Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-10
FOURTH HOMECOMING
TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS
GREAT EVENT DRAWS FORMER RESIDENTS HERE LIKE PORUS PLASTER
Despite the Threatening Weather Preceding the Day Proves
an Ideal One. and Thousands Assemble at TiVOli
Island. the Scene of the Days Merrment.
DECORATIONS. RECEPTIONS SAFEGUARDING SPORTS AND
DANCING CONTRIBUTE TO THE PLEASURES.


beautiful city on earth-excepting
Watertown.
He to, lauded Mayor Becker, and
said hat the 'boy mayor of Milwa-
ukee" was head Of the most progress
sive city in the world. He recalled
that Carl Schurz was a resilient of
Watertown, and the name was cheered
to the echo.
An interesting feature of home
coming day was Yaqui, the little Mexi-
can, who was brought to Milwaukee
by DR.. Frank Toussiant. The doctor
was appointed honorary chief marshal,
and was called upon to speak.
He told of his experiences with
Yaqui, who is the last of the great
Indian family of that name. The
boy is but 13 years old, but can write
we'll and ranks highest in his class at
a Milwaukee South Side school. DR..
Toussaint was kept busy shaking
hands with hundredsof his old friends
and fellow citizens.
In introducing Mayor Becker, the
principal speaker of the day, Mayor
Mulberger again paid him high COM
pliment, saying that he was high
example of the ''young man in poll
tics Mr.. Becker's name was loudly
cheered, and everywhere was heard
"Hurrah for Sherbie" "What's the
matter with Becker? He's all right ="
The remarks by Mayor Becker up
to his address, in which he paid mnay
compliments to Watertown and it's
present and past citizens, was as
follows:
"Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gen.
tlemen:
His honor, the mayor, and the
other citizens of your beautiful and
enterprising city on the committee,
have done me great honor by invit-
ing me to come here and participate
with you in the pleasure of this day !;
and before | proceed with a few brief
remarks, pertaining to this occasion,
| desire to thank them.
PROUD OF THEIR NATIVE HOME.
cit is certainly inspiring for an
outsider to be here and to witness the
pleasant meetings between those who
have left the old home for new fields
of activity and those who have re-
NAMED. l am convinced by some of
the scenes have witnessed within the
brief space of time that have been
with you that nearly all men are
brothers and that there is strong
bond of friendship between hundreds of
those who are not bound together by
greater relationship than neighborly
tie. There is greater evidence from
what have seen today, to demons
trate the fact that Watertown has
many loyal sons who do not live with
in her border for they have come from
far and wide to help glorify her and
to renew or continue the friendship of
years. Watertown's sons, like those
of sister cities, are often scattered
to the four corners of the world; but
evidently those claiming Watertown
as the old home are especially loyal
and proud of their nativity for we have
here today men in all walks and sta
lions of life, whose success is due
either to the start made here in edu-
cation or business and it is we'll that
they do not forget it. 1t ought to be
comforting to every resident of Water
town to realize that there are many
men and women in the world who be-
gan their successful careers here and
who maintain their allegiance to the
city.
"Those who came back today to
greet old friends and review the scenes
of days gone by, give ample testi-
mony to the claims of Watertown
people that they have All attractive
community and a citizenship to be
proud of. These people, who are in
Watertown today for brief visit, are
here because of the pleasant memories
they have of days spent here either in
youth or manhood.
TENDER SENTIMENT OF HOME.
"No subject is more tender, or
appeals to the sentiment with greater
force than that of the home. One
of the greatest poems ever written in
the history of the world was that OF
John Howard Payne. AS l remember
the story of this sad souls life on
earth, he was for some reason a wan
derer in foreign land and his thoughts
going homeward IN his loneliness, he
was inspired to write these immortal
words:
Mid pleasures and palaces though we
may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place
like home;
A charm from the skies seems to hal.
low US there,
Which sought through the world is
ne'er met with elsewhere.
An exile from home, splendor dazzles
IN vain,
O, give me my lowly matched cottage
again;
The birds sing gayly, that came at my
call,
Give me them, and that peace of mine
doaror tbop oil