The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-02
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The services at the monument consisting
of the ritual of the G. A. r. and the placing
Of cut flowers upon the mass of evergreen at
its base, by the school children, were very
beautiful The little girls were tastefully
alfred in white and made very pretty ap.
pearance, and added much, with their inno-
cent artless manners, to the beauty of the
exercises.
When the exercises we're finished, it
seemed that the whole city had turned out
in honor of the day, and that the crowd
numbered 1000 would be indeed low esti-
mate. 1t moved over to the north side of
the square, and faced tho new speakers
stand, very pretty structure by Architect
Hull of the Park Committee, in front of
which several rows of seats were placed for
the accommodation of old soldiers and old
ladies, although the number of old ladies
seated therein did net appear to be over
eighteen.
President Hull opened the exercises at
the north end of the park, from the speak
er's stand, on which were seated several Of
the clergy Of the city, and prominent
ladies and gentlemen. He welcomed the
multitude and eulogized the veterans.
Mr.. Hull seemed to have a we'll defined
plan for doing away with the 100000.
600 suplus in the treasury He wanted it
divided among the surviving soldiers Of the
Union, the widows and orphans Of those
deceased. Pension them all was the way to
get rid of it, for America owed the soldiers
a debt, many times greater than she could
repay. Mr.. Hull's address was very we'll
received, loud applause following his closing.
A quartette rendered the "Star Spangled
Banner" very nicely. The we'll known and
elegantly trained voices of the Misses Griffith
and Smith blending we'll with the compare
lively new tenor and bass, Messrs. Kelley
and Sapp.
Rev. E. E. Mckay, Of the Second NJ E,
church offered up very fervent earnest
prayer for the good Of tho Union, and the
benefit of mankind In general. This vas
followed by music from Fitzgerald's band.
Rev. Dr.. Frederick, the orator Of the day,
then opened bis address, "The Soldiers
Gif.' The soldier had given all he had for
his country-his lie. If he came from the
battle unframed, or wounded, he had not
made less Offering. The soldiers life was
as dear to him as any man'sA 1t was not
less heart-pang to his wife or his children,
that thousands died with him. for though
thousand be buried in one grave, there were
a thousand funerals in the homes of thous.
and wives or parents. He had seen ditch
100 feet long and seven feet deep, made to
receive battles dead. Any man would give
his friends, his all for life, and the soldier
in giving his life to his country gave his all.
He gave liberty to the slave, and freedom to
America. He described several battle fields,
and his address was very meritorious He
closed by euogizing the Union soldiers, and
said that the poem
Under the willows the blue,
Under the willows the gray,
Under the laurel the blue,
Under the myrtle the gray
met his appreciation in the first lines. He
pitied and might drop tear on the grave Of
the confederate soldier, but the garlands
belonged to the soldiers of the Union.
The exercises closed with music by the
quartette, the necrologist's report, by NJ.
Hannifen, and the benediotion.
County Court.
Law.-The condemnation case of the San
ia Fe road against Lucela Mcintyre ct al.