The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-06-02
II is Observed with Unusual
Ceremony in Sedalia.
Brave Men and Fair Women
Turn Out in Honor Of the
Occasion.
A Grand Procession Of Civic
Orders and City Officials.
The Impressive Ceremonies Con
Quoted at the Graveyard.
The City Ablaze With Bunting
and Other Holiday Attire.

ne OCedslOu Vi Tue LuO~k Cl a ohu GA
ems We observance of deco a'ion day ever
in SEGA il. Heretofore the
Teather h invariably proven 30 un' avoIa
bic a, TO pre- Jude the possibility OF any
thing like a g-neral turnout. But not
the previous heavy rains OF
the past week. yesterday found the streets
10 fair condition snd her bright, warm su n
shine gave promise as propIIious d ~
as heart could wish, and The promis was
fully verified. Al. the forenoon rhrongs o!
eOple could b. seen going toward the
cemetery grounds, which were early crowd
ed by humid els cfp-ople.
Immediately after dinner the G. A. r
A. o. Z w. and K. of 2. members beg al
TO assembl: al their various halls, and the
streets began to ell with people, many OF
them coming in from the country. At
2 p N.
THE PROCESSION
began to form 10 column, on Fifth and
Ohi1 stree in the following order:
The mayor and city ofici-ls in carri7ges.
Selalia Silver Cornet band.
Geo. George K Smith Pest No. 90 G. A.
r.. o. Sedalia.
Ed. Baker Post No. 1s6 of Green
Ridge
Windsor Post No. 16s, of Windsor.
A handsomely decorated Car su.mount d
by psdes al on which siooi Miss b ssie
Henry, r~p-esen Jog the god .ess of lib rty
in full STUN, with flag and sword, sur
rounded by thirteen young misses, repre-.
ut ne t1e thirteen original a,eS. as fol-
lows: NJ sses Doll,e Dugan, Stella Gran
dali, Josie Kaiser, Carrie Clay, Bessie
Bri KEEL, Eta Triit, Carrie Slack, Ali.'e
Burkhtrt, LIZZIE Kere iy, Molie K lily,
Pearl Tritt, Mamie Harier, Lizzie Farm
ham and Eu rice Cousley. Ths car wa
covered with bunting AMI in the centre Of
the pedestal was pa e huge cross GOV
rred with rlands of evergreens and
flowers. This WIS ucdoubte lily the hand
soonest fraure Of the whole occas on
and ELECTED EXPLANATIONS of al
miration on all sides. Miss
Bessie Henry being especially mott cable
owing to the striking. similarity of form
and feature to the character she repr' sented
snd so ably and appropr ately enacted
thr: ughout The d y.
Next came the carrisg containing Ihe
ministes cit zens and ladies particip itiIg
in the Ger monies.
The Military band.
Uniform Rank, K. OF p.
Flelr d. Ii, division.
Moe ca rriages and buggies.
Uniformed Knights A o. U. w. mount
I'd.
At 2:10 p. m. the procession began its
line of march north on OHIO street, 10
Main street, east on Main to Lamine, south
on Lamine to Third, esst On Third to En-
gineer, and there north on Engineer to
the cemrtery. Arriving
on THE GROUNDS
the column marched up the ng avenue to
the soliiers' mJnum n, around which i.
passed with uIcover,d heads and
theme filed into liae around tie
spe .ker's stand erected just south
of the monument After the f6cials AMI
speakers hal taken their places uIon the
platform the cornet band pl ,ye1 "The
Soldiers Dream"
Col. Cloud CAM forward, and after brief
ly and appropriately allHding to the occa-
sion upon which the vast co1courss b d
been assembled, st ( d what would be the
pr gramme for the day.
The choir thea sa g, asleep, Comrades,
Sleep" which was followed by brief and
Eloquent prayer by Rev. B. F. Boiler, Of
the Copgregati NAL church.
The band render "Hail Columbia. ;"
and Col Cloud then introduced Rev. J. b.
Fuller, as the orator Of the day. Rev. Fol
Ter came forward and delivered a m; st
be 'utiiul, ell 'quent, impres i've and fervent
address b'i fly, as follows:
"friends, comrades and ci'ize S. We
have met to-day to do honor to dead heroes
If our nation, who gave their lives in tn
defense of what they belie.ed TO
be indispensable TO the fir, edom, the glory
and the perp .tuity of th- grand, free gov
eminent given and bequ .sthei 10 us By
their and our foref Tiers. This is not
secLarisn or politicsl occ ision, bu. the
gathering OF peop'e AID q nation as one
people, one ma ion, seeking TO honor and
perpeluate the memory OF loved ones who
gave their lives Ia order that We might en-
Joy and posses the privileges and the hess
Ings which under GUd we have to-day
the blessings and privileges Of a free and
united government; tie blessings of pc &c
ind pr. speriiy, and naiion whose limits
extent from ocean 10 ocean and gulf to
gull; And it is for these things that We
to-day come together to hon)r the brave
deaf, who sealed their devotion end faith
TO The principles which render them posi-.
BILE with their lives and their blood. Hence,
it is no political, no sectarian, question. 1t
is an occasi n, a question which comes
home to the heart of every m n, woman
and child in all the broad land,
when we look abroad over the old world,
over Europe, and see the millions who are
suffering from hunger, want, disease, wsr,
death, dissensions and all the miseries of
discord and hate and avarice, and ask our
selves, SIS il thing we would like to have
among ourselves" il is then the full
measure and force of the blessings of our
free institutions, our peaceful and united
government and people is felt. When We
realize how terrible would be the conse-
quences of being compelled to keep stand.
ing armies At the cost of the taxes m ;ssry