The herald., 1894-01-01

Delegates to the general society
Major Edwin Byron Atwood, U. S. A. !;
John Miner Carey Marble. Frank Clarke
Prescott, Spencer Roane Thorpe, Wilmot
Arminius Vandercook.
Administrators Monroe Allen,
Holdridge Ozro Collins, Major William
Anthony Elderkin, U. S. a. Edward
Thomas Harden, Willis Paris.
1t has rapidly grown in numbers, and
its present membership embraces gen.
tlemen residing in all portions Of the
state. from San Francisco to San Diego.
One of it's members is a greatgrest
grandson of Patrick Henry, and another
claims eligibility in right of Major Gen
eral David Wooster.
The societies generally throughout
the country hold their annual meetings
and public celebrations upon the anni-
versarieB of Washington's Birthday, the
bettles of Lexington and Bunker Hill,
the Fourth of July and other prominent
events connected with the War OF the
Revolution. The annual celebration of
Washington's Birthday by the New
York society has been regarded with
great interest BY all persons interested in
the organization, owing to the remarka-
bic gathering of representative men of
the land and the descendants OF 80 many
OF the distinguished heroes OF the revo-
luton. At the last meeting George
Parsons Lsthrop, great-grandeon OF
Major General Samuel Holden Parsons
Of Connecticut, read poem upon WASH
ington which has been greatly admired
for its elegant diction as well as the
noble patriotism breathing from every
line. This is the poem:
THE NAME OF WASHINGTON.
Cons of the youth and the truth of the nation
Whose valor gave birth to peoples saliva
tion,
Honor him now; set his name in the van.
nobleness to try for,
name to live and die for
The name of Washington!
Calmly his face shall look down through the
Sweet, yet severe with . spirit of warning;
Charged with tie wisdom of saints and of
sages;
Quick with the light of life-g giving morning.
majesty TO try for
name to live and die for
The name of Washington
Though faction may rack us. or party divide
us,
And bitterness break the gold links of our
Our father and leader Is ever beside us.
Live and forgive! But forget not the glory
OF him whose height we iry for;
name to live and die for
The name OF Washington
Still in his eyes shall be mirrored orr heeting
Days, with the image of days long ended:
Still shall those eyes give, Immortality, greet
ing
Unto the souls from his spirit descended.
His grandeur we will try for;
His name we'll live and die for
The name of Washington!
Upon the same occasion the annual
address was delivered by the Right Rev.
II
bishop of Iowa, and president of the
Iowa society, which address he closed
with the following worda.
''God be praised for the gift to us OF
Washington, the patriot, the soldier,
the hero, the statesman, the Christian !
1t is this unbemished gentleman who
is the central figure of our country's
pact; the model for the present time
the heritage of all succesding years. His
life was right as it respected his God,
his country, and himself His mem
ory is our tie OF brotherhood. His
name is the watchword of our freedom,
and that of all the worldl"
Such are tho sentiments, and these
are the principles upon which is erected
the structure, sons of the revolution I;
and in the demand nov constantly
heard. throughout this land, upon all
true Americans that they watch "Ne
quid detrimenti republica capiat." it
cannot be tina, they will be valueless
in the conservation of those institutions
which we love as our best Inheritance.
HnLDRTDGE o. COLLINS.
! Los Angelica. Dec. 80, 1893.
Terre H4uta's Oldest Couple.
James Dawson today quietly celebrat
/ cd the az hundred and fourth anniver