Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-08-13
JAMESTOWN. OAK, THU RSDAY AUGUST l3. 1885.
DUST TO DUsr.

DUST TO DUST.
Fnnrral OlDsequies In Hener " Gen.
s'rant In JaMestswn Saturday.
AT the appointed hour. two o clock Sat :
urday afternoon those who were TO make
up tlc procession began TO assemble at
the south side school house and half an
hour later the procession was formed by
marshal OF the day, S. X. Mc(iinnis, who
IS veteran artillery soldier. The order
of procession was as follows:
Tile jamestown Light Guards, head
Ell by The drum corps, as escort to the G.
A. II.
"a ride, lcss black horse, from the
empty military saddle on which hung q
sword wrapped in Grape. The horse was
led by Ben. Hayes, colored man, as a
testimonial Of the reverence and gratl-
tude Of his race to the hero Of the war
that effected their freedom.
3-Wllliam II. Seward Post, G. A. X.
with badges and appropriate emblcms OF
In front OF the Post was
borne a large portrait of Gen. Grant
heagily draped and decorated with a
wreath OF beautiful flowers.
4-The speakers and county and city
officers
5-'rhe school children Of which there
was large number and which added
much to the impressiveness Of the occa-
sion
The stage in the opera rink where the
exercises were held was deliberately
tirapca IN mourning and magnilicently
decorated with flowers showing that the
Of the Post snd committee hav-
ing the matter in charge not only did
their whole duty hut with a fine sense of
as we'll
The music both vocal and instrumental
under direction of Rev J. II. Hartman
was well rendered and appropriately Sc
lecteh. The programme as previously
published was carried out, invocation
and reading Of the 9o,h Psalm by Rev.
N. y. Tanning, prayer ty Rev. s. N.
short addresses by number Of
speakers, and closing benel,ctlon by Rev.
A. Buchanan. We. give verbatim the
following addresses IN the order in which
they were delivered:
MAYOR FLINTs Address.
by this mournful assembly; by these
solemn notes; by these symbols of mourn
ing we are reminded that death is IN the
land. Indeed death is ever present and
seldom fails to send his shaft of pain into
some heart, but the death we commemor-
ate on this sad day reaches beyond the
home and the circle bound by ties of
kindred, It enters every household and
rierces every heart in our beloved nation.
Yea, the sad tid,ngs flash beneath the
mighty deep and children on foreign
shores mingle in the general gloom.
And why should We not mourn? On
tins day we consign TO the dark tomb the
hero Of Appomatox, who silenced these
laundering batteries and TO whom the
brave and gallant Lee yielded up his
treasured sword aud with it the hope of
sl.s confederate ar,ns-As the rae,,lt nf
the conflict was hcralded through the
land how the prayers Of loyal people
,osc to heaven for General Grant. How
it buoyed the aching hearts Of our moth.
crs as they realized that their boys, brave
defenders Of their country, we're coming
home and among the number were these
time -honered battle scared soldiers who
are sitting here with bowed heads and
hearts melting with grief tor the loss of
their great commander.
And why should We not mourn? On
this day We bury the great chleitain who
snatched the republic from the hand of
treason and preserved the union-not dis
mcmbcred and dishonored, but as our I'M
mortal Washington bequestheL 1t and as
our fathers declared it. and our dear old
flag with every star retained and indell.
bly, and forever set.
And why should We not mourn! lie
lies in death who was our honored presl-
dent, who guided the ship Of state with
calm unerrlng hand over waters made
poison by tine prect ding storm; who me,
the great problems incident to the war
problems upon which experience had
thrown no light and which bstiled the
profoundest statesmen with an ability
and grandeur that amazed the world; who
brought harmony out OF confusion-con-
fidcnce out of distrust and restored hopt
to The nation.
The life that Is now closed anl tC
which the nation Is To-Day paying its trib
ute OF love and respect, is the mos: re-
markablc in the history of our illustrlous
men. OF humble parentage, modest ir
den.eanor, re,icent of speech, without tht
influence OF wealth or the prestige OF 4
name, General Grant who had passed thu
meridian OF life before entering upon BIZ
public career within quarter Of cen
tury attains to an cm,nence, higher thar
which, no name has ever yet been writ
ten.
Some have said he was a creature o
circumstances. The assertion is as I'M
generous as it is untrue. 'Tis true Oppor
tnnitlca are nppdfnl 10 omen the avenue
to greatness especially in = republic !lk'
ours where honors do not descend by in
heritance.
The great civil war was an opportuni
,y without which Gen. Grant might hav
remained in obscurity, but he alone o
the millions seized it IN its fnlln:ss ant
who shall say but that he alone was equa
to the great emergency. To tie the crea
ture of circumstances implies no effor
on the pat of the creature, and VIII