The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-07-16


SuAgKsvILLE ITENs.-Quoit pitching i
place they are so much attached TO pitch
Ing. that a rainstorm will not stop them
Several new houses are in progress o
erection.
The Lutheran church is nearly finished.
much praise is due Mr. Shank for the style
in which it is being finished. Charley i
a wide-awake carpenter.
&c. speicher viii open a normal schoo!
here on the 4sh of August Teachers and
other lovers of learning are invited TO at
tend.
The Sunday schools OF this place and
the Glade school united in holding a bis-
ket picnic in Speicher's grove on the 4th
OF July. All were delighted with the ex-
ercises. especially with the songs by the
little folks and Rev. Pershing.
We give the closing remarks of Rev.
Pershing's Grafton ;
We believe that Ged is well pleased
with this Nation tor He causes the sun
to shine continually upon it. The sun
never sets on the United States. Some
suppose San Francisco to be the Western
limit of the Union, but the tact is, San
Francisco is only 8 little more than mid
way between Eas,port, Maine. and the
iarthest Aleutian Isle acquired by the pur-
chase OF Alaska. Our territory extends
through 1871 degrees of longitude or II de-
grees more than half way around the
Globe. When the sun is giving its good
night kiss to our western Isles on the con-
fines OF Behring's sea, it is already halt an
hour high flooding the fields and forests OF
Maine with its morning light. When the
Aleutian fishermen are warned by the APP
preaching shades of night the wood chop
pers of Maine are making the forest echo
with the stirring music of their axes
now ask the question, what will this
country be in another century, Well, did
our forefathers say we shall make tins a
glorious day. When we are in our graves
our children viii honor it. They will
celebrate it with thanksgiving and iestiyi-
with bonfres and i~liuminations. On
lis annual return they will shed tears not
of subsection but OF rejoicing and graft
tude aud joy. And whyg because that
our children will be q tree people by the
declaration OF independence they will be a
government "of the people, for the peo-
pie and by the people.
To-day we are a tree people. To-day
we have such a government. Our lore
fathers Who founded and fostered this Ma
ton aie Today in their graves. For their
sake and lor our country's sake we hail
the annual return OF this day with tears OF
rejoicing and gratitude. We do honor
this day. 1t is an honor 10 US. We do
celebrate this day with thankfulness to
Cod for life, liberty, and the pursuit OF
happiness.
How highly favored we are with relig-
ious and secular privileges. now ask
the question. do we realize theml God
help that We may This year marks the
irst literal iulfllment of that part OF the
prophecy Swords shall be beaten into
blow shares.
As we lift our eyes from the past centu-
y our land being covered with churches
md school houses and traversed with rail-
-oads and telegraphs and the innumerable
INVENTIONS, Oh how our hearts swell with
hankiulness for the progress we have
made. And as We stand here with our
yes turning TO the future, we raise our
lands to heaven and eXclaim. All hail the
lay of peace on earth and good will to
nen.
ANnN