Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1899 — MEMORIAL DAY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MEMORIAL DAY.

TJMBAD softly I A hero | Is sleeping below, bwl down hew beside him. Ho never will know. Which flag did he flight for? Will recks It 16-day? fhojr ore sleeping together, The Blue snd the Gray. Hy papa oft tells me When soft falls the dew, mt “Basnebody’s HarUng," A hero In blue, , • Who laid down his life On the red field of Mars Pso the sake of the “old flag,” All studded with stars. And down where the cypress Beads low o'er the way, Whore the moss from the lire oaks Haags ghostly aad gray.

Who kaows but at twilight Some story Is told Of a soldier who (lied For the "Lost Cause” of old? They were brothers, these two la aaem’ry to-day, Wo can see them again, The Blue *Bd the Gray. ■Me by aide Sow they sleep Beneath the green sod. The pride of two armies Both taken by God. Bring (rat the wild blossoms. * The darlings of May, Tho budding June rosea, For Bluo and fc* Gray, nio high the white lilies (For each hero's breast; Levre God and His angels To watch o’er their rest.