The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-07-10
w. P. STAFFORD
THE SPEAKER
AT the Dedication Of a Me-
mortal Boulder
ISLE LA NOTE YESTERDAY
The Boulder Was Dedicated to the Mem
ory Of Seth Warner and Capt.
Remember Baker--A Big
Crowd There.

Isle Ia Motto, July 1o.--The chief ad-
dress at the exercises yesterday in con.
nection with the dedication Of boul-
der to the memory Of Seth Warner and
Capt. Remember Baker was given By
Judge Wendell P. Stafford Of the su.
preme court Of the District Of Columbia.
Judge Stafford said IN part as follows;
1900 IS year well worth remem-
boring even without the reason that has
brought us here The world was ring
ing with great names and great achieve
ments. The soul of man was putting
forth its wings Champlain belonged to
that great breed Of men the age brought
forth abundantly. He knew how to act
as well as Think he could fight as well
as pray. It would be hard 10 find a
better type Of the France Of his day,
able ambitious, devout, gasping, for
king and church, at the best the new
world had to offer.
This was the very gate through
which the tides of ancient Indian bat
tie ebbed and flowed The coming Of
the white man was only the coming Of
more deadly war Here where the red
mans council fires had burned, the white
mans fort was built It marked the
beginning Of movement in this valley
that was TO be continued for a century,
IA determined but unsuccessful effort TO
plant the lilies Of France in the very
heart Of New England.
in 1857 the strongest man in England
took the reins and IN two years the
French dream Of North American do-
minion had dissolved William Pitt was
master Quebec was taken, Crown
Point and Tieonderopa were in English
hands, and the red horrors Of q hundred
and ffty years were 70 be thencefor-
ward but a thrilling areside tale The
legends Of that CHASTITY time lie all
around us, and memories Of the later
wars that swept the lake are thick as
leaves Of summer and colored like the
gorgeous leaves of autumn with glory
and romance. We seem 70 see the
gatherings Of the nations for the Begin
ming Of a new era under happier skies.
There have been periods Of three hun
ired years that slgHified nothing ii the
lifn Of men, They eame end went Ike
waters upon the beach, leaving no mark
behind them. But the three centuries
we contemplate today have flled the
earth with marvels Even the physical
aspect Of the globe has been trans
formed But all these changes are as
nothing to the changes that have
brought to pass in the life of men
through the discoveries Of science.
Yet the changes IN the process Of gov
ernment are greater STILL the fact Of
deepest import in this wonderful chap
ter is not discovery, nor development,
NO not even science 1t "a democracy,
the coming az the common man into
his own. The reign of tho comman peo-
PIE has begun. There WIS not single
free government II the world three hum
dred years ago. Now for the first time
IN this history of the world the whole
race moves together In letters, phil
osophy and art we have not outstript
the past The MASTERPIECES of poetry,
painting, sculpture, the deepeset branch-
es Of the human spirit over the riddle Of
destiny must still be looked for back
Of 1909. But there was never before so
wide a knowledge Of the truth, 50 gem
eral an appreciation of the beautiful,
A vast and fit All audience for the poet
and the seer.
we come back at last through the
things that are ever changing to the
things that never change lt is as
though we had been sitting here In the
shadow Of the cid fort and listening 10
the chanting Of the priests in that first
Christian service. and then there had
broken in upon the music the rattle of
musSets. the yell Of the savage, the
scream Of the victim, the shouting Of
sailors, the thunder of the eaauonade,
the noise Of the tempest, the pipes Of
the clansmen. the song of the pioneer,
the long reverberating whistle Of the
steamer. the rumble and roar Of the
approaching train, the hum Of indus
tries through ell the valley, the babel Of
multitudes that come and go-and then
the sweet solemn chant still going on
and caught the words-"He has put
down the mighty from their seat and
has exalted them Of low degree" After
ALL that is the only reahty-the rest is
all a dream"
The well arranged program was car
riad out without hitch, and the little
Old town which has entertained many
famous men and companies, again ac-
quilted herself with honor
Two troops of the 10th Y S. Cavalry,
Company M, First Vermont Infantry,
three torpedo boats and the band Of l50
Indians. with a crowd 81 fully 5000 peo-
pie made an inspiring and pretty setting
for the final picture Of the historical
story. For the first time on record, reg.
ular troops visited the island.
A sermon was delivered by the Rev,
Fr. Barrett Of st. Mary's cathedral in
Burlington at the Shrine Of St Anne, At
the literary exercises Gov Prouty pre-
sided and introduced the speakers. Pres
ideut Thomas Of NHddlehury college Of
fered prayer and an address was given
by state Senator Fl nv. Hill Of Buffalo,
N. ~, while remarks were made by Coy.
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