The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-06-05
Memorial Day.

One more Memorial day has been
added 10 the past, and the nations dead
were appropriately honored in this place,
and vicinity, with fitting ceremonies and
soul-stirring eulogy. Capt. Geo. Stow
Post had the management Of the affair in
hand, and, although there were not
nearly so many people in town as on
former occasions owing to the fact that
new post has recently been formed at
Hickory which took large number of
the members of Stow post, the different
features of the program were excellently
carried out.
The day opened fair and beautiful, but
as the time approached for the exercises
the heat became almost unbearable, but
the vets showed their old time bravery
entered into the spirit of the occasion
with their usual energy.
In the morning a committee of six
drove out from this place and decorated
the graves of the veterans buried in the
Evangelical cemetery in Kingsley town
ship and Bartholomew cemetery in Green
township. After their return an elabo-
rate dinner was served at the w. II. G.
headquarters for which the ladies re-
ceived much praise from the veterans
and their families.
After a short rest and social greeting
all were ready to participate in the exer-
cises in Riverside cemetery, which COM
menced at 2 o'clock, when the post
started from their headquarters lead by
the Tionesta Silver Cornet Band, and the
Sunday schools of the different churches
fell in line as they passed the different
edifices.
The services at the cemetery were car
/ ried out i'll accordance with the ritual of
the G. A. r., and as usual were very inn
pressive. The services at the graves
over, the post, followed by large crowd
of people, marched to the court house
when tho following program was very
successfully carried out.
l. Music by band.
2. Reading of Memorial order by Ad-
jutant Morrow.
9. Ode by choir, Where Sleep Our He
roes Brave.
4. Commanders address, j. B. Eden.
8. Ode, After the Last Long Battle,
Miss Winnie Randall.
8. Scripture, G. A. R. and the Flag, G.
A. Hill.
7. w. r. G. ritual, flag drill salute by
the following young ladies': Misses Daisy
Craig, Marie Smearbaugh, Ida Fones.
Dora Sutley, Sadie Morrow, Florence
Thomson, June Herman and Maude But
Ter.
| 8. Ode, Freedoms Banner.
o. The Navy, S. j. SetIey.
10. Music by band.
IL. The Army, j. V. Smith.
IL. Peace, by o. d.
19, Ode, Flowers We Bring.
IA. The Nation and its Dead, Chaplain
Morrow.
10. Ode, Sleeping in their Tents To-
night.
16. Victory, Chaplain Morrow.
II. Prayer, Rev. H. Rhodes.
is. America, Ode.
10. Address by Rev. J. A. Hume,
Chaplain of Aaron Benedict Post, Pleas
antville, and the Northwestern Associa-
ton.
90 Male quartette, Now Again We
Gather Here.
81. Address by Rev. w. w. Dale.
%. Ode, Let the Hills and Wales Re-
sound.
23 Battle of Waterloo, It. F. Ritchey,
Esq.
"a. Ode Wrapt in his Blanket.
25. Music by band.
&C. Dismissal.
1t is plainly discernible from year to
year that it is but a matter of a short
time until the veterans of the late war
will be no more, and consequently, taken
as whole, and considering circumstan-
ces, the celebration this year surpassed
all efforts of the kind for a number of
years past. More genuine respect and a
finer feeling of the sublimity of the oc-
casion was apparent throughout the
country than has been noticed on pre-
| vious occasions.
Capt. Geo. Stow Post wish to extend
thanks to Mrs. f. f. Whittekin for the
beautiful flowers which she presented
them on Memorial day.