. The Londonderry celebration. Exercises on the 150th anniversary of the settlement of old Nutfield, comprising the towns of Londonderry, Derry, Windham, and parts of Manchester, Hudson and Salem, , June 10, 1869. . thoughtful nature,which has given evidence of its power in each generationof their children, in the field, the pulpit, and the councilsof the nation. The family names of old Londonderry were household 46 words to me in boyhood, and if to-day I had met one ofyou alone upon the road, I am not sure I should not haveasked how Aleck was getting on with the wound receivedat Benningto
. The Londonderry celebration. Exercises on the 150th anniversary of the settlement of old Nutfield, comprising the towns of Londonderry, Derry, Windham, and parts of Manchester, Hudson and Salem, , June 10, 1869. . thoughtful nature,which has given evidence of its power in each generationof their children, in the field, the pulpit, and the councilsof the nation. The family names of old Londonderry were household 46 words to me in boyhood, and if to-day I had met one ofyou alone upon the road, I am not sure I should not haveasked how Aleck was getting on with the wound receivedat Bennington, and if Molly had worked up all her flax forthe fair. But the good old times have passed, and they who madetheir memory precious have gone with them. Only theirgraves on yonder hill are with us to-day. Nay, their words,their deeds, and the sanctity of their lives are here, and itmay be that their spirits in the still air above us arelistening to our words of homage, and feel the throb ofour yearning love. Let us emulate and transmit theirvirtues, that the children in all their generations may beworthy of their fathers. [At the conclusion of Senator Pattersons remarks, an intermission fordinner took place.] L L. SAMUEL H. ^mi/C£BAL OF J^SILLir-P --^^.-- ...-., 47 ADDRESS. by samuel h. taylor, ll. d. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : It was said of old, Who can follow the king ? ButI may justly ask. Who can follow two kings* and the en-enchanting music to which we have just listened ? One of the most valuable lessons which we are to learnto-day is to refresh our memories with the character of theearly settlers of this town, and the influences which ledthem to leave their distant home beyond the broad Atlan-tic, to meet the hardships and privations of a long voyage,and to fix their dwelling in tliis uncultivated and tracklessspot. It is this, more than any other truth, that we needto learn on this anniversary. Nearly every nation, both in ancient and mo
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