Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-06-01

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beautiful flowers themselves, and be
generous with them. Last year ! saw Il
woman first cover the grave of little
baby with white lilies, and then she
said: 81 am going all over the cemetery
to look for the little graves upon which
no flowers rest, because, when ! am
gone, want somebody to do that for
me-" And as we went around together
and put the pure white flowers on the
neglected graves, we came to one that
bore, on an old, shaky tombstone, n
name, and underneath it these words:
THERE sLEErs A MOTHER,
seventeen years of age, with her baby in
her arms II was quaint idea, and VIC
stood there and thought out the people;
we thought of the young husband, we
thought OF the girl enduring the pains of
maternity, only to see her baby and then
to die. Pushing aside the weeds we
found another stone, and on it was the
name OF the husband and father, Aged
twenty three" and to this was added,
Deeply deplored by his father and
mother" To-day people laugh at 50
much that these odd, old inscriptions
would possibly seem subjects for jest,
but to us they made sad little story.
We saw the glrl-bride in her white
frock, coming out of the church as the
wedding bells were ringing, and then
We saw the young wife, happy at MAX
ing IA home for her husband, and later
on stitching, day by day, at the little
garments that were to be worn by her
baby; and then came the day of awful
anguish; then she was laid III her coffin,
dressed in her wedding dress; and, as
the inscription told us, with her baby
in her arms and then we could see the
young husband, llstless, unhappy, con.
tinually expecting to hear the voice of
one who was not; and then 1t seemed as
if he grew tired Of life and everything
in ii, and only wanted to sleep with
those for whom he cared most. And over
his coffin wcpt the father and mother,
whose pride and joy he had been, We
cleared away all the weeds We cut the
grass, and we put beautiful white roses,
great punches of lilacs, and long deli.
cate ferns over these graves, the occu-
pants Of which had been sleeping there
for over a hundred years.
UNION or THE GRAY AND THE BLUE
Decoration Day must essentially be
one entirely free from any feeling but
that Of generosity and loving kindness
1t doesn't make any difference which
side Il man fought oa-he died for what
| he believed was right, and for that reason
he deserves 10 be remembered by those
who are living. Decoration Day ought
| 10 mean the union of the Gray and the
Blue; there ought TO be a flag for that
purpose, for the colors blended 90 beau
| tifully that the result Is exactly the TIM
| Of heaven itself | wonder, my friend
II you feel as do? J wonder II yot
aeapise an the llheral traPplhssi u yot
Wlsn more respect SHOWN 70 yourSoi
/ uGad thal you might posslplS ieiilaht
allNe Anu Wheii me ioiig years haFt
zone ~, you "onlu nov tlNe somepooy
oiife year, 10 piace y mower on YOU
| 4taNe' 10 snow that you were sun u
toicn Win h'iintnlty. NO matter wh'
~ u IL Is the woman whose ne wa
S9ileu' u IL IS me man whose aeath wa
shameful, or ! " was the soldier Wh'
was hghung Tor ms country, Just re
member that not one OF them can dc
lend themselves now, and that nelthe
you nor can judge thein. HOW 90 W
KNOW Dut that woman VINO liVeu
shameful ne would not have been GA
70 nave llNed u better one, u she MAJ
had an opportunity! How 10 we kney
put that man VINO died dreadful deaf
reached IL only py series OF mistakes
and because hopotiy ever showed mn
the right way 70 i've, and now could h
Know the right way 10 die we wan
10 lake our mowers, lay them on III
graves with prayer, ana never ASK
even IN our own hearts, Il single quc'
ton.
GENEROUSLY DISTRIBUTE FLOWERS.
To rive in 4 huff hearted way is wors
than not giving 1T all. and surely whe,
we 20 out on this dnv of flowers sacre
10 the memory Of tbose.w are osIeen "
should be more than,nercly generous. v
should he uynrtIawinT with Iavinp ki,t
ness. If we feel nnnresi ia the hnv i
Blue or the boy in Gray, we must, never
theless, give to each his due. We wal
to make his resting place beautiful, an
we want TO make our doing this uet
! the buryiug OF old feuds and the brn,
ing together of the brave men vii
! fought the one from one side of Il
river and the one from the other.
We don't want to recall anything III,
isn't gentle and kind; we want to max
il lust day Of sweet memories, a IL,
= that when it is all over can be though
is pleasure in thinking Of those VII
) have loved us, Tor lust imagine no
: Wretchcd we should all be ii we ha
! rever had the love at ali So start ot
/ To- mike liod's aIra haoiitifnI. ana I,
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!. and strewing them all about here, the
= and everywhere. make Inc DIV one
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