Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-08-30

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Capt. Baxter rising to the emergenc,
responded as follows:
Comrades and conference.-the is in
deed 4 surprise TO me. / am surprised
that you come to my house this after.
noon and do me this great honor. You
have seen fit to elect me three times AZ
president of this association when it was
not my right or due, for there are many
other comrades who are better fitted
for the position and entitled to it. You
honor me with this position and for that
honor l wish to return my sincere
thanks. | am glad to meet you again
and to look in your faces. 1t carries
me back to the time when solid south
met solid north. look into the vii.
lagos all over the land and see prepare
tions for war. | see the brave boys one
after another leave everything to 90 10
the front. But now the struggle is over
and these boys are veterans. Let us
pause and drop a tear for those who are
not here, who are sleeping, in southern
soil, whose spirits have passed on to the
other side to the great reunion. 1t is
our.privilege to protect this land and
soil, the fairest the world has ever
seen. But comrades | will not detain
you further. hope we shall continue
this association as long as single
veteran remains. Again l thank You
for the honor you have bestowed upon
me. (Three cheers and tiger fol-
Capt. Baxter.)
Col. H. H. Virgin, commander-in-
chief of the association, was next called
for and spoke as follows:
Gentlemen, comrades and others-this
is unexpected to me. | had no idea of
ever being called on to address you to-
day. We meet as comrades to renew
the stories of our battle fields of old.
We met before on battle fields where il
was only s'gon and "come." | fee
flattered in the manner which you have
called me to address you, / hope COM
rades we will always remember the day
when we first enlisted and the day we
now meet. We are growing old.
look young, yet l am grey (voice s'and
bald-headed. Yes and little bald.
headed. But am surprised to see that
the boys who enlisted twenty-one years
ago are so little bald-headed as they are
with all the experience we had, all the
hog-pens we captured, and all the bay.
Gus we went through. Comrades
again thank you cordially for the ex.
preston of your respect you have given
me this day CHEERS and tiger)
Comrade Smith, of Boscobel, said he
was not speaker, but if he had been
he would say a few words for Lou. p
Lester, who was a good boy and one
they all missed.
Mayor John ID. Wilson, of Boscobel,
was then called for, and said:
Boys, cannot call you comrades as
l was not old enough to be in the army
when the war broke out, it is per-
haps unnecessary for me to tell the
respect have for every man who bore
arms for his country, but it's not befit-
ting for me to say anything here in regard
to Lou. Z. Lester. The suggestion was
made by my friend Smith. in relation
to your deceased comrade. Lou. 2. Les
Ter, Gentlemen, | would like to do
so, but my feelings are such that | can
not | thank you, but at this
time cannot say anything more.
Quartermaster General Buchner was
then called for, and said: Comrades,
| must beg to be excused from making
any speech. A few days hard work
took it all out of me. | can say moth
ing more, except to hope that you may
have good time during these two days.
| thank you for the compliment you
have paid me-
''Three cheers for Buchnerr followed
by cries for Kidd, who tried to escape,
aided by the band, which struck up at
this moment; but the boys were not to
be baked so easily, therefore Kidd felt
constrained to say few words, as fol-
lows: Comrades, l will just say, after
listening to the noble words of our presi-
dent, 1 certainly thank you for the CON-
pliment."
Three cheers for Kidd
This closed the impromptu exercises,
at Capt. Baxter's, and then the column
reformed and marched back to the
court house park, with the exception of
the Light Guard Band, which, headed
by Mayor Wilson. proceeded to the res
idence of Mayor Holloway, and ten
dered that gentleman the compliment
of sercnade, which was fully appreci-
ated by His Honor.
Shortly after six the sharp, ''rat-a-tap'
of the long roll burst in upon the ears
of the veterans in every part of the city
calling them to the parade ground for
dress parade. Three divisions of infan-
try and one of cavalry, participated in
the parade with the same officers us in
the afternoon. At its conclusion the
veterans marched out and formed on
Madison street, preparatory to proceed
ing to the depot, where they were to
meet Governor Rusk and his party,
who arrived On the 7:10 train. The
column as formed was as follows: Com
mander-in-chief Virgin. and Adjutant
Keene, Division of Cavalry Captain
Schulter, drum corps. Boscobel Ligi.t
Guard band, First division infantry,
Capt. Lane; Lancaster band Second
division infantry, Capt. Traber; Third
division, Capt. Farquharson. The
line of march was up Madison to Maple
street, ION Maple to Washington
street and via that to the depot,
where arms were stacked on the east
of the track, pending the arrival of the
train. The Governor was accompanied
by Mayor Holloway and Senator Ry-
land from Montfort. On the arrival of
the train
THE DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
entered carriages and the line reformed
as before, with Governor Rusk and
party in carriages in the rear. The re-
turn line of march was from the depot
to Maple street, then to Jefferson, down
Jefferson to Cherry, down Cherry to
Madison, up Madison to the Wright
House, which was the headquarters of
the party during their stay. On reach
ing Madison street the veterans were
drawn up on the east side Of the street,
presenting arms as the Governor and
party passed along. The members of
the party were as follows. Gov. Rusk