Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-07-04

are uiiduie 10 reproduce III.
Col. j. J. Aplin, of Britton also
responded as follows
Mr. MAYOR, COMRADES OF THE
GRAND ARMY, LADIES OF THE
RELIEF CORPS, AND LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN:-
| observed in our postofice on
Monday last one of your programs
for this encampment, and | found
that my name was inserted as one of
the speakers.
| remember as a boy of going
along the street and looking into the
windows of the stores and picking
out what line | should pursue when |
was a man, and going along and
coming to a more attractive window
and the other pursuit did not suit
me then, and | said that | was going
to take this one. | was trying to
decide what my pursuit should be in
after years, and when at Is years Of
age the L. :. government was call
ing for volunteers all other matters
seemed trivial at that time and | said
Il am going to be a soldier and /
became one; and today there is
nothing that gives me more pride
than that fact. | will say as a fact
that | never saw as fine a class of
men as | saw in the army. nor |
never have since, and | never ex-
pect to again.
As farsas the Womans Relief Corps
is concerned | will say that anybody
that knows anything about me will
say that | have never a thing to say
against the women anywhere. My
neighbor will say that.
There comes a time when we
have to draw a veil, and it comes at
time. As ! look over this audi
and see your silvering heads |
| am reminded that we are passing
away. 1t will not be long until our
shall be so reduced there will
be only a few left to speak to the
comrades. OF course | expect to be
one of the last ones.
As our numbers are reduced here
and M by one we 90 to our long
when by and by we shall hear
our order to go up higher, it is my
desire that when the Grand
shall call us home that
shall hear for every soldier that ,
welcome plaudit, "well done." I
Col. Hess, OF OrtonvilIe, Mimi, was
next introduced by Mr.. Ab5ott and spoke ;
rs follows:
COMRADES or THE G. \. r.
One OF the comrades, before | got up
here to speak: said | had better wipe my
lace before | got up but | am not going
to do it. Col. Abbott here had it in for
a little. He said that he sent me a
that | was expected to come here
and speak but he never said % word IL
til | got here. Has he now? Ii you do
not know about Col. Abbott | am going
TO tell YOU a little something about him.
He belonged to the STth Ohio, as most OF
the boys here did, n noted band OF
thieves. They were out foraging one day
and took everything a poor Oldham had.
They took his chickens and his garden
truck and his honey and his hams, and
the man looked around and said, Boys.
YOU have got everything have but my
hope Of Heaven" Some OF the boys said
don't tell Abbott o. he'll take
We had an encampment down to Or
tonville. Abbott abused me down there
lie told all ne knew about me and that
me think Of a little story.
Once upon a time, an Irishman who
had been a soldier got married and
down. In the course OF time, a
pair OF twins came to bless his home, and
being girls, Pat thought it was his wiie's
duty to name them. So, before he went
to work one morning, he told Bridget
should give the girls each il name
as much alike as possible. When Pat
home in the evening he said "Biddy
did you name the girls?' and she said
"Yes. aamed one Kate and the other
Duplicate" Time rolled on and after
awhile another pair OF twins put in their
appearances, and as Pat started to work
one morning. Biddy says Pat, you Sc
lect two names for the twins. Pick out
good names for the twins" In the eve
ming when Pat came home, he said swell