The Somerset reporter., 1893-06-08

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u.,,.,..,;.,l ,la,. II, r,v / " STABLES Of
~ MI h",>' u
solpn and well acquainted WITH SOMERSET
peopi.. and hi- address Was very pleas
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aoie /" ~ d,
lhl> DAY 1, sacred u Tie N"lilef. 10
the Pdlrlot-soldier u I'll. We nave lust
heeh To Nohuei h'atiiiui cellleiafA
where are the graves al Your urad ANA "i
mne, our thoughts haNt n'eh husN
viii the past. lilhhinS al me brave ooA
Wha enlisted III Il great anu hnlN cdhet'
AMI went forth from Your homes To ale
III TIL plirieiit atir"-e I'll iiieiI count =
! nu nave N"Aeh NIr''h. ~ 'II' pc'"li
la H"Nrf> al ihl' sPiin@-''lr' anu
placed Them lehdrtlN "i ii'etf grave III
ahetiI"hi'e remembrance u tllcII htiPlS
pdtti"tI-lii' W - nav P''@
po"trr. 'Ntf slucr tiieN irli you anu
N"hf mari, loheii' ana Nei t'u TeV"S"iHe
That Nn't lheA dlu Nds ligi,'' hlaiaaa
PATRIOTIC anu 'oic ~ ma "'cii oii
mart, YOU Noulu hol, you V"uiu ho'
nav ia" mem a"h' ~
he records snow, 'l,i1 no 'ss lnai
2.apo,oUu men VEN l"rth III t,i' "iH'ita
+ oi tn ! mon. VI 'ntae 2,'o''"'' y, "n'
oul ol every :, gave MS me- wa NIL :"
III batt''' OF aie'i vi Nouu'is anu u'se' 'I'
iils sacrllee Na> 700 great ,or Us tN'f
To forget II wa> Wllat our !, mon cost.
IL MI 'ii' l,,,ee vi ''''s' 49, ~
We ENJOY Inc purpose oi liil- hc'iloila l
Day l. to keep that heroic history ifesh
III me minus III ne PeoIie' l. |" i'iio y
anu sahctlly IL III 'iic hearts vi l,'e
War el"S'u.
Ahh tli'l eaine ne cali 81 our 'hii,lolt-
al Lincoln Tor '',ooo men Like Il MOSES
ol GA IL Htooa III 'he gate Oh 'he natioi''
ana ericd -" no Is on me iord Sue
lee nm c"'i'e uhto me- nat e"i ianS
IN Your ears anu IN your heart' III Tue
shop tHc stofe' iiie factory on ''i' idii,'
ana III N"ur NUM-, you H. 'hVieii
pell, P''"' II io't"' "l"''lei' o''a'i'," 1t
~ l,''il N"is' f'""5 W. ~ ~. "
WIN tie" EYES an" lreilol,lS llP,'
SISTERS anu sNe't-hc'i's pic"','c" a.
lehdei "uiou ~ tic pi'N' i',9 Nh,''i
tieA n'Ncu' p,"Nc n'tii o"'nii" v" , ''i
,N"i"' ''i' sa'' " az ~,
loves OF iioii''. M "'lolc N"It" va
a!ee,rl,ir"' anu III 70 ,',a ''"'I Ina,
''',''o AZ, ~, :, ~. ~ -,
III tii'' o'o NJ va ."' '"i' '..l,i
E SDpttItI' oil llIlfIDtl~lil llil IIlt NblHl
eyer saw. \ half million men. in less
tll,o 70 DAYS. rising up under one mighty
impulse. and con.ccraling their lives. il
need he. for the defense of their home
and native lind.
There are times when we may speak
teuderly. appreeiatiyely of the old flag
without being contrmptuously called
Sprcad-caul.. and that time of all other
times. is when we stand in the presence
of men who went through four years OF
terrible war for its defense. am glad
10 see the stars and Stripes, in these
later wears. floating above the school
houses of our children. 1t belongs
there It has place. and II large place
in the education and thought of child
hood. Indeed. the very first lesson for
the child to learn, after love and duty to
God and parents, is love and duty to his
country.
And certainly. it is fitting on this
occasion. that we count over the bless
ings that accrue to Us from the material
resources and patriotism oi the past.
1 We have. in our country. sc millions of
people. governed by their own free con-
sent and corporations without ii King or
Emperor, or any privileged class, or
titled aristocracy, where the poorest boy.
born in the poorest howell of its rrmotcst
province, may climb to its highest office,
not only in theory, but in fact.
nation, where every pour mans cottage