Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-06-01

order that the vast audience might,
while Witnessing everything, escape the
drenching which was promised.
As the sad strains of dirge, played
by a martial band in attendance, rose
upon the air, band of young ladies
proceeded by Mcssrs. John +. Lane and
Herman Buchner emerged from the
court house, bearing wleathes and
flowers for the decoration of the marble
shaft and eenataphs which bear the
names OF the eight hundred heroic dead
The names of this little group who
added much to the solemnity of the ex-
ercises were Misses Hattie Hyde, Hattie
Muesse, Stella Baldwin, Hattie Baldwin,
Helen Strong, Fannie Barber, Clara
Michaelis, Laura Baxter, Helen Wool
stenholme, Matte McGonigal and Katie
elise. They marched in double file up
the walk to the monument, then along
the south side of the enclosure, entering
from the southwest corner. Here they
deployed ON either side of the main
shaft and having placed their memorial
offerings in position they formed in
line on the south of the monument and
sang two stanzas of dirge to the fallen
brave, and then returned to the court
house. Rev. S. l., Eaton then stepped
forth and pronounced the benediction
which ended the proceedings for the
day. And not moment too soon, for
hardly had those present sought shelter
from the approaching storm in the
court house, before the shower came.
SIGHTS AND SCENES.
The attendance, considering the
threatening weather, was unusually
large, between two and three thousand
people being present. Had the weather
been propitious this number would
probably have been doubled
The extra ears provided by the cour-
tesy of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway officials came well into play,
as the Woodman train in the morning
brought two full carloads, principally
from Fennimore and adjoining towns.
The scene as the twelve maidens
clothed in the sable robes of mourning
passed through the crowd on their holy
mission and that mission ended lifted
their pure, young voices in remembrance
of the dead, was peculiarly impressive
and held the major portion of the vast
audience in hushed silence. The
lively notes of quickstep, played by
the band in military fashion, broke the
spell and the sigh of relief and mingled
hum of conversation bogan once more,
showing, however, that for moment,
at least, the solemn memories of the day
had risen superior to the reign of
frivolousness which unfortunately OBJ
tains too often.
Senator Quarles, the orator of the day,
is tall, portly gentleman just on the
bright side of forty. A pair of stalwart
shoulders supports a fine, well shaped
head, covered with dark brown hair in
which the gray is beginning 10 show.
A pleasing face, lit by pair of shrewd
grayish brown eyes, prepossesses the
beholder in the owners favor, while
the well shaped mouth and chin, the
former hidden somewhat by tawny
mustache, tell of firmneSs and persist
encc. As a conversationalist the Sena-
tor is pleasing, as a orator, magnetic.
He went out to the war as first lieuten-
ant of Co. c. 39th Wisconsin Vol. Inf.
when hardly of age, and returning from
the long drawn struggle when the mel
low tones of peace sounded along the
lines, took up the study of law, gradu-
ating from the Michigan University.
He has climbed the ladder from the
bottom and now ranks among the most
promising and effective orators of the
State
After the close of the exercises meet
ing was held in the Office of Register
Durley, when the following executive
committee was elected for the ensuing
year: Pres, Hon. Geo. Clementson;
Sec, Dir. V. +. Kinney; Treas, c. w.
Hill; Committee, Messrs Henry Keene,
f. NJ. Lowery, W. ?. Durley, H. Buch-
ner, +. Pollock, J. Allen Barber, Mrs.
Mary Hyde, Mrs. Fannie Sherman, Mrs
j. G. Clark, Mrs. j. Allen Barber, Mrs.
f. M. Lowery, Mrs. w. Barlow, Miss
Helen J. Halberl and Miss Ellen Schrei-
ner.