The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-06-01

| as CHRISTIANS and as citizens. After the re
marks by the Rev. Father, which were earnest
| eloquent and patriotic the comrades decorated
the graves, fifty three in number. After the
| graves were decorated the procession formed {
| square on the lot p which the Rev. Father
| John De Rose, who acted as chaplain on these
| occasions for several years. is buried. The lita-
| ny for the dead was read by Father Wallace,
and the band played dirge. This ended the
| services for the day.
| The committee desire to return their thanks
| to S. III. Stevens, Esq, Assistant Superntend-
| ent of the Boston & Maine Railroad, for his
kindness in placing a special train at their COM
mand. and to the gentemanly conductors for
| courtesies while in their charge.
IN THE AFTERNOON
at half past one o'clock the military under com
mand of Capt McMahon of the Montgomery
| Guards, formed in line in Market Square and
| marched to Grand Al my Hall where the line
| was joined by the Grand Army aud Army and
| Navy Union The procession formed in the
| following order and marched over the publish
| ed route:
Portland Band, IS pieces.
| Marshal George II. Abbott
Aids, W. III. Green and j. S. Douglass.
Capt. McMahon Commanding Battalion.
ms Adjutant Lawless
Montgomery Guards, 40 men.
Portland Cadets, 80 men, Capt. Robinson.
Sheridan Cadets, Sc men, Capt. Somers.i
Mechanic Blues 80 men, Capt. Pennell.
.t Chambers Band, IS pieces
Portland Army and Navy Union, 20 men, Vice Pres
ident Dennison.
rtilery from Fort Prebls, 20 men, Sergeant Dard
Bosworth Post No. 2, G. A. R., no men, Commander
II. p Ingalls,
The procession upon arrival at the p and R.
depot found long train of cars awaiting it, but
the train was none too long to contain the
crowd that followed the procession to the de-
pot. The cars reached Morrills Corner about
half-past three The lire was reformed at the
station and the Cemetery soon reached.
Large crowds were already there on the ar
rival of the procession. The horse cars had been
crowded the whole afternoon, and the vicinity
of the gateway to the Cemetery was blocked
with private carriages. a;
After entering the grounds the procession
halted, and the comrades divided into four
squads and began visiting the several sections
assigned to them. They decorated 100 graves
and then repaired to Memorial lot, where the
whole procession formed triangle and pro.
ceeded to decorate a miniature monument On
the four sides of the base of the monuments
were the inscriptions: $751; 1866 "Army"
"Navy.'' After the triangle was formed Rev
Mr.. Wright offered payer. The decoration.
hymn Cover me over with beautiful flowers"
was then snng by elect qnartette, consisting
of Mrs. Verrill, soprano; Mrs Day, contralto !;
William Davie, Tenor; M. Adams, basso. Dur
ing the singing the monument was fairly COW
cred with wreaths and garlands. Many OF
them being in memory of comrades who fell
and were buried in Southern lands. Chambers
Band then played the dirge "The dying Chris
tian." Rev. Mr.. Wright pronounced the bene-
diction, and the line of march was taken up
for home. t-3 .si,Is
) The procession reached the city little be-
fore six o'clock. 1t marched at once to the
Grand Army Hall, where the men were dis
missed. tt#F
The ladies of the Bosworth Relief Corps who
did such good service in preparing wreaths and
flowers for the occasion, went to the Cemetery
in car reserved for them, under the charge of
+. w. True. The ladies desire to thank the
following persons for liberal contributions of
flowers sent to the hall: Mrs. Olson, Mrs.
Trickey, Mrs. FL. Willis, Mrs. J. B. Brown,
Misses Rolfes, Messrs. Somerby, H. Thompson,
Chas. Bailey, John B. Bates, w. E. Wood,
Mrs Pike, Mrs. Eaton of Westbrook and Mrs
Akeley of Deering. t7 --4a
IN THE EVENING.
In the evening large audience gathered in
the City Hall to listen to the grafton of Gen.
Selden Conner, before Bosworth Post, G. A.
r. Gen. L. w. Starbird presided, and the
Mayor and City Government occupied seats on
the platform. The exercises of the evening
were opened by prayer by the Rev. Mr..
Gibbs of Congress Square church. Choice mu-
sic was furnished by the band and by quar-
tette consisting of Messrs Shaw, Fitch, Mum
roe and DAVE. The mastery Grafton of Gen.
Connor, which will be found in full on our
first page, was listened to with the closest
attention. LIS effect greatly added to by
the fine presence of the speaker. After the adj
dress the exercises closed with the singing of
America, in which the audience joined.
80" sACCARAPPA. aFrs ~ +
At Saccarappa business was generally sus-
pended, and flags were hung at half mast.
The schools were closed and the scholars took
part ir the procession to the cemetery. Dur
ing the Grafton there was the largest attend
| ance ever gathered in Saccarappa on snch an
occasion. The procession formed at nine
| o'clock in the morning, under the command of
John e. Warren as Marshal The committee
| of arrangements consisted of VIM. p. Hods-
don, w. L. Warren, John E. Warren and w.
H. Sweet, The procession marched with music
to the cemetery, where prayer was offered by
the Rev. S. L. Bowler A hymn was sung by a
quartette consisting of Mrs. L. w. Edw ards,
Miss Ella Bracket, and Messrs. Snow and
Cutter. The graves, eleven in NUMBER were
| then decorated in silence. Col A. w. Brad
bury then delivered the following grafton:
My Friends and Comrades time i'm
memorial it has been custom with all peoples
making any pretentions to civilization to pay
honors to their dead. Funeral services are Pc
culiar to no lace or time The pyre, the state
ly and gorgeous pageant. the simple, quiet
prayer, all have borne their part for ages in
the evidences of grief and respect for depart
ed friends. And beneath the humanizing
touch of christianity and the gentle influences
of refinement and culture, the custom OF sane
| tifying and adorning their last earthly resting
| places has grown into general and increasing
| favor; so that, year after year, as the blithe
| spring mocks the receding winter thousands
| are placing their tributes of love upon the
| graves Of the dear who have gone be-
| fore.
| This is individual duty and pleasure, but
| since the mighty throes which convulsed and
| rent our country during our great civil war,
| have subsidized, and the broad, white wings of
| peace now brood over great part of the land,
the nation confesses it's love for it's children and
| sets apart day for such solemn and beftting
| acknowledgement. And so the flight of time
] has brought us once again upon our annual
| pilgrimage to these hallowed sepulchres The
| loving spring has kissed away the frown from
| the rugged brow of winter The bursting buds,
| the joyous nature, which thrills the air from
myrads of throbbing Threats, the lowing of
| the grazing kline let loose from their imprison-
| ment, all speak to US of joyous life and tell US
| that the high carnival of nature has begun.
The first, the tenderest the loveiest and the
| frailest fruits of this fair season, we bring
| wherewith to decorate our soldiers graves. The
| first-as we would offer them the first lambkn
| of the fock,-the tenderest and loveest for
| the peculiarly gentle and touching sentiment
| which marks this day,-the fralest, for if this
| day be well kept, the fral and fading flowers
| conveys a lesson to us making us more thought
| full and better prepared to await our turn Nor
| de we need the towering pillar inscribed with
! honored names and gallant deeds For these,
| who sleep beneath the flowers, nober monu-
| ment has been erected-more lasting than
marble or brass. 1t is the loving remembrance
| of grateful country. When we are gone, our
country will yet iye and upon her heart will
remain forever engraven The names and deeds
| of her sons who sustained her in her hour of
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