Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1878 — Decoration Day. [ARTICLE]

Decoration Day.

Dye >ratioit Huy wna tii !y nb.-ci vcd by iiur people list Thursday. Tlio <erciiiyn(is were very hupresafre, The Biofc.-siin fo;med in front of llifi ('oiit-t 11, u lefi | hy'tlio Riqissetubr t’oitfef Hand, With tjie Odd Fcfjowsjiti regnhii, next in order. Undertaker Wright, h ill) hh heui-*c trimmed in whiio, uhrrylng hask' ts pf llowfcHi. 'I ho Sunday-?chbbl girls, in clmrgo of Mrs. Judge Mnmrnbnd, were next in ordeivfilllowed by the Natloii.il colors, supported by il (quad of soldieis. CotiinisiMed hy Frank IV. ihibeoik. Ksqitire Hut ding command. ■ ing a. good sigeit company ol lv *ys m/yched next, followed by cili-A lis on foot and on horseback. The addresses hy Messrs Price anil Dwiggiu* wcresliort, bu't very appmpriuiej Tim niiisiu was creed lout. Mrs. Hammond ned her uesialunfu coiilriboted l»rgcly to the success of Hie prograiinne. Mrs, .Spitler’e comniiitcp on decoritilon did its work well. Fannie Wood's iccitutiou was a gein, inqecd, and brought tears to, the eyes of many. T! c cornel.' hand mid tho Olid (’fitfqWs deserve the (hunks of all jqr eoutn.uiiuii&.so much toxvn'rd the success of Hie memorial services. Our qitizeus npprccintntliesfterifiee of life for our mu-ior, and wiltlnot forget ti) decorate tho graves of tho noble dead.