The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-31
WAS a GREAT DAY.
Gardner Veterans Look Well After Ora YES o
Deceased Comrades.


ual arrangements. This year not only
the militia was in line, but a number
OF the veterans of the late war;
The G. A. R. veterans assembled at
| their hall at o'clock. At 745 the line
was formed on Chestnut street in front
Oh the hall, the right resting near the
corner of North Main street. The or
| der was as follows:
! Quartermaster Sergeant E. f. Baker,
| police escort, Officers w. F. Moran, t.
kins.
New Home band of Orange, 20 pieces,
A Laubount leader
Co. F, Second Massachusetts legi-
| ment, Capt A. l.. Potter
| Barge containing eight disabled SOL
diers and sailors.
Commander George F. Washburn and
staff, of D. G. Farragut Post, G.. A. r.;
| officers and past commander Of the
| post, excepting the vice-commander
and Lieut.. L. G. Brown Of the Spanish
war veterans.
! D. G. Farragut Post 116, G. A. r., So
men, commanded by Senior Vice-Com-
mander ]. c. Holden and Junior Vice
| Commander George K. Stratton.
Spanish war veterans, 13 men, Ser
geant H. L. Button, commanding.
Charles Sumner Camp, No. 81, Sons
| of Veterans, Charles B. Brown, cap
| tain.
The line marched through Chestnut,
| South Main ard Union streets to Green
Bower cemetery, where this program
was carried out:
Prayer, Rev. Charles A. Place of the
Unitarion church, singing by lua1-
| tet, L. S. Shrine, l.. L. Partridge, G. y.
| Stone and F. M. Howes; decorating the
| graves of the soldiers by detail in
| charge of Comrade r. C. Powers; dirge
| by the band, recall Of detail on the
| bugle by l.. A. Hartwell of Co. f. the
| line then proceeded to South Gardner
| square and took electric cars for west
| Gardner The line was then reformed
! and marched through Central street to
| Monument square, where it was met by
| 81 members of d. G.. Farragut w. r. c.,
| No 90 in charge of the president, Mrs
Marie j. Kendall.
The exercises opened with prayer by
Rev. j. II. Mansfield of the Chestnut
street M. E. church. The quartet,
| Messrs. Shrine, Partridge, Stone and
Howes, sang, "How sleep the brave:
Rev. ]. K. Ever of Providence, X. L.
gave a brief address. He spoke OF the
| day "a years ago when Gen. Lee sur
rendered to Gen. Grant, and each year
since, when flowers are gathered ana
| laid upon the graves of the soldiers as
tribute of unselffsh love. He spoke
! of the soldiers who lie on the pattie-
fields and in graves about us, and said:
This monument speaks more eloquent
| Nv than orators of unselfsh love sought
| for the nations good. Memorial DAY
| is a time of tender memory. Ihose men
| lived not for themselves alone, but for
the good of their country This mon
ument is yours, not ours. rms Gay
| is Gardeners, not the republics. All
their memories and associations pelons
to you.
i appeal to these sons of veterans,
these veterans of the Spanish war; ana
| these people, not to forget the day. Let
us here solemnly vow as far as we are
| able. to dedicate ourselves to those
principles for which our fathers ana
brothers fought. Let Us never allow
that banner Of peace and purity to
touch the ground"
| detail, Comrades r. L. Harlow, T.
w. Danforth and Cortland A. Clark Of
! D. G. Farragut post, and Francis Mum
roe of post 10 of Fitchburg, under com
mand of officer of the Day E. S. Par
ker, then placed offerings Of flowers
from the post around the monument.
After a dirge by the band the mem EN-
bers Of D. G. Farragut w. r. G. filed
around the monument with a color
bearer at each corner, as the band
PLAYED Nearer, my God, to thee" An
| impressive service was then given Dy
| the corps led by President Mrs. Marie
j. Kendall, Senior Vice President Mrs.
E. Emma Gerry, Junior Vice President
Mrs. Lucinda A. Eaton and secretary
| Mrs. Francena M. JillsOn. AS the band
PLAYED a selection, the members of the
corps placed their offerings around the
monument They were wreaths of ever
green and flowers, a floral monument
! for the soldiers who died in Cuba, and
remembrances of the army nurses, the
unknown dead and President Lincoln.
The line then reformed on Park street
and marched through Park, Central,
| Elm. Cross and Chestnut streets to q.
I A. r. hall, where dinner was served at
m 30 by the cOmmissary committee OF
| the w, r. c.. Mrs Mary r. Russell
chairman In the evening the various
organizations were guests of Gardner
grange in G. A. r. hail. and an enter
tainment was given.
Since last Memorial day four mem
bers were taken by death from the
ranks of D. G. Farragut post. They
were N. B. Chamberlain of Hubbards-
ton. Oct 10, 1898; John Tighe, Jan. a.
1899. Louis CorriVeau, Feb. 2, 1892 and
CareW Johnson of birmingham, April
3. 1899. These, with the graves of the
other deceased members OF the ". a.
r., and three of the soldiers in the
Snanish war were decorated early this
morning by attachments from spe-
cial detail. Ninety-siX graves were
decorated-29 of G. A. r. men in Green
Bower cemetery, % of G. A. R. men
and one Of a Spanish war soldier in st.
Johns cemetery; nine of G. A. X. SOL
diers in the Old cemtery and 80 q. a.
r. graves and two Spanish war SOL
diers' graves in Crystal lake cemetery.
walker 6, Blossoms covered delivery
wagon was standing in front of G. f.
Wetherbee's mill this morning Whlle
tbe driver was in the mill. The horse
started suddenly, breaking the whiffle-
tree and ran towards the freight house.
He brought up against the building,
breaking the kingbOlt and damaging
the harness officer F. A. Lehman and