Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-06-04
HONOR THE
NATIONS DEAD
Decoration Day FittingIy Observed
by the G. a. r. Post and Pat
riotic Citizens

Decoration Day was observed in this
city Saturday by appropriate services.
In the forenoon dozen or more veter-
ans of the civil war, with an equal num-
Der of the w. r. c., accompanied by
the drum corps, visited the old cemetery
south of town and decorated the two
graves of veterans there. The ladies
went down to the river, where they
strewed flowers on the water in memory
of the sailor dead.
The drum corps, composed of Messrs.
Welpton, McNally, Sergeant, Butler
and travelling man, discoursed inspir-
ing music upon the streets during the
day.
The day was cold and cloudy, and
IN consequence the exercises of the
afternoon were held in the opera house,
instead of on the court house square.
At 1:3O the local post of the G. A. r.
and w. r. c. together with a large re-
presentation of school children and sons
and daughters of veterans formed line
of march which included the principal
squares of the city, after which they
adjourned to the opera house where a
fair representation of the citizens were
gathered. The hall was comfortably
filled, and the interest manifested
throughout the program amply repaid
those who had the matter in charge.
Comrade Arch Young, as master of
ceremonies, conducted the services in
an artistic and capable manner and in
troduced the Post with a few we'll
chosen remarks, recounting the rise of
the custom of celebrating the annivers-
ary of Decoration Day, its purposes
and attainments. A quartette consist
ing of Miss Mamie Rosenquist, Mrs.
Munroe, A. M. Alden and Rev. j. |.
Carter, accompanied by Miss Belle
Conklin, gave spirited rendering of
The Stars and Stripes" followed by
the invocation by Rev. j. E. Watson.
Vera Manley recited ''Hats OFF, in a
manner that should bring the younger
generation to a realization of the day,
and Bessie Sands gave a thrilling de-
scription of "Sheridan's Ride" eco
lumbia, the Gem Of the Ocean," sung
by the school girls, was received with
old-time enthusiasm. Helen Shutters
gave very realistic portrayal of the
sorrow that was brought to thousands
of homes by the news that some one of
their loved ones was ''Mortally Wound
ed' in recitation of that title. Pris-
ella Alden recited cold Farmer
Browns Dream" in an able and inter-
esting manner; whereupon the quar-
tette gave an excellent rendering of
crest, Soldier, Rest"
The address of the afternoon was de-
livered by Robert F. Corbett, son of
the Post Commander, who traced the
origin of the war back to the early
Colonial times, and showed the develop
ment Of the anti-slavery sentiment
down through all the early struggles to
the time that the "Great Emancipator''
appeared to the people. He dwelt
touchingly on the hardships and priva-
tions endured by the patriots that ans
wered the presidents s call, and drew a
picture of the scenes on the great battle
fields of the South, as we'll as of the
sorrow in the homes when the news
that some loved one had been injured,
or killed. He closed with a stirring ad-
monition to the young people of today
TO see to it that these heroic veterans
are properly honored when they are
gone; and melted them to a renewed
interest in the welfare of the country
that boasts as national emblem FThe
Stars and Stripes. !"