Great Falls tribune., 1889-06-01

and consoled by the offices Of the religion
winch his fathers had professed under
centuries OF persecution, passed quietly
over to the camps and posts of thousands
OF the comrades that he had known and
loved.
NOBLE GENEROUS HEART.
Those who only knew him as the fiery
| hearted soldier-as the living incarnation
1 OF battle, can scarcely conceive how kind
ana generous and soft q heart he had.
lie had the modesty Of a youth. A word
OF praise would bring the blush of en-
barrassment to his cheek. He had the
atectionate ways and low soft voice of
woman; the most so of any man that | ever
knew He was jolly comrade-full of
good stories in which the joke was always
| against himself, and he was a dear and
| constant friend, who liked to serve those
| that he liked. He was borne from his
modest cottage by the sea, where he had
hoped to spend many summers with his
and friends. Through admiring cities
and crowds of his mourning countrymen
ne was taken to the soldiers graveyard on
the heights of Arlington. There the an
cestral home of the Lees and the descen-
Giants OF Washington overlooks the Po-
tomac. Across the shining crescent OF
!ne waters rises me monument TO wash
lhgIon' ABOVE and behind the great de-
partments, the White house, the spires
Guy sll' Ille roofs OF the CITY rises the beauti-
~ ~ uome q tlle great white capitol. On
W. Si1s Virginia ~ p1ateau' undef the ancient
oaAs, - ~ ~ acLes u emerald sWard IS marx.
~ uMleh 1nIerlnlnap!e y! J. rows ot soldiers
Slaves. S Llne a1ter Inc makes column
lsaYler enan eyer was ranked IN SUCH
tha;s tiia;s On my neld, and their head, Or at
~ .helr y ieetL1or tlese are to the front--on
Sheridan. His widow. as became
= ahaaad ao.alel uaugnter ahu solaler,s Wlfe,
onGose 49, de enas ploper spoe-ana uecllnlng
sa1a; 1dG ~ uehions.la,lon, gaYe nlin simple
Il and ~ ,+;d,s alhead acoofu1ng " the ruies
nn ;nfa,+u s,ie atsicies ~ war. me cavalry the
hn1iny, 10y, ene ar'l11ery a,,s s,ooa around IN a
nrasbod ab" squate. 4h, 1he M Yoileys - lafeWeli
onan aslgu .nroug the ~ srar'led pougns ana
red bva .nea uie. ueau !ne soIltaIy cavalry
ougiaI aug ~ stoou % ever me 1e, new7maae mound,
aa1i anu " ~ @ s.seel . anu res!iul noIes OF the
eau cal TO TO lestL"the taps"Ito which tired
Ionilaues III! nave 50 o1ten i!stened Win de,
iign., rang ouI the sololer's last good
ntgn.' ilow oisen nave you heara these
49, uuses, h, Mnei as ~ as lhe Eye coula reacn
~; 80 ~ i1on was agloW WIN tne nres OF
Lileling l,a..al; canPs; Wnen rom regiment ana
ua.t0l.on noat o, az prigaue tne Weleohe call 10
- fa;v, ,epea'ea a alu ie.ecloeu anu grew
taa 80 az !. ss taii.el :, ene llllhllaole us
,,aas e - -, ~ ~ ialnIly ueeu upon tile uatk-
i;na,a', .o s'nu ~ ,lo.es " eliaG pugle az ~
f,n5 @ ~ eaomeea 80 over - Inese uls1ant
~ lS.o, GaI,,,1 IL ~ ~ iiiouneaihs aiu uoWn
trno sodia,,s o,t ~ - sea' anu lLonl every
ssnroat uY .p,s, oh;af eiI Mel1 pack ene eclo'
nend aea. ,;h4 intti kihu lflehu, gear comrade'
Soo" nisnV'
MoNTANA's BATTLE FIELD.
No.
-, ~ oniy = tne solulers q the war Tor
IN, M Union shoulu 1nls gay pe dedicated.
aa4ta III aie .nose VINO lell ~ oelense OF the
see'leis g VI these mountains anu plains:
~ iong as me graves OF custer and
the hill Of sacrifice: so long as that lonely
naoti ,aaon unen. s upon me pig Hole marks the
as The yallev of tho Mil, rivar rep,a;nss ep ,s
the scene Of the victories of Miles and his
soldiers, shall Montana be hallowed
a. gaounu. Nor wy even 10 tnese alone is IL
these cataracts besdas @ whinh 1i Won hid vHI
your city were first mapped and measured
ny captains Lewis and Clarke and com
Pany h: u hdl soiiaels VI ele olu army. beslaes
niners and sa++,ars 1 ~ h p,nsIee't' Mar;es 49,
Missouri, the Sun river and the Yellow
stone have fallen beneath the savage en-
eies emd Ua Gtvl1lzaslon. 10 these our thahks
NAV not have worn the nniform 9, and M did
not receive the pay of Uncle Sam, but
they did his service. They died that the
eeill.oly oi hontana might grow ana
Montana Ike tho nnss;n% @ c1ad;ator hol 20
fore the Roman Caesars, lifts its hand in
the presence Of the American union and
uIteIs we lafeWeil cry 'mofltufl te
the State of Montana % Vii evar rG 1aeen thair Sn
Memorial Day.
cp1rppAr1oN Noups
Mrs A r. Rinuwald nrasented the