Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1909-06-03
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in them. But owing TO the violent rain
storm in the afternoon, the parade was
abandoned. Friends of the veterans
Joined them at the g. A. r hall where
the program was carried ont except the
choruses by the school children, which
were substituted with patriotic songs
by the veterans and audience, Miss
Temperance Knight presiding at the
organ Following is the
PROGRAM OF EXERCISES;
Reading Of orders
Song Tenting on the old Camp
Ground
Prayer Rev S. A. Bender.
Commander Address s. E. Shepard
Lncolns Gettysburg address Miss
Henrietta Kane.
Calling roll of the Dead.
Wreath Unknown Dead-Corp Presi
dent, Mrs NJ. E. Priestley.
Salute to the Dead by the Post.
Song Nearer Ny God to Thee.
Address Rev. w. j G.. Bond.
Song America.
Benediction Chaplain
MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS.
Rev. w. J. G. Bond in commencing
his address said: The American peo-
pie are today performing a sacred duty.
There is no greater day to be remem
bered in the annals of American liberty
than when the flower Of southern
chivalIy gave up its battle sword to the
silent soldier at Appomatox. | see the
dawn Of a day when among the leading
nations of the world shall be the echo
of the sentiments of your greatest
general; Let us have peace As we
recount the services and self sacrificing
devotion If our soldier dead we should
teach the coming generation the full
meaning and import Of this day The
principles for which our soldiers fought
is older than the civil war 1t was
obedience TO the will Of the majority. "
Here the speaker touched upon the
causes which led up to the rebellion a
rebellion which cost millions Of treas
urers and the death of half million of
the best aud bravest of mankind The
victory Of the union forces, he said,
established the truth that the nation is
not a weak confederation of sister
sovereignties only held together by
self interests. but grand organic and
vital union Of forever and forever one,
and indissoluble. And as our soldiers
in the civil war battled for our country,
and for our flag, SO let us profit by their
glorious example and strive to uphold
and uplft American nationality so
gloriously won and maintained by our
citizens. Let us ever remember that
we have won our victories in war, and
have gained our unprecedented ad
yancement along all lines as a people.
because we have been actuated by the
principles of Christianity The secret
of Anglo Saxon supremacy is Christian
ity. The more we approximate its
glorious ideals, the more we crystalize
into our public life its sound ethics the
greater win that supremacy grow
VETERANS PRESENT.
The following comrades of Geo. H.
Legate Post, No. 125, Dept. of Wis,
G. A. r., were in attendance at divine
service at Trinity church on Sunday:
S. E. Shepard, Chas. Cox, w. H..
Whitford, j. j. Heathcock, w. w. Viii
liams, Geo. Jeuck, b. T. Prideaux, J.
B. Prideaux, H. Pitts, Jos, Arthur, John
Perkins, Robt S. Jacobs, f. G. Rey-
nolds John Williams, VIM. Skinner,
VIM. Lack, c. Spensley, John Harris,
Geo. Harris, Jas. A. Hoare, Jas. Thomp-
son, Jas. Thomas, A. Mayfeld, A. f.
Irvine, the last two visiting comrades.
At the Memorial Day exercises on
Monday the comrades who attended the
Sunday services, with the exception Of
A. 4, Irvine, together with the follow
ing comrades, were present;
Geo. G. Cox, w. II. TreWllian, j. J.
Humbert, David Deitzman, w. j. Jones,
Jas. w. Smith, Adam Bauer, Geo.
Nicholson John c. Holmes, A. Kornale.
Geo. kirkpatrick.
GRAVES DECORATED
Geo. H. Legate Post, assisted by the
Woman's Relief Corps decorated graves
of deceased comrades within the juris-
diction of the Post, in che different Gem
eteries as follows
Graceland 29, S. Mary's s, st. Paul's
9 land confederate,) old City 9, all of
this city; Linden Is, Miflin 6, Rewey2.
Welsh Settlement 4. Willow Springs 6.
Waldwick 4, total number SO.
In two cases before it last week the
Supreme Court Of Wisconsin sustained
the constitutionality of the inheritance
tax law. If we can build our SIS. 600
GOO capitol out of the surplus wealth Of
dead people they will have a big monu-
ment; that may induce the living to