The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-05-22
SCATTER sRraar FLOWERS.

the observance Of which has been Nation
al custom; a day set apart for strewin9 the
graves of comrades, whose lives have been
freely given up in the defense of country
and fac. with bright flowers and to honor
their memory by appropriate ceremonies
and remembrances of their heroism and sac
rifice. All over the nation, from the At
lantic to the Pacific, old soldiers will gather
with their families and loved ones ON that
day and with saddened memories of those
dear to them, gather about the grassy
mounds where dead comrades rest and while
the beautiful floral tributes are being offer
ed. The associations of the past, the
strong friendship born in the intimaces of
camp life and tried on bloody fields of bat
tie and amid stirring scenes of danger, will
come back to them with renewed force, and |
the memories of what they died for and the |
blessings their sacrifice brought for those
that survive them will present themselves
in vivid recellections of camp life and march
strife and carnage, weary days in hospital
and prison, in these days past when these
dead comrades stood beside them shoulder
to shoulder in the great strife that should
decide the destiny of a great nation. The
tolls and duties of soldiers life are over.
It's memories only remain, and to preserve
these memories green and to honor the dead
and to keep green the recollections OF their
great service to their country, these ceremo-
nies are held each successive year. But GUS
, tom through ready sympathy born for the
soldier in the days gone by the whole peo-
pie has made this day not only one to be
observed by soldiers, but by all. The citi-
zers are cordially invited to suspend their
usual avocations and unite with surviving
soldiers in harmony, not only the dead who
were once comrades of the one in armies,
but also the dead of the others who have
been laid away by loving hands and tender
hearts. BY gathering together in the GEM
etries and spending one day in rec"llections
and rememberances of those who have gone
: before and whose dust alone remains be-
meath the mound that marks their resting
place.
1t is meet that We should do this, and
although the custom is comparatively a new
one among us, shall we not honor it? And
all without distinction join together and de-
vote this day to our dead. Few among us
there are who have no dead, the remember
e ance of whom softens the hearts and mois
z tens the eye. Loved while living and never
r to be forgotten although laid away from
: sight.
. We urge upon all to join in the pilgrim
t age to the city of the dead, bearing bright
t flowers and garlands called from natures
profusion of the beautiful, and live ovel
s again in recollection at least the happy
r hours of the past spent with loved ones WHIT
t slumber peacefully there, and to ssrew thei
$ last resting place with springs brightes
It blossoms.
If Let terder hands strew the flowers thai
n shall tell the story of our love and remem
IS berance for those whose lives once gladdenet
our hearts but are now no more with us
# except as memory brings them back from
n the past. Thus we may teach our sons ano
E daughters the noble lesson that love can am
n does exist beyond the grave.
~ O'A 'e~A~A0
y. will observe this day with the usual ane
# appropriate ceremonies of their order, an
,r we trust the invitation extended by the oil
10 soldiers to all our citizens, to join wit
them in the observance OF the day will b
!, accepted generally and that all the grave
=. in our cemeteries will be visited and ther
tributes of affection and remembering
placed thereon, these shall mark it the res
ing place of some one endeared to tende
hearts and fond recollection.
Nothing marks the true refinement of
community as much as watchful care for tn
last resting place of their dead, and nothin
- cultivates and strengthens the purest an
'e loftest emotions of the heart like the sof
ls ened memories of those who have been lai
y away from our sight with aching hearts an
a. tender hands.
We should aim to make the place whel
VI our dead rest the spot where summers la
s. rose lives longest and where springs brigh
IL est and earliest blossoms should unfold, an
so we may if we chose.
;.,1 Our business men have decided to clio
their places of business eor two hours on tn
day, which will be seen by the followil
AGREEMENT.
z We the business men and women of Co
al wallis hereby agree with each other that '
ne will close our respective places of busine
at from IL o'clock, A. M. to l O'Clock P. M.
ne Memorial Day, May 80, 1885.
h M Nolan ] s Moore
ed E Rosenthal + Sorbn
n Hamilton Job & Co. Jacob Weber
to A Hodes & Co. Waggoner & Buford
r, P M Zerolf & 60. IS L Kline
as z P Greffoz Avery & Irvine
ay T Graham Woodcock & Baldwin
10 w G. Crawford F Harris
n Senders Will Bros.
OF W Hanson X Graham