The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-06-05
REDWOOD FALLS DISGRACE.
Rev. {. c. Nicholson Makes an Appeal
for a Decent Cemetery.

for Decent Cemetery.
When the eye of Redwood citizens
fell upon the above headline, cues
ton of surprise will immediatel,
flash across their mind and they vii
begin to wonder what has happenet
and who has been doing things nov
that they ought not to have done
The digrace has not come upon u
by someone doing what they ough
not to have done, but because som.
one has not done what they ought
to have done.
When the writer was small boy
in the public school he was caught
one day by the teacher, making
pictures on his slate. The question
was asked, what are you doing?'
The usual answer, Of course was
10, nothing. = WELL" retorted
the teacher, you don't come here
to do nothing. Come forward. y
promptly obeyed, but that was all
did-the teacher did she rest. !? I?
It was not what had done but what
/ had not done that got me into
trouble that time, and that is the
case with the people Of Redwood
Falls. Not what they have done
but what they have failed to do that
has brought the disgrace.
Redwood Falls is beyond doubt
one of the very best towns in the
state and from the standpoint of
beauty, cleanliness, class of citizens
and progressiveness ithas few equals.
for it's size, in America, and every
citizen ought to be proud and justly
so Of our home town. But if were
to preach sermon to the citizens of
Redwood and vicinity | would take
for my text one clause from 1st
Mark, 1921. Zone thing thou lack
est" and / should follow the old
style of sermonizing by dividing my
text into firstly, secondly, thirdly,
etc. Now firstly, in this one par
ticular respect we lack due respect
for our departed relatives and
friends. Thirdly. we are sadly lack
ing in interest in our silent city of
the dead. In the first place if we
had due respect for our city we
would spare no time or efforts in
guarding its good reputation and in
preventing spot or blemish from
soiling her fair name; and secondly,
if we had due respect for our de-
parted relatives and friends We would.
certainly see to it that their last
resting place was something other
than wilderness of briars, thorns,
thistles, burs, weeds, dead leaves,
tangled and withered grass, etc;
thirdly. if we had due interest in
their silent earthly city we would
remove the above mentioned objec-
tionable features and make Of it a
place that would cause the general
public to realize that we had great
respect for our city, for ourselves,
for our departed friends, and for
their dwellings among the tombs.
| refer directly to our cemetery.
1t is certainly a disgrace to our
town and to its citizens to have it
kept in its present condition. tt
seems strange that it should be left
to me to call the attention Of our
good citizens to this cause. / have
held my peace until it seems i'm
possible to hold it longer, in hopes
that some one else would take the
matter up. Our national memorial
day and our day of decoration re-
minds us, how beautiful it would
indeed be if we could follow the
procession of our veterans to our
cemetery and then see them bestow
their tributes Of respect upon beau
tiful green and well-kept graves,
surrounded by gravelled walks and
flower beds instead of tangled weeds
and briars. The location is good
one, the conditions are favorable
from every standpoint and there is
no reason why we should not have
one of the most beautiful burying
places in the west. The present
property as it stands today can be