Connecticut western news., 1894-05-31
How Observed at Canaan and Vicinity

HOW UDSeTNeu it CdHdhH hHu htihAty
 At 7.45 a. m. David s. Cowles Post, the Woman s Relief Corps, and few citizens started from Canaan to visit the different cemeteries and decorate the soldiers graves. The whole round seemed to be marked with unusual sue cess At every cemetery they were greeted by many people all ready for them.
 At, AshleyFalls, 37 pupils under the direction of Miss Devine, teacher, dec- orated the graves at both cemeteries, and recited beautifully and sang en- Enthusiastically. The salute to the flag was especially good. Ten graves in tue old cemetery, and four graves in the new cemetery were decorated.
 At Clayton, Mrs Bunnell met them. Her pupils were drawn up in two lines, and the Post marched between with uncovered heads. One of the pupils read an appropriate selection.
 At Canaan Valley, Miss Mary Stevens, teacher, was in waiting with pupils and an abundance of flowers. The pupils decorated the graves, then recited poems, and sang one verse of 'Colum- bia the Gem of the Ocean"
 The basket lunch was enjoyed in the Grange Hall at East Canaan, per order of A. F. Biiggs and his able lady as sistants. Hot coffee was provided. At the East Canaan cemetery tho children met them with an abundance of flow CTS.
 At the lower cemetery few citizens and children met them and presented them with 7o large and beautiful boquets which the veterans themselves soon tenderly placed on the graves o1 their fallen comrades, while the Woman's Relief Corps tearfully placed boquets on the graves of two of theil recent members. The column then re- turned to the village and rested for one half hour at Armory Hall.
 ExERCIsEs AT THE CENoTAPH.
 At 1.15 p. m. the Post, the Relic Corps, and the pupils of the interme diate school in charge of Miss Duggan teacher, formed in line in front of Ar mory Hall and marched to the ceno taph which had been erected on the lawn in front of the Town Hall Thirty-four veterans and 34 pupils formed hollow square around tn, cenotaph. After the ritual exercises had been performed, the pupils recitet "Under the Sod and the Dew" TheI the pupils decorated the cenotaph, ant the veterans performed the impressive act, Salute the Dead.' Rev H. Utter wick made an appropriate speech il regard to the unknown dead, and h, also related incidents of heroism hith erto unknown except to few. Tn, pupils sang patriotic selection, ant then all marched into the Town Hall.
 EXERCISES AT TOWN HALL.
 The stage was neatly decorated witl flags and bunting, stacked muskets ant with pictures of the late Colonel Cowle and Chaplain Eddy. The side wall of the hall were decorated with smal flags. Commander Adams, Captail Jones, of New Hartford, Ex Quarter master General Olmsted, of Norwalk Revs 0. D, Milliken, Fl. Utterwick ant B. Seeholzer, Judges Roraback ant Whittlesey occupied seats on the stage
 Commander Adams called the assem- bly to order. The ritual exercises wer performed and then all joined in sing ing America" Rev B. Seeholzer of fered prayer. The choir sang "Heroe in their graves" Commander Adam made brief speech and the choir sans "Come with flowers.
 Captain Henry R. Jones, of Nev Hartford, the orator of the day, was in troduced and made an excellent speecl which will be published entire in tn next issue of the NEWS. Captain Jone described the life of the American sol dier in all it's experiences; gave statis tics of the number of Union soldier who enlisted; the number of battle fought; the number of men killed ant wounded in battle, and the numbe who died in rebel prisons. He related