The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-06-01
VOLUME XIII. NO. rs.

VOLUME XIII. NO. rs.
should not be crowned by all the no.
bility creating powers in christendon;
not by the badge of bare sovereignty;
not by the mere ornament of power
but by the crown of high and exalted
manhood and the evidence of the at
tainment of much that is great and
good in human life. Rome, throttled
by her vices, fell; Greece, undermined
by her social impurities succumbed.
So can it be said in truth that in the
perpetuation of the high standard Of
manhood in the citizen body of our
country, its future prosperity depends;
in the preservation of the people of
our country from the ills of moral
degradation, is the battle of the future.
And upon this day consecrated to the
remembrance of deeds of bravery and
the recollection of days of sorrow, de-
voted to Memory's sad reflections and
inevitably resulting in better under
standing of life's teachings, of the
soldiers whose nobility of purpose
stands pre-eminent in the records of
Time, with LaMaille we can we'll say.
With myrtle and rue their tombs we strew,
| =, And our love with our sorrows vying, s.
But DER their dear graves, that old flag waves.
| ~ Which they hallowed forever by dying.
| Meath pansies and roses, the soldier reposes.
Nor dreams of the battle alarm at the morn,
A nation is keeping fond watch DER his sleeping.
And tributes most loving his memory adorn.
Unfading their story and garlands of glory,
| Their name and their fame with their breath
| did not cease.
| When to the immortals they swept through the
portals.
The Grafton was followed by selec-
tion rendered by the male quartet and
then Comrade Donovan offered the
closing prayer.
When the exercises closed the pro-
cession reformed on Main street and
marched to the cemetery where the
ceremony of decorating the graves was
performed. A squad of the veterans
of company NJ fired the soldiers salute
over the graves and then as the notes
of ''Taps" died away the veterans and
their escort reformed and marched
back to town.
NOTES.
!, The company M boys had skirmish
run during the march.
) Capt. Staples and his company of
, K. P's acquitted themselves very cred
; itably
The Jones drum corps did nobly and
/ this service. aided materially in the
f success of the celebration.
The Maccabees turned out we'll. Be-
5 sides the local lodge there were two
J from Big Lake and twelve from San
: tiago.
t Marshal Spaulding handled the pa
rade Tuesday without a hitch and
everything went off according to pro-
gram.
| Hon. r. B.. Brewers address was
: we'll received by the audience and he
t was warmly congratulated by many of
: those present.
The prettiest feature of the parade
= was the hundreds of school children,
trudging along laden with flowers for
the fallen heroes graves.
e The veterans of 81 are becoming
S fewer and age begins to show, but when
$ the band struck up the tunes they
n marched to thirty odd years ago their
e martial spirit was aroused and their
S step took on the elasticity of youth.
y Sundays Services.
i Union memorial services were held
e at Jesmer's opera house last Sunday
e morning and the large auditorium was
It comfortably filed. The G.. A. r.,
g L. A. S., S. of V. and members of COM
Q pany NJ fell in at G.. A. r. hall and
l. marched in body to the opera house.
|, Rev. F. H. Roberts read from the
l.. scriptures and offered an eloquent
s prayer, after which Comrade D. Dono-
van preached an appropriate sermon
with Paul, of Tarsus, as his inspiration.
A choir composed of Misses Johnson,
Howard, Orr, Dielman, Jones and
Highlander and Mr.. Germany with
Miss McCarriel as accompanies fur
nished excellent music. At the close
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