The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-06-09

Ross Rnsb PARTIAL Band. g.
Jesse Dial Go. 36l, CIR. ,han
90. 81, So. a-ni,
The procession wa Here
E. D. Yutzy, gshaliIy Com swor,
L Pugh, of Post 21O, an binhrade }. for til
E. Church where. after Fci'o 'he NJ. foun(
Rev. James Il. Brown, tht Oohiraae ins.it
ritual service of the GranSnpreSsiVe aud i
by the Post oficers."as per and f
Song by the Post" Who An
Mother Now ideal
l. u ui-y ',A,ho in fac
following speakers, who deliTus' patio,
addresses Conn ]. lad ~
of Post 2l0, whose address wpuons, give +
the HERALD last week. PROF.. NJ. ~ .titn,
Wue I. @ Colboand Frsosp'u'
n l. }. Miller L. Oo Roast
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Prof. Berkey said: IN
Members Of he Grand AIHy,9is q 'e'c''"S
and Friends:
This day, dedicated to tlnemory oi our
brave soldier dead, has ehe the hioS'
sacred, as well as the mosohoIeu' Vi oui
.ao,a, bol;,y,vs yo-t. the nations
flag floats to the breezfom every pun
lie building in these Uni states III hoaoi
of the fallen heroes o pore tha' nag
through a hundred bafs' ina 1t "isn'
a. no orsi,p a free, a united
people. To-day a Datir'i hiiiiio"s ''"
IN its busy, ftful life, ! thousShos move
in slow and solemn prsSioh 10 'nc ci'e'
of the dead, 10 show az WINE 'hey az
&C. rros,srops aid by they ever hold
in grateful Temembraf Vhe p'ioe Vi 'u"
1ho~tv tho fon,datjthfthat prosperity, by
- d,a homeqakhe memory of those
49, 5oeandars oraman rights and ma
tional honor.
To-day, the "Boyn blie' many Hi"S,
18th .iIverad locked tottering step, bend
over the graves vre eohiraues sieep' =
a1,oo ,bora wr.s of flowers as a token OF
aratof,I uamorvld lasting associations.
r. 40, Tho boat; drum and the unfurled
flag bring back tscehes 'ha' t"e"'' go
I'll -. og,, To the citizen soldier,
they bring bach imagination '"
moroh or ,b~aonotonous camp-life, the
herce struggle oarhase anu "'
u.ohio nr;, cell. Bat to many anoth'
AZ ,hor br;r back the we'll remembered
f,ru Of q b,,and. a father, a son, or s
brother to oipy the place iohs snn' v"
cant.
Yes, mylends' TINS is i u d 90
-las,;,a nhories, and a nation bows IT:
hooa as ;ontemplatss the cost of human
r,oodonbd national unity. Thousands o
har hra i sons sacrificed, as many heart
blaadip.as many homes desolate million
of treate poured out until even abundan
were drained a whole section
1.id hste by the ravages of war. VIII
wi,hhiman sympathies, will fail to appre
o;o, ,how the country has suffered fror
oivjstrife. But, on the other hand tn
rosts of that Struggle, the blessings tha
come to us as a nation of feeemen
ne than Justify all the sacrifice. III
yse of slavery was blotted out, the Unto
As saved. and the North and the South CO
llented with che blood of Il million heroes
b-dav our institutions are secure and OF
homes are safe. Who with spark of pa
riotism in his bosom will fail to appreciat
what the Grand Army of the Republic di
for our country good.
F,r twenty.fo four years. soldiers grave
I haze been decorated, fer thirteen years tn
| ms been a national holiday, and may 1t NJ
| ,e presumed. that so long as one ofthe DO!
IN Blue or their loyal sons remain, a
long as the flowers grow and hands remaI
TO gather them. so long will America r
member Decoration Day, and each success
ing year shall loyal hearts and willir
hands mark the place where a soldier res
with those beautiful emblems of peace al
love. Then
s,Coyer them over with beautiful flower,
Deck them with garlands, those brothers ei our
Lying so silent by night and by day,
Sleeping the years OF their manhood away;
Years they had marked for the Joys OF the Draw
Years they must waste in the mouldering grave
All the bright laurels they waited to bloom,
Fell from their hopes when they fell 10 the tom
Give them the need they have won in the past,
Give them the honor their future forecast;
Give them the chaplets they won in the strife,
! Give them the laurels they lost with their life.
Cover them over, yes, cover them over,
| Parent. husband, brother, and lover;
| Crown in YOUR hearts those dead heroes of ours,
And cover them over with beautiful flowers
But, my friends, the exercises OF this d
! are not all composed of silent deeoratlc
and solemn dirges From every throng, Il
! gathers to-day may be heard a prayer
than nsgiying. a hymn of praise going up
the Supreme Ruler for the blessings OF
erty, for national peace and unity for no
and native land. Let us heed well the
sons that this day would teach. Let thu
TO whom the late war is but history, und
stand the full import of this national tribu
Let those who must direct the ship of st
in the worlds tomorrow be taught to
we're patriotism, and our Country will
more secure in her loyal citizens than
standing armies or fortified cities.
There is no glory in war for its own sa
No, it is terriblel Terrible in its desolatl
terrible in its consequences, terrible IN
effects upon human hearts and homes. !
freeman will do all in his power 10 avert
he will exhaust every means to bring ab
peaceful arbitration but rather than sa
flee a principle, rather than suffer opp
sion and wrong, he will fight for his co
try, he will give up all that is dear to h
even life itself and tor this he deserves
undyiag homage of those for whom he
fered. Then, as we recall the deeds of
, heroes who are crowned to-day with q
E tionis ~laurels, as we recount the story
: their achievements in the field OF oa
: their sufferings in the prison cell, LET
honor their memory for their patriot
!, rather than for their valor, for what I
. have left us to enjoy as well as for what
$ suffered.
The past has taught its lesson, and
8 we not fondly hope that never again m
e foreign foe invade our proud land,
never again may our country be rent a
r der by civil strife. The nation can n