The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
FAIR HAVEN NOTES.

gramme published in this paper, and were successful throughout. There was some fear of a. lack of flowers, but fortunately the best efforts were put forth in collecting them and there were blooms for all the graves.
 The weather was never finer for Me morial day. Citizens made liberal display of the flag, showing that this is a patriotic community. At an early hour flowers began arriving at Polar Star hall and many women assembled to prepare them in clusters and bou- quets for the graves of the veterans. The line of march was formed at about 10:50, and, headed by the Lancraft drum corps, the procession marched down Grand avenue and across the bridge, countermarchine on East tGrand avenue. There was in line the Boys brigade of Humphrey Street church, which escorted the G. A. R. men, who were out in large numbers. 1 Then came carriages with disabled sol- diers, school children bearing flowers, and then the citizens
 On the return of the procession to Grand avenue drawbridge there was a halt and the service of casting iioyers on the waters of the Quinnipac was followed for the first time and was very i impressive and interesting. This was for the deceased navy men, of whom 1 Fair Haven furnished large contin- gent for the civil war. This part of | the exercises was witnessed by large number of people. After the flowers l had been cast on the water Rev pr. Sheath made short address, recount ing briefly the services of the sailors in I the War of the Rebellion, and their ] heroism.
 The line of march was then resumed to Fair Haven cemetery, where great assembly Of people had congregated to witness the exercises attending the decoration of the graves of nearly 150 ! veterans. There were patriotic airs, ' the c. A. R. performed it's usual ser vice for the dead, and Rev Dr. Sheath, pastor of the Grand Avenue Cougrega- tional church, delivered an excellent address, in which he said, in part: "Thirty-nine years ago your national ! commander, General Logan, issued the ! first official order for Memorial day 1 In connection with that order he said: It is the purpose of the commander in-chief to inaugurate this observance with the hope that it will be kept ur from year to year, while a survivor of the war remains to honor the memory of the departed
 Each year this duty has become 2 heavier one on account of the increas- { ing number of the dead and the de- { creasing number of the living. But you have again accomplished the task or, shall l better say, the privilege. i Ut is we'll that we no longer say Decoration day. Memorial day has a profounder meaning It signifies much more than the mere scattering of flow CTS. It means the recalling of sacred 1 friendships no longer enjoyed. The cornradeship of the veterans was 3 unique friendship and will never bt forgotten so long as time lasts. But il comes home to the remaining comrades with peculiar force on this day. Thf mystic cords of memory bring back l afresh the happy as well as the sac scenes of yore.
 4 Tt means also a day of gratitude, or l the part of the citizens of this repub lie, to the soldiers, living and dead who defended the sacred rights ant liberties of the American people. In gratitude is the basest of crimes, and
 do not believe that the members O this republic are ever going to be st base as to be ungrateful for what wa' achieved for them in the civil war. Tt is the day also in which the i'm pressions are indelibly made on thu minds of the American youth of tn significance of the war and the princi pies involved in that struggle. 'Wha
 mean ye by this service? This is tllt query of the youth of to-day. The an
 swer is given in tho pulpit, the school room and on the burial ground-tll tn preservation of the republic, with life
 liberty and the pursuit of happiness t
 all the people thereof,
 Gentlemen, may you long live to d.
 so noble service to your conrad
 dead and to the nation we honor am
 love"
 The Quinnlpiac Canoe club observe,
 the day by an expedition up the Quin
 nipiae river A large number of tn
 members repaired to the Front stree
 clubhouse at an early hour, and 500 some twenty-five canoes were launche
 and preparations were made for tn
 outing The flotila soon put off fror the float and made pretty sight as tn
 frail craft were padded up the river The trip was made to Muddy river, | North Haven territory, where the par ty landed. Just after the noon hou dinner was served for the hungry ca
 noemen, The day was pleasantly spen and late in the afternoon the retur
 trip was begun,
 One of the dredgers of the E. A. Bel l ry company, of Albany, is moored ? Mill river. where some dredging opera 2 tions are to go on.
 |, A. B. Barnes, of Wallingford, wa S visiting old friends here yesterday Many power boats went down th
 harbor with excursion parties yestel
 day.
 Many people left here yesterday D ! visits to friends, The trolley cars wei f well patronized and were run at fir, f quent intervals.
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