Show decoration OCCO RATION DAY EPISODE simple but patriotic Patri otio exercises in western frontier town for genuine patriotism one roust must go to tho the country or better still to the frontier or mountain towns aawar awa from the maddening rush for wealth the people live closer to nature and also get opportunities to form social acquaintances which develop into the closest friendships holidays to this class are are something out of the ardi nary having thus himself the old time newspaper roan man pondered a alle and then resumed somewhat as follows fol in 8 away back in 1883 1 I was stranded in a little mountain hamlet in colorado called georgetown it was waa Decoi rillon day my cash lad run out the two weeklies had bad a full comple complement of help and I 1 was up against it going along the main street I 1 ran across a local correspondent for one of the Neek weeklies lles whom I 1 had met in denver ho he gave roe me the glad hand and asked it if I 1 had bad struck any ous ore having told tod him of the do dc plated condition of the treasury he stated that a committee appo appointed by the G A R post had met with hard luck in a speaker for the program at the cemetery then an idea struck him say pard why cant can t you give ug lis a lift theres there s a five dollar gold piece in iti it I 1 did I 1 take it well I 1 delivered the best speech ever made in the but ou should have seen that procession miners alineri wearing their red or blue shirts with great leather belts to told their trousers in place eans bang coat and vest but shod in high top boots and on their heads were slouch hats or som bieros adorned with rattlers here and there i was as a real veteran wl ose empty sleeve cr limp demonstrated that he had helped defend the stars and stripes alto gether there were fewer than SOO men in line but patriotism pure and la ia i a adulterated beat in every breast I 1 was accorded a position of honor at the head of tho the line alongside my friend who was as past commander of the post and measured about 5 55 feet 4 the commander was wag 6 oot 2 anu aau we made up a great bunch the line hue of march took in the main street of the town and then over two miles of rocky road to the cemetery coy once there I 1 delivers delivered my little talk fall and then the veterans et erans tenderly placed flags and flowers on the graves of their beloved many a teardrop tell fell upon the blossoms as the old boa bos a passed them around and recalled their gallant comrades of bears ears agone there was nas no work ork in georgetown that day for it ft anas as a holiday demoted to the memory of the brave brane men iho fought to preserve the nations honor give me the frontier for the real ar tide in patriotism |