The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-03


There was no room or hate.
Our lilies, white and golden,
For thee, oh, noble head, *f@
And for the loyal arm we tie
The ribbons, blue and red.
Lilies, roses, violetS.
Enhale your fragrant breath,
This soul, thrO' toll and danger 4
Was faithful unto death.
81 o. weep not for the soldier, ,.,.
Who slirank not from the fight,
But did his duty btayelS, .5
For 'God and for the right"
His home is in Gods country;
No parting there, no tears,
No waiting for the morrow, 5
With anxious doubts and fears.
Nofoe in ambush lurking
81 Nc weary hours of pain.
Z No summons from the rolling druna
To the long march again.
There are no camp fires cleaning,
.,1, Far thro' the gloomy night,
No hostile banner floating
Defiant from the hight.
Nor rugged ramparts frowning,
- Nor lannon's sullen roar, 81. 81
But, on the sunny hill of heaven,
H. sweet peace forever more.
weknow--our Lord has told us
That in that better land,
To welcome all his children,
The many mansions stand. r.
Where'e. nit.iin our rather, house,
Beloved, thou maystdweil
That tender Fathers guardian care
ls0'tr thee-all is well.
John L. Rupe, ESD, delivered :the
address at Earlham cemetery, from
which we copy the following conciud-
ing paragraph. til is an Invocation
that will not fail to meet responsive
amen in the heart of every reader:
May our charity still grow an
strengthen as the years roll on, and
may the day speedily come when every
difference and dissension which has
tended to separate and divide us in
the years that are gone, shall vanish
away and be buried forever in the for
gotten past, and may we stand as a
people together as never before. uni
ted more closely by the strong ties Of
universal brotherhood, and as each
succeeding year rolls round, and We
meet together to pay our floral tribute,
and to keep alive and perpetu tie the
memory OF our honored dead, may we
forget all but their heroic deeds and
death; may we forget everythi ng con-
nected with the eventful past, but it's
heroism and grandeur, and may we act
and more on in the living, active and
happy present, ever looking forward
to the glorious future, which as to the
past. will be as the brightness of a
MONDAY sun to the gray mists of the
morning.
Mr.. q. P. Hotchkiss, read an appro-
pirate and beautiful original poem.
From Earlham, the procession went
to the Public Cemetery, where repose
ten soldiers-all trace of four Of their
graves have been obliterated. The
committee, after placing wreaths up
on the graves that were recognized
placed wreaths upon the ground and
strewed flowers, where their remains
were supposed to lie. Our neighbor o.
the Independent, gives the tollowin:
interesting incidents:
Before the ceremonies were con
cluded, an aged colored woman ap
preached the committee, and said
with tears in her eyes, my husband
was soldier; he died at Petersburg
His grave is near by" The committee
followed the old lady and decorated
the grave of this hero. There was notl
ing to indicate that there was grav,
on the spot, but the old lady had no
forgotten her husband-she knew
where he was reposing, and hopes I,
meet him in the be tter.land.' " a
| One old lady, Friend, has sol
| inferred in Maple Grove, who CAV
his life for hiscountry. Every year sh
| and her venerable husband attend tn
decoration ceremonies. Saturday, sh
brought large basket full of flower
| and remarked. Its all I can do
but don't forget the soldiers who CAV
their lives for US. When the wreatI
was placed on the tombstone bearin
the name of" Willie" and the flower
scattered over the grave, could thos
who think it's no use to decorate hav
seen the tears of that aged, man an
wife. they would have changed thei
opinion, and endorsed the sentimen
that we are glad to see sanctioned b
our National Congress and most {
our State Legislatures, that is GU
duty, in memory of those who hay
given their lives to perpetuate th
blessings we enjoy. to repair, annual.
on the 30th Of May, aud decorate tn
| graves Of the fallen hercea with foN
ers.