The sun., 1891-07-05
OSwEGOS JUBILANT FOURTH.
UNTExLIyG OF THE MONUMENT 70
TIOGl COUNTY,S HEROES.

UNTExLIyG OF THE MONUMENT 70
IIOGA CoUNTY's HEROES.
Ex.senssor fisst, Secretary Tr.ey, and
9en. CatIsu welcomed by theN People
Anong WHOM They Passed Their Youth
"A Mig Dinncr, and Everybody Happy.
OwEao. July 4.-All yesterday and this
morning the trains brought regiments Of WIS.,
itors f,om every village 10 TioRa county until
this afternoon. when the new Soldiers and
Sailors Monument was unveiled. The popu-
lation OF this beautiful town on tho Susaue-
hanna was swelled from 5000 to $4,000.
The monument is erected on the south end
OF little pareia front OF the Court House. 1t
cost $4,000. Tioga county contributed $4,000.
and ex-senator Thomas Collier Patt.'Secre-
tary Tracy. Gen. Isaac 8. Catlin OF Brooklyn.
aud Others all OF them originally residents OF
the county, gave the remainder. The monu-
ment is a little over 81 feet high and is Of ver-
mont granite. Tho Inscription roads:
ITO her heroes who fought and her mar
tyrs who fell. that tho Union might live -
and underneath. "TioRa County Memorial"
Every home In Owego and every business
block 10 adorned with bunting. and on many Of
the porches are statuettes Of Lincoln, Stanton.
and Grant It was the greatest event In the
history OF the county since the fall OF Vicks-
burg
The flaming placards all over the county
have announced that "old Tloga's trio Of IL
lustrous sons" would be present. This trio
consists Of ex-senator Plat. Secretary Tracy.
and Gen. Catlin. This is Mr.. Platt's birthplace.
Secretary Tracy and Gen. Catlin were lads
here. and left the town only to 60 to the front
A great parade was the first event in the
demonstration. This had been preceded By q
salute OF thirteen guns By tho Athens Battery.
a- 49, Rorr
Mabee. Seventh REGIMENT veteran. was Mar
shal, and the Twenty-sixth Separate Com
pauy, National Guard. from Elmira.
Capt. R. p. Bush. led the way. Then
came the G. A. R. posts. headed by
@. H. Freeman. Commander Of New York State.
Some OF the posts In line wore from BinR-
hamton. Statewide. Brookton. Groton. Corn
ing. Union. Maine. Yestal. Elmirs. Oweeo.
Berkshir Richford. Capdor. Spencer. Halsey
Valley, Nichols, Apaachinhi h and & from Lerayss, ~
sons Sons Of Veterans, One post was led BY drum
corps Of young girls In zouave uniforms.
poy1ss witR their Whsss adarnsd With red
ss. Rasa S:s ii .$ Sa%;ss:
Of The OYego Tones: On ne handsomely dec. @
Pis Plsss was s%rrouadsd b. bis VICE Presiaenis
Mr., Sa.iln and Mics Alice Wilpsrdingi secre.
tary Tracys RranddauRhter: Miss fiatt
e,trao,ions a @ Outside Of tho Tioga trio was Miss
UH'sS t6S. Was nos to aavsil The he m" s numsRt M % ~ ~
The Epe Ing prayer ~ Th was Maahs madS pyh ans hev @
the last prayer after the speeches BY the Rev.
ehuseh 81 ae'Had Gdltor smvshe foraslls insrodaeed
The ex-senator got q royal welcome: In
word or two he directed that the programme
D hs .nr Sq In Ss
monume ent amid the playing 81 the bands and
the resounding sa,ptes from the batteries and
sp.ecS sps% acssntins hs monumen. a t,s child
spose 10 him. Taxing the child In his arms he
hs shG Is es: IL ssys LIS is
Instantly universal smile beamed on the
heard h ard to-; to susSest @ That possibly the child was
BABY Mckee. But the hep parents were found by
msI Plates aSn BY ns Shar:s Si
q ths Bof5d Ss. q
as he he hsa
IN many years and The lon gest since he and
Ss tho dayss
iriends Ii s and nclehSors from boshoed. he was
Mr.. PLATT's sPxEcH.
u. II
I esteem it an honor inex pres-tbly exalted
to be selected tc, receive from your honorable
ths t
and holy work has been long delayed. Over
% gun was s. tirsd IN tho war ' q the REBEL @ lon.
Nearly all the great leaders who wore the blue
,hS TseS
ing and answer to no roll call till the grand
reyeille on the Judgment day: y:-..
can never be et1aced rs long as time shall last.
Td9ga county desiFss fsstiy .ha5 S shs f1ss 1ss
1he Sa Sas nsr the
mortal Webster. the Union might Be preserved.
one and insepaIaole; now and forever. We are
owe the boys who wore the bre never has
been and never can be entirely paid US long as
IA And TH Ti"ea % County t tells to ali the world to-
day, in this, memorial which she rears to the
tbs her th 4em M m
darkest hour oi danger. And may her name
es!s the enS obi estlSn she oSss to tho Solder
Who are these heroes to whom this shat. Is
81 our blood. They are boys who sat with US
Fse sesds@y snSnss Who " Wsndsred rec viii us !ssouaS
he woods IN the sere and waning of the year
an Ri aas
d the news, that the stars and Stripes bad
bravsly away on one. bright morning thirty
years ago. Many OF them came back to US no
more.
, No occasion could be more fttine for this
dedication than the day you have selected. II
comes to us rich iu every association lha! Rlori-
fes tho history oi the republic. 1t takes rs
erings us face to face With John ,Hancock.
Thomas Jefferson and the army OF immortals
who rose and rent u 9 air with cheers as the
old Court House bell told the story Of y nations
birth. proclaiming liberty throughout the
land, to eli the inhab tants thereof"
But sacred as are these memories OF the
past the men OF the present generation have
seen and particpated IN q conflict having no
millions Of people were inte este ssted In the
war was interwoven the fate OF four millions
Of slaves whether to be bond or free.
As look upon the soldiers around me to-
day my memory is carried back to The most
years ago. whom a quarter OF million Of the
brayest soldiers the world .ver, saw were locked
The struggle ragged from Hound Top to Culp's
was rod with the blood OF the slain. The morn