Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-05
FennimOre Celebration.


birthday was ushered in by national
salute of thirteen guns fired At sunrise.
telling us in laundering tones that hide
pendence Day had again dawned upon
free people Every inhabitant of the
village was astir at an early hour and
the morning sun arose with all its ma
iestic splendor to cast its cheerful rays
into every nook and corner of our broad
land. filling each soul with unbounded
patriotism. until there was no room for
anything but thoughts of how we could
get the most pleasure from the few fleet
ing hours that we so dearly coveted.
The early morning trains brought in a
large number of people that had been
gathered up at the stations between Lam
caster and Woodman, and soon vehicles
of all descriptions came rolling into town
from every town in the county, until our
village was full of animation and life.
After the usual greetings were over,
procession was formed in front of
COVERS Hall, and at 9:45 took up the
line of march to Beetham's Grove, where
the exercises of the day We're carried out
in the following order:
/. Marshal and Deputies.
p President of the Day and other
officers.
8. Fennimore Cornet Band
4 Goddess of Liberty
5. Members of Sam Monteith Post,
G.. A. r.
6. Martial Music.
Z. Fennimore Broom Brigade.
Citizens.
On arriving at the grove the following
order of exercises were carried out:
Music by the Band.
Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev James
Sims.
Music by the Fennimore Glee Club.
Reading of the Declaration of indie
pendence by Geo. w. Parker, which was
followed by three cheers for the Declar-
alton.
Music by the Band.
Grafton by Rev. d. c. Talbot.
Music by the Glee Club.
Three cheers for the Union.
Music by the Band
Dinner.
The president, Hon. r. M. Day, made
few opening remarks appropriate to
the occasion and then introduced the
orator, Rev. d. c. Talbot, who, among
other things said: We have met together
to-day to celebrate another anniversary
of our National Independence. We are
living in a land of freedom which scarce
ly knows no boundary. Our earth is
said to be $4,000 miles in circumference,
having diameter of perhaps 5000
miles, but the freedom and liberty given
to the American citizen is almost beyond
calculation. This day is set apart for
enjoyment, and politics has no business
here. There are present, believers in
all the different church and political fac
tons and. to-day, we should lay them
aside in order to enjoy the full blessings
of Independence Day. Washington, in
his farewell address, told his country
men to beware of dissension and he fore
saw the need of their remaining firm,
that they might be unit forever. He
foresaw the danger of a separation COM
ing on between the North and South and
admOnished them to be as one people.
We have now passed beyond this at
tempted dissolution and the soldier who
faced the enemy and stood upon the
lily at home should never be forgotten.
That while they live to enjoy the com
forts of Il civic life, when they are gone,
flowers should be strewn over their
graves and their memory shall be inn
mortallized in honor of the deeds they
have done. Our forefathcrs did not
have advantages that we now have and
labored under many difficulties to estab-
fish new homes that we might enjoy
after them. American people can now
do almost everything. Education has
made rapid progress within the last few
years. Uncle Sam has home for every
one of YOU There were 5000 claims
taken up in one weeks time in Dakota,
but the grand old state of Wisconsin still