The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-08

the country as an entity-then we'd
have very little to decry in the way
of corruption.
20 London is mans town
And Paris is a woman's town,
But when you come to living
There's no place like home.'
This America is our country.
Let us be proud of it and worthy of
it," (Applause).
Comrade Walter w. Wood was
called upon for a speech, but after
remarking that he had been through
two political campaigns recently and
telling a few humorous stories, he
retired in favor of M. j. Hanlan
Prothonotary Hanlan, who has
delivered more political speeches
probably than any man in Wayne
county, unblushingly stated that he
had made several" speeches in his
life time in different localities. He
accounted for his love of speaking
by the fact that he belonged to a
somewhat loquacious race.
"These G.. A. r. affairs" he said,
remind us of the glories of the past
and remind us that we are citizens
of the grandesC country on earth"
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remarks, expressed his regret that
Saturday, Pension Day." would be
the last time he would have the op-
portunity of meeting the veterans in
an official position. Speaking on his
approaching retirement from public
life he said:
Il have served the people of my
county in an official position for the
past twelve years. Probably no man
of my age has had as much expert
ence and success in politics as I've
had. l have had all the honors and
compensations. | feel I've served
the-party as well as | could.
Il don't feel that there is any
great fortune in politics. Farewell!
Tomorrow will be the last time
can do official business with you
But l shall always meet you as a
friend" (Great applause).
Hon. William H. Dimmick deliv-
cred an impassioned address, in the
course of which he said:
'Out of the 2,S41,000 of brave
men of the nation, you are among
the survivors. On the records of the
War Department 2,S41,0O0 men en-
tered the service of their country
and to liberate four millions of hui
man beings. 1t was the grandest eff.
fort ever made in behalf of human
ity. No human effort ever compared
with it.
Where will you find a more no.
BILE record than that of the G. A. r
of Pennsylvania at Gettysburg
Who was first in that engagement?
Wayne county soldiers were the first
to shoot the first shot; and they
stood there like bulwarks, like
mountains of iron to resist the rebel
host. There are no soldiers that
stood more valiantly than the sold
iers of our county.
THE average age of those 2,S41,-
900 soldiers did not exceed twenty
years. You took the life-blood OF
20,000,000 people. You were the
flower of the nation" (Applause)
Comrade Isaac Ball brought the
speech-making to a close by explain
ing that 'It was soldiers from
Wayne county that closed the fight
at Gettysburg just at sunset of the
third afternoon"
OF the thirty members of Captain
James Ham Post, No. 1913, G. A. R..
Judge Henry Wilson; senior vice
CoLllh hdliuei d. H. Cooh, quai Iei hldo'
ter Graham Watts; officer of the day
w. w. Wood; outside guard, Henry
Parrish; bugler, John Fisher; chap
lain, P. R. Collum; VIM. E. Justin
Isaac H. Ball, Michael Loercher
Honesdale; l.. A. Lybolt, Damascus;
Philip H. Refining, Cherry Ridge;
Warner Lester, Seelyville; DAME
Kimble, Siko. Invited guests in
cluded: Hon. William H. Dimmick
Homer Greene, Esq, Prothonotary
M. j. Hanlan, R. M. Salmon, Esq.
Chester A. Garratt, Esq, c. E. San
dercock, j. M. Smeltzer.
Patriotic airs were played during
the evening by an orchestra consist.
ing of Charles McMullen, Kevir
O'Brien and Andrew Cowles.