The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-02-08

'HAyE VIZ so PUBLIC sPEERlr AMONG Usy"
towels aud lnhlccloths, but above
Them nll would dap and lop the dag
which had covered The heroes OF Bun.
Sor mn as they died IN the cause OF
liberty.
As soou 0s the crowd had recovered
from Its surprise aud begun to cheer
Deacon Spooucr said Il was q mighty
strong p'Iut and ono worthy of leadln
patriot of Jericho llp wns heartily In
favor Of the Idea, aud he would then
and there conlrIbuic lj cents toward
the purchase Of "a public ilag, lie also
thought a vote of thanks was due Enos
FOR his culcucss lac thukln ont the idea.
flappn, nopp!n tag hiHed TO the
halmy bppzcs of Jcricho would give
the town worldwide fame and probably
result In a boom.
Then Hosea Saunders spoke. His
grandfather had died while hghtln un.
der the stars and stripes. His father
had fallen aud Killed himself whfie
clImhIn u nagpole His mother had
wrapped him IN the Gag OF liberty
when he was born. aud he had long
thought Of hayln a group Of stars tat.
tOord between bis shoulders lie loved
his wife and children. aud he set
hemp of value on his boss aud cow, but
he loved the dag OF bis country more
IL was hard times. aud money was
tight. but be- would go without tobacco
Tor month In order 20 contribute a
shlllln toward the purchase of dag. |
With his own hands. lf agreeable 10 |
all, he would hist the emblem at sun. |
rise aud lower Il at sunset durIn the
rest of his natural lie.
The deacon said that was also a
beautiful speech, with n mighty strong
pint TO H. aud the fccllns OF the
crowd had got 30 worked up over free.
iom aud liberty that tears stood ia
many eyes Hosea was follered be
SQuar loslyn, philctus Williams. AbrA.
hnm White aud others ana there was
frclueut chcerin and shahln hands.
About ten years ago Ahilah naylson's
dog tore the ear on hog owned by
joel llurdWan aud the men have been
enemies ever slncc. but under the ex,
eiiemrn, aud the patriotism engpnder.
ed 10y them speeches they fell into each
others arms and became brothers
hE'ln. IL was hnally settled that a pub.
lie contribution should be- taken up to
buy $40 dag, aud then came the uues.
tlun uf whore Il should be- raised Enos
Hopkins who had started IL an. rot
mp ln MODEST way ana said ne would
~ 10 llr expense OF plautlb a pole iu
mont OF his house Il was ON high
ground. aud the Tag could be seen
NON every house ln Jericho.
We shouldn't put Enos 10 all that
iFouhle,' said Deacon Spoouer as be
rose up Hes done hIs sheer lp tb.nk.
in out che plan. nm see that the tlag n
July displayed from the roof OF INV
c'oper shop when Il arrives"
WHAT'S the matter With h'lstln n
over any grocvryy asked Dan skinner
's ne wiped the tears Of emotion from
lls cyes 'N''
or With histn il over my c,si
''ldi said Darius Waterman. Nho
''eo'aied 90 chip In 10 couts aud no
I'NN.
lbeu everybody bobhcd up and IA. .
nond,yl 90 be beard Every map mrs. |
'n' wanted that dag Ia mont az M.
'iNHse or place 90 husnrss ana M.
Where else, ana purity soon they vss
,hoe'n their hsis and sayIn th,y,d h.
'o'neu u they wouldn't have ID tber,
q refuse 20 contribute red csnt
lorre was lively row on Ia two mln
IN wl'h no more Weepin over natrl.,
sn, As tle row grew hotter Abli,b
's''son turned 10 Joel nardmao srS
ald be Vas glal hls dog had bn N. .,
aF on that hog aud thar bed M n HI
eF'e Joel the same way. Deacon IL
2 t'nrf ratified on che sioveplpe wi,h r
"a cane until be Quleted tbs rsctst n0
fJ lhen he said y
'lellef patriots. but have Ne M mn. p p
.e srceFlI among psy' ~ y
No have yclled the crowd "
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