The Worthington advance., 1894-05-31
DECORATION DAY.
A Good Program Well Carried
Out.

i Let the flowers fall fsE %4t F
l Over them all! ..,. -a b r.s, -
! No more their tramplng feet .,t..
Keep time with the quick drum beat;
! No longer rushing In .''.
10 the bloody battles din;
They sleep today, 81
The blue and the gray, 81
Beneath the same protecting earth
That gave them birth,
That nourished them as boys and men. ~ :
And when 3.
| There came
| The dredfu! game
or war. they played 1t as each one should
If the same motherhoOd;
And dying In II. hopes and fears
Receive today the mothers tears.
The past IS past, newer life
! Has risen from that awful strife,
And these. 10 whom we cannot tell
What union grew because they fell,
Shall ever he The tie that binds
The fellowship Of nobler minds,
The nation and the Whole world great
Let the flowers fall
Over them all!
Stodd 'rd Post and the w. r. c..
fittingly observed Decoration Day.
With each succeeding year the for
NAL annual tribute to the memory of
the brave boys who laid down their
lives that the Union might be perpet-
uated becomes more generally o5-
served throughout the nation. 1t is
a beautiful custom. The exer-
cises at G. A. r. hall, which was
packed to it's fullest capacity and
more than hundred were unable to
get in, were highly enjoyable. Com
mander Glasgow presided After the
: musical exercises Rev. w. j. Robin
: son delivered a scholarly Grafton.
At the conclusion of the address the
procession formed and marched to
the cemetery where the graves of the
departed heroes were decorated with
5 fragrant flowers. When we meet to
do honor to the dead soldier let us
, also be mindful of the living, remem-
bering that they are entitled to a
seat of honor. The Worthington
cornet band furnished excellent
music. During the exercises business
r was generally suspended.
Ernest Perry Passes Away.
Ernest Perry died, last Sunday
, morning at o'clock, at the home o1
, his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E.
r Perry, in Sibley. This announcement
but tells the end of what has been
one of the most pathetic and patient
5 cases of suffering and struggling in
!; the face of death that has ever beer
!. in our community. Ernest was reas
onably we'll young man until about
a year ago when, while editor of the
Worthington Globe he began to show
the first symptoms of the dread dis
ease which took his life. From mild
, complaints he grew almost constantly
t worse, and only after consulting en-
inent physicians was the discovery
5 made that he was afflicted with
: Brights disease. Learning this ht
Immediately got out of business anc
: with his young wife moved down t<
Sibley where he has since been at thu
, parental home, sometimes feeling
better, but generally showing steady
loss of strength, until last Sunday
morning, as the sun arose to wake al
: nature to glad new day, his frai
body could stand the strain no longe
and unconsciously life passed away
The funeral was held Monday. Ii
the morning at $50 sermon wa
preached by Rev. Kennedy at tn
home in Sibley, when a large numbe
l of friends were present. Some beau
, tiful flowers, tokens of the Knights o
Pvthias. shed their essence of purit,,
over the casket. and sympathizins
; friends were given a last look at tn
body ofone whom they had known il
life. The 1O:4S a. M train bore th'
remains to Worthington where, a
the home of the brides father, F. A
, Stevens, another beautiful sermon wa
: preached by Rev. Robinson, the M. +
minister who year and half agt
united the loving young couple IN tn
holy bonds of matrimony.
Ernest was born in Winnebago Co.
Wis, Oct. IA, 1857. He was the 0ldes
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. Perry
{ and lived with his parents in Osceols
county almost from his infancy. III
!, went to Worthington about three
wears ago when he became Partne7
GLOBE, e ohe eas5ns and was marriedEoy: l6, fS92
to Miss Nellie Stevens, of Worthlng
ton. Several years ago he joined the
Methodist church and was always
afterward devout member and earn
: est worker.