Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-04-14

floor a flower grew up to cheer Picciola
Nungo Park, the great traveller ana eX-
plorcr, had his life saved by a flower. he
sank down in the desert to die. but seeing
a flower near by, it suggested Gods mcr
ciful care and he got up with new Cour-
age and travelled on to safety. ! said the
flowers are the angels of the grass. ladd
now they are the
EvANGELs OF I'll SKY.
ii. II you insist on asking me the ques-
ton: What are flowers good for? | re.
spond they are good for the bridal day.
The bride must have them OF her brow,
and she must nave them in her hand.
The marriage altar must be covered with
them. A wedding without flowers would
be as inappropriate as a wedding without
music. AT such a time thcg are for con
graduation and prophecies Of good. SO
much of the pathway Of lifeis covered up
with thorns, we ought 10 cover the begin
nlng with orange blossoms.
Flowers are appropriate for such occa-
sions, Tor in hinGNy-ninc out Of a hundred
cases il is the best thing that could have
happened. The world may criticise and
pronounce il an inaptijune. and may lIfl
lis eycbroos in surprise and think il
might suggest something better; but the
God who secs the twenty. forty, fifty
years Of welded life before they have be
cQn oranges all for the best. so that
flowers. in almost AL c1sns, are appro.
Pirate for the marriage day. The diver
E,mccg Of deposition will h'cow" cor
responsiveness. rech!Cssurss Wiil hec"lno
prudence, friyolity Will he turned int
prdcticality.
There has been many al aged wi30Wct
soul who had q carefully los kcd bur nm,
and in the bureau "a box. and IN tie box Z
folded paper, and in The folded paper F.;
halt blown rose, slightly fragrant. dlScol
orrd. carefully pressed she put IL there
forty or fifty wears ago. On the anna
vcIsarN dav OF her wedding She viii 20 I,
the bureau. She viii lift the box, sh" Wii.
unfold the paper. and 10 her eyes viii V.
exposed the half b'o"n bud, and IT,,
memories of the past viii rush ur0n her,
and a tear viii drop upon the HOVER. a1o
suddenly it j TRANSPORTED, and there is
stir in the dust OF the anther, and il
rounds ont, aud il is fun Of life, aud il
begins to- trcmhlc in the procession NJ
The church aisle, and the dead music Of
half century ago ome t|hrohhing through
The ain. aud vanished faces rrGppyar, anC
right hands are joined, and a manly voice
promises; II will for better or fol
worse, and the
WEDDING MARCH
thundnre a salvo Of JOY at The departing
crowd; but a sigh on that anniversary
day ~scattcIs the scene. Under the deep
fetched breath, the altar, the flowers, the
congratulating groups are scattered, anr
there is nothing left but "A trembling hand
holding IA faded rosebud, which Is pn'
into the paper, and thea into the box, ant
the box carefully placed in the bureau
and with a sharp, sudden click of tho
lock the scene is over.
Al, nay friends, let not the prophetic:
of the flowers On our wedding day be
false prophecies. BE blind to each other
faults. Make the most of each other
cXccllences. Above Ill DO not both &C
mad at once. Remember the vows, tn,
ring ON the third finger of the left hand
and the hcnciictior Of The calla lilics.
81. If you insist ON asking mrthe qucs
( ton: What are flowers good for?
answer, they are good to honor ant
comfort the ohsc4uics. The worst gasi
ever made into tho side of our poor Cart
Is the cash OF the grave. II is SO deep
il IL SO cruel. it IS SO incurablc that j
needs somclAingto COVERT up. Flower
( fpr the ca,kct. flowers for tie hearsc
flowers for the cemetery.
Wlat h contrast between a grave in Z
country churchyard, with the fencu
, broken down ana the tombstone Assault
aul the Woodworking cattle browsing ami.
tho Uu3I.iH stalks. and TIN" CanaIa this
( dies. and a June morning in GrgcnN oHd
the wake OF ro~catc lluum rolling 10 ia,
tor Of the mounds. ard then brcahin.
mo foaminr CrlS's OF white flowers al
around Ihc pillow OF dust. II is tn.
. difference he.wecn sleeping under RAG
and sleeping under and cmbro'dcrc'
blanket. We want Ola Mortality Will
I His chie.l to 80 through AL the graN cyarG
of Chr~itcn lom. and while ne carries
chiscl in one hand, we want Old Mortal
itv to have some fowersced in the palm
IF the other hand.
ANGELS COMING TO EARTH.
''Oh, YOU say, the dead don't know
il makes no difference to them ] thlnl
YOU rcmistak"n. There are not so man,
! steamers and railroad trains coming t.
any living city as there are conveys com
ing from heaven 20 earth; and if there la
instantaneous and constant CommuniCa
ton between this world and the bette
world, do YOU not suppose your departed
friends know what you do with thci
bodics2 Why has God planted ''goldcI
rod" and wild flowers j. the forcs.an'
on the prairie whore no human eve eve
sees them? He planted them there 70
invisible intelligenCes TO look al and al
mire. and when invisible intelligence
come 10 look at the wild flowers Of III
woods and the tablelands, will they no
makeexcursions and see the tlowers whic
You have planted in atfectionatc remem
brance Of thcmY
When | am dead ! would like 10 hav
4 handful Of violcts-anyone could pluc
them out Of the grass, or some y couI
lift from the edge Of the pond a waite
lly-nothing rarely expensive or iDsan
display, 0s sometimes at funeral rites
where the display takes the bread fror
the childrcn's mouths and the clothe
from their backs; but something from Tia
great democracy Of flowers. Ra1hertha
imperial catafalquc Of Russian car,
ask some one whom ! may have helpe
bv gospel sermon Oh Christian decd I
bring a sprig Of arbutus or a handful {