The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-07-02
CUTLER CORNER MEMORIAL.
Paper Read at the Annual Reunion Of
the Association Held Last Saturday,

/ ton at Dewey park last saturday, the
following memorial paper was read by
Mrs. H. r. Cutler.
Two years ago when ! wrote little
sketch oil the association from is begin
ming thought then / never could write
again. and last year when Mr.. Gladding
asked me ii | would, / said l thought
someone ought 70, for | didn't feel as
though | could. But at the time drew
near this year and death came so near
our own home and | received so many
letters Of sympathy, ! thought if could
say one word to help those in sorrow
how gladly would / do It, and / asked,
SHAH we let our dear ones 20 unnoticed9
and again | received letter from Mr.,
Gladding urging me to just briefly men.
tlon them. Although IL is doubly hard
for me this year, and now as we look
around and wonder why there are not
more here this morning, we don't stop
to consider these are not as many to
come as at our first meeting, as there
have % passed on to higher life, aud
as | think back and try to compare the
old days Of the Cutler Corner school with
the present time, | realize the change
Those days seemed ike clock work, and
their children's lives were in unison with
them, The days came and went as did
the childreni as many came as went
and possibly more. To-day they 90 with
none to come to IN their places, except
now and chen a little bud peeps in to
make some OF our homes the brighter.
And do you remember two years ago
we were enjoying ourselves herel Still,
tnlnk We were little uncomfortable.
for it was Just after dinner and we were
glad to sit and listen TO the matinee
yet il interfered with the social part OF
our picnic--and as / say the death angel
was doing its work tn our midst. II
came in at the window and then again
at the door, and at last its choice fell
upon Dlarcella Lane Burnham, for it
was that day she felt 60 poorly, but she
was so interested in the dear friends Of
the Cutler Corner school she would come,
and by her strong will and the effort
she made she was able to be with us,
She might have felt she would never
meet with us again, for in just two
weeks she received her summons to come.
NOW let us think OF the pleasant face
and the bright smile she always wore
and how welcome she always was when
she came to our reunion, for she never
came empty-handed: she was loaded
down with good things, never giving her
self a thought, only making others
happy. Now what can say to the
children left without mother? They
must think OF her as kind mother here
on earth. And she has only been pro-
NOTED to a higher school where she is
waiting and watching for you, just the
same as she did here when you were
absent from her. You always found her
true here and you will find her doubly
20 there Always cherish her memory
and never fail TO lend helping hand
to father, for it is him who feels the
vacancy, and how pleasant to know
mother is waiting for us over there and
on that same day ! never shall forget
the anxious faces Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bart
lett, for | think they came from tae hos
pital after visit to their son Levi, and
they knew it was only a question OF
time when he too would be called to
join the great majority and ! remember
they said how he begged Of them to take
him home--said he must 60 If ne died
on the way. just think Of this and place
yourself in his place, He l0nged to be in
his own home and have around him his
own dear ones, Think of his wife and
son, tnc anxiety for nineteen long weeks.
They must have been reconciled to let
him 20 and say, Goodbye; you have
suffered long. Perfect peace and com
fort is awaiting you in your Heavenly
home. just as the deep snowdrifts were
abatine in the early spring, we were
notified that Cousin Elwin Cutler had
Deen taken suddenly i'll and in few
hours passed on to the other side. Oh,
how sad that funeral was to me; there
that wife sat with no children to comfort
her. You remember the motto, What |
is home without motherG"; let us
Just reverse it: What is home without
chiidren7 There is nothing more cheer
less than that. God give her strength
to bear it. She said to me, / was al
ways so disconnected here, | never felt
at home. But she was different from |
her husband He loved every nook Of
Cutler Corner. He had no desire to |
branch out into society or learn the
beauties OF this great world. This seems
strange to us, but lie could hear the |
music in the little brooklet and see
the beauties in the tree. tops, while she !
was quite the reverse. But pow she says1
she can see th ebauty1lii the same old
farm and ii .ha,~conid only be with her
she IS sure she could enjoy it, and
think this proves the Scripture where it
says, 1T is better to 60 to the house Of
mourning than to the house OF feasting."
think the next home that was made
sad was Mrs. Walter Emerson's. How
Mr. Emerson was in the assoc
citation, yet his health prevented him
from enjoying it. remember how en-
Unused he was at our first meeting, and |
wanted to organize and get into line
so to meet and shake hands every year,
for / think he said this was the only |
school organization in Vermont. / feel
that each OF us should extend personal
to Mrs, Emerson, for she has |
been called to part with a brother, sis
ter, mother, and then they called her
husband, and all within few months.
Still she is not eomfortless, for she is |
blessed with two dear children, and 1t is