The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-02-07

out to the city of the dead, the
graveyard, and there after long
searching among the tombs and mon,
uments Of richer people he found a
| little headstone which marked the
last resting place of the kind old
lady, who had brought him the flow.
ers. Thus by her kind deeds was
she remembered, although the mod
! est headstone was not nearly SO
society mans richer friends.
lngersoII Gave Little Hope.
Robert Ingersoll as an evangel
| list with the object of tearing down
the teachings of evangelists, gave
little hope to human life. When
asked il he believed in hereafter,
J he said. Il do not know But the
| fruit of liberty, truth, justice and
| equality make it certain to us that
there is hope after death, and that
all does not end with at the grave.
To show that truth and righteous.
ness is the same now as in Bible
! times, Mr.. Ellsworth drew compari
son between Jesus Christ and Abra.
ham Lincoln. Both were brought
into the world in hard circumstan
ces," he said. Both fought for
! liberty and right. On Palm Sunday
Christ made his triumphant entrance
into Jerusalem and on the following
Friday, Good Friday, he was cruel
fled, and died a martyr to his cause
1t was on Palm Sunday that Lee
surrendered and Lincoln rode the
streets Of Washington in triumph
On the following Friday he, too
died martyr to his cause
The Memorial Exercises.
The memorial services were open
ed by the Eagles quartette, who
sang. Shall You, Shall l." The
quartette consisted of Messrs. John.
son, Crawford, Jones, and Veum
and the song was sung eXcellently
Following this Worthy President c.
NJ. Johnson, explained the object of
the service and prayer was Of
fered by Worthy Chaplin Charles
Luthultz. After this the quartette rem
dered another selection, Nearer to
Thee" Past Worthy President, A.
J. Lippert, spoke a few words call
ing to mind the fact that several
members of the Eagles were de-
parted and that it was fitting that
some service should be inaugurated
to perpetuate their memory. Wor.
thy Secretary Joseph Hampl called
the roll of these members, and after
wards spoke a few words mourn.
ing the fact that no answer came to
the roll call.
Sounding of Bell.
He then called the roll again and
as he spoke each name a bell sound
ed and a light flashed in the dec
orations in the back of the stage
When he finished a string of twenty.
four lights, representing the twenty
four absent Eagles adorned the
crest of the beautiful decorations ol
foliage back of the stage.
The stage was superbly decorated
The work was entirely under the
supervision of w. H. Anderson, and
his scheme for the services was
very appropriate. A mass of green's
with a few flowers here and there
stretched across the stage back OF
lhC oPSohCios ollCu PlcIlo "ClS
also in evidence. On each side was
the red, white and blue flag of the
Eagles and whole was surmounted
by a large stuffed golden eagle. A
string of twenty-four electric lights
hung in the decorations, each light
representing mare allied by the
worthy secretarv The stage was
further decorated by United States
flags and green's, and on the table
in front of the speakers was the
massive gold eagle, the emblem OF
the lodge. After the ceremony, OF
calling the roll which was done in
a solemn and reverent manner, t
quartette sang, Remember Me, O
Mighty One" Followed the memori
al address of Mr. Ellsworth. After
only Remembered" had been rem
dered by the quartette the worthy
president announced that the servi
ces We're over. The quartette sang
without accompaniment, and the
songs were greatly appreciated by the
audience. The whole service was
characterized by interest shown by
these present. During the ceremo
MES of the lodge death-like still
ness pervaded the theatre and
through the memorial address the
greatest interest was evinced.
Mrs. Deborah Howard died last
night at eleven o'clock at her home
in Lake Crystal at the age OF
eighty-five years. She had been il
about month. Mrs. Howard was
born in New York state in March
, 1927, and came to Blue Earth coun
! ty in 1860, and has lived here evel
! since that time. Her husband, the
late H. G. Howard, was one of the
most prominent men of the county
/ for number of years and Mrs
| Howard was well known woman
She was a member of the Episcopal
church.
Mrs. Howard was well and favor
ably known in Lake Crystal anC
MankatO. She was a charming lady
and possessed of all those elements
which serve to make one popular
For the past year her sister, Mrs
Helen Bullock, has been living will
| her and at the time of her death al
OF her children were also there. She
leaves two sons and a daughter, who
are Frank Howard of Garden City
n. r. Howard of Lake Crystal
who travels for the Stickney Case
line Engine company, and Mrs. ]
Il. Monks of Bonners' Ferry, Idaho
Mr.. Monks was also there
The funeral Will be held at tive
o'clock tomorrow afternoon from