The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-02

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evening.
The annual meeting of the Van Buren,
County Pioneer Association, will be held at
Lawrence, on Wednesday, June 7th., com
mencing at 10 o'clock a. m.
Rev. James Goodman will preach in the
First Baptist church next Sabbath morning.
on "Moral Gardeping,' and in the afternoon
| in the Baptist church at Lawton, on Goods
Righteousness like the Great Mountains"
The ninth annual picnic of the Cass Co.
Pioneer Society will be held on the Fair
Ground in Cassopolis, Wednesday, June 2l,.
1882. Hon. It. w. Palmer, of Detroit, will
deliver the principal address. These meet
ings are the largest and most interesting
gatherings held in the county, and the pres
ence of yourself and family is respectfully
solicited.
The Reunion of the Army of the Potomac
will be held in Detroit on June 14th and 18th
1t is expected to be the grandest reunion of
soldiers ever held. President Arthur, Gen.
and Mrs. Grant, Gen. and Mrs. Sheridan,
Gen. Hancock, ex-President and Mrs. Hayes,
Gov. jerome and staff, and a great number
of other prominent men are expected to be
in attendance All railroads entering the
city will sell round trip tickets for half fare
which will be good, going on the 14th or
10Th and returning on the 10Th or 10th of
June.
The decoration exercises conducted under
the auspices of Brodhead Post, G.. A. r., of
this village, on Tuesday last were very sue
cessful i'll every way, and reflected much
credit on the old soldiers, who compose the
Post, and gave much satisfaction to our
citizens generally. An abundant SUPPLY of
flowers was provided for the occasion by the
patriotic ladies of our village and the sur
rounding country, for which the old vets
desire to return their sincere thanks. At the
hour appointed the members of the Post
assembled at Town Hall and a detail proceed
ed with flowers to all the cemeteries of the
village except Prospect Hill, and strewed
flowers upon the graves of fourteen deceased
comrades, including one revolutionary soldier
who sleeps therein. At 1920 the Post was
formed in line under command of Com
mander b. f. Heckert, and marched to Pros
pect Hill, where the ceremonies peculiar to
the order were conducted in a solemn and
impressive manner, at the grave of Lieut.
Clark who died during the war at Nashville,
Tenn, after which the graves of other COM
rades, who rest in that beautiful burying
ground, were profusely covered with floral
decorations The number of deceased COM
rades whose memory was honored by the
strewing of flowers above their last resting
place, was twenty-eight. After the conclu-
sion of the services at Prospect, the Post
returned to the Town Hall where they and
their friends partook of an elegant and
bountiful repast which had been prepared
by the ladies for their benefit Too much
praise cannot be awarded to those who pre-
pared this banquet and the members of the
Post are under especial obligations to those
ladies who so kindly attended the tables dur
ing the time the boys were doing such ample
justice to the viands prepared for them. At
130 p. m. the Post was again formed into
line and marched to the court yard where
the public exercises were held, which con-
sisted of prayer by Rev. G.. l.. Cole, songs by
the glee club, an address by Comrade o. w.
Rowland remarks by comrades and citizens
and benediction by Rev. II. w. Harvey. All
seemed to be highly pleased with the exer-
cises which were conducted without q break
or jar from the beginning to the close. The
vocal music was of very high order and
most appropriate to the occasion. 1t was
rendered by a triple male quartette, consist
ing of the following named gentlemen, viz:
G. Z. Hutchins leader A. III. Heron, Dillis
Heron, j. w. Free, j. +. Bullard, A. II.
Palmer, Bruce Cummings, G.. w. Koons, A. c.
McCollum, Ed. Gilman, Z. III. Lindsley and
w. w. Mosier, Mamie Rowland, organist
The martial music was furnished by Messrs.
A. w. Cummings, ffer, VIM. Bullard, snare
drummer, and G. w. Matthews, base drum
mer, and was of character to stir anew the
blood of the old soldiers who heard it.
Cummings and Billiard led the first company
that ever left this county during the war, the
old Lafayette Light Guard, and they won a
reputation in the army, as musicians,
second to none, and they have not forgotten
how to play. No better players can be
found any where. We trust that the custom
of observing decoration day in this village