Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1899 — The Greatest National Feast. [ARTICLE]

The Greatest National Feast.

No more purely national feast than Decoration Day could be possible. To the rest of the world May 80 is merely a day at the close of the last spring month. To the patriotic dweller in the land of Undo Sam how much more! It is caetomary to call Americans, as a nation, laughterloving and fickle yet who, viewing the vast throngs assembled in every city and hamlet to do honor to the glorious dead, can believe this true? Rather weald the stranger on our shores be impressed by the fact that patriotism is strong within us. For in the national holidays may surely be read the character of the peopM as it can be read ia no other way. Croakers there will always be. hat we can afford to disregard JCk rotm® of o jUuioxi is its*MMepdat“ Mto °* l * T **" W * Remember the hsrseawho yuan ago bthvso