The Yale expositor., 1897-09-03
DAY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1897.
|erans in line, led by Comrade
Dnp on hOrsehack.

living on various trains SWelled the
1i<o of the already large gathering till
{t VAS estimated Yale had over 1900
Y{citors within her gates. At 10 O'Clock
NE seats around the grand stand were
8I{fd and hundreds standing ready to
tnke in feast of patriotism from the
I}rH of the various speakers on the
nlA1form. Col. Baird was still on deck
4ud in command, and called on Com
x4de White for prayer, which was
&iven, short and crisp, and to the
point. Hugh Morris, of Mar Eette, made
= mat little speech, the special point
m4ce ave should always be ready
Wden called upon to do our duty" He
MAJ followed by DR.. Smith, of st. Clair.
Rofhaps we could not do better than
saX the DR.. is "whale" in speech
his half hour talk was chuck
full of meat from stem to stern. He
told with very good effect a very point
6d&nswer given by an old veteran to
youhg snip who was born after the
Wss was over, and who was doing some
kicking over the tremendous amount of
mo9ey WE were paying out TO the old
s9iG Hers. He could not see why they
snQt Id be paid for their slight (?) SER
wees so literally, and did not see what
good the war was to him. The old SOL
djer with flashing eye and quivering
"Good, what good why
W8 gave you with our blood darn
ed 8ght too good a country for such
mlserable grumblers as you to be born
lnV And of course this intends to APP
plyto all the grumblers.
ks(1ongressman Snoyer appeared again
on Gall from the audience and bowed
bis Thanks. Later on he gave the old
veterans another talk which was re-
cejved with great deal of good will.
tHDn. OBrien j. Atkinson. Well,
evorybody knows O'Brien j., and knows
that when he gets up to speak he says
s0f0ething, even if it is, as he said him.
self.30 years old, he has the knack of
drcssing up in his own nimitable style
F<ary old thing" in garments fresh and
neW, just from the store, as it were,
aud on this occasion O'Brien was him.
self His speech was short, witty and
spiek, and patriotic enough for any
budy. Miss Drake and Miss Cudworth,
bofh of Armada gave recitations. Miss
Dfnke gave "The Old Cripple" and
Miss Cudworth "Independence Bell"
Iheke young ladies left very favor
Hble impression on the audience, the
se(ettions good and the performance
exec llent
i NJ. Palmer. of the Yale Music
store, rendered excellent service
throughout, in his song services and
ieadership of the musical part OF the
Hroeram
XII e banquet given the soldiers and
the1f friends by the village was not the
leaH important of the reunion, and
49,. a ,v, H,,hanIas l,,l
The goods were there as promised, and
in u lore, and were good enough for
kt<1x or cOurtier. And the guests were
there too. Everything went on right
3ffcrfily TO finish, and then came the
dish ganding and parting, aud good byes,
I}>8ny of the boys with q sad thought
pccfng out of their eyes, and as if it
Wcrt saying, "Will we ever meet
afo1 nd another camp fire."
EIbe 10Th reunion came to an end
and the words were in every mouth
tKoys, this is the best reunion we have
had yet, and we never will forget our
many Yale friends until the sods of
the valley cover our old worn out
bones from their sight forever"
s2 Btfore breaking ranks and disband-
inK the boys in the rear ranks had
IX<11Nc ~ SDOt VI lull w lhChlSClNOHs
S0o1e belated darkie, or else some poor
W}ljte trash, returning home from
+ friendly visit to a neighbor's hen
o0op, during the early morning hour,
and no doubt, hearing the cannon's
roar must have thought the judgment
d4X had come, and that the every
debbil" was at their heels, they drop
nod the prize and cut for the woods.
m, n mn llaf onro ahnx or nthar nv
&<cj<ient or fate, turned up in the nick
III thne near the rear of the column,
md in full view of the hungry soldiers,
WHOM, with a wild "hurrah land a
6IY book in the direction of the officers
lii charge, about a half hundred broke
{41ks and gave chase to that chick,
'fInaily capturing it, amid much laugh
'ttf hnd carried it to headquarters in
<<i0nhph. The only difference in this
jo1t act from the real experience of
t1t bows when in the army and getting
I|l6 prize of chicken or pig IN this
1 it generally went direct TO the
6k|}W pot and from thence, "Yum
.Hkm /"
n te following are the officers elect
Qd fpr the coming year,
Pfesident-Wm.B Baird, Marine City.
Btcretary-A. A. Haskell, Kenockee.
Lreasurer-Mr. Papst, Lexington.
Ioo much can not be said for the
e<1el lent work done by all The COM
1c5<(fes in their several departments to
1neke this reunion success. Every
6I|o worked with will and determi-
iI1E ON that there would be no failure.
|<4o Harvey Tappan especially be-
~ a large share of the credit for
I1 Brilliant results. Harvey was here,
1.6* and everywhere, and sometimes
|X<H i the places at the same time,
I&ohing, scheming and directing
~ detail, so as to have everything
<I(& off without wrinkle. He had
n 0f fulean job on hand, but he got
&t/5tg gh in good shape, having proved
I||t5elf equal to the large occasion
|ii n bis work was we'll done-so every
b1 says. And to everyone who con-
va ted towards the success of the af-
4 &I< there must be satisfac-
i'm contemplating the result of
sacrifices. The farmers all
bd deserve credit for the noble
generous response TO the appeal
lpplies. The village did honor to
in the lavish outlay in decorating