Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-06-02

lnently displayed about the streets
and the business places. open until l.
O'Clock. were closed during the after.
noon Curry q Vannau, the Struc tur.
al Tubing Works. the Stove Works and
several other industries were closed
down all day.
1t was shortly before ? O'Clock when
the parade formed in front of g. a.
II. Hall and moved down Mill street
and up Bloom street toward the ceme
terry. In line were the Washington
Drum Corps, firing squad of the Ma
tional Guard, the members of Good
rich Post, the p. o. s. of a. and about
one hundred school children, the lat
ter bringing up the rear. The parad e
was led by the drum corps preceded
by Joseph L. Shannon, J. II. Hunt
and James V. Wilson, the latter rep
resenting the p. o. S. of A. The school
children were marshaled by Levi Sech-
Ter and Hiram Weaver. Hon. James
Foster acted as Post Commander The
line was followed by half a dozen
hacks containing aged and infirm vet
erans, the Womans Relief Corps,
speakers for the occasion and the Key
stone Double Male Quartette.
The parade on the whole was very
creditable one. 1t started off in fine
style, but by the time it reached the
p. q X. crossing on Bloom street it
began TO rain. The school children
were brought back to the hall, while the
remainder of the procession moved on
toward the cemetery. The most of
those in line were provided with um-
brellas, so that no one got very wet.
The shower was not heavy one and
soon passed over and although the sky
became overcast again there was quite
an interval before any more rain fell.
Meanwhile the parade reached the
cemetery and the program was render
ed But three of our clergymen invit-
ed were present to deliver addresses.
These were Rev. Simpson b. Evans of
St Paul's NJ. +. church, who address
ed the Woman's Relief Corps; Rev.
John Sherman, pastor OF First Baptist
church, who spoke TO the Spanish Am
erican war veterans, and Rev. +. I.
Swartz of ST. Peters NJ. f. Church,
who addressed the National Guard.
Each of the addresses was brief. al
though very appropriate, eloquent in
tone and breathing spirit of true
patriotism.
The keystone Double Male Quartette
rendered two selections with inspiring
effect.
The Woman's Relief Corps as is Gus
tomary bestowed its offering of flow
ers upon the unknown dead The
ceremony is very beautiful one. a
mound of evergreen is erected at one
corner of the G. A. r. plot and around
this the ladies of the Relief corps
walk, each in succession depOsltlng a
bouquet upon the evergreen as a trib.
ute to the fallen heroes whose graves
are unknown. In conclusion firing
squad of Company f, under Lieuten
ant Keefer fired three volleys over the
G. A. r. plot as a salute to the dead.
Returning from the cemetery the
beautiful custom was observed of cast
ing flowers upon the river in memory
| of comrades who lost their lives Oh
the sea and went down into watery
graves. The school children who par
ticipated in the parade each carrying
a bouquet of flowers were taken OF
board the ferry and carried across thu
river and back again. On the way
across while the little ones sang " Am
erica" the flowers were strewn upoI
the tide. Each bouquet was borne il
a steady stream down the river and b,
the time the boat returned they hat
all disappeared in the distance.