The Somerset reporter., 1894-05-31

Madison Cornot Band.
Skowhegan Drum Corps.
Co National Guards. escort, capt. Bclmore.
Epworth Guards, % lads of the town in
Uniform, escort.
Russell Post &. 4. Il. W. II. Weston,
Commander
Disabled Veterans in carriages.
Citizens in carriages and ON foot
The procession formed on Madison
street and first marched TO North Gene
terry where after brief patriotic prayer
by Rev Dr.. Hanson. the twenty-five
graves of soldiers in that cemetery were
decorated.
The column then returned to G. \. Il.
Hall, renewed the supply of wreath> ami
bouquets and proceeded 10 South Gene
tary where al the soldiers lot temper
arv monument erected for the the occa-
sion was decorated in accordance with
ritual exercises of the order, directed by
Commander Weston. After this the fifty
five graves OF veterans in that cemetery
were duly decorated and the column, re-
turned to Grand Army hall and broke
ranks.
The attendance of citizens at the cemc-
tcries was large and the attention to the
exercises marked by decorum. Many
had taken the occasion to BRING flowers
to adorn the graves OF deceased friends
and others had done this in the early
morning. More and more as the years
pass is this day observed "a Il general
memorial day Nhcu the graves of depart
ed friends are adorned With floral oll,r-
ings. 1t is beautiful tribute to the
memory of the dead aud delracts no.
thing from the honor bestowed upol the
dead heroes for whom the day was first
designated.
| In the evening the Post assembled at
G.. \. X. Hall where they We're joined by
about 10 members of Bates Post of Nor
ridgewock. On motion of Gen. Isaac
! Dyer, vote of thanks was rendered the
Norrdgewoch comrades for hospitalitic-.
The exercises in Cuburn Hall consist
ed Of singing by a choir made up of Mrs
Benson. Mrs Pierce. Mrs. Cox. Mrs.
| Watson and Mis-, Lowe and Mcssrs.
Dyer, Nyc. kimhall. Langley, Murphy
and Watson, Mrs. Eme"v, ace m.anist;
Reading Of Orders: MrmerorialeXc
by the Post; Singing by Sorosis Quar-
tctte, Mrs. Sawyer, Misses Ward, SAT
ford and Morrison; Prayer. Rry. +. IL.
Morgan; Grafton by Hon. II. NJ Heath:
| Singing by the choir and congregation :
| Bcncdicton
The orator of the occasion WAS intro
ducrd by Past commander Geo Il. SAT
ford with brief appropriate remarks in
which he referred in complimentary terms
to the company of boys who formed a
part OF the escort in the procession in
the early part of the day,
Mr.. Heath said he proposed TO talk
with the members of the Post and Relief
Corps rather than at them.
Memorial day has wonderfully grown
into the national heart. 1t WAS the holi-
day OF holidays or rather in accordance
with the original meaning Of The term
the holy day of holy day Something
more lmu common course of history
ordained this and caused it 10 spriug up
poutmeou-ly. without the force ut
legal enrichment or ecclesiastical decree.
The speaker very clearly and force
, fully drliheated the contest between the
two autagouistic principles that started
more than Two and oue-half centuries
ago. represented by the Cavaliers and
Roundheads in England, tie principle
rule of the many by the few or the
rule OF people, the underlying cause of
the war. Behind it all va, Divine Pro-
violence working out the mighty pro-
blcm.
Two classes of Immigrant, originally
came to- dis country the Cavalier. the
aristocrat to the South the Puritan to
4 tn" North. They brought with them
I the autagonistic theories that they en-
+ tertaiucd ON the other side OF the water.
/ The town meeting and the public school
/ in Massachusetts,: hcredty and entailcd
estates the prop of aristocracy in
! u-Hlid' s7lhNtlN anu iiIt lbN II lilttl-
ing and public school could not exist to-
gether.
Mr.. Heath outlined the mighty
struggle through the years from the
adoption Of the constitution 10 the break
out of the southern rebellion Tie war
of 1872 and the Mexican war was in the
interest af the South, the latter was
fought to acquire territory to cut up in
to states To aid the South in lis struggle
for supremacy. The loyalty at New
! England WAS strained To the utmost and
the sharp antagonism between the two
civilizations went on. 1t WAS beyond
the power Of government to interfere
with slavery in the States in which it
/ existed therefore the Stakeholder vas as
/ safe in possession of his human property
a. the New Highlander in that of his OK.
The time had arrived when this great
question. whether the people should
rule, was to be settled and from this
4 came the clash of arms.
But tor the war of lsGl civilization
would not be what it is among the ma