The news., 1882-06-01
DECORATION DAY.

Oh, bring net all laurels as victory's
tokens;
Bring flowers, the brightest, the widest
that grow.
The footprints that tell us the angels are
watching,
And lovingly guarding the sleeper
below.
And when round the grave where the
soldier is lying,
His comrades in love and in honor
shall bend,
These frail fading emblems Of man in his
beauty,
Shall point to the home where all
sorrow hath end.
The brightest dream of the Grand
Army veteran was realized in Tuesdays
baimy atmosphere. The weather could
not have been more suspicious for the
observance of Decoration Day, and it was
with solemn pleasure that the battle scar
red warriors assembled together TO per
petuate the memory of their slumbering
comrades. Indeed, it seemed as though
the joyous day had brought with it an
increased interest in the beautiful custom.
for the Post turned out in numbers larger
than on any previous occasion. The day
being National holiday hundreds. re-
lieved from the cares of labor sought the
cemeteries wherein the heroic dead lie
buried, and there awaited the arrival of
the veterans. 1t was noticeable that
many graves besides those of the fallen
soldiers were dressed with freshly pluck
ed flowers. In this respect the decora-
tons were more general than ever before
Post rs of Mount Holly, escorted by
f Go. n. g. N. j., proceeded to Medford
at A. NJ, and were met by the Medfold
band, Sunday-school scholars and citizens.
Services were first held in the Baptist
graveyard, Rev. Mr.. Bailey making
few appropriate remarks. The NJ. e.
battle-ground was next visited and
remarks were made by Rev. Mr.. Jorole-
man. The procession next repaired to
Odd Fellows Hall where they were
beautifully provided for. Post e., Com
pany f, the Medford band and large
delegation of Medford people returned to
Mount Holly at ESQ P. NJ and marched
to the Opera House G. NJ. Rogers hearse
drawn by his two splendid blacks and
Thomas Foy's ine-looking grays was in
waiting laden with flowers. The process
sion formed and marched to the Cemetery
and from thence to the grave-yards on
Pine street. Here the services of the day
were said and salute fired over the grave
of Gen. A. E. Shiras and the procession
again marched to the starting point and
was dismissed.
Details from Post rs decorated the
graves of soldiers in Lumberton and
Pemberton.
The Post extends its thanks to the cit
liens of Medford for their hearty and
generous reception; to all who aided them
in securing flowers; to Charles Wills for
the use Of the Opera House; to c. M. Rog-
ers for his hearse and horses and TO Thorn
as Foy for his horses and services.
The following is list of the soldiers
buried in the respective burial grounds
Mount Holly Cemetery.
John D; Johnson, Alvin satterthwaite,
Ridgway Poinsett, Samuel Lane, BENJAMIN
Coppuck, Henry Rossell. James Mincer, Cor
don P. Pearce, Charles H. Pearce, Thomas
Grissom, John Wickward, Joseph Rowand,
Fred W. Sovereign, William Holeman, Jas
Hodson, Isaac w. Eayre, Clifford D. West
John Gibson, Burris Streeker, Joseph Deacon
Joseph Gale, Josiah Shinn, Seth Bachelor
Baptist Burial Ground, Mount Holly.
Charles Risdon, George W. Groom, Elwood
Worrell, Chalkley Nippins, William Nippins
Wardell Cowperthwait. Jesse H. Stradiing
Benjamin Colk1tt, George Floyd, Samuel
Johnson, William Ellis. Abel Broom, George
Claypoole, John Ridgway, Alex. L. EStill
John Ekings, Jr, Thomas E. Ekings, Charles
Powell, Samuel Borton, John HI. Lucas.
Frances Durand, Reuben Stone.
1T. Andrews Burial Ground, Mt. Holly,
William H. Collins, C. E. Fleming, John S.
tanning, Penrose B. Head, Samuel s. Taylor,
Albert Fl. woodrow, WINS D. Jones, Horace
P. Martin, John G. TenEyck, ]. A. Burroughs
Stacy Atkinson, Torrance Farrell.
Trinity Burial Ground, Mount Holly.
William F. Bodine, Oliver C. Andrus,
Ravens, John Hewitt, Joseph b. Oliphant,
Charles Brown, A. E. Shiras, Albert G. Alio.
ways, znomas Alloways, William Clancy.
A. M. Z. Burial Burial Ground, Mt. Holly.
John Wilson, William Selsey, Lambert
Giles, Jasper II. Johnson, John Brown, John
Logan, Edward Chapman.
Catholic Burial Ground, Mount Holly.
Thomas shannon, James Carney, William
FitzPatrick, Martin Bradley.
Wood Lane Burial Ground.
George Dubel, Joseph King
TimbuetOO Burial Ground, near JTouu
Holly.
Ephraim Marshall, Jacob Love.
Baptist Cemetery, Pemberton.
Howard King, William BoWker, Hoyars
Farley, Abraham Budden, John Corbit, Lewis
Chambers, B, F. Read. William Moon. Thos.
Aston, Restore Britton, James McGirk.
Joshua Clevt niger, William Reeds
vi. L. Cemetery, PembertOn.
George Heisler, William Pheasant, william
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