Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-02
RAIN ON MEMORIAL DAY
MARRIED EXERCISES
Prevented the Intended Parade
by School Children
Splendid Address Delivered to Memory
of Departed Heroes by Judge
Anderson at Opera House

In common with all the nation
Lancaster did reverence to the soldier
dead on Sunday and Monday. SPECIAL
services were held at the NJ. r.
church Sunday morning where an ex
cellent sermon was preached by Rev.
Harter. pastor of the Baptist church.
Mondays exercises were held In
the order given in last weeks Herald,
with the exception of the program at
thu Soldiers monument. which on
account of rain was held after the
address of Judge J. S. Anderson.
@. 81. Baxter called the assemblage
to order at Reeds opera house at 2 80
O'Clock. A song by a chorus of chill
dren was rendered after which Mr..
Baxter read the order of the Depart
m ent of the q A. R.
Commander of Post. Col. j. G.
Clark then gave short talk in which
he expressed himself as deploring the
fact that Memorial day had in the
past been given over to sports and
levity. He said that this was wrong.
the children should be taught that
memorial day was not set aside for
that purpose but rather for solemn
meditation for those who suffered and
died that the nation might be one
of liberty.
Judge Anderson delivered an ad.
dress that was much appreciated by
the fair sized audience. He said
that at the beginning of his speech
that Grant county was name he had
learned to honor before he had ever
visited it. Long before the war he
had heard of that bold little band OF
abolitionists in this county that vas
not afraid to express its views in re-
gard to slavery.
He said he early read the writings
of an editor in Grant county by the
name of j. G. Cover, (the former
Herald editor. who was courageous
enough to express his anti-slavery
convictions through the columns of
his paper.
In the course Of his speech Judge
Anderson dwelt briefly upon the
sufferings of the soldier. He said
that it was not necessary to devote
his time TO laudation of them when he
might deliver a message of greater
import.
He devoted the major part of his
address to the discussion of questions
that confront this nation today. The
doctrine of anti -militarism, Mr.,
Anderson spoke of, as scare crow
and the efforts that are being made
to build up navy should be lauded
rather than decried.
Too many laws that are not en-
forced are on our statute books. Laws
that are not enforced are deplorable
in that they teach the American dis
respect for the courts of Justice True
reform is a good thing but many
so called reforms are imm1nently
dangerous. Government by commits
sions, Capitalization and government
| by the Few were OlscuSseo oy the
speaker.
The annual memorial day exercises
of the Ladies of the @. A. r were
held Sunday afternoon at Hillside
cemetery. The following appropriate
program was rendered.
| Song-Cover Them Over With Flowers.
| Origin of Memorial Day Proclamation.
| Reading-Nat1 and Dept. Memorial
| Orders.
| Song--School Children.
/ Reading-All Honor to the Brave.
! Recitation-In MemorY-Grace Bracket.
| Reading-The Honored Dead.
| Memorial Day-Elva Cooley.
| Song-Three Little Girls
| Rest On-Original Poem.
| Music by North School Band Quartette.
| Reading-Our Honored Dead.
| Decoration of Veterans and Sister Mem
| berS graves.
| MuSic-North School Band.
| Prayer.
| America-North School Band.