| Show IVASHIN IS I 1 ITS IX 11 BEITEM speeches music Read litz an ali impromptu celebration was held beld in this city on friday last the occasion being 0 washington s birthday A pro ramme rinnie was got ten out comprising the following exercises which began 0 at a few minutes after 2 il in ili I 1 music by the briss brass bind singing by tire tha beaver choir prayer by chaplains F bolto s singing by choir music by brass band prof R maeser read tons first inaugural C address aithel c by string band REV J A SPEECH it must musk riot not be thou thought ait tint that our patriotism can be gauged by the size of yonder flag for ours is the patriotism of the true american und and thatis that is co commensurate ill rate with the lengan and breadth of ilia united states tile blue being represented by the faith of the people in ill our constitution arid and traditions the stripes by our rivers arid and railroads rail roid crying dealt hal and aidi tidings s mill and life we are here today to day to kiy our admiration to the nury aw anil I 1 deeds of george washington virtue is true g greatness estness eat ness we admire virtue wherever it is found in tile the fAI families lilie of our neigh alors it is a jewel but in our own IK almes mes most precious great men ol 01 0 oti otier oler er nations aro are revered by us but in ili no ne so BO much as those whom our on oin land anti produces men r souls are tin the qualities adored should that greatest brute in america john L sullivan and im sorry lies an irishman die thousands in ill betoi Bo toi tol new york and other cities contiguous would go to his bis bier to look it him ard and admire liim because afu ofu of a peculiar greatness but it is the tame battle sort of admiration we give to a fat hog its the greatness of inu muscle scle but when victor hugo lied died who wrote so much about the poor ioor of paris and who said the grave is ia not the end of man inan but the ilia gate to heaven tile thousands including all grades of life fron from the prince to the ganim looked upun upon that face because they said lie he is our friend they admired the soul of that man so we rather gather today to day to admire the boulom washington washington is riot not dead lie ile whose last earthly words were 1 I die hard but I 1 am not afraid to go lives in every fiber and drop of blood that thrills americans ilis his spirit and genius ge in estill still are enshrined and upheld id in the government and con of the united states Stites which hits has existed one cone and undivided for algoet one hundred years while the ruling power of francs france has changed thirteen times in ill that period leon spartan king who with him bin little land of followers withstood tile the million of xerxes soldiers at the it narrow arrow pass 0 thermopylae pertaining to lo a man they fought for tile principle alao of liberty er y for their homes such was washington agton daring in battle lobe to be the leader lead er in the face of tile the enemy saying baying come boys boy let us its defeat them riot not like our more modern commanders sending bending their rub subordinates ordinates to the front while themselves seek soine ligi laigh bar t from which to allida guide tila tho actions odthe of the battle we admire cac sar who like the iron duke read in ili the order book tile the supreme rulers writing that the barbarians of tile north could be conquered inar in arched clied forth but he conquered to rule washington hall had no lie thought nor was lie fa do in ing e for wealtia weal we iolli lie he wottie vi accey pu IK for ills his services as commander of the any or arlt d fit of noflie he Nati nation orl we vc admire tivus li the Chri christian etian king of sweden wiio who gave his lifa at ta tin of tile the artray iut but lie he was impelled by a sunse sense or of duty iler 0 upa I 1 ili liim as s king to protect im hii people told but titon was a coni com nion illon miriall in in yet goes goas forth one among many to help his bret br elLeni herti aud and equils equals gain a victory I 1 cle lieve neither i in it fate nor das I 1 believe that when the time call camp elhat ihna one wax wait ii edid to t leid lead in t tl I 1 e ademption f h lie era en I 1 a i who alio were under tho tyranny of f charles charlas 1 I father r aided up tile puritan so also I 1 lillieve believe tint that when tile the ameri allied cart colonies needed a leader the same father raised up U georgi kv washington ashin ton Nl washington ashington ij iii tile the type of every rue american Ai in jhb ieli cj boling that ho he lias has a duty to per form c Lis sails the task tak we each have a burdzil of redpoll nihility lity which like the giant atlas of fairy iry tale we cannot uy lay domi J especially have the inot mothers tiers site a duty to teach their from fanni the crad le to tha th grave to love loveana arid and revere the flag and it s tile the autv of every ery america i to hr e QUA acl A love fur for the st stirs 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