The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-06-04

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peer of the heEn-s of soried
his statue be cut 10 srhle, molten in
bronze. his virtues written "n AIS, his
| faul-s lined on the sands wher- the SEA ebbS
and flows twice in tSenty-fnur hour.
Lee the annual day -; pTdI- ID his
memory be scrupulously "''srrvei with
gsrlanIs for his tomr, wiz, prOcession> in
! his honor, with choirs ( -w-eI : myers re-
citing his praises, with tn urr and organ,
with salvos of artillery, "uh the profound
acknowledgements of a p 'ud and grateful
nation.
There wer. those be,Id. .., volunteer,
who trod the decks OF "I' ~l.ps If var and
did noble work on The AFT .,rs. Oar
sailors in tn K-ars,rg as I'D; encounter
Srmme's AaDama al ga n-rch mt
| MARINES had bern bur,-- un he ocean or
| frightened frum Their hih - Eics.6 ms
Monitor guieted the VI o. "a sc by the next
noon after Ihr al, daS's darU-
age done u n" huwu now for
nidable aud 10 BE- ir e -he was. Far
hostile iorrs and doti h. uohie "sis-
sissippi, the privilege al ti',Ins c. C III
merce TO the M.xir." Il ''i.
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| Their deeds We No Ie-> NivIi v recall than
tn use of our soldier ,laV they rest
| till the resurreci.un, -. O-:> 1 cora with
marine plat o n"ii- Yer tnem. as the
clover mods AM ua,-Ir~ row Oh the SOL
dier's grave. VIII, So sntOmbed the
services of IhIs nrur ar inclusive of
them Our m-murI 4 = Is desIg. ed for
this, 10 coIbmenl si..u and soldiers
VIII being ueah ~ W ami forever
alive, stioveI pr.'.Iusie his American
Union.
TO those VIII. slI. e nain, having borne
their part IN an gil u.Ir struggle Tor our
brothers and co" .ia.i-' Sases, we will
now say, giacr. I'll ~ nd peace be mul
uplied unto you, 81 ini, yOur earthly So
journ vel continue. r'Y Your basket aud
store be ri~hly i,.>s 1. Serene be Your
eventIde, hOnDred u. Lies
Our volunIerr h ich V, mrnts, what
did they accomplish? DIRK skinned sons
or Africa, by rish ii DITth Americans,
give We reply. ga. pi West Virginia
brought forth IN -UI wiui travail, give We
reply. A larser, gr,,.,r,r II stIOnal life Is
one Of the results tu tie great republic OF
our volunteer sOldIr'', tcni-vements;t loot
of bitterness pluckei u a union of states
not broken north = Il ; .uIh IN close ira
terDity together. eacl d->iriBg for the
other the best ui g'pI, and for them
both In common. Norih calling unto
South, peace ne vi Iit tiny walls" South
answering back pros .-rIty within thy
palaces" The norIn md the south dis
playing show goOd It II u Dwell together
in unity"
We quote from Father Ryan, the poet
priest of the south:
"Now We songs like funeral dIrge,
10 music soft and ioS
Sing round the gr yes whilst hot tears
surge
From hearts h It are mes Of woe.
What though no sculptured shaft
lmmortalize each brave?
What though no monument epitaphed
Be built above each grave?
When marble wears awav,
And monuments are dust
The songs that guard our soldiers cay,
Will still fulfill their trust.
With lifted head and sieady tee I'd
Like stars that guard the skies,
Go watch each bed, where rest the dead,
Brave songs, with slespless eyes"
At the conclusion of the exercises,
the members of the q. A. Il. and a
large number of citizens formed In
line and marched to The city cemetery
where the soldiers graves were dec
grated.
The arrangement of the flowers was
under TIE management of the Wo-
mans Relief corps, which numbers
thIrty-three members and is ably pre-
sided over by Mrs. John Kaiser.
Wreaths and boquets were formed of
roses and other flowers and every
member of the g. A. r., carried,
either one or both.
A most noticeable decorative piece
was an immense shaft entirely COM
posed of white roses, peonies and
sweet alyssum resting on a base made
of the same beautiful flowers. This
shaft was placed on the large mound
covering the unknown dead
and in fitting terms It was dedicated
to them.
The Relief Corps carried boquets
also and these too with appropriate ex-
ercises were laid with the @. A. K. Of
ferings upon the sixty graves which
tell in silent elOquence the part the dust
within bore in the terrible struggle of
a quarter of a century age.
Smithton Post of Smithton and
Gen. Hunter Post of Lsmonte, assist
ed in the decoration, the former being
represented by Harmon Haines, Henry
Myers, J. V. Harris, Bailey Baugh, G.
Rengin, lib Putnam, S w Overstreet,
and Henry Howell, and the latter by
j. Ii. Walker, I. w. Phillips, John
F. Church, John Patton, Charles
Rogers, Joseph Beader. Charles Sex