The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-06-04
THE PENROSE MONUMENT.
Our Own Rev. Joel Vigus Orator
of the Day.

The unwilling of the Penrose
monument was an event Of much
ceremony in the city of Butte. The
Sons of St. George together with the
Patriotic Sons of America celebrate
the day with systematic and feeling
observance. Our own bright and ell.
oquent minister, Rev. Joel Vigus
was called to Butte on that occasion
to act as orator of the day, and his
speech received excellent press COM
ments and vas published in the
Butte daiIies. We clip a part of it
as it appeared in the Standard:
ave gather as a common people to as
sist each other and stand for the great
est flag Of earth, preservedto us by those
whose memory We revere. In the Ian
guage Of Elliot they are the immortal
dead and we long for the day when we
can grasp their hands and see them alive
again, when all the earth shall be as one
nation. The battles Won and victories
achieved brought with them peace and
prosperity. Past battles brought present
blessings, which will last as long as life.
81 can now speak of a man whom /
have always loved and revered; one who
in his life may have made mistakes, but
who is there on earth that has not erredl
1t is human to err, and divine to for
give. In the grave his mistakes are
buried and are not worthy of our note
now, but the good he has done will live
on, He was a man of energy and power
in his community, a man who never knew
what it was to falter, and who never
knew what it was to be a dastardly cow
ard. 'Ill champion the truth and right,
and if / make a mistake it will not be
one of the heart He left his native
country to cast his fortunes under the
stars and stripes, and here he attained a
place and position of which we all like
to hear, and yet with all his power he
was as a child. We look on Wonder
mountains, rough and uncouth, and yet
their SUBMITS are beautifully decked by
nature, while in their depth lies the rich
est minerals. That illustrates the man.
Covered by an apparent rough exterior,
his mind and heart were stored with
riches and kindness. Thousands in
Butte City went to him and said: What
shall l do! And the big heart, soft and
tender like a woman's, pulsated in SYM
pathy, and he answered. 'Ill help YOU
When I first met the man | thought him
strange, rough and uncouth, but | soon
learned to know him better and during
his life he was my truest and staunchest
| was with him at his home on
the night before his murder, and he spoke
to me about his past life, and with one
arm around his beloved wife and the
other about his child, lie kissed them
both and said that in the future he meant
to be nearer to them and God. A few
short hours after that he was followed
by demons incarnate-there was a crash,
IA fall, and a noble mans life had gone
out.
''~Somewhere in this world there rOams
the murderer, branded with a worse
brand than the brand Of Cain, and | call
to God, the just, to search out the ac-
and bring him to justice.
"Brethren, we are to stand by the
and the orphan, and in the name
of God, and the name of St. George we
will. Our friend and brother lies here:
the monument, pointing h%cavenward to
and light, showing Is u duty to
this country and to the stars and stripes.
There are other battles yet to be fought,
and they are ours to win. AS England
struck at the thirteen colonies, me as
struck at liberty, so there is some
thing which threatens the foundation of
this Countrywide public school system.
| love the church. but | also love the
free schools, the foundation of liberty,
and our fathers bought it with their
Let us keep it. Let us carry
the stars and stripes to the uttermOst
part of earth and to the gates of heaven.
Sons of St. George, remember of your
late brother in the last address he made
to you-'England expects every man to
to be his duty"
The address was followed by music,
the funeral ode and a benediction closed
the ceremony of unwilling the Penrose
monument.
II MONUMENT.
The monument, which was erected by
Il. A. Ketchin, of Butte, stands 81 feet
high and is five feet wide at the base.