The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1896-11-05

3 A3A90 10 tbe NIl IarF tI Ahr EtHNrl ~
. sui they have 70 one 10 love them al
care fer them aud they 8 makelsueb ut,
sfsudtatb,rs Tor me # you ttiak tbt
wouldn't object Doycu' / want som
dead relations col Ihs Deatsishtst eye
v re dim sitb tears.
Who are they asksd Miss Mehilsble
Oae ls Captain j8usgbau Martln aud ID
o,her Is L1euleHaat Thomas Eiuuod
sod they died before 1900
No, said Miss Mebltable, 10 soswer /,
the childs iuqulry, The Martin family Al,
all gone tud the last Edmunds novsC
west years seo' There is 10 one llvi3l
who would care snd as for the doid Il
doL's thiak they'd object Iut whal
good will they DO your
All, esii L0uelta, With iervor, they will
be such comfort to me rigbtsl eaa
make stories up sbont them after go 10
bed aud | can take care Of their eravcs
aud put wfestbs 90 them on their birth
days and perbspe you vii have the head
ttones Strengthened and ! will clean aud
scrape them aud tAel on Decoration day
they will put l,gs aud A1vers there aud
stall ieel so proud and 60 - 80 respectable.
50 VITA Mas MehilatIo's consent aud
aid Louettts Luella adopted her grand
is'bers.
All through April the child wcrAed ev
cry pleasant day after school hours pa
ten ly figging up with grass and weeds
from the neg gIected mounds and tle gray
elIed walk that ran beside them. Mics
MehItsbls hal the Saying htaistoues
straig ighteuei bat 1t sas Louetta who la
borliusIy soraped aud cleaned them ull
The old inscriptions were legible
There, too, the first vii fl wefs were
carefully transplsnted aud on Sunday at
.ernoons Mics Mehilsble and Louett. OF
en walked there aud the child showed
with delight the improvements made dur
ng the week.
gave Grandfather Martin oil Of the
,owsIlTs, for be was so fond OF them yon !
now Grandma says be always key a
,owl Of them on the sitti0groom table
Vii 4 they were in blossom. The child
iied her eyebrows significantly and
hispered, Make believe,
But Grandpa Edmunds liked violtt3
'est so I've given them all to bm.
The child rtn on, full OF mithlcaI tales
I these pseudo grsndisthsrs who had
led nearly 100 years before,
Koytop, like many old towns 10 New
Jog gland, was rich 10 Revolutionary lore
nd 10 her graveyard wtrs buried several
those who, by dying, had helped to
Iske the nation. But there was so much
oily zeal felt fer those who bad died to
we the nation thtt the Revolutionary so
lers were neglected aud Royton almost +
,rgot that the blood shed 10 1876 was the {
'ed that brought tlst eternal crop of s
Iory in 1861. I
Thele they lay 10 an obscure part OF 6
e old cemetery, out OF the line OF march |
! Memori day, ont of the line of men s a
oughts The sound OF the fife and
,um ttJle over the till once year and 6
e odOr Of blossoms strewn on pstnots' c
sves. but they were not for them q
Because OF Fort Donelsou and Gettys p
lrg the glory Of BunkerhiI and Saratoga d
ID grown dim, o
Louttla worked so faithfully that when C
EN- rial day dawned her grandiathers' \
syes were IN perfect order and nttning .
NAMED to be done but to decorate the il
mt OF the shop Miss Mebitsbe's bunt "
I and flags were the b 'st she could fnd el
Boston aud as she impressed into her al
vice any competent man who passed
rs was no lack OF help m
Around the awning posts L1uetta had il
d punches OF lIacs and fresh green Il
ughs and d pitcher without a handle tt
ed with snowballs was place on the st
pump opposite ~
Soon the eutlfe population bad trnstiul al
put their keys under the front doormats bt
! we're qnlety vending their way TO In
cemetery, while the Grand Army post n
toto line at lesst those who were az
e to wslk. for poor Silss NJ ,son lay on 10
inyalid chair 10 the grocery wagon and hr
old qnire drove Tom Carter, with hls th
tcbes, IN his own buggy Il
{ va very different epii: from that or
leu sbimates a Memorial day crowd 10
rest city. TIere was much Iess pomp, We
noise aud oratort but there was ser to-
sness, depth Of feeling, bomelinsss, mi
ut sll4lr which made the spectator feel ly
, there the oerem oGies were 90 per NJ
etory matter, Their dead were thei &c
}, not the iadiscrimlntti dead OF the I'm
e. Nj
stLSt OF htCu'l buu COuttp mtlt uii lul
Louetts's heart as, WITH her hand 10 Tt
= Mel sble'', she walked to the SOL be
II monument She bad a usme, a th'
le, mother, even two dea gr4Ddith for
snd her cup Of bliss was fnIl. so
he little procession, With u of ed drum rig
/ aud tolliog bell, came slowly t. the be
len mounmsn', where the tOwnsp,o sil
had gathered. Tomorrow the veterans gr'
Ll be ryet tsrs, sLoemskets and farm o,r
ba, for today they ~ere heroes the
he church choir ssug, the minister ly
r prayer aud teen came the role not
et0re Miss N htlab,e re,iiz d It L9net sni
81 stpped Der hand ssay sud bad run itk'
10 Csptain Tosusebi, the Clh9er 10 soc
'sr, sifu bit OF paper 10 her hsnd sod
Nnq please. tlT Ehe TnIi 81 tLe hand slT