The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-06
Memorial Services.


one in which to honor the fallea heroes
who died in the defense of their and
our country, our people were not
found wanting in earnest desire to do
honor to the silent sentincIs who lie in
our cemetery. The day dawned clear
calm and beautiful, and every one
seemed anxious TO lend a helping
hand in doing honor to our brave
dead. The procession was to form at
the cornor of Second street and Beck
er avenue at two o'clock, but about
one o'clock a thunder shower came up,
and for some time it looked as though
this would entirely drown out all eff
forts to carry out the programme Of
the day. But in time the clouds
broke away, the sun shone out, and
despite the mud the procession form.
ed, and led by the Superior Cornet
Band marched down Second street TO
Thompson Avenue, thence to Third
street up Third to St. John avenue,
then to Second street, down Second
street to Nelson avenue and out this
avenue to the cemetery, where the four
graves Of our country's defenders
were solemnly decorated with beau
tiful flowers, the members of the G.
A. r. Post leading the way to the
graves, forming in two ranks in open
order, while the Misses. Maud Brown,
Blanche Daniels, lydia Tubbs, May
Maxim Nellie McGinnis, and Kate
Christie, robed in white and bearing a
cross Of eyergrcens and wreaths and
boquets Of flowers decorated the grayes
as the work Of the Grand Army asso-
citation, and these were followed by
the school children and citizens, and
SO numerous were the beautiful tokens
of love, that each grave was literally
covered with flowers, the band the
meanwhile playing beautiful dirge.
This part Of the program being con
Guided and the weather still threaten
ing, it vas decided to return to town
and conclude the exercises at the
Methodist church. Arriving there
the choir, consisting Of Mrs c. II.
Sunderland, and the Misses. Fanny
Coburn, Lou Johnston. Laura Brown,
Elva Denniston, May Maxim, Maud
Brown, Blanche Daniels, Mildred
Perry, and Kate Christie; and Messrs.
A. K Smith, NJ. T. Nanter, andE. +.
Barton, accompanied by DanI. Young
with cornet, and Geo. BishoG' with
baritone, opened the exercises with
song, and after prayer by Rev. Jno,
Haw, chaplain of the G. A. r. Post,
and music by the full band, Com
mander Robe introduced the speaker
of the day, Col. Hiram Hayes, who
gave us a most excellent address, and
we are sorry the coIoncl's modcsty viii
not allow US to publish the entire ad-
dress. As it is we will have to be con-
tented with a page or two Of the clos
ing part of his remarks, as follows:
The irrepressibIe conflict was met
and overcome by irrepresSible forces.
The rebellion succombed to the inev-
liable. Civilization, Humanity and
God were against it.
When the travail and agony Of de
feat were over, the South itself, its rank
and file, were glad. Glad that the
constitution had been maintained, and
the Union kept together. Glad that
slavery had been destroyed and seces-
sion buried, and glad that the miacra-
bic make-shifts Of Compromise on ali
such matters had been discarded for
ever
be,'ef' almost had me Two oceans
roiled over inc lahu ana ehGoIphed It
IKE me iosl -a'I'nl's' 'Aan That these
states SnonIo nave l'Lien INTO inc an
arehy o. ,lSI'lliol' ana oeeh luFhed' as
'hey would nave been INTO petty and
eternaliy warning aesPotsmS' a tate
which has been written II the history
q central America ana AieNieo'
bNeIs o. Tue ofaNe men VINO IoushL
IN Inc cause OF Inc ! mon ne IN Wonder
cemetery. Two OF them leH IN the
serYlce-isLL IN battle, 1 may say. fot
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