St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-19
FOrefathers' Day.

Tho ,,nevorsorv of +bo l,nl;,o. of
=, ~, -, :,
inc rllSrllhs at I'yihou'l1' DEC. 22u'
1920, was appropriately celebrated in
Dubuque. The celebration was en-
nhaticollv q Now E,olond fos+ivo1
,,.,.1c H.
."0 SUNS '''''' '''" ''.0'', VI -''" -'''6
land, with a few invited guests, beng
the actors and participants. Gen.
WIN. Tripp from Maine presided, as
,;,4oa h,- v;oo pro,;1o,,+, f.a,, ooar r.
~ -, ~ y ~ ,r', ''> % ~, van II W
''le NC" Eh9l'iiu states. Inc supper,
toasts, speeches, music, ball, &c, all
appear to have been of q high order.
We conv from tho rcnort Of tho mo-
:.
''''',i5 ''.' 'o'''" my y "oi'S'' Vi d
speech by DIR. Staples III response to
the toast:
The div we cc,cgnatc-an cpoch in the
worlds history.
N. pros;5or+ lean h,+ wish +hot
.ho lnt 80 rasrnnd 20 +ha on,,ronr;,t;,,n w ~ t,;,
and suo.nos+;rn sentiment inst nflaroI
LnI l' sai162o 72 ~ ,aarn oinn,,ant 1ns Tha
Jan;no I ha,,,o,.a,. ,,,ns+ 10 annrntoj -
a. ;n,tino ~ tha anooe;on an1 Tho.
thon,n tho,n.h +ho ;n+n1lon+ anJ +ho
tnnn.,a ''n, ano ;os,G;.;on4 e.. +l'o +ns,-
- 40 wor,1,, L:stNr,, , f,,u ,1,.nn,i
,on+ ovonts, Lorn or1 tboro c,ot, onI
,,o ,,ot l,a,. a+.atI,, ;,,,.orI "a ,,nf1o,l;
su tho rost M I;hn u, =, ' tSa '.,i Ini- ,s> ~ ,ho M
naaon m " u.h;nh 4;natnroe III -. ,ra4ar.,
oeI,' ~ f,, mon ron,,ltn h",n f,,lI Co. t ,';t'it,
% " ~" ltoA'eo n"'o li'i ,,'', l;.t, ''""''
W. Nv 'oott'', >o''I3'' i u.s., WIZ II I''tn
a.; "' " p,'n; ,"' ,l, o,lno. ~ thana ~ ;ith> ''
o,,nr+ ,o ,.o con,n,n,nora4o ,,,o +2.n;o.ht IT,,
o" .I''-;l. Inl:a .,,'' ,,[,;, ,''t -, ~
;"nt o ~ na 'n n,;naSt j., '', 49, sHoonls m 40 amd
JetI 7 ;.''';,V1i' -. "a,' -" 80 S'nn@I;ato w @ ~ anG
po'u'.( 49, ,',,,, '' nar,.;ni thn IonI;nn. ~
anr .'sto stor', IA p,,r;tnn onno,tnrs th;s
1a,. tn.a bradraJ ana tl,;rt,, civ, x.aars
r' aao ,'non thn s,;nrorv rocks nf blvm.
ooH Loach i an oct of h;,toric ;n.
o"sa ,'"..anoo ,'',;mh ;naan,a I ~ raanoo+ ~ a,.nr
tnns al nthors IN arandanr and horo-
;sn To horo q ;ns+ concon+;on of
thn donoors which throatonod and Tho
c"nt;t"doo r"u o n,h;.h tr;,n,nho1 nno ,' naoI,
~ o' La la' tra,snartol 't,o - ttn t;no tbn NO.
~ ~ ', and ,la o;rar,astonans w @ @ ,nI;-
t'o,oa, l ''(1 da,,araI VIZ va thn atnr nf ta
tai ,,jantn a;. ," and ~ strnnniod I lahnrinusiy s
thron',h ] ;tS ~ r,ycs c;nmmor and an
.n,""9 9o1 .'o aa5 e+Ii thn I;ttla araf,
.u'll'. p"s''' ~, ino, ',ne' . 1vinta, anl thn
. .'n "i'o, ioanaI ,,,llI how ,,,;tL roIont,n.s
s,,n,. s,D, rha Gn fra;I hnri, lo,ncJ ,nx;ons1v
nrcr ~ tho hillows hor scans ononing
70 tba inwaIlina w,tors rho nnmns
,norn W. ~ rnco,sin6'I, ,ror1,od ~ Eoon hnr
a,;ro Viva ,nnn Tho 2Srcs EomortaI ann
"n' ,'.a, ao,. "l ~ |' o;I Cho ond +ha h,.a,a
haar+s M" > h. hor t;mhors corr;od yroro do-
noutoa oa "a or ,,an,.;nd rho doro which
,vant NJ rarth frnm tho orlx 70 datect s;~ns
IS . rosr,roctod worll was not naorc
r,;t;atla :, bor loral;no,s as sho A;ttnd
p. pnar tha ;ntorn,;noblo oynonsn of wa.
% tana M .han tbat fr,n.;lo ynssnl IN +bo
.' 'oi5,+ af +hn ,ta9t;c far ronornd
from r" bnmon N ,'b helm and strn"nlin~ with
thn ~ r,orn;las, olamonts for I;ia ard i'm
'nortaEtn ,no .,l TomnostItost ana h;llow-
tnot ti,o, 'G far i;ro montbs tlo sbornS Of the;r
now home onened m to the Gaze of
th;s M oxnatr;atcd hand The b1eak De-.
oanhor VIVID bnwIod tbrouoh tho
sbronds tho r;or;nr buno hea4v with
;ca tbo dncl, was sl;nnerv with tho
frozon snrav On the shore the sea-
pulls stood shiycrinC in the freezing
o;r tho horn branches of tho old treaS
"h' ~. III
sWayeu 10 anu lio, 'hc liits were 'el-
uu ~ - '1S "hl' ~ RI 'l.;
| tle sieep tiiat MIC" ho waning.
| Gazing at the dcSoiatlon earthWard,
seaward and skyward, on the deck
stood chllled ana tattereu cnlldnoou,-|
pale mothers, whose thin shrivelled