Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-22
|ACK IS WATCHED.
Hon. TohnlL. Lockhart is Presented
With Handsome Gold
Watch.
was a Token From Citizens for
His Strenuous and Effective
w Capital Speeches.
4 ime Mail Clerk is Found
I short in His Money
Matters.

81 Matters.
~ Saturday evening citizens of Pierre
ITO the number of about forty assem- bled
YIN the Commercial Club rooms for a
purpose in which they all had the liveli,
Nsst interest, and one they felt could not
BE overdone. These citizens were the
contributors to handsome sum which
had been devoted to the purchase OF an
gelegant gold watch, chain and jeWeled
chain tosbe presented to one OF our
9sncst honored citizens, Hon. John l..
s@SL ockhart. After all had assembled a
was sent to Mr.. Lockhart's
place OF business, requesting his pres
Ssence at the club rooms. He was I'M
sMsaWare of the occasion or the presenta-
ation, and upon. his arrival L. L.
stephens, who had been delegated for
THE purpose, addressed Mr.. Lockhart in
Vi the following words:
q slack. as we have called you away
d from your business tonight and asked
n you to meet with us, your friends and
4 fellow citizens, for the purpose of eS-
pressing in some slight measure our
& gratitude to you and our appreciation
q OF your efforts in the late capital cam
q paign. During, the past two years and
especially during the last six months
proceeding election day, there were
times when the heart of every loyal
Oit h hot
the toll and savings of years might be
our home, where So many of us have
be imperiled. During all that time you
have been to us and each of us, tower
\ of strength in our hour of darkness: you
have been to us the tall pine in the
h forest, that bends before the storm but
II never breaks; striving always to gain
u its upright position and never losing
y courage; you have sacrificed your time
your money and your personal interests
drawing froman apparently inexhausti
/ BILE fund of talent and resource, il upar
dizing your health and your very life
unseltishly and in your own patriotic
spirit. Fora these things, for every
sleepless night that you have spent, fol
] every hours work and talk and thought
i for every eloquent address delivered
and every vote influenced we honor you
and are youfdebtors. From your Scottish
ancestors you received an inheritanc,
of truth and rectitude which has gained
for you respect and friendship, but i
has remained for you, by your own per
sonal qualities to obtain that for which
men have fought and died, the admira
ton of mankind. Words must eve
fail to convey the emotions of the hu
man heart and what is left unsaid her
tonight, you must read in after year
from. the esteem and admiration 81
richly merited and so freely bestowed
God grant the page be long and pleas
ant. 1t has been the wish of your fel
low citizens, in token OF their love ant
appreciation, that you possess me
mento, something to carry with you al
ways and remind you of this time, ant
on their behalf [ now present to yol
tire little gift selected. Compared witt
your efforts in the common cause, it
intrinsic value is nothing, but when
say to you that with it goes the love Q
all your townsmen, / know no man vii
prize it more. Wear it Jack, God
BENSON go with it, and remember,
will never indicate an hour when loya
hearts and welcoming hands do no
await you in peerless Pierre" you
home"
Mr.. Lockhart replied feelingly in
few we'll chosen words, in which he ea
pressed his thanks for the handsom
present and his appreciation of tn
feeling towards him amongst his fellow
citizens.
The time piece is of solid gold, an
the works the best to be had. A dis
mond is set in the back of the cas-
which is heavily chased, engraye
and ornamented. On the inner side
the case is engraved these words
Presented to j ohm T.. LockharJ by tn
Citizens of Pierre. Capital .campalg
of 1904 On the front of the cast
amonogram with the initials, q L. ~
The chain has an Elk charm with seve
diamonds, and a fine elk tooth.