Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-31
The Graves Of the Blue and the Gl.ay
strewu with Flowers by
Loving Hands.
Thirty. Eight Girls Place Floral Tribute,
Upon the oenOtaph 10 Our
Unknown Dead
An Immense Audience Listens to Ilo-
quent Orators Who Invoke Tender
Memories Of the Dead.

promise Of lovely May day for the
decoration Of the dead soldiers graves.
AT 10 o'clock in the morning the pro-
cession formed ON Main street in the
following order: Band, the members
of the Grand army of the Republic,
the ex'Confederate soldiers, and the
disabled soldiers and citizens in carri-
ages.
The procession moved from Main
street out TO lakewood cemetery. and
there were all the graves OF the dead
soldiers, both of those that wore the
blue and those that wore the gray.
strewn with the beautiful May flowers.
After the graves were decorated,
under the supervision of Il.
w. Bradley, commander, as
sisted by Chaplain Hollo-
way, . salute of twenty-four guns was
fired. The procession then returned
to the courthouse and dlshanded.
AT 2:3O p. M. the procession reformed
on Main and Weathefford streets, UNI
der the grand marshals of the day,
Capt. j. @. Richardson and Mai. w.
p. Golf. The Fort Worth fire depart
ment Joined the procession between
Fourth and Fifth On Main. The pro.
cession then marched up Houston4
street, where IL Was Joined between
Third and Fourth by the thirty-eiSht
girls dressed In white representing the
| thirty.eight states; thence 1t went to
| the opera-house, where the exercises OF
the evening commenced.
The thirty-eight girls representing
the states marched in aud ranged
In semi-ercle around the stage, on the
front OF which was placed cenotaph
covered with evergreens and bearing
the motto ITO our unknown dead.n
The exercises were opened by prayer
from Rev. w. L.. Torrance. Col. EN-
cry then announced the programme
for the closing services. After this
the young ladies representing the diff.
ferent states, beginning with Texas,
represented by Miss Lena Johnson,
came forward in turn and placed q
| floral tribute upon the cenotaph to the
memory OF the unknown dead. When
Miss Lena Johnson placed her llow-
ers upon the cenotaph, with the words
"Texas presents her tribute first to the
memory of the fallen brave,n the
applause was deafening. She
was followed by Massachusetts
and the whole semi-circle Of states,
ending with South Carolina. Each
tribute was received with great APP
plause. The girls then filed down
and took seats in the audience.
Mayor Smith was then introduced
and spoke few well chosen words OF
welcome. He said: ~ feel in 10Y
heart that these floral tokens are not a
mock cry, but that we can and do love
those who died upon the field Of battle
without inquiring from whence they
came.n
Capt. II. ]. Beall was then intro
! duced and delivered an appropriate
and eloquent Grafton, Of which the fol.
lowing is an extract:
This morning spoke to the living
/ come now in this memorial servic,
to do honor to our lamented dead. TX
the true soldier, dying In the sublime
faith Of the Latin poet, death hath M
sting and the grave no victory. Vir
gil's harp gives forth In immorta
strains the soul-enraptured words
"Duice est pro patria mort"
, They each gave battle on the sid
] that conscience said maintain you
, rights.
Let Zone their motives ere derlde
Hearts blood stains the stony heights.
Veneration for the illustrlou
dead Ia a sentiment tina
can never die. In illustration
OF this, we refer TO the poet, Burns, {
whose memory statue was unveilet
( In Central park, New York. Jus
eighty-nine years after "Auld Scotia
: followed, with tear.smitten eyes, hi
beloved remains to the grave and raise,
towering monuments TO his name
| 4lnnuh In lntaal,y 4,
AYR and Yarrow, OF Tevlot and tn
Tweed, amldet leafy bowers, laughing
streams and rocky glens, every bird
z flower and llchen repeats his name
a still, poets in other lands, inspired b,
his song, have touched their harps {
sing his praise, and our own Longfel
low, in HE unwasted age speaks o
Burns under the vision of IAN immoT
= tai youth, singing at his toll, In tn
bright spring morn.n 1t is we'll Fo
under his DninstTelsy "Auld Scotia
y thistle bloomed out into a flower 3
= fair that its beauty aud perfume fille'
4 the world with joy"
) We would here fain do honor b
= those heroes OF the revolution who &c
4 cured our liberties on the battlefield
, and those civic warriorH, who In wis
= council laid the foundation OF our fire.
:. institutions In the adoption Of th
;, Federal Constitution. And we woul'
y have those who upheld and main
. talned our national flag, ana, with r.
/. newed fealty TO our government, W
! say: 1.-THE star-spangled banner, lOnl
!, NAV IL wave DER the land Of the fire.
= and the home Of the brave.n We cal
y unite our tears for our fallel
comrades whoi answered not at rol
call, but went TO sleep in the Silen
CITY. Many Of them now sleep IA
away from the homes OF their kindred
In the deep wildwood where the bird
of the forest chant their requiem, bu
II no living hands strew flowers on thei
i graves. We grieve not.
Z they leitin dread battle no blot on th'i
name,
Ana looked proudly 10 heaven from the
deathbed OF fame.
There shall the good stand In immori'
N bloom,
a In the far goodness Of that second birth,
: Aud each bright blossom mlngie Its perfufn
e With that OF flowers that never biootne
n on earth.
o The Rev. j. Is. Holloway was neS