The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-06-03

are gamblers In high finance and
low finance
The rights of the people, the wei.
fare of our public institutions, the
morals of private life, the sacred.
ness of society, the safety of ouI
national unity and greatness require
hearts as great and strong as a
Lincoln's, hands and heads as great
as Grants, heroism and courage as
intrepid and unyielding as a Sher-
iden's, patriotism as loyal and self
sacrificing as a Sherman's, deter
mination and effort as might
and a conservation to loyalty
as true and strong as that of the
great mass of young men and mid
dle-aged men who went forth with
musket and sword
And here is the home-the Amer
lean home, from whence issued
those 100000 sons and brothers and
husbands. American motherhood
and American womanhood, repre-
sented here this morning by the
Woman's Relief Corps. They come
under our consideration at this hour.
How much the home had to suffer
and sacrifice in those awful days,
God alone is able to estimate.
But Oh, these mothers who sent
their sons and prayed for them and
wrote to them and cheered them
while their hearts were bleeding at
home and their backs were being
bent with toll and their faces became
scanned with anxiety. My friends
our dear country has not yet taken
sufficient recognition of the self
sacrificing mothers of the army, not
yet has there been enough honor
done to these noble women who
gave many lives with each of their
dear ones sent to the front never to
return. Beside every monument err
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der dead there should be also placed
monument to the memory of the
faithful praying, loyal mothers
whose sons are sleeping beneath
the sod of a soldiers grave.
But such homes-are the honor
of our nation. Such homes we want
today and such homes demand the
protection of the highest patriotism
of this day, and to the protection of
the American home there must be
applied the best, truest and most
noble patriotism of present and
coming generations. That in them
there may ever be reared Godfear-
ing sons who shall be trained by
gentle mother hands and hearts for
development of the best in our ma
tons possibilities and the over
throw of all that threatens to in
anywise destroy.
The Parade.
Splendid weather greeted Memoir
ial Day on Monday and crowds were
out in full force along the line of
march Monday morning. j. B.
Morse acted as marshal, E. o.
Gould and Charles Theriault, aides,
and the line formed on Main and
School street. following the usual
route through flag lined streets.
Chief of Police John w. Durkee and
four patrolmen were followed by
the Montpelier Military band, l.. A.
Newcomb, drum major, and the
Montpelier High school cadets, COM
manded by George Selinas. The
Modern Woodmen presented a spic
and span appearance, captained by
Harry Park, and the Montpelier
Drum Corps, William Bartlett lead
err, F.. j. Brownscombe, director, fol-
lowed. The feature of this organiza-
ton was young negro fifer. Co.
H, captained by w. A. Pate and
"a veterans of the Civil War were
followed by cheers along the entire
route. Several Of the feebler veter-
ans rode in carriages. Mayor Daw-
ley and the board of aldermen, the
speaker of the day, Rev. Donald
Frazer, Alderman Lang, president of
the board, Rev. L. ]. hamburg and
the st. Michaels cadets, Captain
Heney, brought up the rear.
The Exercises.
Blanchard Opera House was filled
at the opening of the formal exer-
cises which were of unusual inter-
est. On the stage were seated the
speaker, the mayor and aldermen,
and commander of the post. The
drum corps rendered rousing music
that brought your heart to your
mouth and your hands to your ears
at times and Commander Joslyn an
nounnad the nrOpram q A G.