The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-06-22

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For It's their nature to;
But Congress scraps until, perhaps,
1t is its nature. too.
The Odd Fellows and Maccabees OF
Rushville and their auxiliary societies, the
Rebekahs and Ladies of the Maccabees.
like the kindred organizations all over the
State, recently held their memorial day
exercises. but we're so unfortunate as TO
fix on Sunday as the day on which to deco
rate the graves of former members and
otherwise honor their memories. The
chief meddler of some society having its
headquarters in Indianapolis recently went
to Rushville and formed a branch organi-
cation of which all the ministers of the city,
except the Catholic. are members The So
cieties named had hired a band to lead the
fraternal march to the cemeteries where
the graves were to be decorated and the
ritual read relative to such ceremonies.
and when the ministers were informed Of
the fact each and all straightway refused
to have anything to do with the proceed
lngs, intimating that they were not in ac-
cord with the laws made and provided of
the newly-formed society for the sup
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were duly decorated, and the band played
on
Speaking of Rushville reminds me: /
learn from a friend A.no travels much
through Rush county that such a stand OF
wheat was never known there, and that
corn is better than it has been for many
years at the middle of June; both of which
fo.otc Owe f,If 90 ,ro~a;-a e. o.-.;-...io-
of the already Astounding prosperity of that
garden county of Indiana.
From a p~erusal of a recent issue of the
Brooklyn Eagle l learn that a City History
Gu has been formed in the public schools
of that city, the purpose of which is to
collate and preserve the history of Brook
Ign, particularly those minor incidents
which, while hardly important enough to
find more than passing mention in the his
tories Gf they are recorded at alb, never
theless form an important background
against which the greater events are seen
in their true light and perspective. Per
haps 1t is hardly correct to say tina such
a club has been formed, for rather, the
club has extended its work to take in the
public schools. and make them co~ntributory
factors in that work,A thereby giving the
students a closer knowledge than they
otherwise could gain of the history of the
city. Such a plan cannot be too highly
commended. Brooklyn itself has many
points of historic Interest, some of which
are known and others comparatively UNI
known, and all of Long island, which prop
erly may be regarded as Brooklyn's back
yard, is rich in historic interest, waiting fol-
the careful work of the investigator. II
such a plan is good for Brooklyn and New
York, why is ii not good for indianapolis
and Indiana? History is younger in In
diana than i'm the East. but ii is none the
less important. Indianapolis itself has fig
ured in many incidents and events worthy
of more minute chronicling thar has beer
bestowed upon them and Indiana is a rich
mine of historic treasure. Records of all
these things can be gathered together al
this time with greater ease and greater
promise of accuracy than at any future
time. for the few remaining actors in then
are fast passing to the land of no return
1t would be the province of the schools tc