Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-29
TEARS OF THE DEAD
Will Fall Upon the Mourners
as They Place Tributes
Upon the Graves of
LOVED AND LOST ONES.
Showers Forecast for the Morning of
Decoration Day.
A GREAT DEMAND FOR FLOWERS.
Programmes Prepared by the Veterans Of
the Late War.
LOVED AND LOST ONES.
A GREAT DEMAND FOR FLOWERS.
SERVICES AT ALL THE CEMETERIES

briefly told, is that the Great King on high
calls the spirits of the martyrs of the last
war together upon the day when mortals
the country over are weeping for lost ones,
and the ones on the unseen shores weep IN
sympathy, and their tears fall upon the
mortals as they 60 about their sweet labor
Of love.
The belief in this superstition extends be-
yond the pale of the ignorant, and many
grievIng ones in the higher planes of lite,
in decking the graves of their soldier loves,
and now in this later day, when other DEATH
visited families pay special visit to the
sIeeping place of departed ones, raise their
ewes to the heavens and say, "Our dear
ones are with US to-day"
Sergeant Stewart, of the Weather Bureau,
went over the reports for the last score of
wears with a DISPATCH man yesterday,
sud. searching carefully, found that the
Decoration Days in Allegheny county since
1871 had either been visited by frowning
skies or soft falls of rain,
Record of Past Decoration DayA
The record follows and the sentimental
mind. superstition and the facts mingle
most singularly:
lsql-Cold and stormy.
lsa0-Thunder storm.
lss9-CIoudy morning, rainy afternoon.
lSSS-Cloudy morning. rainy afternoon.
lSS7-Clear morning, rainy afternoon.
lSS6-Clear but sultry.
ISS5-Thunder storms, vivid ightntng.
IsS4-Cloudy threatening morning, after
noon clear.
ISS3-Light rain in the early morning,
cloudy day and heavy rain after O'Clock.
lss2-Sultry, hazy day.
ISSI-Showery all day.
lSSO-Heavv rain in morning and evening
Is7g-Fair, but temperture at s3o In the
shade.
IS7S-Heavy rain IN the morning.
Is7T-Cloudy and threatening.
ls7G-Clear, cool and pleasant. Opening OF
the Centennial.
Is75-Clear, but hazy.
IS-4-Clear. but sultry.
ls75-Showery.
IS72-Cloudy, light rains all day.
And Monday morning will be showery," I"
concluded Sergeant Stewart as he closed the
last book. Il am afraid the grounds will be
damp and soggy as the forecast is that Sum-
dsv afternoon will be showerv."
The CITY was in mourning dav attire YES
terday afternoon. People of all classes
were carrying home flowers of some des-
door flowers predominated. Some of the
floral ladened ones wore the heavy mourn
ing suits Of the first grief others were
decked in semi-mourning gowns while still
Others who had felt the Dreaded Ones
power long ago, softly went about in simple
street costume.
Unprecedented Demand for Flowers.
The florists shops were thronged with
buverS Huge bouquets of rare and beau
tiful flowers were prepared and disposed
Of with such rapdity that the windows,
ice chests and cellars bore a desolated ap-
pearance as the hours of night drew on.
Robert C. Patterson, the Sixth street
florist, said that while Saturday was busy
day, the morning of Decoration Day would
he still buster. 'Mondav is an odd day,"
he continued. ''for the majority of people
forget how near the time really is until the
stores are closed for Sunday, and as
result they hasten down on
Monday morning eager and hurried. For
the first time since I opened business 1
snail have bouquets prepared beforehand in
order 10 expedite matters. The demand is
all for outdoor flowers, such as peonies,
Enowballs, roses, carnation and foliages.
Other florists anticipated the same rush
of business tOr tomorrow morning and were
preparing for it.
The excursions tomorrow will be numer-
GUS and the railroad officials and rivermen
are preparing special trains and steamboats,
20 run 10 many Of the picnic grounds near
the city.
Programme of the Veterans.
The Grand Army veterans will hold
services and decorate the graves of old
soldiers in all the cemeteries of the two
cities. In the Old CITY, Thomas j. Laurel,
r.4 D. =
the day. George S. Wood, of General J.
j. Sweitzer Post No $50, Adjutant Gen.
e-al, and Z. I. Smith, o. Post 2O6, Chief of
the Staff Posts No 3, No 206 No. go,
anu No 90 with the Washington Infantry
IS escort and the Sons of Veterans will as
semble at Liberty and Wood streets
promptly at $50 o'clock Monday morning.
A train viii be run down the Liberty street
track and will be boarded bv the column
Upon the arrival of the train at Thirty
ninth street the column will form as fol-
jaurrv, on the right, G. A. r.
posts on the left in numerical
order following, and Post No. 2O6, Sons of
Veterans, on the extreme left At Thirty
ninth street the lower CITY posts will be
Joined by Posts No Al and No. 4S0. The
column viii start from Thirty-ninth street,
aud viii move thence to the Allegheny
Cemetery, where the exercises will be held
an the soldiers lot on the fats. The fol-
lowing programme will be rendered:
Music at the allegheny Cemetery.
Dir-e by Post Band; song, America"
Post g. q. A. Z. choir, assisted by scho~l
cniidren: soprano, Mrs. J. Sharp Mcdonald:
altos, Miss Annie b. McCrearv. Mrs. ]. H.
Har -Ison; tenOrs. c. E. Stewart G. ii. Brown;
has II Iiomer; OTganist, W. McComsey;
Reading OF orders, Adjutant General George
s Wood; "Tenting Tonight" choir; Com
prayer, Chaplain COmTade NJ. b. Riddle Post
SOM .Cover Them over With Flow
sGc, sT1 by ,o,5,si school children: selection,
!, yiolets, Comrade L. y Sphon, Post $50: .,
daisies, COmraGe j. f. Slagle. Post 259; g.
ECIHnium~. COmHde A. X Oates: Post Al: L.
white nowers, COmrade f. H. Brady, Post
6; selection, choir: song, by school children:
- Utlng the dead, firing squad Post 4: song
- eep, Comrades Sleep" by school chill
drcn; doNClo%y: benedicUion.
At the conclusion of the exercises the
graves viii be decorated. As the column
passes the Allegheny Arsenal minute guns
will he fired by the United States troops.
Mcpherson Post, No III, of the East
End, will have charge of the exercises in
HOmewOOd Cemetery. At 9 O'Clock the
column viii form on Collins avenue, with |
The right resting on Penn avenue, and will |
move at $50 o'clock in the following order: |
Mcpherson Post, No III, G. A. r Band; |
uilitary escort, Company F., of the Four |
leenth Regiment, \. G. P, and carriages |
containing clergymen, the post choir and |
pthcrs The programme of services at the |
cemetery follows:
In the Bomewood Cemetery.
Selection. Post H. @. A r. Band; prayer,