Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1896-06-04
THE HEROES HONORED.
1emorial Services are Attended by Throng.
who Honor the Nations Dead.

Each succeeding year the citizens
of LewistOwn and vicinity gather i'm
greater numbers to do homage to
the heroes who fought and died for
their country i'm the struggle for uni
versal liberty and follow to theceme
tary thefew remaining veterans who,
with appropriate ceremonies, bedeck
the graves of those who have gone
before.
Saturday last, the day set apart
by, the nation for the commemoratiOn
of the awful struggle, was favorable
to the proper observance and fully
six hundred people assembled i'm Cul-
ver's hall i'm the afternoon and later
a long line of carriages and horse
men followed the veterans and sons
of verterans to the cemeteries.
The q. A. II. post, Sons of Veterans,
band and thirty flower girls dressed
i'm white and carrying baskets of
| flowers assembled at the court house
and marched to- the hall. which was
already filled. The musical portion
of the program included music by the
band, two numbers by the Presby-
terian choir, a solo by Mrs. GOff,
duet by the Misses Mackey, all OF
which Were well rendered and appro-
pirate. Rev. Pfaus delivered the in
vocation and Prof. Garrett i'm few
well-chosen words welcomed the
assemblage to the ceremonies
Owing to conflict between the
school closing exercises and the
Memorial services Prof Garrett had
been granted permission to confer
the diploma of honor upon twelve
pupils who had been neither absent
or tardy during the school term JUS
closed and after a brief but pretty
=. drill handed the children thei
diplomas as promised.
> Columbian Memorial, an exercis
= in which two dozen boys and girl
(, participated and Miss Mackey acte'
as Columbia was very entertaining
n showing excellent training and in
culcating i'm the minds of the yOut
q patriotism and loyalty. The chi
, dren were attired i'm red, white an
blue and after a flag perfOrmanc
g spoke brief selections i'm reply t
: questions of Columbia, Miss Macke
!, appearing to good advantage !
that prominent part.
Mr.. Largent of Great Falls, VIII
had been announced to deliver til
GRAFTON, was unable to be presen
and in his stead an associate of Nj
e Largent's, Mr.. W. HI. Smith, al
e peared. Frank f. Smith had bee
+ placed on the program as mayor,
position which that gentleman ha
been called upon twice before o
similar occasions to- fill, and i'm tha
capacity introduced the visitin
speaker, his Introductory remark
Is touching his successive reappearant
N as mayor and the great similarity ,
,s the names of the gentlemen on I'll
E. platform.
4, Hon. w. fl. Smith opened his r
* marks by complimenting the tow
a on it's manifestations of patriotisl
4 and expressing great surprise at I'll
number on the floor. For Ina
al hour he dwelt upon the cause
ic heroes and lessons of the war, pa.
y ing tribute not only to those i'm I'll
~ ranks but to those i'm power.
lr those who had fallen and to the fe
who remained of the grand army
= freedom, not even forgetting tho
er who wore the gray and believed ;
III firmly that they were right as d
m the boys i'm blue. His remarks we
in very interesting and at times touc
n. ing. The gentleman il go.
Id speaker and his voice was SO pen
ly trating as to entertain those WI
ef were compelled to remain on Il
sc outside of the hall.
IN Had the speaker omitted referriI
I'd to political and economic questio
Or at all and closed with the fine per
ration appended, his address wou
= have left even a better impressio
M However much the audience symp
n, thIsed with the speakers views
a the bond and silver questions tn
f< had not anticipated the discussi,