Show decoration day the proverbial old woman who said she wished it would rain nights and sundays so the hired men could rest and a few right industrious dust rious men sometimes remark that we have too many holidays but tired nature often suggests that we need a change occasionally casio nally and holidays supply some of the variety and necessary spice of life so the vast majority not only say we have not too many holidays but occasionally a new one is added to the list oue one of the late addition als to the list one that has quickly sprung into public favor and one that has evidently come to stay is the comparatively ively late adopted public holiday decoration day it is not ushered in with the booming of cannons and great military parades suggestive of cruel war or wars achievements but rather in a more mild and solemn manner and our thoughts are more in consonance with feelings awakened by reflecting concerning things that will affect us in the fast approaching pro aching future after we have lived out the very few years allotted to us in this probation and when we have gone to associate with tile the vast majority whose graves we annually bedeck with natures choicest and sweetest flowers C T |