Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-18

lifted tomahawk and ready scalping-
knife descending suddenly upon the sol
itary cabin. There were cold. and hun
ger, and disease, and always labor, hard,
never ending labor Many a strong man
fell before one or the other of these foes,
and many a young mother succumbed to
the hardships OF the life Few was the
number Of the years recorded on the
lonely headstones In the edge of the for
est.
But slowly. steadily, they crept for
ward, and the wilderness retreated be-
fore them. Blazed trails became road
ways, streams were bridged, little ham
let's came into being.
Then as concerted action became pos
sible and they began to feel the thrill OF
unified life, there came a new enemy to
face. They stood together man to man,
to hold as their own the territory so
hardly won. Claimed by the neighbour
ing colony on the east and by the more
powerful colony on the west, their land
was nearly torn asunder under their
very feet.
And again. with all their kith and kin,
| they fought against tyrannous king,
sending of their bravest and best to
break down fortress doors and drive
back invading armies.
After a long and weary struggle came
the glad day OF recognition of their own
commonwealth. to which they had given
| the name of its central feature, the green
| clad mountain-range.
| And then how wisely they planned, how
carefully they considered each step. They
were yet a feeble folk. with much land
vet to conquer, but with clear vision and
with hopeful courage with much of sac
rifce they laid broad foundations for
the structure they were rearing. And
there at last
'she stands, fair Freedoms chosen
! home"
And not alone for themselves did they
build. Their men of strong brain ana
sane Judgment were sent to sit in tn,
councils of the nation, there to have 9
large share in moulding the character Of
that nation one day to be honored around
the world.
AS the years went by and their own do
main became more fully their own, the1
saw that the land God had given then
strength to win was "a goodly land.
land of brooks Of water of fountains an'
hills; a land whose stones were grant
and out of whose hills they might dis
marble; a land of wheat and barley, o
vines and goodly fruits; land wherein
they could eat bread without scarcenes
and not lack of anything" And over al
was such beauty Of landscape as IS sci
dom seen: jeweled lakes with settings o
green hills; mountain peaks outlined
against the sky. their sides notified Will
cloud shadows on sunny summer days o
throwing back the red glory of sunrs
and sunset from snow-clad slopes Of win
ter: fertile valleys following the winding
Of silver rivers.
i But better than all else. there had de
veloped from those years Of hard strug
gle a type of manhood peculiar to them
selves and akin to their rock-ribhe'
mountains; n free. independent. honest
hardy manhood that was everywhere
recognized and hoDored
Years passed, and now behold the
childrens children inhabiting this re-
gion won by the strong arms and brav
hearts of their forefathers. And wha
do we see? These descendants of ances
try so noble are offering this valuable in
hertance to whomever will take it. The.
are appealing to others lessfavOred Il
enter this beautiful domain. They arr
calling to the stranger. to the city-born
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