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8448 65 .83 A history of the sesqui-centennial anniversary celebration of the town of South Hadley, Mass. July 29-30, 1903. [South Hadley, Mass. , 1906.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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List of Illustrations.
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Foreword
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Appointment of Executive and Appropriation
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Sub-Committees
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Official Program.
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Sunday, July 26.
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Services in the Churches.
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Wednesday, July 29-Anniversary Exercises Address of Welcome
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Historical Address
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Poem
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Address by Hon. Frederick II. Gillett.
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Address by President Mary E. Woolley
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Address by Governor John L. Bates
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The Banquet.
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Addresses by Rev. John W. Lane, Dr. C. S.
Walker, George F. Eastman, John E. Lyman,
Prof. Erastus G. Smith, John K. Judd, Irving L. Lyman and Governor Bates
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Evening Reception
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Thursday, July 30
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The Parade.
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The Play-Out of the Veteran Firemen.
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Exhibition of the Old Fountain Engine No. 1.
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Basket Pienie and Addresses in Lamb's Grove.
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The Ball Game
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The Fireworks 41
Press Comments.
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Financial Statement.
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Ilistorical Address (in full) .
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Index to Historical Address.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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Map of South Hadley, 1762
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Executive Committee. . Frontispiece
Speakers at Anniversary Exercises, opp
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The Parade.
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Private Carriages, opp 38
Miscellaneous Views of the Parade, opp 42
A Private Carriage in the Parade.
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Mt. Holyoke College-Past and Present, opp.
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Recent View of the Old Canal near the Mills. 65
Recent View of the Old Canal above the Dam 66
Seal of Locks and Canal Company 67
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FOREWORD.
The Great and General Court, in its wisdom, has provided that a town may appropriate money to observe the anniversaries of its incorporation, to establish milestones, as it were, in its municipal career. It is well for a town to pause thus in the hum- drum of its yearly monotony, and look back to the days of its infancy, to the days when it was but a fledgling as a municipality, and review the events that have marked its career, as well as the snecesses and achievements of its sons and daughters, whether they have remained under the protecting wing of their mother town or have migrated elsewhere in their life pursuits, also for its citizens to take thought and courage for the future. The town of South Hadley is one of the score of old towns in Western Massachusetts, and is the offspring of one of the oldest towns in the state. The town, at its annual meeting in March, 1903, made an appropriation for the celebration of its 150th anniversary which was to occur during that year. It would be out of place here to enter into the details of that celebration, as it is the pur- pose of this history to eover that ground, nor is it necessary to speak of its success, nor how the committee in charge were ably and generously assisted by the citizens, in general, in making the affair a credit to the town. The press, the former citizens of the town who returned, and our neighbors from nearby towns and cities had only praise for the town in its efforts to fitly celebrate its sesqui-centennial anniversary, and yet there remained one detail of that celebration which has never before been completed, that of putting into printed and permanent form, a complete record of the events of that celebration. The old proverb, "It is never too late to mend," may well serve as an excuse for the tardy appearance of this history, now that the town, at its last annual meeting, appropriated the necessary funds for its publication.
R. O. DWIGHIT, FRANCES C. GAYLORD, F. M. SMITHI,
Committee on Publication.
SOUTH HADLEY, MASS.,
November 1, 1906.
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Sesqui-Centennial Celebration.
At a special meeting of the Town of South Hadley, held January 24, 1903, on motion of Selectman AAlvin L. Wright, R. O. Dwight, Maurice J. Moriarty, August P. Moos, Eugene O'Leary, Fred M. Smith and Arthur T. Hill were appointed a committee to report at the next annual meeting of the town upon the advisability of celebrating the 150th anniversary of the incorporation of South Hadley.
The committee, at the annual meeting held March 16, 1903, reported in favor of holding such a celebration but not upon the anniversary of the incorporation, which would be the twelfth day of April, next. They recommended that the celebration be held during Old Home Week, on Wednesday and Thursday, the twenty-ninth and thirtieth days of July, and that the first day be devoted to the more formal exercises in the church at South Hadley Center, with a banquet in the afternoon and a reception in the evening, and that the second day be made an Old Home Week occasion at South Hadley Falls, with a basket pienie and other out-of-door entertainments.
The report was accepted and adopted and eight hundred dollars were appropriated for expenses. The entire management of the affair was placed in the hands of those who had com- posed the advisory committee and they were authorized to add to their number if they should find it necessary. It was also voted to invite Mother Hadley, Sister Amherst and Danghter Granby to unite in the celebration.
The executive committee organized by the choice of R. O. Dwight as chairman, of Arthur T. Hill as secretary and of Fred M. Smith as treasurer.
Messrs. Moos, O'Leary and Hill were forced by circum- stances to resign from the committee, to the great regret of their associates.
The committee elected as their successors and as additional members Alvin L. Wright, Lewis M. Gaylord, Charles A. Grid- ley, Charles II. Davenport and Charles J. Bartlett.
Alvin L. Wright was chosen secretary.
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The following sub-committees were appointed :
ON CORRESPONDENCE, INVITATION AND PRINTING-Fred M. Smith, chairman ; Serbertrum E. Bliss, Thomas White, Charles E. Preston, Mrs. JJames A. Lamb and Mrs. Charles H. Davenport.
ON SPEAKERS AND ENTERTAINMENTS -- Alvin L. Wright, chairman ; Henry E. Gaylord, Miss Bessie Skinner, Mrs. William O'Brien, Mrs. Andros A. Miller, Louis II. Lamb, Charles A. Judd, Dr. and Mrs. Howard F. Smith, Harry E. Hanks, John J. Shields, Frank G. Barney and Misses Nellie E. Kirkpatrick, Myrtle C. Lawson and Selma Kappel.
ON BANQUET-Lewis M. Gaylord, chairman; Benjamin C. Brainard, Mrs. Delia Miller, J. Leonard Gridley, Mrs. Clara N. Gaylord, Mr. and Mrs. Asa S. Kinney, Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Bates, G. Walter Harris and Frederick W. Brockway.
ON MUSIC AND ATHLETICS-Maurice J. Moriarty, chairman ; Charles E. Bardwell, Richard F. Kennedy, Dr. George W. Hub- bard, George HI. Everson, Maurice E. Fitzgerald and Emil Schmidt.
ON IHISTORICAL COLLECTIONS-R. O. Dwight, chairman; Misses Rebecca F. Smith, E. Sophia Eastman, Sarah P. Smith, Rose Hollingsworth, Elizabeth Gaylord, Julia Casey, Arthur N. Chapin, Mrs. Thomas White, Mrs. Burritt Judd, Mrs. Benjamin C. Brainard, Mrs. Arthur T. Hill and Mrs. Martinus Madsen.
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ON RECEPTION-Charles II. Davenport, chairman; Rev. Arthur B. Patten, Rev. John Wriston, Frank A. Brainerd, Dr. Nathaniel E. Preston, Thomas MeElwain, Martin J. Judge and Misses Lucy Miller, Clara F. Bushee, Frances C. Gaylord and Alice Brockway.
ON INFORMATION, REGISTRATION AND PRESS-Charles A. Gridley, chairman : Miss Anna R. Kirkpatrick, Henry E. Judd, Frank E. Moos, Horace T. Brockway and Merrill L. Weleker.
ON PARADE AND DECORATIONS-Charles JJ. Bartlett, chair- man; William G. Lamb, A. Dwight Cooke, Martimis Madsen, Clarence T. Snow, Isaac N. Day, JJ. Webster Bean, Mr. and Mrs. Joel S. Walkley, Mrs. Fred M. Smith, Miss Cora Gardner, Mrs. Louis I. Alvord, Hugo Kappel, Dr. David E. Harriman, Edward J. Robie and Medore Pelland.
Besides the members of these committees, a multitude of the sons and daughters of the town labored enthusiastically for the success of the celebration.
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A fund of more than seven hundred dollars was raised by popular subscription to supplement the town's appropriation and much money was expended by individuals, clubs, societies and companies.
For nearly three weeks a large portion of the matrons and maidens and not a few of the old men and young men of the town were engaged in making the innumerable paper flowers of every variety and hue which were to adorn the floral parade.
It can be said with truth that no other occasion in the history of South Hadley so roused the town to united effort as did the sesqui-centennial celebration.
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OFFICIAL PROGRAM OF SOUTHI HADLEY 150TH ANNIVERSARY AND OLD HOME WEEK.
SUNDAY, JULY 26THI.
Churches in town hold services appropriate to the anniver- sary occasion.
JULY 29TH, SOUTH HADLEY CENTER.
9 a. m .- Band Concert.
10 a. m .- Anniversary Exercises in Congregational Church.
1 p. m .- Banquet in Church Hall followed by after-dinner toasts and basket pienie at College Grove.
3 p. m .- Band Concert.
7 p. m .- Band Concert.
8 p. m .- Reception in Church Hall.
JULY 30TH, SOUTH HADLEY FALLS.
9 a. m .- Band Concert at the junction of Gaylord and Carew Streets.
10 a. m .- Floral and Coaching Parade. M. L. Barnes, Marshal. Assistant Marshals, Henry E. Judd and George Everson.
12 m .- Hand Engine Contest at Elm Park between visiting Veteran Firemen, and exhibition by Ashe rimming team of Chicopee Falls. Contesting companies, Holyoke and Chicopee Falls. Exhibition trial of old Fountain Engine, last time in use twenty-seven years ago.
1 p. m .- Basket Lunch at Lamb's Grove, after-dinner speak- ing and music by the band.
4 p. m .- Ball game, Ehm Park, South Hadley vs. Amherst. 7 p. m .- Band Concert.
8 p. m .- Fireworks on the Beach.
Loan and Art Exhibition at South Hadley Center, Library Rooms, Wednesday, July 29, and at South Hadley Falls, Engine House Hall, Thursday, July 30.
Music for July 29 and 30 by Colt's Armory Band of Hart- ford.
Music at Church Auditorium, July 29, Schumann Quartet of Springfield.
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SUNDAY, JULY 26THI.
In compliance with the request of the executive committee, the churches observed July twenty-sixth, the Sabbath day of Old Home Week, with appropriate services.
AT SOUTH HADLEY CENTER.
The Congregational Church at South Hadley Center was decorated with potted plants and pahns. A large audience was present in the morning, including many persons from out of town. Special music was rendered by a choir of one hundred singers, while Albert M. Tucker presided at the organ.
The pastor, Rev. Arthur B. Patten, preached from John iv : 38: "Others have labored and ye have entered into their labor."
In the evening, a large number attended the reminiscence service held in the church under the direction of Miss Rebecca F. Smith.
Byron Smith, Samuel N. Miller, Dexter Burnett and Calvin Preston, all of whom were over eighty years old, spoke of the olden times.
Addresses were also made by Miss E. Sophia Eastman, S. Leroy Smith, Charles A. Gridley and George Lyman. A letter from Rev. John M. Green of Lowell, a former pastor, was also read. During the services- solos were sung by Dr. George W. Hubbard, George Camey and Miss Florence Canney.
AT SOUTHI HADLEY FALLS.
At the Methodist Church, in South Hadley Falls, there were floral decorations and a large audience was in attendance. The pastor, Rev. John Wriston, spoke on the home, taking for his text Mark v: 19: "Go home to thy friends and tell them how great things the Lord has done for thee."
In the evening a union service was held in the Congrega- tional Church at the Falls, which was decorated with old fash- ioned flowers.
The music was rendered by a chorus of twenty-five singers under the leadership of Harvey G. Smith, with Albert M. Tucker at the organ and Mrs. Elwyn D. Newcomb as pianist.
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Following is the program of these services:
Organ Prelude-Grand Chorus in F Salome "To Thee, O Country."
Prayer.
Trio-"Lift Thine Eyes." Chorus-"He watches over Israel,"
Mendelsshon
Scripture Reading.
Hymn :
Oh, where are kings and empires now, Of old that went and came? But, Lord, thy church is praying yet, A thousand years the same,
We mark her goodly battlements, And her foundations strong; We have within the solenm voice Of her unending song.
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For not like kingdoms of the world Thy holy church, of God! Though earthquake shocks are threatening her, And tempests are abroad :-
Unshaken as eternal hills, Immovable she stands, A mountain that shall fill the earth, A house not made by hands.
"Jerusalem My Golden IIome."
Address, American Hymn, Offertory-"Barcarolle," "America." Address, "IIallelujah Chorus," "Auld Lang Syne." Benediction.
Rev. John Wrision Kellar Hofman
Rev. F. E. Butler Handel
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GOYJJOHN L. BATES.
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The day dawned dull and gray. All day the air was warm and moist and the sky was hung with clouds that threatened showers, which did not fall, however, until late in the afternoon.
Both villages were bright with public and private decora- tions. At the Falls an ornamental arch, which blazed at night with electric lights, had been erected over Bridge street near the north line of Main street.
At an early hour people began to gather on the common at South Hadley Center and by nine o'clock a large assemblage was ready to enjoy an hour's concert by Colt's Armory Band of Hartford.
A little before ten o'clock, Chairman Charles H. Davenport and the members of the reception committee arrived from Spring- field in the electric drawing-room car, Rockrimmon, escorting Governor John L. Bates, Congressman Frederick II. Gillett, Councilor Richard II. Irwin and Lieutenant-Colonel Paul R. Hawkins of the Governor's staff.
THE ANNIVERSARY EXERCISES.
As soon as the guests were seated in the church, which was already filled with a large audience, the exercises began.
Rev. Arthur B. Patten offered prayer.
The Schumann Quartet sang " "T is Morn," Giebel.
R. O. Dwight, president of the day, then made an address of welcome, as follows:
Sitting, as she has done these one hundred and fifty years, amid her green hills and fertile intervales, beside the strong flow of her great river and watched over by the beautiful strength of her mountains, South Hadley welcomes you to her heart and home.
Her old home is wide open and her old heart throbs with joy to see within her gates loved ones, so long lost to her, the happy throng of her home-keeping children, the sons and daughters of her mother, Hadley; her sister, Amherst, and her daughter, Granby, and all the friends and neighbors, from near and far, who have come to keep this feast day with her.
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May the happy memories of this day, through long years to come, deepen and make stronger the love we all bear for good old South Hadley.
R. O. Dwight then read, in part, The Story of South Had- ley's One Hundred and Fifty Years, as found on page 45.
"Home, Sweet Home," was sung by the Schumann Quartet.
Miss E. Sophia Eastman then read the following poem :
By the great Horologe of Time. The clock that strikes centurial hours, We pause to catch the passing chime That echoes from its ivied towers, The pendulum swings to and fro, In muffled chant it murmurs low : . Oh Heart where mirth delights to dwell, And surging waves of laughter swell -- Oh Soul, becalmed in sorrow, know The noiseless step of time steals by, Till backward comes the mocking cry, "Today was thine, The past is mine."
The Past has many a field untilled, Yet none more fruitful than our own, Were not the Poet's hand unskilled. The spur of Fame a thing unknown. For they who ushered in the dawn Of our historic town, we deem Were mighty men of brain and brawn, Rude and untutored though they seem. And we, their children's children, come To mark the circling Orb of Time, By gathering at the dear old Home, From hamlet, burgh, and distant clime.
We who draw near the setting sun, And soon will reach eternal rest, With joy proclaim, "Our town hath won Itself a place among the best." Where else were found such classic halls And pleasant paths toward gaining knowledge, When first arose the towering walls Of Mary Lyon's embryo college? And now we view with love and pride The Holyoke old, the Holyoke new; While she who stands the helm to guide, In whose strong hand our hearts confide, Keeps evermore the reckoning true.
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Look back two centuries and see The land on which our town has stood, A sandy waste, a tangled wood, Where Indians stalked at liberty, And serpents fed their hissing brood. To this primeval forest came Our stalwart, hardy pioneer. Life was to him no lightsome game, Burdened with toil, cumbered by fear. No proffered truce, no respite near -- Could any wish such tale to hear? This coming of untimely death When savage foe a combat won, Boding of ill, as Butler saith, Led him to build his faith upon The holy text of pike and gnu.
For now, the French and Indian war, That crimsoned meadow, vale, and wynd, Touched all his waking thoughts with awe, And need for covert he foresaw. To no impending danger blind, A tumnel, common at that age, Beneath the road where still we wend From ancient school to parsonage, Was hollowed out, to find its end Within the Woodbridge cellar wall, Where late the Dunlap house has stood; A tunnel, at its best so small One on his hands and knees must crawl, If Indian rage should fire the wood Of either building; but today The vanquished Red Man shuns our sway, And the lord of the manor has gone for aye.
Again the battle hour drew nigh, The eager fife was piping "Come!" Brave Lexington sent up her cry To rally at the beat of drum. And they who scorned to bear the thrall Of England, answered to the call. For our small town, thongh half unknown, Counted true patriots as its own. The shuttle from the hand was thrown, The plough was dropped in swift surprise. Each was a Monarch, and his throne Waited beyond the azure skies; What matter then which path he chose, Facing the open door of heaven;
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We dare the thorn to win the rose, When from the parent bush 'tis riven, And many a man to. hero grows, Who hath in Freedom's battle striven.
Let us recount the tale today, Of long forgotten bravery :
One autumn morning in seventy-seven, Our teacher opened the village school With a prayer for help to Almighty Heaven, In the mortal conflict with British rule. For a post had brought us the startling news That Ticonderoga was calling "Come !" With such a summons, could he refuse? And the lips of the children for once were dumb. He gave his classes a Bible verse, With chapters to read, and perchance to learn ; Then bade them all to their homes disperse, Nor come again until his return.
On that very morning he placed his name In the list of soldiers just marching by ; And Josiah Draper, unknown to fame, Went forth to fight, and if needs be, die. His quaint old journal briefly said- (The words provoke a smile or sigh) : "This morning I have breakfasted On fine rost pig and punkin pie." Next day he writes, ""Tis true, I've come . To dine on nothing but rye bread ; But then I had a pint of rum, So on the whole "was comforted."
When from the war he came again His pupils gathered as of old. He boarded round (the custom then), But on the Sabbath, I am told, He at Fall Woods a home obtained, And spent much time in studying A well-worn hymn book, but complained, Because in teaching them to sing, They failed in keeping perfect time. His pupils thought him too severe; The merest trifle ranked as crime. With one who ruled alone by fear, Despoiling birch trees far and near. And yet his trials who can know? And who of us such life would choose, Whose medicine was axe and hoe, And its amusement cobbling shoes ?
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MAYOR'S® GACLUB COMPOSEDOFFORMER RESIDENTSOF SOUTH HADLEY
PROF ERASTUS G.SMITH Mayor of BELOITWIS. "from 1887 to 1892-
JOHNLMATHER Mayorof NORTHAMPTON MASS in 1897-99-1900
JAME'S J. CURRAN Mayor of HOLYOKE MASS. Nin 1896. -
HENRYA CHASE Mayor of HOLYOKEMass. : 1895 -
GEORGE'S.TAYLOR Muyor of CHICOPEEMass in 1891-5'
JOHN C. WOODWARD Mayor of MALCOLM IOWA L in 1886-1887
RALPHW. ELLISESQ. Mayor of SPRINGFIELD MASS in 1902
Dr.GEORGEH.SMITH Mayor of HOLYOKEMass -1191807-
ALFREDC.CHAPINESG Mayor of BROOKLYNNY Trom 1888 to 18 91.7
Later, when Peace her magic wand Had waved along the countryside, The Trumpets slept throughout the land; And, it should be each townsman's pride, Cæsar, the slave, had been set free, To share the joys of liberty ; Though in the corner, near the door, At church they placed a gallery, Where none should sit forevermore, Save colored people such as he.
Close to this church was built a Hall, The name of Dwight was on the door. Our eldest citizens recall Its hospitality of yore. For here each Sabbath came the old, 'The invalid, the rich, the poor, To lunch invited; we are told 'There always stood an open door, And on a table, every day, Were cake and fruit for all who came. Small wonder, since he passed away, The town does homage to his name. For he had given of his best, And courtesy had done her most To make each humble, trembling guest "Forget that he was not the host."
And on his son his mantle falls, The same kind hand, the same kind heart. Ilis princely gift this day recalls, In yonder glorious home of Art.
Almost 300 years ago, An English William Gaylord came To seek our shores.' The records show He was a man of godly fame, And all the centuries since, we know, Have held in trust the honored name.
Still his descendants lead the van, In the quick contagion of generous deeds. Thank God for sparing the Grand Old Man, Whose lavish hand has supplied our needs. The soldier in the park looks down On grateful hearts, who could almost feel That at his shrine who has dowered our town, It were scarce idolatry to kneel.
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And when his boat that has touched our shore Shall slip its moorings and drift away, The Heavenly Pilot will guide him o'er, And lead to the land of Eternal Day. King Winter soon will come again With rain and hail, with snow and storm; We'll gather 'round the ingle then,
In leisure hour, secure and warm.
But camlet cloak and homespun suit
No longer flit from door to door. Yet patient years have borne their fruit, In school, and home, and church of yore. Thanks to these men of iron, we No longer need a powder horn,
And flintlock with our psaltery To take to church each Sabbath morn.
Those days remote, long, long are past. The empty nest has left the bough,
The plaything of the whirling blast ; And moss-grown stones confront us now. We reap the harvest of their deeds In. rustling fields along the lea ; The fruitage of immortal seeds, The golden sheaves of liberty.
We pray you, birds, sing sweetly there, We bid you, flower-grown meads, to show
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