Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 3 June 1892 — Page 5

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I ©ire ©emorixat I JBate* o/ Subscription. I On* Year, tn advance ......... SI 60 •lx Mentha 75 Your Month* 60 All »üb*cription* not paid during the year will bj charged at the rate of *2.00. Office In Democrat Building, east Bide of Second Street—ground floor. BANKS Os Beautiful Flowers I Decked the Graves of the I Soldiers Monday. I Decoration Day Observed I as It Never was Before. I The Streets of the City I. Thoroughly Crowded. I Full Proceeding’of the Day. and Spaechof Hou. 15. F. Williams, ot Wabash, Indiana. Memorial Day for 1892 has passed. While the day was observed here by all ' and the attendance was large, and every- | body seemed to feel the solemnity of the occasion, There are a few who do not realize that the day is r.ot set apart for mirth and joy, but tor the more solemn services of cotnmemorn.ing the acts of those of the late civil war who have pass ed to the unknown beyond. As each succeeding year rolls around the number of graves become more and more to decorate, and our people sefcm to feel that they are the one v, illing to do the service that is required of them by the proper'observance of this day. And on last Monday there seemed to be more in the ranks than ever before. More who by their acts recognized that a tribute is due to those who lost their live* in defence of their ebuhtry. Monday morning was as bright and fair f a* could be wished for and the old soldiers and their friends were on the street* early. The different committees appointed to decorate the grave* of the dead in the different cemeteries throngh the county, coming in with their reports, while the committe of ladles from the W. R. C. in connection with the committee of the Post proCueded to the different cemeteries around the city and d< corated the graves and the cenotaph which had been placed in the court room. Promptly at one o'clock the militia, headed by the city band, moved out on Mad (son street with the G. A. R. Post next in order, after which came the old soldiers, then the children of the different schools tc the number of near five hundred followed by the Knights of Pythias, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Labor and citizen* in carriages, making one of the ■ most imposing procession ever in line in the city. The line of march was short, forth in line. . 1 The school children being first in the court,, room they filled it to overflowing, When a short address was delivered to them and they were dismissed and marched out. The Benevolent orders then filled in filling the room. After the regu lar exercises of the G. A. R. the assembly was addressed by Hon. B. F. Williams, of Wabash, which is here given. NOTES. The city was decorated in the most artistic manner that our citizens could conceive. The militia did come fine work while in line. Credit is due Captain Colchin for the way he-managed the Catholic school children while in line. Prof. Lewi* with his boys in red, white au? blue did the work that won the ad miration ot all. Misses Edith Reynolds, Shackley and Blackburn, of the city schools marshaled their scholar* in an excellent manner. CAPTAIN WILLIAMS SPEECH. No more beneattt the oppressive hand. Os tyranny wo mourn; Beholda smiling happy land. That freedom call* her own. We are just entering upon the 4th centennial anniversary of the discovery of the western hemisphere by civilized people. About ohe-seventh of the world s existence, known as hietorical science dis I covery, and one-seventh of the period known as to conno donnnl, since the first settlement was made upon the .continent. Though the youngest in hLtory, we are the oldest in formulated cous.ititutlonal liberty. Beginning as colonies and dependents of what was then the freest and most cultured people on enrth, we have > passed trom a state of tutelage and de peodence. to a condition of self-govern-ment aqd freedom hitherto unknown. The world's history affords no parallel in

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civil or religious llbertv. We have Im proved upon the la ws of all predecessors. The great cpmmoq law, the boasted heritage of lhe Englishman has been adapted to our larger liberty and advanced knowledge of human rights. We have elinynated the laws of primogeniture and entailed estates that occupy such a share in the laws and learning of our ancestors. We have substituted the allodial instead of a feudal tenure to property. The common law of descent has been almost wholly transformed and our property descends to the male and female, the oldest and tho j ounyest alike. We have no party, »ect or religion enjoying special privileges by governmental authority. We are perfectly free to form our adnetence to any party or creed so long as we allow the same liberty to every other one. No favored religion, no favored party, no titled or privileged class. We have no nobility which all may not enjoy. These are fundamental principles of our boasted freedom, which like the blessings of Heaven have b‘come so familiar to us that we do not appreciate them until withheld or denied. We speak of liberty and legal constitutional rights in a desultory and a cotn-mon-place manner, not appreciating their value or our obligations for their numlainance. This liberty is our birthright, and the faith and the power of the nath n is pledged to each for protection in the enjoyment of it. No difference what the previous condition, or nationality tor servitude may have been, the citizen, the subject/Of this great repub’ic is entitled to national protection in the enjoyment of every constitutitutional right without respect, place, or ; osition. No difference what is the color of my skin, or under what sky I may live, so long as I am a loyal American citizen, her flag is my reiuge find her strong arm is my 'pro t ection. But while our country is pledged to pour out her tresure and h. r blood for our protection we are mutually pledged to the support of so generous a benefactor. The government is of the people, by the peo pie, and for the people. If all are pledged to us, we are pledged to all. The obligation is mutual. Each should feel a brother's sigh, And with him bear n part. Sorrow flow from eye to ej e, And Joy f.om heart to heart. While our flag and qur country owe to us protection, we owe to our flag and country a loving loyalty and allegiance, and this allegianpe means the sacrifice of everything save honor. The subject who falters deserves execration as the trailer deserves death. In all ages loyalty has been a cardinal virtue and lack of it an unpardonable offense. Lives there a man with soul so dead, CZ Who never to himself hath said This is my own my native land. If such there breathe, go mark him well. For him no minstrel note shall swell. Proud though his title, high his fame. Boundless his wealth as wish can claim. Despites those titles, aower and pelf. The wretch concentered all to self. Living shall forfeit fair renown And doubly dying shall go down From the vile dust from whence he sprung Ufiwopt, unhonored and unsung, It is in obedience to this inborn, innate virtue that we gather all over this land “That freedom calls her own” to honor those that did more than all others, gave their lives that the nation might live. “Greater love hath no mart than this that he gives his lite.” We come in patriotic devotion to strew beautiful flowers, the first offering of spring, upon the dust of an immortal spirit that gave a'mortal life for a cause and a country they loved. We came to honor them in no other sense. We throw a mantel of charity over their faults and honor the virtue which offered a life on the alter of their country and ours. We come not to honor the tided and the great in common acceptation. No Alexander, no Ceasar, Mr. Wellington lies under the humble mounds which we No great leader dr commander here calls forth our devotion or admiration. We come to pay tribute to the memory of those who without hope of distinction or reward sacrificed the comforts of life and offered their lives in defense pf their country with olument or retvard; without hope of promotion or distinction, the men whose memories we honor to-day ’gave all that any could give, their loyalty and their lives. No sinister motive can be ascribed to them. Theirs was a service and a life for you and for me and rior ityThe private volunteer soldier has also been to me a tm me of stud > and admiration. DutifUl, patient and courageous, submissive to arbitratry authority, without question, patient a* a christiati and brave as lion. Denying himself the peace and comforts of home, he accepted of choice, the dangers of war and the privations of camp and field. Stripped of every luxury, denied everything but. necessaries of life, without the inspiration of the hope of an immortal name, and without tne stimulus of promotion he was the most potent factor in the army. Who that has been a soldier has not witnessed deeds of valor in the ranks that would have immortalized a general. He was the foremost man in the army. On the skirmish line, in the advancing column; or the furious charge the men in lio it were private soldiers. Never in the rear, except on retreat. When the army laid down in camp, or on their arms to rest, lhe wakeful eye of the private sentinel kept vigil while the army slept in security. In the dead hour of night in the storm and tempest this hero never forsook his post or neglected hie duty. z These a>e but a few of the virtues of a good soldier, qualities that challenge the admiration of the world and entitle them to a fame more enduring than granite or dr brass. But we honor them not only because they were self-sacrificing and valiant,-but more for the cause in which they fell. They were not gladlatprs but freemen,with spurtan courage in a holy gAuse. Wp can never separate ths hero from the cause he espoused. If lhe cause in which these men served was not just, if the vic tones they won were not for the right, then we do ourselves and posterity wrong to perpetuate their deeds or preserve their memory. The alter upon which we offer our devotions is the same Upon which they offered their lives, thecause of constitution al liberty and human freedom. They died that the nation might live?that we might have liberty and have it mord'flbpndantly. The war demonstrated that this is nut a confederation of states; but a nation ; that we- are one people, under one organic law and under one flag. Under-the dispensations of Providence, and an inev table incident to the war; was, tlx? lifioiatlon of a race, more numerous than the host Moses led from bondage in Egypt. The bonds-

man was liberated, lhe declaration of Independence was vindicated and the damned spot ot human slavery wus wiped I out from our escutcheon. The laborer is ■ no longer a chattel nnd our civilization is | no more scandalized by traffic in human flesh. . ( Wards a terrible thing. Tho** who never witnessed It can hardly form a correct conception of its cruelty and desolation. J .trust that many generations shall pass . in-fore our posterity shall experience its sorrow *nd its'suffering*, it* ravage, and Kiln, it is to I>e hoped that the time is near when nation shall not rise up against nation, neither shall they learn war any mure. This end will be accomplished only by becoming a wi»e and virtuous people. In all the history of the human race the want of paivate and public virtue has been followed by wars and destructives and it will always be so.* We gather all over this beautiful l»nd to-day to perpetuate the memory nnd do hohor to those who aided, in conquering a wicked and rebellious people. These memorial services serve a double purpose. While honoring the dead they inspire the living with a more ardent love for the flac and the institutioris’Of our country. We sing with a better understanding *n<J with better spirit. Land where our fathers died. Lund of the Pilgrim* pride; From every mountain side, Lot Freedom ring. In ail ages of the world it has been customer/ to perpetuate the memory of the g reat or jjf the great events by s ime monument or service which would defy the tooth of time. The pyramids of Egypt and the pre-historic monuments of the Mound-builders are illustrations cf it. . When Jacob fled to Mesopotamia from the wrath of his brother, in his loneliness, in his dreams, he saw a vision as a ladder let down from Heaven and angels ascending and descending which so impressed him that he built a monument and called it Bethel. Returning fourteen years after still l fearing to meet his brother, he wrestled all night with the angel from whom he secured a blessing, he set up a memorial stone saying, hitherto hath the Lord helped me When Joshua led the Isrealites across the Jordan he carried stones from the streams where they had passed over and built a monument, “A living sign unto our people.” More durable and more beneficent than piles of granite are the memorial institu tions which have come down to us through the dim vistie of centuries. When the children of Isreal escaped from Egyptian bondage and the armv of Pharaoh was overwhelmed they set up the solemn and significant institution called the Passover, observed and honored until this day. Mure than a thousand years afterward the Saviour of mankind at the close of its observance, and instead of its establish, d not for the Jews, only, but for the world, a memorial service, simple but significent, which has grown more sacred as the centuries roll by. “Do this in memory of Me till I cctne again,” has rung like a benediction down through the ages for nearly two thousand years and its observance becomes more universal and solemn is its purposes becomes better understoodThe tooth of time which has destroyed the most obdurate granite has added lustra to this memorial institution more dur able than material things as spirit is more imperishable than matter. We build monuments to Grant and Lincoln and the soldiers whose graves we bedack with flowers to-day, but a more ap propriate and more lasting tribute is a cultivation in the minds of posterity ot a genuine patriotism and love for the cause tor which they made such sacrifice. As long as we cherrish the memory of one so long will we love the other. These memorial services are educational. Our evergreens and our eulogies do not effect the tenants of graves we decorate. We may fancy that they look down from their home in the skies with approving smile; or, in the language of James Whit comb Riley: “We may ooax’em, through the roses, Just to say They know that every day on earth's their Decoration Day.” The national view and the real purpose of these patriotic demonstrations is to impress upon our minds and to instil into the hearts of our children that while—lt is glorious to die for one’s country, it is noble to live for it. We want to keep alive in our hearts the value of the liberty we enjoy, the price others have paid for it and the duty we owe to purify and perpetuate it. We want to teach to posterity the cost and the curelties and the desolation of war, and knowing the evils of it to shun its dangers We want to keep a lively appreciation of 'blessings we enjoy in this the grandest country under the sun. Peace and prosperity smile over all its broad domain. The shriek of the bondsman, theclank of the chain. Are hushed as a tale that is told; And the clouds that once hung like a pall o’er the plain. Have swept by and the skies are as gold. The birds build their nests in the cannon’s cold lips. The camps have extinguished their fires; And the baby of Ethiop plays with the whips, That were soaked in the blood of their sires. While honoring those who served their country, as soldiers we must not forget that other hearts just as brave and purpose just as patriotic are entitled to a full share of honor with those who fought and those who fell. The most unpardonable and despisable creature permitted to live was the secret traitor, too cowardly to enlist in the cause he favored, remaining in the rear, giving aid and comfort to the enemy by encouraging desertion, and in every way obstruct ing the progress of the government and thereby prolonging the war and accumulating the sacrifice of and treasure. But there was a grand armv at home of fathers, and mothers, and sisters, and wives. Thpir anxiety anfl sorrow were greater than that of the spUlier and tjielr service and sacrifice scarcely less—without their aid success would have been impossible and eveu undesirable. We cannot in reality c«H back the scenes of those days. The father giv ng up the comfort and support of his decline ing years; the mother parting with her boy while her, heartstrings almost break; Jhe young wife so lately a bride, so soon a widow, yielding the hand that led her to the alter to support the cause of his country. Oh, they were patriots who never faced death in the cann-m's mouth, but who were just as braye as those who did■ One day as Jesus and His desciples passed through Galilee they came to the city of Nain and were met at the gate with a funeral procession weeping with a grief uncontroable, the burden of their sorrow Was he was an only son and his mother was a widow. How many widowed mothers gave an only son a saarifipe upon the alter of her country, The God of Abraham put the Faith of the patriarch to the supreme text when He commmanded him to take his only son gnd offer him a sacrifice in verification of hi» confidence in God. • How manv grand old fathers offered on the alter of Ms country huFonly son? How many sisters have sorrowed as Mary and Martha in the loss of an only brother? We can onlv suggest but cannot enumerate them. Examples are to be found in eiery community ot heroism worthv of Immortality. Let us not forget them while we f commemorate the virtues of those who fell in the front of battle. Our hopes, our tears, our aims were one. d . ‘ . 4-

UMdl-KJOHty IM THE < S.MKTERY AFTEH THE HECOBATIOM. BY Mil*. M'VBAH ADAMS, Those are not all I Hero by the wall In the vrave of one who died tat tie war. Though her body hadn’t a wound nor sear. Her hope and lionrt broken, when In a mass o’ mon Her lover toll In a pool of gore With tho flag he boro Her 1110 and her levo together Hnl When he was dead. And vl'lct* loft, girls? Lot them tall Hero by tho wall. The*o are not nil I Oo back, and call The tmys that carry the evergreen, It'* old man Brown's. Hl* heart clean broke 'Most os if he was woman folk, Ho tint! five sons his wife was deadNothln’ could keep ’em homo, he said, An’ every last ono o’ that whole lot Had to get shot 1 Th’ old man hadn’t no grit, no prtdo— ■ Just up and died I Lay tho oyorgrean softly down Over tho grave of old man Brown. These are not all! Let Hilles fall Here on this woe small gravo in (ho shade, I can remember tho day wo laid Tho Captain's baby In this green spot. Cap., he was shot, An’ some fool neighbor made haste to tell Tho Captain's wlddertho news and-well, Down she wont in a faint—Jest fell I And It killed tho baby. She lived on, Health and reason forever gone. Lay Hilles here. Was that a tear ? 1 went to the war myself that year. Put roses here. This grave is dear— She was my sister. The truest heart. Always ready to do her part. Gave up her son When the first gun Thundered at Sumter 1 She had but one. An' she died, when (With stronger men) He starved to death in a prison pen. (The boy she had fed, and clothed and klsseu, An’ done for, so that he hardly missed His father dead when he was a child.) She never smiled. She loved red roses when wo was small; Here let thorn fall, Wo honor the soldier; but they ain’t all 1 Don’t Be Bluffed In discussing politic*, but have in your pocket a copy of the “vest-pocket” edition of the Political Register for 1892. It is concise, reliable and convenient. One can tell at a glance the popular and elec torial votes given presidential candidates since 1824. Public debts, exports and imports; receipts and disbursements, and money in the United States for the past 30 years; prices of grain and produce since i 860; money of the World in Circulation: price of silver, the dollar value and ratio of silver to gold in the chief markets for the past 50 years, and much other matter of general importance and value. It is specially designed to be a vadc mecuni for the presidential campaign of the year. Price 25 cents, post paid. The Carroll Publishing Co., 294 Dearborn Street. Chicago, 111. important Notice. I will be a! the Miesse House, Decatur, Ind., Tuesday, June 7th. All persons male or female, suffering from blind, bleeding, prolapsing, ulceration or itching piles, are kindly requested to call and see me. no elimination, no operation. Medicine placed direct to the diseased parts by yourself. I claim the most com plete, successful, original and sensible method of treating this terrible disease ever offered to the public. By this treatment, ulceration in the rectum can be healed as well as if the ulcer were on the outside. Come and see me and learn something new. It will save you hundreds, of dollars. Most kindly yours.’ ntf S. U. Tarney, Auburn, Ind. State of Matrimony. A funny man, sajs an exchange, Who asked: “Where is the state of matrimony?” received the following answer: It is in the United States. It is bounded by bagging and kissing on one side, and cradles and babies on the other. Its chief products are population broomsticks and staying out at nights. It was discovered by Adam and Eye while trying to find a north passage to paradise. The climate is rather sultry until th’ey pass the topics 01 housekeeping when sq ially weather sets in with sufficient power to keep all hands cool as cucumbers. For the principal roads leading to this interesting state, consult the first pair of bl ;e eyes you chance to meet. Bucklen’s Arnica halve.— The best salve in the world for cuts bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and positively cures piles, or r.a pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or monev refunded. Trice 25 cents per bcx. For sale by A. R. Pierce. still Ahuau, Wilder & Co, at the Central Meat Market, have greatly reduced their .expenses and are now selling meat cheaper than ever for cash. Plenty of veal always on hand. (Jive hem a trial, ’ 4;tf Notice to Old Soldiers. We are prepared to prosecute all kinds of pension claims. No fees unless successful. A great many persons are not now drawing pensions "-ho are entitled to the same. Thousands are justly entitled to ncrease. Call on or write us. ‘ 34tf Hooper & Beatty. Money to Loan. Lowest rates Os interest, no delay Loans made on tarm or town property. Partial payments made on interest pay day. Persuns desiring loans should ge our term*. 43tf Hoover & Beatty. Bosse’s-Mountain halve. The best salve in the world for bUYnsj piles, boils, fresh wounds, old sores, frozen feet, sore eyes, etc Guaranteed to be superior to any other for burns and scalds, It has no equal for pile* in all Stages. Sold by *l' druggists. •

MOOSE' Bluets Nearly every pattern of s /a Horso Blanket is imitated in color and style. ?r». most cases the imitation just as good as the genuine, but it hasiitl the zuarp threads, and so lacks strength, andwhile it sells for only a little less than the genuine it isn’t worth one-halfasmuch. The fact that 5 A Horse Blankets are copied is strong evidence that they are THE STANDARD, and every buyer should see that the trade mark is sewed on the inside of the Blanket. lOa t Five Mlle n//k, o .”Ho Extra Test /IS HBaker HORSE BLANKETS ARE THE STRONGEST. 100 6A STYLES at prices to suit everybody. If you can’t get them from your dealer, write us. Ask for the 5/a Book. You can get it without charge. WM. AYRES & SONS, Philadelphia. |* O S T^ N ® •Vertical Suspenders a N. B.—ls. from any cause, the Vertical Slide should Break ur become Damaged, a new pair of Suspenders will be given. Free of Charge, upon return of the broken pair to the Furnisher from whom purchased. Isaac Rosenthal, The Modern Clothier sole agent. NEW SHI MARKET, Madison St., Opposite Court House. Schneider & , Nichols. Fresh7 Smoked and Salt Meats of all kinds. Bologiia and Sausages Great Offer h ■ ■ ' ■” - ■ ' DEMOCRAT —.ikisrxj — The Indiana. State Sentinel, A Mammoth Twclva-Paga Paper Full of Choice Heading, Will be mailed to any. adfor one year for $2.00. The price of the two papers taken separately is Jb2.50This is the most tempting; newspaper offer ever made to the# people of Adams and adjoining counties. j Send cash with order to • any of our agents.

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