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Show 1 Decoration Pay. j Friday was a genera! holiday. T:.e ; principle feature of toe fCCAsior! was : the decoration of grav.- s: For: J Dong las. At the tp:v?ii:tti hour ihe 1 members t.f the Grand Army of tr.e j Rerubiic ad a numSer ot cit'i-n-met in this city and prooeeoei! to Fort Douglas wners t::e . programme announced for foe d .y was carried out. Ecerytoioi; pi.1! ofT in a most salislactory manner, the virion' u ercises being read red w;l! and Iu! y apprreiattd. Toe custom ol decora'-:ug graves , seems to b. g;Owing am.ng the I masstis and lare nu.nrrs cirriedj flowers to the City Cemetery aud M;. Civet Cemetery. As a rule pieasure-sf tking wa; tb.f predominating impuie, and nearly every person found it. Some went to the Lake, others to Filiw' IMI a number to Coder's Farm and still others sprnl (ho ti.ue at Mt. Plea.;m p!ea;ure gardens. Q liet and good oro'er prevailed, everybody seeming to enjoy the day and not "get drunk KLd cut up." |