Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-06-07

and hope IN the providence of God it
may never be supplanted by the sword.
Let us to-day, over the graves OF our
fallen husbands, fathers, brothers, sons
and comrades, bury all the differences
and bitterness of the past, and from
this time forward be one people, with
one aim-the preservation, answered
and unsullied. of this grand old govern
ment that has costus so much in the
past. May the glad day come when
our swords shall be beaten into plow-
shares and our spears into pruning
hooks, when sectional strife and bitter
ness shall be remembered only as
thing of the past. when we shall know
no north, no south, no east, no west.
When the flag of our country given to
us by our forefathers and sealed to us
by our comrades shall be honored and
respected all over the land When our
confederation of states shall become
united in one common bond of union
that will neUer admit of dissolution.
When throughout the length and
breadth Of this vast domain every man
may be able to greet his neighbor and
say, shall, my brother"
I'm New England's fragrant forests.
Mid Nevada's rugged hills
Mid her arid plains absorbing
All her myriad snow-fed rilis.
In the southern groves OF cypress
On the northwest's open fields,
Where the cane gives up her juices,
And the hill his granite yields,
Wheresoe'er our starry banner
To the winds its folds may give,
There, my countrymen and neighbors,
There as brothers let us live.
And when the long years have passed slowly
away
Zen TO the dawn OF earth's funeral day,
When at the archangel's trumpet and tread,
Rise up the faces and forms of the dead,
When the great world its last judgment awaits,
When the blue sky shall swing open its gates,
And our long columns march silently through
Past the great captain for final review,
Then. for those who have died for the right,
crowns shall be given, untarnished and bright.
Then the glad ear OF each warmartyred son
done.
Husband and father and brother and lover
God will reward these dead heroes OF ours.
And cover them oyer.with beautiful flowers
The speaker was heartily cheered at
the close, showing that his words had
swept the chord of the hour with more
than a passing touch, and later express
sions of opinion from all sides confirmed
this impression.
A song-'sThere's a vacant niche in
the heart" followed from the choir, af-
ter which Col Clark announced the
names of the following gentlemen and
ladies, who had been nominated as the
committee for the ensuing year: Hon.
A. r. Bushnell, Capt. c. H. Baxter, G.
w. Hill, DIR. v. H. Kinney, d. Schreiner,
Mrs Mary Hyde, Miss Ellen Schreiner,
Mrs. w Barlow, Mrs. j. G. Clark and
Mrs. j. p. Lewis, who were unani-
mously elected by the audience. As
the afternoon was well advanced, this
virtually closed the exercises at the
speaker stand. The volunteer speeches
were dispensed with, and the crowd
were left at liberty to enjoy the excellent
music, discoursed by the band from
their stand. This closed the pro-
gramme which had been gone through
without hitch or jar, a result which
entitled those who had borne the
brunt of the battle to great deal Of
credit for unremitting and highly sue
cessful labors.
The number of people in attendance
was fully up to the average for past
years, when the discouraging weather
in the early part of the day is taken into
consideration. There was also shown a
desire on the part of those present to OBJ
serve the day as it should be observed
rather than make it vehicle for fun
and frolic, as has been the case in some
years before. Throughout the entire
exercises this feature was particularly
noticeable, and added much to the en-
joyment of the day.