
, out of us, if he can, but he has har,
. job in hand. But we all know, we eau
:. not hel p realizing, that an example o
this kind means everything to Island
q Pond, it means everything to the EN-