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Webster I. Martin, Lebanon, Sixteenth Regiment, Company A; mustered October 16, 1862; mustered out August 20, 1863.
Albert Miller, Lebanon, Tenth Regiment; mustered October 16, 1862; mustered out August 20, 1863.
William S. Moses, Lebanon, Sixteenth Regiment, Company A; mustered October 16, 1862; musician; mustered out August 20, 1863.
Albert Meyer, s., Second Regiment, Company K; mustered November 11, 1863 ; promoted to corporal May 1, 1865; mustered out December 19, 1865.
John McKay, s., Third Regiment, Company B; mustered Sep- tember 29, 1863; deserted at Jacksonville, Fla., April, 1864.
Frank Mercelle, Third Regiment, Company F; mustered No- vember 20, 1863; wounded slightly May 18, 1864; absent since June 17, 1864; no discharge furnished.
Victor Manuel, s., Fifth Regiment, Company K; mustered No- vember 24, 1863; transferred to United States Navy, April 26, 1864.
J. Martin McAvoy, s., Fourth Regiment, Company C; mus- tered October 19, 1863; discharged for disability at Beaufort, S. C., February 20, 1864.
Jackson Murray, Eighteenth Regiment, Company G; mustered December 10, 1864; mustered out July 29, 1865.
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Thomas J. McGinniss, Eighteenth Regiment, Company G ; mus- tered out July 29, 1865.
David M. Moody, Lebanon, Fourth Regiment, Company D; date of muster April 4, 1862; discharged for disability July 15, 1863, at Folly Island, S. C.
Robert Miller, Seventh Regiment, Company C; mustered De- cember 25, 1861; reënlisted February 27, 1864; died at Lebanon July 24, 1871. A good and faithful soldier.
H. D. Moore, Lebanon, United States Sharpshooters, Company F; mustered November 26, 1861; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps.
Thomas Manchester, Sixteenth Regiment, Company A; mus- tered October 16, 1862; mustered out August 20, 1863.
Heman L. Maynard, Lebanon, First Regiment, Company K; mustered May 7, 1861; mustered out August 9, 1861; reënlisted, Seventh Regiment, Company C .; mustered November 15, 1861; wounded February 20, 1864; discharged at St. Joseph's Hospital, New York, September 17, 1864; died March 14, 1872, at Sol- diers' Home, Hampton, Va.
William Miller, Fifth Regiment, Company C; mustered Oc- tober 12, 1861; died May 3, 1862, at Ship Point, Va.
Harrison G. Mann, Lebanon, Seventh Regiment, Company C; mustered November 15, 1861; promoted corporal; wounded and captured June 16, 1864, after which no more was heard of him.
Carlos H. Miller, Sixteenth Regiment, Company A; Heavy Artillery, Company M; mustered February 16, 1865; mustered out June 9, 1865.
Henry Moody, insurgent states; mustered August 6, 1864, three years; service unknown.
John McKay, s., Third Regiment, Company K; mustered No- vember 12, 1863; mustered out July 20, 1865.
Patrick Martin, s. d .; mustered October 27, 1863; branch of service unknown.
Henry C. Norton, First Regiment, Company K; mustered May 2, 1861; mustered out August 9, 1861.
Albert B. Nye, Fifteenth Regiment, Company H; mustered October 16, 1862; sergeant; mustered out August 13, 1863.
Franklin Norton, Sixteenth Regiment, Company A; mustered October 16, 1862. After going through the campaign with his
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regiment in Louisiana, died on his way home, at Mound City, Ill., August 18, 1863.
Alfred Neugerman, s., Fourth Regiment, Company I; mustered November 21, 1863; mustered out August 23, 1865.
Patrick O'Connell, Tenth Regiment, Company F; mustered September 1, 1862; discharged for disability.
Thomas O'Shaughnessy, s., Fourth Regiment, Company F; mustered November 14, 1863; discharged for disability at Fort- ress Monroe, Va., July 19, 1864.
George E. Percival, Lebanon, Fifth Regiment, Company C; mustered October 12, 1861. The same shot which wounded Cor- poral Howe at White Oak Swamp, Va., June 30, 1862, took off the right arm of Percival. He fell into the hands of the enemy and was heard of no more.
Joseph Peepot, s., Second Regiment, Company K; mustered November 11, 1863; absent sick since October 1, 1864; no dis- charge furnished.
Nelson S. Preston, Sixth Regiment, Company D; mustered August 30, 1862; promoted to corporal; mustered out June 3, 1865.
Joseph Peterson, s., Sixth Regiment, Company B; mustered November 21, 1863; deserted at Camp Nelson, Ky., December 23, 1863.
Lewis Phillips, s., Sixth Regiment, Company G ; mustered June 10, 1864; supposed to have deserted en route to regiment.
Hiram B. Philbrick, Fifteenth Regiment, Company H; mus- tered December 11, 1862 ; sergeant; promoted first sergeant ; mus- tered out August 13, 1863.
Frank Parent, First Cavalry, Troop A; mustered March 10, 1864 ; taken prisoner November 12, 1864, in the Shenandoah Val- ley ; confined at Andersonville, where he died of destitution. A brave and faithful soldier.
Marcellus Parker, First Cavalry, Troop L; mustered April 7, 1865; mustered out May 6, 1865.
George C. Perkins, Lebanon; mustered in Vermont; musician, Post Band, Tenth Army Corps, Hilton Head, February 13, 1863 ; mustered out July 4, 1865.
James B. Perry, Fifth Regiment, Company C; commissioned captain, October 12, 1861. While rallying his company before
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Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862, with the colors in his hand, the color-bearer having been killed, he received a minie ball in his shoulder, which penetrated towards the heart. The wound was immediately mortal. Captain Perry was an upright man, temperate, and a genial companion. He was one of the first to see the necessity of and persistently advocated the justice of emancipation.
Nathan H. Randlett, Fifth Regiment, Company C; commis- sioned first lieutenant, October 12, 1861; promoted to captain, September 8, 1862; severely wounded at the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862; discharged May 3, 1863; entered Veteran Reserve Corps, 1863, captain; Texas Bureau, Abandoned Land, Refugees and Freedmen ; discharged December 31, 1868.
James Richardson, Sixteenth Regiment, Company A; mustered October 16, 1862; mustered out August 20, 1863; reënlisted, Eighteenth Regiment, Company B, September 13, 1864; ser- geant; mustered out June 10, 1865.
Silas J. Richardson, Lebanon, Eighteenth Regiment, Company B; mustered September 13, 1864; detailed drummer; mustered out June 10, 1865.
Edward Redding, insurgent states, United States Sharpshoot- ers, Company F; mustered August 6, 1864.
James M. Sisco, First Cavalry, Company K; mustered March 22, 1865; mustered out July 15, 1865.
William H. Sampson, corporal, Heavy Artillery, Company H; mustered September 13, 1864; reduced to ranks December 19, 1864; mustered out June 15, 1865.
Charles C. Seavey, Lebanon, First Regiment, Company K; mustered May 7, 1861; mustered out August 9, 1861; reënlisted, Sixteenth Regiment, Company A; sergeant; mustered October 16, 1862; mustered out August 20, 1863.
Thomas J. Scribner, Lebanon, Seventh Regiment, Company C; mustered November 15, 1861; discharged for disability August 15, 1862.
William H. Sanborn, Eighteenth Regiment, Company B; mus- tered September 13, 1864; discharged June, 1865.
Justus Sargent, enlisted in the band of the Fourth Vermont Regiment, September, 1861.
William A. Seavey. Lebanon, Sixth Regiment, Company A; 1
MAJ. N. H. RANDLETT.
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mustered November 27, 1861; discharged at Newport News, Va., March 7, 1863.
Ezekiel Seynor, s., mustered August 20, 1864; branch of ser- vice unknown.
Alexander Sanborn, s., mustered August 22, 1864; branch of service unknown.
John Smathenes, s., United States Sharpshooters, Company F; mustered August 8, 1864.
Alfred Spencer, s .; mustered August 16, 1864; branch of ser- vice unknown.
William F. Strickland, United States Sharpshooters, Company F; mustered December 25, 1863; transferred to Fifth Regiment, January 30, 1865; mustered out June 28, 1865.
Joseph Sennott, Lebanon, First Regiment, Company K; mus- tered May 7, 1861; mustered out August 9, 1861.
Henry H. Smith, Lebanon, Fifth Regiment, Company E; mus- tered October 19, 1861; promoted sergeant; mustered out Octo- ber 29, 1864.
William W. Scott, Lebanon, United States Sharpshooters, Com- pany F; mustered November 26, 1861; musician; promoted ser- geant; reënlisted December 22, 1863; discharged June 29, 1865; died at Lebanon, July 24, 1871. A good soldier.
Albert B. Stearns, Lebanon, Ninth Regiment, Company E; mustered August 8, 1862; wounded May 26, 1864; mustered out May, 1865.
John S. Short, Lebanon, Fifth Regiment, Company C; mus- tered October 12, 1861; reënlisted December 31, 1863; wounded June 3, 1864; mustered out June 28, 1865.
Thomas J. Sweat, Lebanon, Ninth Regiment, Company E; mustered August 8, 1862; died at Paris, Ky., October 2, 1863.
Orlando Sargent, Lebanon, Sixteenth Regiment, Company A; mustered October 16, 1862; mustered out August 20, 1863; re- enlisted, Heavy Artillery, Company M, February 15, 1865; mus- tered out June 9, 1865.
Elias F. Smith, Lebanon, Sixteenth Regiment, Company A; commissioned November 4, 1862, captain ; mustered out August 20, 1863 ; commissioned captain, Eighteenth Regiment, Company B, September 20, 1864; mustered out June 10, 1865.
Joseph Sherman, s., Third Regiment, Company G; mustered
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November 19, 1863; wounded August 16, 1864; absent sick July 20, 1865; no discharge furnished.
Charles Smith, Seventh Regiment, Company C; mustered De- cember 2, 1864; sick at Hampton Roads since January, 1865; no discharge furnished.
John Smith, s., Third Regiment, Company C; mustered No- vember 12, 1863; deserted at Jacksonville, Fla., April, 1864.
James Schneider, s., Third Regiment, Company D; mustered October 14, 1863; killed at Drury's Bluff, Va., May 13, 1864.
James C. Salisbury, s., Fourth Regiment, Company K; mus- tered October 16, 1863; captured; died at Andersonville, Ga., August 12, 1864; grave No. 5,438.
Peter Shehan, s., Fourth Regiment, Company F; mustered October 19, 1863; mustered out August 23, 1865.
Alonzo Steele, s., Fourth Regiment, Company E; mustered October 19, 1863; wounded May 16, 1864; deserted at White House, Va.
Rheinhold Schom, s., Seventh Regiment, Company K; mus- tered October 30, 1863; promoted to corporal, June 30, 1864; mustered out June 30, 1865.
Henry Spaulding, s. d .; unknown.
Paul Steward, s., Second Regiment, Company I; mustered December 6, 1864; deserted at White House, Va., March 24, 1865.
John M. Thompson, Lebanon ; enlisted Nov. 7, 1861, as private, Company E, Seventh Regiment; assigned to First Regiment, S. C. Volunteers, Nov. 28, 1862; transferred to Thirty-eighth In- fantry, U. S. A., as second lieutenant, July, 1866, and to Twenty- fourth U. S. Infantry in 1869; retired as brigadier-general, 1904.
Edward L. Tascar, Lebanon, Seventh Regiment, Company C; mustered November 23, 1861; died of disease August 10, 1862, at Hilton Head.
Hiram H. Thomas, Lebanon, Cavalry, Company I; mustered December 17, 1861; blacksmith; reënlisted January 5, 1864; blacksmith; mustered out July 15, 1865.
George B. Tracy, Lebanon, Ninth Regiment, Company E: mustered August 8, 1862; corporal; promoted to sergeant. Ser- geant Tracey's enlistment was from the highest principle after anxious and prayerful consideration. To the altar of his coun-
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try he brought the highest social virtues and brightened all by the virtues of the true soldier. Modest, sincere, trustworthy, kind-hearted, he won an honorable name in his company and regiment. In a charge May 12, 1864, he was wounded. Left on the field for a time, he was rescued by his companions after forty hours of suffering, without care. He died at Washington June 6, 1864.
Kendall H. Thomas, Company A, Lebanon, Sixteenth Regi- ment ; mustered October 16, 1862 ; mustered out August 20, 1863 ; reënlisted, First Cavalry ; mustered March 26, 1864.
Peter Thompson, s. d., Fourth Regiment, Company E; mus- tered October 19, 1863; transferred to United States Navy, April 27,1864.
Samuel Trevill, s. d., Seventh Regiment, Company H; mus- tered October 26, 1863; died of accidental wounds, January 21, 1864.
Robert Thompson, s. d .; unknown.
Enos Thompson, s., Second Regiment, Company G; mustered December 3, 1864; mustered out December 19, 1865.
Frank Thomas, Lebanon, First Cavalry, Company L; mus- tered January 31, 1865; mustered out May 6, 1865.
James V. Toomy, s., Heavy Artillery, Company B; mustered December 3, 1864; mustered out September 11, 1865.
Nathaniel Taylor, Heavy Artillery, Company M; mustered December 2, 1864; deserted en route to regiment.
Melvin A. Tenny, Lebanon, First Battalion, New Hampshire Cavalry, Company I; mustered December 17, 1861; wagoner; discharged by order, October 8, 1863.
John Wilson, s., Third Regiment, Company C; mustered No- vember 20, 1863; wounded May 10, 1864, and October 27, 1864; absent sick; no discharge furnished.
George Winters, s., Fifth Regiment, Company G; mustered November 19, 1863; deserted at Point Lookout, December 22, 1863.
James Wilson, s., Fourth Regiment, Company K; mustered October 15, 1863; promoted to corporal, transferred to United States Navy 27th, 1864.
Henry Williams, s. d., Fourth Regiment, Company H; mus- tered October 17, 1863; wounded May 15, 1864.
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Augustus F. Wright, s. d., Seventh Regiment, Company I; mustered October 27, 1863; promoted corporal; wounded Feb- ruary 20, 1864, at Olustee and captured.
James Wood, s. d., Fourth Regiment, Company F; mustered October 17, 1863; transferred to United States Navy, April 27, 1864.
Corliss C. Wheeler, Company K, First Regiment, May 7, 1861; reënlisted August 9, 1863, Company B, Fifth Regiment; dis- charged for disability December 19, 1863.
Samuel G. West, s. d., Eighth Regiment, Company G ; mustered November 3, 1863; deserted at New Orleans, La., August 27, 1864.
George White, s. d., Eighth Regiment, Company C; mustered November 4, 1863; deserted at New Orleans, La., March 2, 1864.
George Wood, Heavy Artillery, Company M; mustered De- cember 5, 1864.
William S. Wood, Lebanon, United States Sharpshooters, Com- pany F; mustered February 5, 1864; wounded May 6, 1864; transferred to Fifth Regiment, January 30, 1865; mustered out June 28, 1865.
Lewis Young, First Cavalry, Troop A; mustered March 10, 1864; sick since August 12, 1864; no discharge furnished.
Lewis Victor, s. d., Eighth Regiment, Company I; mustered November 9, 1863; deserted at Carrollton, La., July 10, 1864.
William H. H. Wilson, s .; mustered August 27, 1864; branch of service unknown.
Corliss C. Wheeler, Lebanon, First Regiment, Company K; mustered, May 7, 1861; mustered out August 9, 1861; reënlisted Fifth Regiment, Company B, August 19, 1863; discharged for disability December 19, 1863.
Simeon Ward, Jr., Lebanon, Eighteenth Regiment, Company B; mustered September 13, 1864; mustered out June 10, 1865.
Richard W. Ward, Lebanon, Eighteenth Regiment, Company B; mustered September 13, 1864; mustered out June 10, 1865.
Lucius Welch, Lebanon, Eighth Regiment, Company H; mus- tered December 27, 1861; died at Camp Parapet, La., August 29, 1862.
Read J. Walker, Lebanon, United States Sharpshooters, Com-
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CALL FOR TROOPS. SPANISH WAR.
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pany F; mustered November 26, 1861; discharged for disability October 14, 1862.
John Williams, insurgent states, United States Sharpshooters, Company F; mustered August 6, 1864.
John H. White, Lebanon, Sixteenth Regiment, Company A; mustered October 16, 1862; died on his way home at Mound City, Illinois, August 12, 1863.
Edwin C. Whittaker, Sixteenth Regiment, Company A; mus- tered October 16, 1862; died of disease at New Orleans, 1863.
William Williams, s., Second Regiment, Company H; mustered November 11, 1863; promoted to corporal February 15, 1864; promoted to sergeant July 1, 1864; promoted sergeant-major May 22, 1865.
Thomas Williams, s., Third Regiment, Company E; mustered November 25, 1863; wounded slightly May 13, 1864; mustered out July 20, 1865.
STATE AID, &C.
Paid to families of Soldiers according to a law of this State for the year Ending March
1862
Paid
$609 32
1863
2651 33
1864
2188 70
1865
1830 60
1866
773 00
$8052 95
Expences incured in Enrolling Militia &c by order of the Governor.
$27 75
Expences incured in procuring Soldiers &c.
$843 29
8923 99
Brought forward
62715 00
$71638 99
7750
Total
$79388 99
REIMBURSEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
1862 Received of State on a/c of aid to Soldiers families
· 1327 88
1863
66
66 66
66 66
. 2526 14
for Bounties Refunded
. 3300 00
.
·
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1864
66
' U. S.
66
2046 00
.
66
State on a/c of aid to families
. 1915 75
66
for Bounties refunded
· 3465 75
1865
66
66
66
66
66
· 2028 33
66
66
aid to Soldiers families
· 1858 20
1866
66
" U. S. Bounties refunded
. 1940 00
" State on aid to families
340 00
1867
66
U. S. Bounties refunded
646 00
1868
66
66
.
. 1200 00
1870
66
66
672 00
1872
66
"
Reimbursement of war Expenses
. 15416 67
1873
66
" U. S. Bounties Refunded
143 20
1874
66
66
.
128 00
39063 12
CENTENNIAL AND PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION.
(As published by the committee in 1861.)
July 4, 1861, the town of Lebanon was one hundred years old. Invitations had been sent to those who had gone from the town to return and unite with the people of the town in celebrating the day. A large number, considering the state of the country, ac- cepted the invitation, and came once more to the place of their birth, renewing old acquaintances and reviving many pleasant memories of the past.
If we had been permitted to make our selection from all the fair days of the calendar, we could scarcely have suited ourselves better. The day was cloudless; abundant rains had insured us against dust. Perhaps we should have inserted a few whiffs from the North Pole to cool the air a little, but, then, we re- membered that the heat was good for the corn, and it served to remind us of the endurance of our soldiers at the South and stir our sympathy for them.
The day was ushered in by a salute by thirteen guns, fired by a squad of nine cadets from Norwich University, under the com- mand of Capt. A. B. Hutchinson.
These cadets did good service during the day, displayed high skill as artillerists, and won respect by their gentlemanly conduct.
The parade of the Horribles was a pleasant feature of the day.
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The procession was formed at half-past nine, under the direc- tion of Capt. E. A. Howe, chief marshal, and his assistants, Messrs. Shaw, Noyes and Randlett. Headed by the Lebanon Cornet Band and escorted by the Mascoma Engine Company, No. 2, and the Franklin Lodge of Masons, they marched around the Common to the stand for speaking.
EXERCISES ON THE STAND.
G. H. LATHROP, ESQ., PRESIDENT OF THE DAY.
The exercises were opened by a fervent prayer by Rev. George Storrs, from New York, a native of the town and a descendant of one of the early settlers.
2. Singing by a choir under the direction of Mr. J. M. Per- kins, who during the day furnished excellent music.
3. Historical address by Rev. D. H. Allen, D. D., of Lane Seminary, Ohio, a native of the town.
4. A poem by Rev. C. H. Fay of Providence, R. I., also a na- tive of the town.
5. Reading of the Declaration of Independence by Hon. A. H. Cragin.
6. Oration by Prof. J. W. Patterson of Dartmouth College.
At the close of the exercises on the stand, the procession re- formed and marched to the tent, prepared for the collation. When the head of the column reached the place, a slight contre temps occurred. The people were ready, but the dinner was not. Time, however, soon remedied this. Nearly four hundred and fifty took their seats at the tables. Rev. Dr. Lord implored the divine blessing. Of this part we have only to say that the good old dietetic rule was observed, "to leave off hungry."
TOASTS AND SPEECHES.
Rev. G. W. Bailey acted as toastmaster.
1. "Our Centennial Birthday-with all its pleasant and in- teresting associations."
2. "The Fourth of July, 1761-Lebanon a houseless wilder- ness; 1776-her noble sons rush to Lexington and Bunker Hill 23
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to defend her rights; 1861-the wilderness has budded and blos- somed."'
The third toast was introduced by reading a letter from Bar- rett Potter, Esq., a son of the first minister of the town, Rev. Isaiah Potter. Mr. Potter is now in his 85th year. He gave at the close of his letter the following toast:
3. "The Early Settlers of Lebanon-Silas Waterman, William Dana, Charles Hill, William Downer, Levi Hyde, and Nathaniel Porter, the pioneers and first settlers in the town of Lebanon, who, with subsequent settlers in 1768, gathered and established the first church therein, and 1772 settled Rev. Isaiah Potter, the first ordained minister in said town."
Responded to by Rev. George Storrs, who said: "We have come to our native town once more, many of us from a distance. We find great changes. We find an improved country, forests are cleared away, new homes have sprung up. We find new modes of travel, the lightning-like speed of the railroads. It was not so with our fathers; they came by forest paths, upon ox- sleds, by boats on the river, where civilized foot had never before trod. They were superior men. I delight to recall their mem- ory. Let the memory of our fathers be blessed; let it dwell in our minds. They came not only to plant colonies, not only to better their fortunes, but to plant temperance and religion and establish churches with their blessed influences. We should be deeply grateful to them. We should be deeply grateful to the first minister of the town, for his labors and influence. I shall never forget a single sentence that fell from his lips. All is held fast in my memory. When on one occasion he used the words, 'O Ephraim, how shall I give thee up,' they seemed to come to me and say, 'O George, how shall I give thee up.' They were blessed and fruitful words in me. Honor and success followed him. Let his mantle fall upon his successors."
4. "The Sons of Lebanon, at Home and Abroad." Responded to by Rev. C. H. Fay, who said :
"I am to speak of the sons absent and present. It is not a poetical theme. You will not expect me to speak in rhyme. If
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it had been the daughters of Lebanon, I could not have avoided rhyme, so inspiring is such a subject. I have but a slight knowl- edge of the absent sons. I have met them occasionally. They all seem to be doing well, to bring credit to the place that gave them birth. You have a good specimen of them in the orator of the day. Of those at home, what shall I say? The scene before me reminds me of the progress we have made in one cardinal virtue-Temperance. O those old Fourths of July! With their wine and spirits, and women banished from the tables, because they were not fit places and scenes for them. But now we find wine banished and women admitted. They are far more inspir- . ing than wine.
"Let me tell you a story, related to me by one of the fathers, showing the advance temperance has made in the town, and how they managed in the old times. It was the custom for a neigh- borhood to select one of their number to take their produce to market,-their butter, cheese, beef, pork, etc. He went 'below' (that is to Boston) for the rest. If successful, he was gone about a fortnight. He was always commissioned to bring back a cask of rum or brandy. On one occasion a number of neighbors were assembled in an orchard. It was in the Jefferson campaign- they were talking politics. Of course the word 'federalist' oc- curred frequently. One said to another, when he had attempted to use the word, 'What do you say fetherlist for,-why don't you say feth-fetherlist ?' 'Oh, you can't say it yourself. I can say fetherlist as well as you. Others tried the word with about the same success. After testing themselves by this novel shib- boleth, they concluded that they were not quite sober. And now I trust that you, their sons, will always be able to say 'federal- ist,'-that none of you will ever be in a condition to say 'fether- list.'
"Of the sons at home, I conceive that they are much like the man's nigh ox. He had a yoke to sell. He praised the off one highly, and at great length. Finally the purchaser said, 'Why don't you say something of the nigh ox?' 'O, he can speak for himself.' "'
5. "To those who, not having the good fortune to be born in town, have endeavored to retrieve their fortunes by taking a
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wife who was." Responded to by Rev. Dr. Swain of Providence, R. I., who said :
"I am one of the unfortunates not born in Lebanon. I plead guilty to the misfortune, to the crime, if it is a crime, of not having the wisdom to be born here. But with my folly, I have mingled wisdom, for I have taken a wife that 'was.' The 'was' is emphatic, 'who was born here.' But I have some pleas to offer in extenuation of my misfortune, of my crime, if it was a crime. The privileges of a son-in-law are often found to be greater than those of a son. My misfortune might have been greater, for if I did not have the good fortune to be born in Lebanon, I have 'retrieved my fortune by taking a wife who was.' I might have had the double misfortune of not being born here, or finding 'a wife who was.' So I have mingled good with evil, wisdom with folly. In these days of secession, let me say : The daughters of Lebanon, 'the cedars of Lebanon,' let not wife, nor mother, nor daughter of them all, ever be found a se-cedar! Let them love and defend our institutions to the last generation. May their posterity equal and surpass their an- cestry."
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