Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-06-11

UuL INV yCOIs OcIVIC IIC luIuCN III.
to kingdoms, and raised his most
devoted generals to the dignity Of
kings. He became despotic, tyran.,
meal and egOtistical. He dethrOned
princes and disregarded other pow
ers. Ambition was his god. His
Whole aim was France at the head
of the world; Napoleon the head OF
France" The greatest mistake Of
his life was the divorce Of the faithful
Josephine, and his marriage to-
Maria Louise to make peace with
Austria. ut was the turning point
In his career. He had reached the
summit of worldly power, of mill
tary power. Of human glory, and
was destined to an curly fall. Had
there been any bounds to- his ambt-
ton he might have made France q
wide spread enduring power, indie
pendent of the fortunes Of single
MAN." Escaping from exile, follow
ing his forced nhdication, he renewed
his ambitious career until Waterloo
ended his power, and on the lonely
isle of st. Helena was spent the clos
lag days OF 9TH. man who had no
model and left no shadow"
Ernest -. Boyce was the last to
Civ. his !oration, and unfortunately
he was suffering from a severe thrOat
trouble, which rendered his usually
strong voice quite weak. Neverthe-
less his OrAtiOn was delivered In an
excellent manner. and at the close
he was greeted with storm OF APP
plause. His subject was "The First
Minnesota Regiment" He gave It's
history from the time that Gov.
Ramsey rendered the services Of one
thousand men to the unions cause
on the morning following the firing
on TT Sumpter. lie gave the long
list of battles in which the First
Minnesota had taken part, and
wildly described their world famous
charge n Gettysburg, where though.
charged the Confe,lerates, checked.
and even drove back the first line,
and by holding the position for five
minu ties, until reiniorcelnents arrived,
saved Gen. Sickles' command from
annihilntiOn. and turned defeat into
victory. Concluding he said: BAT
ties may be fought and won, govern
ments may decline and fads away,
but wherever one spark OF patriot
ism fingers In the human brcast,
wherever loyalty and bravery are
priced. the matchless career Of Min
nesotn's senior regiment will stand
out aa bright and cherished ex-
ample of all that IL true and noble,
of all that Ia grand and patriotic,
both In peace and war. And the
greatest honor OF which any man
can boast IL, to have been n member
of The First Minnesota Regiment"
The chorus then sang "Old Folks
at Home" and that was followed by
the presentation OF tho diplomas.
Supt. Thatcher, to whom each
member of the class gives the credit
for the hOnOrs won In the exercises,
who by his zeal In the interests OF
the schools, over which he has had
charge for three years, has advanced
our high school from third to first
grade, and placed 1t in the
ranks OF the very best in the state,
arose and gave a short address to
the graduating class. Mr.. Thatcher
had every reason to feel proud. OF the
manner in which each member of the
class acquitted himself. He com
plimented the class on their work
and gave them some excellent ad-
vice for their future guidance. He
stated that a college education was
not always essential to success, and
repea ted the words Of Rev. A. A. Oss's
bnccalnurent sermon, that the sue
sess OF each was due to his or her
own efforts. After presenting each
OF the class with diploma, Mr..
Thatcher briefly addressed the
audience and the board OF education.
He thanked the board and the
people of the city in general for
their hearty cooperation and the
assistance given him in the school
work and closed by bidding farewell
as superintendent of the schools to the
bonr1 and all the people OF Little
Falls III general.
The exercises were closed by the
chorus singing "Till W" Meet Again."
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