The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-03-22

When beyond the lofty mountains and across
The sublime celestial bugler shall ring out the
Then shall march with brightest 1aurels and
with proud victorious tread
To their mansions up in heaven. our 0rand
Army OF the dead -
The Choral Society then gave fine
selection which was received with
loud applause and hearty encore to
which they responded.
Senior Vice Commander, Major
Henry Booth, responded for the G.. A.
r. He has q clear. full voice which
could be heard in all parts Of the house.
He made a mastery reply, and in bis
speech he told how he had first met
Senator Plumb, when only boy en-
listing in the army. At the mention
of the Senator's name it was received
with applause.
A quartette then gave nice piece
of music, after which the president Of
the w. r. c.. Mrs. Ella Powell, was
announced to respond to the address Of
welcome, but she was too i'll to appear
and Mrs. Wickers, of Latette. took
her place. She made a very nice
speech and before she was through the
tears rolled down many cheek.
The quartette gave another selec-
ton; this was followed by Col. J. g.
Herod, Commander of the 8. of V.
who responded to the address of well
come for his organization. He is a
very good speaker and the s. of v.
may well be proud of such command.
er.
Col. Tom Anderson, of Topeka, was
called for, to sing a song. He sang
the song entitled, "Old Hady;;" he
was cheered from every mouth and
responded to an encore by singing
"Carve Dat 'Possum," which brought
down the house. Some one mentioned
Col. Tom Seward, of Winfield, and
the cries of "Soward." "Soward,"
brought the gentleman upon the stage.
He made very good speech. He
thought the women deserved as much
as the men for the lart performed in
the war. He said: "What if the thing
had been reversed and the women had
been sent out to fight and left the men
at home, the men would not have
staid so long," He also thought that
the s. of V. should be included in the
G. A. r. organization.
Barnard Kelly of Emporia was
called for. and responded in a short
speech, and cries of johnson"
johnson" brought Capt. J. B. John
con onto the stage; and he made a very
speech. He said while he
was listening to the speech of Col.
Herod of the 3. of ", he thought that
the sons may have chance to whip the
"Dutch" pretty soon.
Comrade Milder was then called for
and made a few remarks, he was fol.
lowed by music by the quartette; this
was followed by cries of Campbell"
Campbell" Campbell" until that
gentleman appeared upon the stage.
He told few anecdotes, and among
them was the one about the Irishman
who, when the war was over, was
going to hire bugler to blow the rev.
ellie every morning, and he {Irishman)
would get up and tell him to Ego to
h wild yer bugIe.n Col. Tom An
derson was again called for to sing a
song; he was aided by couple of 9TH
er soldiers. They sang "Old Noah
and the Ark" which was received
with loud applause. This closed the
exercises of the evening
Take it all in all it was a grand
meeting. To hear the old soldiers tell
of some of their experience during the
war, made the fire of patriotism burn
in the bosom of the younger ones.
In the next issue we will try to give
a short description of the reception
given by the Normal School, and the
installation of officers on Wednesday
night, providing this is accepted.
LEO FEsLER.