Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-06-02

tina all is a lie? When the black man
shall have arisen out of his iron age
into his. age of gold he will peradventure
be the happy and full complement of the
white man. Until that day. for the
maintenance of principle. We must be
willing to pay dollar for dollar as we
have paid life for life. Treat him fairly
and, as into the ramparts. he Will faith
fully follow his white brother to meet all
civic responsibilities and to stand by and
sustain our laws and institutions.
Second-a growing suspicion that the
government Is giving to the old soldier
too good a time, too rich a feast. The
old soldier, once the pride of the nation,
has, alas. too often become the victim
of the political parasite and the ridicule
of the craven-hearted Heaven hold
back the day when of this connection
the saying shall prove true that de-
mocracies are ungrateful.' Rather let it
be said that this American republic has
riddled that assertion with the shot of
negation. All honor to the rem
nam of this rapidly moving pageant
the Grand Army of the Republic! Sons
of sires who were the contemporaries of
Lincoln, our point of contact with slav-
cry times! Honor them. for the morrow
of their vanishing Is upon us. Soon, for
us. the educational value of contact will
have gone forever. What If betimes
their manner be abrupt; the habit of
prompt obedience is theirs. What If
betimes they tarry in their coming; grow
not NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and swift they
once leaped at the call. Let not arro-
gance and ingratitude strangle our sym
A., pathies for the old soldier. Soon the
last of them will have passed down into
the valley, going down, soldierlike, keep
ing step with the drum-beat of time,
moving with colors erect as they enter
V - -. - IL - I--r
for their faces catch the strange light
that gladdens their merging into the sun
lit fields of ~Elysium-the land of re-
union-where they bivouac no more, for
terror has gone, while the breath of
eternal youth is in them and its bloom
upon them.
$50, upon this radiant and solemn an
niversary, we gaze upon yonder flag. the
guerdon of the nations awful travail
when freedom was reborn. Flag-dearer
/ to us now for the sake of those who
then loved it and defended it. May it
never blush over unkept faith. Unsul-
lied let it from fort and fleet. from
school, workshop, capitol and home;
float from these mountains of the morn
ing to the isles of the far Pacific, en-
blem of freedom, fraternity and good
faith to all who under God pledge fidel-
ity to that order of government which is
ever of the people, to the people and for
the people
At the conclusion of the address Mr..
Miller sang 'Tenting on the old camp
ground" in a tender and sympathetic
way that appealed to the hearts of ev-
erybody. Col. Kittredge Haskins. who
sat with the veterans. arose and moved
a rising vote of thanks to the speaker
for his excellent address, and the vote
was unanimous. The band played
America" while the audience sang. and
Rev. DR.. Cow pronounced the benedic-
ton.
The parade formed in front of the
town hall building and marched to the
soldiers monument on the common.
where prayer was offered by Rev. f..
Stacy Harrison, pastor of the West Brat
tleboro Baptist church. on returning to
Main street a halt was made in front OF
the town hall for flowers provided for
the post. Then the march was continue
to Prospect Hill cemetery, where ranks
We're broken, delegations going to the
Morningside and Roman Catholic Gem
eteries. The service of decoration over
prayer was offered by Rev. Mr.. Harrison
and the procession returned to Mair
street.
Luke Ferriter was chief marshal and
the aids were James p. Elmer, Linn d
Taylor and A. II. Ward. Next came the
First Regiment band of % men. Capt
w. 7. Haigh drum-major. Company l
V N. G., Capt. Walter o. Cooley com.
m%anding. followed with 81 men. BEHIND
the company marched members of Sedg-
wick post, carrying flowers and wreaths
Then came D.. II. Curtin camp, Spanish
war veterans, with 20 men, George C
Cain commanding, followed by the Red
Mems league. Is men, commanded by
Herbert +. Harris. The league wore
their colonial costumes, and both the
uniforms and precision of march added
much to the appearance of the parade.
Last came the speaker, clergymen, in
Vitpd guests and disabled Veterans in
carriages. The committee of arrange
ments consisted of r. w. Eason, F.. b,
Bissell and Roscoe Fisher.
The Memorial Observance Sunday be-
gan in the Centre Congregational church
at 1890, when Rev. r. NJ. Houghton
preached a sermon to the members OF
~Sedgwick post and ~Sedgwick Woman's
Relief corps and kindred organizations
The visitors occupied pews toward the
front of the church, on either side of the
main aisle. The choir sang two patriotic
selections, including Kipling's "Reces-
sional," and Fred c. Adams rendered a
solo. The pulpit was draped with q
large flag.
Following the services in the church
about % members of the G. A. r, and
the Woman's Relief corps went to DUN,
:. merston. Devotional exercises were he,d
there and Rev. Charles River delivered
a short sermon. After recitations BY
children and singing by f. II. Miller a
v. Cox gave a short memorial address
!. the cemeteries We're visited and the
graves marked with flags. At the con.
clusion of the services in DummerstOr
Luke F%erriter, job Long and Patrick
Fenton were taken by L. d. Taylor il
i, his automobile to Guilford, where thre,
+ cemeteries were visited and flags placed
: upon the graves of the veterans of tn,
wars of the United states.