Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-06-23


By means Of which the wearer could ascend
to any height,
And sail about among the clouds as easy as a
kite"
Icarus stole the wings, fastened them
on with wax, attempted to fly the sun
melted the wax and Icarus fell and was
killed, The poet ended this tragic tale
as follows;
"The moral Of this mounul tale is plain
enough to ALL
Don't get above your proper sphere, or you
may chance to ialli
Remember too, that borrowed plumes are
most uncertain things
And never Try to scale the sky with other
peoples wings"
Among other inspiring morals, there
is also that appended to the story of the
fisherman, who having imbibed too
freely fell off his log and went;
"Down down to feed the fish
He's baited Oft before"
The moral Of mis- mourniul tale
TO all is plain and clear
That drinking habits bring a man
Too often to his bier
And he who scoms 10 take the pledge,
And keep the promise fast,
May he, in spite Of fate, a still
Cold water man at last"
After Sake left Vermont and took up
his home in Albany, New York, he
became nationwide figure, lecturing
in all parts of the country and being
well-known and welcomed everywhere.
His summers he spent at Saratoga
Springs, and many are the anecdotes
told of him at Saratoga, One Of his
poems, not perhaps one of his best, but
one of his most joyous, is the Song Of
Saratoga. 1t was written in response
to the question, what do they do at
the Springs p
~mprmis, my darling, they drink
The waters so sparkling and clear;
Though the flavor is none Of the best,
And the odor exceedingly queer
But the fluid is mingled you know,
With wholesome medicinal things,
So they drink, andthey drink, and they drink
And that's what they do at the Springs
Now they stroll in the beautiful walks,
Or loll in the shade Of the trees;
Where many whisper is heard
That never is told by the breeze;
And hands are commingled with hands,
Regardless Of conugal rings;
And they hirt, and they tlirt, and they art,-
And that's what they do at the Springs
In short-as ii goes in the world
They eat, and they drink, and they sleep;
They talk, and they walk, and they WOO;
They sigh, and they laugh, and they weep;
They read, and they ride, and they dance,
(With other unspeakable things;
They pray, and they play, and they b&,-
And that's what they do at the Springs
But am rambling on, and forgetting
one of SaXe's admontions, taken from
Quintilian, that proper speech is COM
posed of preamble, an argument and
an end.
"Ihree parts compose proper speech
So wise Quintilian's maXims teach
But Loquax never can get through
In his orations, more than two
lie doesn't stick at the "Rsginning",
His middle" comes as sure as shining;
Indeed, the whole, one might commend,
Could he contrive to make an END!
Brothers of Middlebury, you have
paid my grandfather noble tribute.
You have gladdened all the members of
his family. On his behalf and on theirs
i thank you from the bottom of my
heart.
zone little word more, and my duty is done;-
A health to our Mother, from each mothers
son!
Unfading in beauty, increasing in strength,
May she flourish in health through The
century length;
And, next, when her children come 'rounc
her to boast,