Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-02-02
IT BURNED BRIGHTLY

Fine Time at Royal
ton Campfire
Over sixty Little Falle people at.
tended ct Royalron Tuesday one of the
most successful g. A. r. celebrations
ever given in that village.
There had been talk of lato that
Phil. Sheridan post, q. A. r of
Royalton, owing to declining mem
bership. intended to give up Its charter.
Royalton has always had q bus.line
and enterprising lot Of old soldiers
and such news vas unpleasant to the
department officers as we'll as to the
old soldiers of Royalt0n and vicinity
and to the Womeng Relief Corps Of
Royalton. 1t was determined to get 10
Q campfire celebration, to have the
department. commander and comrades
from near by present, and infuse life
and enthusiasm into the organization
at Royalton. A good deal Of hard
work was done, The lions share by
the w. r. c., under the energetic
leadership Of MIS- A W. Swanson.
And the event was huge, unquall-
fled success.
Over sixty people attended from
Little Falls, most Of whom went
down in a special Car secured through
the efforts Of Station Agent Ruth.
The Car was attached to the morning
freight train Many we'll known
members Of the Il. A. r. and their
wives. members of Ioc4l Relief Corps.
and of tbs Sons Of Veterans, were
p1esent from Little Fall. They were
royalty treated oy the people of Royal
tor.
There we're short exercises in the
afternoon. w. e. Halting gave some
selections IN his unique and charac-
eristic style on the violin, accompan-
led by Mrs. Burial at tie piano.
Commander Macdonald and Adiutant
General Clark exhorted the comrades
of Phil. Sheridan post to get togetb-
er. Miss Zad!e Mcdonald gave
fine recitation and Mr.. "A. W. Swan
son gave IN excellent style 8 reading,
The Battle Of Life
The ladies of the Women's Relief
Corps served q splendid supper, which
was enjoyed by all the visitors and
many townspeople. Previous to the
regular exercises Comrade W. e.
HsIting, ''Pap.' as all his friends
call him, and Mrs. Green of Little
Elk. danced, showing that age had
not inter 1fered with the lightness of
their eteps. Mr.. Harting is Is years
of age, but few Cf the young folks
can do any better in the line cf dane
ing.
The regular exercises opened with
selection by the Royalton band, under
the direction Of Mr.. Lake. The band
gave several selections during the
evening and received merited ap.
plause
Comrade Corbin acted as chairman
of the evening, and proved himself
the right man in the right place. in
Producing each number in q witty and
appropriate manner.
A double Quartatte sang several
patriotic songs in way which added
much to the enjoyment Of the even.
ing.
Department. Commander G. F. Mac
donald spoke at length on the work Of
the u. A. r., sketched the causes
and results IF the Civil war, paid an
eloquent tribute to the memories cf
the men who wore the plue. pointed
out the need today of the spirit in
solving the problems Of tbs times, as
was display ed by tie men cf the six.
ties, cold of the proud position of
America before the nations and
showed how the WORK Of the Il. a.
r. had contributed to that end He
urged Phil. Sheridan post not to give
up its charter, but TO march along
with the comrades of the G. A. r.
The whole address was thoughtful and
and uplifting.
Miss Zadie Mcdonald. daughter of
J. A. Mcdonald Of St. Cloud, and
known as ,he 'Daughter Of the G
A. r., gave several readings during
the evening. The youDg lady is
highly gifted as an elocutionise, and
had to respond to encoree. She ia an
entertainer Of rare ability
Adjutant General Clark gave one
of his characteristic addresses, full
of vim and life, humor and patbos.
He paid q splendid tribute to the
women of the var time, and to the
Women's Relief Corps. He also
strongly urged Phil. Sheridan post to
remain true to Its oolors and to the
name Of the great commander after
whom 1T was named. He closed with
On interesting and thrilling descrip.
tion of the battle of Cedar Greek,
and o. Sheridan's ride, which Gener-
al Clark witnessed, his regiment tax.
Ing part in the battle,
Rev. J. Lewis, the NJ e. minister
at Royalton, gave On original poem
which was CLEVER, we'll conceived,
and we'll re6de1ed. Mr. Lewis. also
gave q reading h goaaas5yle.
=. A. king Md Cs4E 3. vasaly
contingent. Mr. King urged th6soz..
ganization OF camp of Sons of WEI
ans, pointing out the benefit of such
IN organization az an auxilia1~ and,
help to the Grand Army and Che Rel
ief Cor Seand dwelt on some of the
lessons4l lt the Civil war and theuprohi
lems OF Today. Both speakelG were
we'll received.
Hon. /. W. Bouck; in brief but In
teresting address. told Of the home
war history during war time-tha
making and meuding of clothes etc, !,
and touched on the issres and results
of the struggle Of the sixties