The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-06-04


of Mrs. Fee, Miss Montgomery, and
Messrs. Pillsbury and Rogers.
Miss Mary Svre Bradshaw then sang
The Star Spangled Banner" and gave
as an encore We're Tentlng Tonight"
Miss Bradshaw always acquits her
self with credit, and this occasion
was no exception. Gifted with a sweet
and we'll trained voice, and a manner
and presence IN keeping with her voice,
she is becoming general fay orite.
"a Tribute to the States" by forty
FIVE young ladies, consisted of placing
wreaths on a monument in honor of the
heroes Of each state.
Rev. H. W. Bolton delivered the ad-
dress of the day, and those who ex-
pected treat were not disappointed.
He referred to the inspiration the
Roman soldier derived from marching
to battle through the Appian Way,
where on either side were the monu-
ments and tombs of Roman heroes. So
to-day he thought our boys would do
better service because of their march
through the battletields Of their fathers.
Certainly the history We are making,
the civilization We are weaving, is sure
to produce heroes, warriors, philoso-
pliers and historians for the next gener-
alton. Therefore the services of this
day in every city, village and hamlet is
strangely significant. In this connec-
ton he referred to Company II, >" and
said we naturally expected great things
relation to the veterans and the loyalty
and heroism transmitted.
Young men and maidens may ask
why this solemn march through the
cities of the dead, this dirse in the
midst of blossoming gardens, in the
presence of singing birds and beside
the murmuring brooks. To them all
graves are alike; they hold the dust
made sacred by the spirits assembled,
but to the average person OF 30 years
they are 100000 vaults in which ma
ton has stored it's honor and fame.
Every such grave is monument to
that loyalty which is the nations safe
guard. There rests the form of one who
foug hit good fight, kept sacred faith,
and won glorious victory. Because Of
that fact more than all others, men,
women, children are Fastening from
home, with natures best gifts, to honor
the memory Of those men who saved
the republic in time of danger. and they
hasten TO-DAY as never before since the
time of the rebellion, when the sound
of war is IN our ears and the call for
service is IN our land. To-day We glory
in patriotism that never falters. be
the sacrifice ever so great, when made
in the interests of lioerty-God's best
gift to man. When God swung open
the gates Of his great world it was for
the seekers and lovers of liberty.
1t is meet, therefore, that We, the sur
viyors of the sixties should meet where
glory guards with solemn round tie
bivouac Of the dead and strew with
flowers the graves of those who fought
in one OF the noblest war.a eyer
waged. There are few who seem tired
Of these memorial services but their
number is growing beautifully less each
year.
There are those who cannot see any
good in war, who look on war as a hell
on earth. So 1t is an intensified hell
for a month, year or decade, but it is
better for all parties than to perpetuate
a hell for century rather than have a
war.
In conclusion he said "a battle is
Still on, battle which costs the nation
$25 600 600 every month and to-day
renders many a home sad and many a
heart a battlefield. In 1861 we said this
country should have but one flag and
one people. To-day we say no other
Yet we Will not suffer the price of lib
erty to be forgotten. the patriotism of
the past to wane, nor our beloved land
to drift into the regions Of indulgence
anu uouDI 81 lOtiS dr. d bstSicu NStCioh
with empty sleeve and false limb ID to
be found on earth. Liberty will move
steadily onward until the earth knows
10 bondage. So live, my comrades, that
YOU NAV increase The honor of those of
whom the poet sings:
"On fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
While glory crowns with endless years
The bivouac of the dead"