The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-11-21
NEWBURY

| On Nov. Ia, 1922. Historian Frederi.
Palmer Wells rounded ont " years 81
life in Newbury. For 55 years thi.
man OF letters has not heard the hui.
man voice. or in fact any sound, and
under this great handicap and impedi-
ment which would discourage many a
man Of sterner stuff has created a
great work for this town-a far great
er work than any man has done for
the town Of Newbury in the last four
generations. Do we realize it2 Gem
turtles ago ii was written: "A prophet
| is not without honor, save in his own
country What was true in that gem
Grafton ~ true in this and how oft do
we realize that our most valuable men
are not appreciated until they are TAX
en- from usg We do not value the liy-
ing man. we criticize his faults, but
never extol his virtues. We vie with
each other in placing flowers on his
casket. flowers that should have been
given him during his earthly pilgrim
age. The subject of this sketch, this
quiet unassuming man, who has per
petuated the annals of Newhury in a
history which outranks any town his
tory in the state. and which the his
torian states in his own words: "Has
been prepared amid the labors and
cares of farm life, and at distance
from any reference library or collec-
ton of archives, and much more might
have been gathered, had the editor
more leisure for the task" He goes on
and further states: IF this volume
keeps the memory green of the noble
men and women who have lived in
Newbury; if il conveys to the present
and future generations some idea OF
the trials and privations which their
ancestors endured; If ii makes clearer to
them the struggles and self-denials
through which the institutions of the
town were built up, the labor and
cost of its preparation will not be in
vain. The study of those wears past |
should make us more content with the |
present. II is easy to view the past |
through rose tinted spectacles; it is
not so easy to comprehend the hard /
Of life in those days. It is
well for MS il we can learn TO say
good. That have had my world as in
my time" II, =. Wells needs no eulo-
~, for his eilogy is the history of
Newbury which is more enduring than
granite, marble or bronze; il viii keep
MS memory green along with the other
noble men and women" who have
lived in Newbury. Yes, we, the citi-
'ens Of Newbury, do appreciate our
historian. and generations unborn viii 1
appreciate him for editing and com
bling the early history Of our town.
Then let rs show our appreciation in
uch manner that he will have rea-
on TO say with Chaucer: at doth
nine heart good, That have had my ,
world as in my time
The long looked for minstrel show
'iven by the Modern Woodmen came
fl last Friday evening and great
audience filed Chadwick hall and many
we're turned away when the capacity of
he hall was exhausted. The music was
by klark's orchestra with
irs. II. b. Hale pianist Our pen. Is
OF facile enough 70 give an adequate
escription, but there were many in
he audience who had seen many
Minstrel show who exclaimed. This
xcells them all Thirty-seven men
iade up the chorus. 80 with red hunt
~ coats and white pants and the in
erlocutor. Dr. =. c. Russell, gsrbed in
rhite satin. while the six end men
rere in uniform II green. When the
urtain went up. this bunch Of 81 men
all handsome feilowsl. arranged in
yramidai form. under the glare Of
lectricity. made q most pleasing ap-
earancr. and to ~ce them there with
heir farrs washed and their tohacc,
no of their mputbs was vel worth
be pricc u admission. There we're
lnes and Joke Jokes without q stinE.
hich many in The audience could an
rebate. The seven younC ciri- in
rints dresses with gsriands Of ever