Show raa 10 1 4 C A N N decoration DAY EPISODE simple but patriotic exercises Exer clie in western frontier town for genuine ono one mut go to the country or better eull still to the foutter f or mountain towns awa fron from the maddening rush for wealth the people live clos r to nature and also get opportunities to form social acquaintances which develop into tho the closest friendships holidays to this class are something Bom ething out of the erdl nary having thus delivered himself the old time ne newspaper shaper man pondered a while and then resumed somewhat as follow follows away back in 1883 1 I aras 3 stranded in a little mountain hamlet in colorado colar ido called georgetown it was decoration day my cash had run ut the two weeklies had a full fall complement of help and I 1 was up against it it going along the main street I 1 ran across a local correspondent for one of the weeklies whom I 1 bad had met in denver ho gave roe me the glad hand and asked if I 1 hal struck any au rifer oua ous ore haying having tod told him of tho the do 4 condition of ile treasury he stated that a committee appointed by the G A R post had met with bard hard luck in a speaker for the program at the cemetery then an idea truck struck him say sar pard why cant you give tire us a BUT Tb there eTell A five dollar gold piece place in 1111 did I 1 tala tale it tit NN 11 I 1 delivered the best speech ever made in the bu bul you should have seen that procession miners wearing their red or blue shirts with great leather belta belts to bold hold their trousers in place sans coat and vest test but shod la in high top boots and on their beads heads were slouch hats or sombreros adorned with rattlers here and thero there was a rea veteran whose empty sleeve cr limp demonstrated that be he had helped defend the stars and stripes stripe alto gether thero there were fewer than men la 11 line but patriotism pure pare and ta la adulterated beat in every breast I 1 was accorded a position of honor at ahn bead head of the line tIong ulon aldu sIde my friend who was past commander of the post and measured about 6 feet 4 the commander was 6 jot mt 2 anu we made up a great bunch the line of march took in the main street of the town and then over two miles of rocky road to the cemetery once there I 1 delivered my little taia and then the ans tenderly placed flags and flowers on the graves of their beloved dead many a teardrop fell upon the blossoms as the old boys passed them around and recalled their gallant it comrades of years agone tere was no work in georgetown that day for it was a holiday devoed devot sl to the memory ol 01 the brave men who fought to preserve the lions n honor give me th frontier for tho the real ar oj tide la to patriotism let no soldier be forgotten the significance of the day should inspire every veteran bodier and sail 0 to pay par bourage to the valorous deeds of their comrades comrad ps of the annals of our country have been made glorious by the noble and heroic sac orifices of her sons it is our duty to keep ever present la in our memories the historic bli deeds of the patri patriotic otle dead our coun trye dead euerl oil soldiers sold lers W love to I 1 ay ti 1 |