The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-06-04
lese blessings have cost; to. forget, the

these blessings have cost; to. forget the,
noble men who gave them to us. But:
1ets Us prove true to ourselves, true to
uracountry. true to our dead; and each
year, Ill the gladstone spring time. let us
meet around the graves Of heroic dead.
LOT 5us meet and while our motioniess
lips give not q sound and all around is
mute, n the deep Sabbath Of a heart too
1ull Tor words or tears here let ns StreW
the sod with the first flowers Of sprino
and make to- them All Offering Of. the
plenty nature gives and they have rem
dered ours. Oh = t-EE.5@''- ! : 81, -:
: After the delivery Of the address, tile
procession was formed under the direc-
ton of Major Bell, and proceeded to
the cemetery east of town. There were
from 20 to 80 vehicles in the procession.
Arrived at the cemetery, the floral COM
mittee decorated the graves. Prof.
Hun1iston then re;ld a poem written by
Mrs. J. c.. Clarke. The following is the
poem: ave. ..
Step softly hefe this place is hoy ground:
With swe ling. throbbing hearts we gather
IOun0
The resting place Of our illustrious dead.
honored spot the soldiers lowly bed. :.
Aye, bring We flowers, brigh pare; fresh< FRA
!: grant flowers, >. -. -
Fair iS-budding rose, from natures bo1ters,
Iwine gartands, wreaths-bind clusters, rich
and sweet,
And scatter showers of blossoms on their feet.
Cover With brilliant pail each grassy mound,
Let the street. incense fill the alr around;
"hlle tile fresh memory Of their deeds Shall rise'
goldclt exi1alation to the skies.
O ever honorcd in oilr hearts be those
VINO gave themselves to quell their country's
foes,
Whose dearest treasures freely they resigned,
lie hatioils shattered hopes in peace to hi ID.
Wives, mothers, sisters who hath not, of us.
martyfed one to be remembered thus?
To-day, perchance, in distant other lands.
Tile service sweet performed by stranger han IS.
Sweet Thought! that whcrcsoe'ei the precious
grave,
On Which to lay one tear dewcd flower VIC crave,
Some dear. fair hands, God bless them rs they 90:
Tenderly now that grave with garlands strew.
NOW DER our happy land peace folds her wings.
And every loyal heart exultant sings;
The cruel war with sckening horrors fraught,
Ee ell now in universal loves forgot:
Let the dead past now buly its dead,
While this free nation lifts its glorious head;
Ana To these slulhtering soldiers, one and all,
God grant that when ut resurrection's call
The grave yields up its dead when time Is past
They may, with u.s. find home in heaven at last
Prayer was then offered Ivy the Rev.
H. B. Tuttle, and the procession re-
turned to town.
One of the young men Of skunk noto-
riety called yesterday morning, with al
ope.i knife in his hand, declaring lie
would cut our *'old giZzard out" That
was the organ Of which he wished to de-
prive lis. We We're not in at the time,
but being sent for, we FASTENED to the
office to submit to the operation; CT
course VIC sent the young rowdy into
the street with whatever neatncss and
despatch we could com mand, and still
retain our ''gizzard.
This in the quiet, orderly, temperance
town Of Worthington ! This in the
place where there is no rowdyism
IMPORTANT TO CHRISTOPHER SUI
FEIeERS.
We have good news for those Who
have been compelled to leave. their
| claims on account of grasshopper raw
ages. AS will he seen by the following
circular, the Commissioner of the Cen
eral Land Office has so modified his form
er instructions under the law allowing
grasshopper sufferers to be absent from
Their Claims, us to extend the time one
year from July l, 1875. Under this ruiz
ing the benefits will be as follows:
l. Those whose crops were destroyed
or seriously injured in 1874, may be alb
sent from their claims whether home
stead or presumption, until July /, 1915.
?. Should the injury occur this year,
they may be absent until July 1, 1877,
or one year from July l, 1876.
8. Parties wishing TO take the bene-
fits of the law must file a notice to that
effect with the Land Office, but those
who have already filed such notice iced
not re-fle to get the benefits of the ex-
tension. The following is the circular:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, D. c., May II, rs.
REGISTER AND RECEIVER,
GENTLEMEN: Referring to my Cir
cular Letter Of January 9TH, 1875, (copy
herewith transmitting to you 4 copy
of the Act for the relief of settlers on
public lands, approved December 2Sth,
1874, l have now to inform you
that: upon earnest representations Of
Senators in Congress and other disting-
uished citizens of some of the States
embraced by Act aforesaid, and from
considerations of humanity believed to
he consistent with the general purposes
of the legislation in question, I deem
it proper to so far modify the instruc-
tions embraced in my said circular let
ter as to hold that tile benefits extended
by the law to preenlptors WHO, by real
son Of the raVages of grasshoppers, are
compelled to leave and be absent from
their lands, may also lie extended to
! pre-emptors whose crops have in IL like
manner been destroyed, but who have,
nevertheless continued their residence
upon their respective claims.
Those whose crops were destroyed or
seriously injured in 1874, will he entitled
to the extension Of one year from and
| after .Iulv 1879. and when tha ini,rv