The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1890-06-06

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ing steadily aud valiantly fought for.
Young hearts and brains are duly thank
ful, we believe, for the righteous cause"
won for an enslaved race, and a cause, be-
ing won, better instills within Ms an air, q
spirit of freedom.
In Philadelphia, beside the wreaths and
howers spread upon the graves of the
patriots who died in defence of the Union,
the Lincoln onume in the Park, the
Reynolds monument at TIE north entrance
to the Public Buildings, as well as the
Washington monument in front of the
State House, were tastefully decorated
with flowers and wreaths of immortelles.
All of this is very touching and very pa
triotic. But when We read: mo less than
20, 900 people took in the base ball games
and about {, 200 Witnessed the races at the
Belmont Driving Park" we ask is this
then patriotism too2 IT so, how the pa
triotic ardor will be stirred this summer
when the base ball teams are pulling
yaliantly for the highest score on the
grounds being prepared in the midst OF
your borough limits; and when the track
on the grounds of the West Jersey Agri-
cultural and Horticultural Association il
r~esounding with the hoofs of tho race
horses, urged by their drivers to win the
biggest purse offered for this patriotic 90
pastime.
tie martyred Garfield was dedicated, and
the ceremonies relative thereto were very
appropriate. Ex- Governor John d. Cox
made the principal address. Among other
things he said: 'He (Garfield) never lost
the geniality of his nature, and never al.
lowed personal venom to rankle in the
wounds made by his keen W ord of logical
and temperate argument. 4 y He
could drop all technical and scientific
terms and put solid argument into such
everyday words that plain men wondered
how there could be any mystery about it.
His big, youthful nature, his evident
geniality and sympathy with Others SO
shone iii his person, his speech, his familiar
greeting, that all who heard him felt that
they knew him, and knowing him were
stirred TO both admiration and liking, y
The good, the great, the strong, the
wise and the patriotic were all so abundant
in him that out of them the young Of CON-
ing generations may construct an ideal on
which to mould themselves"
President Harrison in closing his short
address said: Ellis mortal part will find
honorable rest here, but the lesson of his
life and death will continue to be instruc-
tive and inspiring incidents in American
history"
All this loving tribute to the bonored
dead seems very appropriate since there is
a memorial day set apart, hut again we
quote, this time from Percival's Graves
of the Patriots"
"They need
No statue nor inscription to reveal
Their greatness. 1t is round them; and he Joy
With which their children tread the hallowed
ground
That holds their venerated bones, the peace
That smiles on all they fought for. and the
wealth
That clothes The land they rescued-these,
though mute
AS feeling ever is when deepest-these
Are monuments more lasting than the fame
Reared to the kings and demigeds of DID,
Looking into the future We build in our
minds vista a happy addition to the
present memorial day. Then We will not
only be found decorating the graves of
those who died that a bonded South might
be feed, but, too, the graves of those who
fought a peaceful, a prayerful battle
against the enemy that ..biteth like a
serpent and stingeth like an adder, which
now has slaves pitiful to look upon in
CfGiJ ptdiC IL Jul olItlW lcc lEtt, DIOiQ
land; and which will continue 10 be in
every state in a greater or less degree till
this vital question is settled nationally. or
until all good men and true from the three
political parties (for there appears to be
unprincipled men in the third" party too)
follow alter the example of the citizens OF
some districts of Idaho who have buried
party differences and formed themselves
into a new Union party to defeat runs
rulings. After battling with such an
army as the cream" of the three parties
would make, our land would speedily be
freed from these stations of darkness, and
those who Lave grown old in the good
cause, and who have ''shuffied off this
mortal COIL" will in turn haye thor graves
strewn with flowers, and voices of thanks
giving and praise will arise from the hearts
of an eminently free people.
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The Inter State MiIkmaids' Convention
must have given to the mind of every truly
progressive farmer who is interested in
dairy products a sugar coated pill which
he can we'll afford to swallow, and which
if taken will prove of the utmost value to
his pocketbook. Although the maidens
were laughably impractical in some mat
tiers, the ''scrub cow for instance, yet
their idea OF substituting milk for intoxi-
eating beverages is one that every farmer
who is awake to his own business interests
should duly consider. Abbott, Philadel-
phia's king dairyman, has studied this
matter well and rone know better than he
wherein is the wealth of the dairyman. 1t
is in prohibiting the liquor traffic and CIV
ing to a thirsty people instead this tactical
luid which will cause the milk of human
kindness" to flow profusely. And instead
of strife and contention, peace will dwell
in the homes of the nation. Honestly,
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