The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-06

Court fand Jail expenses $S091 10.
does not include cost Of fuel lights,
books, blanks, and incident.s1 expenses.
J. A. Town,
Chairman of Board County Com.
JNO. J. KENDLEN,
County Auditor.
DECORATION DAY
Grand Army Hall was crowded, and
the attention paid to the ceremonies
appointed with great propriety' for the
occasion, The music was we'll rem
dered. A banl of school childr n repe
sentlng the states OF the union, placed
flowers Oh Il cenotaph erected to the
memory Of 1.-The Unknown D. ad."
We take pleasure in giving our readers
the appropriate and eloquent tribute
paid by the orator of the day. Rev. J.
Il. Harrington, to the memory Of the
brave dead, and to the just cause in
and for which they gave up their lives.
Decoration Day has become fact in
history. All over this land to-day low
!
ers above where sleeps the brave and
true. No matter, whether their last
resting place is relnenlb bert d 10y mon
bending willow lies one OF the l4S, 900,
above whose dust is written that sad
dest Of Sad words, ''Unkuown." Their
name Inay he lost but their deeds will
never he 1orgOlleI.
Why do We have this day? This
decoration day ? 1t is because we have
made it 4 monument; Il monument i'll
the hearts of the people, AID IL will be
as enduring as the pyrcmi0s Of Egypt,
or the everlasting hills, such u nuhu
ment keeps IN memory oEly men, whu
have done something. Man is remem-
bered by what he has dUne-it may be
good Or otherwise. The name of " ash.
ingtOn will ever aforementioned anlas.
sociated with our struggle tor national
Independence, while at the name VI
Lincoln there will ever be associated.
not only ouI rebellion, but the Eman
clpatiOn Proclamation. that flung open
the door of freed. III to three and Ul,e-
half u'illioNs slaves. THIS day is q
monument which, declare S to the wurlG
that we will ever lluld, and keep sncret:
the union that our fathers prayed,
fought and died to give MS. Who can
count the Cost Of war, not only III
money bat III suffer, ing? It is beyond
our cuncepli ion; and OF The braVtSt and
best OF our land S24 ,OCU were sacrificed
on the nations altar, TO prove to the
world that ": We're 4 union Of states,
aud nota confederation of states.
Who Can contemplate Dul Run,
Vicksburg, Shiloh. AntieluD, the
! Wilderness. and ShermAn's n,arcl, to
the sea without being overwhelmed
with the magnitude and Cost OF the
| conflict ? y. the sad, sad hearts that
the ravagcs of war have Il it. =. A: sol.
or father mached away in lifeFsyreen
| morning, never more to return to loved
ones 1T home. 10 the tears Of wife
and mother, the only reply Was ''Trait.
orous hands have torn down the stars
and stripes, aud trailed its honor in the
Dust, and the country calls for those
who love her to come and defend her.
Duty calls, [ must go, and through
their tears wives aud mothers said
like those OF old Sparta-Ko and defend
the union. and bring back the old flag
in honor and glory, or let it BE- your
winding sheet. Then the long and
weary marches; the bivouacirg with
only the starry heavens for u covering;
the clashing and destruction OF two
mighty armies in motion; the pangs of
hunger and thirst; the loatllsCme
prison pen; the all If these, will never
be known until He, to whom it Was
appointed, shall break the seal and read
the record that was written. Then all
honor to the defenders of our native
land; may their memory never perish;
not one Of Us would dare to pluck u
single laurel from the graves Of our
brave fallen heroes. But. who will say
that our task-the preservation of this
union, is easier, or of less Importance,
than was the work done by our fathers
in defending it. It is one thing. to
charge the enemy and drive him from
his stronghold; but it is quite another
thing to hold the position, after it is
taken from the enemy.
On the 18th of Juue 1915 Napoleon
ordered Milhand to charge across the
plain, and silence the guns of the
enemy. See those brave 5000 mounted
on their colossal steeds, with loose
ruins, they rush forward in 25 squad
rons, sabers in their teeth, pistols il
each hand. to meet and crush 26 bat
talions OF British infantry formed in
IL hollow squares; on like u wbirlwind
moves 5000 Of the best men of France
that yawning ditch receives one-third
of their number. and over that bridge
of struggling, dying horses and men,
the remainder pass and dash upon that
wall OF bayonets with such fury that.
seven out of thirteen squares were an
initiated, sixty eurs spiked and many
cOlols taken. That remnant of 1900
obeyed the command of Napoleon,
reached the point, but they could not
hold it. Bluc!er was coming, Waterloo
was lost and = new leaf turned j., the
worlds history. So to-day, fellow cit.
iZens, we have something to do, if we
maintain q hold in it's place among the
nations Of the earth; the land that our
fathers gave US. There are social
problems that are shaking not only
ours, but the foundations OF every
government Of eal til. to day tie ad !
justment Of labor and capital, for q
J few roll in luxury, while the multitude
barely exist. There is the staying .:
the stream of intcmperance, whose
banks are thickly strewn with wrecks
of beings who were created in the
image of the living God. These ART
questions before which ''Taxatio,
without Representation, yea, eyer
that relic of Observation-Disclosures slav
, cry itself-becomes. subordinate
; question. We who are hearing tht
heat and burden Of state today. may
1 hear-if we will but listen our father;
. "a they are nearing the hour of muster
! iny out Of service. calling upon lis K