The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-06-05
Memorial Day.

The memorial exercises on Friday last
may be said to have been brilliant success
The day was fine, the attendance large, and
not single jar or unpleasant feature occur
red to mar the beauty and harmony of the
proceedings
The children and ladies of this village and
vicinity, who can always be relied on to per-
form their part on all public occasions, fur
nished a wealth of floral decorations, arranged
In handsome crosses, wreaths, and bouquets
Arrangements had been made to have
committees of the G.. A. II. visit every GENE
trey in the vicinity at an early hour in the
morning so that no soldiers grave should be
left undecorated. This part of the program.
like all the rest, was faithfully carried out.
Ae half past nine the members of Brodhead
Post assembled at their armory, and at ten
o'clock the old veterans, led by martial
band, and followed by the pupils of our I'm
ion school, under charge of Prof. Russell, took
up their line of march for our beautiful bur-
ial grounds on Prospect Hill where a large
number of our citizens assembled TO witness
the exercises, which consisted of the impress
sive ceremonies Of the Grand Army, which
were conducted at the grave of comrade l..
G. Woodman. After the conclusion of these
ceremonies and dec Orating the last rest
ing pldceS OF all lLlS SOluleTS WHO are
there, the procession reformed and marched
back to the village where il "broke ranks TO
re-assembe at the Opera House, at two p. m.
for the afternoon exercises which consisted
of the following
PROGRAMME.
-"sleep Comrades Sleep" Glee Club.
Prayer, Rev. II. W. Harvey.
Song, Solo and chorus-"Red, white and Blue
Glee Club.
Address of Welcome, 3. +. Heckert.
Song-"Batte Hymn Glee Club.
Address, Rev. l.. II. Harvey.
song, Duet and Chorus-"Brave Boys
W. W. Mosier and G. l.. Hutchins.
Recitation-"No Flowers on Papa's Grave"
Miss Jessie Harrison.
Recitation-"our Folks" Mrs. NJ. A. billiard.
Song-"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
Messrs. Rooms, Mosier, Wilson Bale
Recitation-"The Dying Soldier. Lynn Free.
Five Minute Speeches.
Song" America" Glee Club.
Benediction, Rev. II. W. Harvey.
The commodious Opera House was packed
to its utmost capacity, every available inch
of seating capacity and standing room being
occupied. The gallery was reserved for the
members of the public school. The glee
club, which consisted of about twenty of
Paw Paws best singers, sang the old army
songs in a style that drew repeated applause
from the audience and kindled anew the
spirit of patriotism in the breasts of the
"old boys" The address by comrade Harvey
was a most able and impressive one. 1t
could not be otherwise. The speaker lost
his right leg in the army, and having passed
through all the hardships and perils of a
soldiers life. he spoke out of the fulness of
his heart. The rectations 10y Miss Jessie
Harrison, Mrs. billiard and Lynn Free were
all appropriate and exceedingly well render
ed, and drew tears from many eyes. Jessie
is but little girl of eight years, yet she rem
dered her piece in manner that would be
creditable to professional elocutionist.
The programme occupied two hours, and
we doubt If ever there was an audience as
sembled in Paw Paw, on any occasion, that
went away better satisfied than did those
who had the privilege and pleasure of at
tending these exercises.