Forager, The (Newspaper) - October 1, 1896, Lake Mills, Wisconsin HEADQUARTERS TOM COX POST HALL of the Grand of the Republic FOURTH J JO M POST MALI Ml BLOCK January January February February March March April April May May June June It luly as July K AUgUSt August 14 September 28 September 11 October B5 October November November 13 December 27 December 11 25 8 22 12 26 10 24 14 28 12 OFFICERS Mrs U Harsllberxcr............S M A Idn Annie 11 Conductor Guard COMMITTEES Mrs J Mrs Rothschild Trunk 11 Clara Anna Willis MeKenzie II Miss Mrs May Sykes Mrs Kale Mrs Irene v Sykes Weir COM Mrs Clark Mrs Helen Maria Baxter Abbic M rs Josephine Miss li Mrs Wheeler AMI Mis Louisa I M is 11 Nellie jM rs Mrs Irish Mrs Spencer Mis Mrs Miller Mrs COUPS li Aug Hi io Mailer mav he a little slalo Io come out in next but as we are in the midst of the hot I will tell vou what we arc doing When was at her height we gave an icecream social and had a baud conceit in the park where going to place a The evening was a litlle for icecream but uol for a good crowd and we 111 lons of icecream accompanied by home made eake We had such a pleasant evening we shall have another full moon 1 have to interview t he comrades will do so send von notes trom lime to time and now 1 wish io ask is ihal in most eases alter a member lias been ill rough t chair she iv attends corps in i Hi HINS Kankin Si mav In- bin il seem thai Mich a member as speak of i- seeking ami cannol have of the at Tom Cox W K C Wo 47 OF A I's I IV MH work ami no makes Jack a An M saving but one Ul pel leu i- a eat 1 1 in con- of I he Ion L by drinking it in a cup of choice tea Never a moment IB lost nor allowed to be worse than lost by indulging in gossip Far from it for the ity Charity and Loyalty manifested there is beautiful to see and seldom excelled elsewhere So our Sen Vice proposed that the time awaiting the return of members from the kitchen be used by those who had attended the at in telling anything of interest which they there witnessed Mrs Buchner told of eral very pathetic scenes between old veterans some of whom had met for the first time since the cruel war was over Such scenes indeed are very thrilling to those who witness them Mrs Garner asked if there was OIK noticable thing wherein was ahead of Lancaster in tion of patriotism No one wished to acknowledge that such a thing was possible but Mrs Garner said it was even so for over the school house waved Old Glory At the tion that it might have been simply for for the she said that she had especially inquired in regard to it and was told that it was a nent demonstration and ornament Mrs Stoll assumed a more astic and complimentary view for Lancaster in her report To her i seemed that all that was good and great and grand hailed from ter It was represented by Generals ami Judges tors and Lawyers Editors and press reporters besides noble veterans without number and she felt proud id the part taken by each Well by this time our wonder has ceased our curiosity is gratified for from the kitchen came tile ladies with of light refreshments and cups of tea so strong thai we fell no from work nor sleep could ever come Io us A few of mirth while sipping our tea and all was over Being called Io order bv lie who after reciting a beau- poem of Longfellow's ordered Hie stars ami stripes to be placed in position and the National Salute lie given We give our heads and our hearts our One one language one Hag Mrs Helen B Carler the author of I liis pleasant lilt Ic sketch very est Iv withheld her name We cannot allow her Io hide her light under a bushel Talking It Three months after Ioo Skinner de- from our lie was cap- on his farm at home bv the vost and sent back to the regiment in irons for trial lie had in the face of the enemy and il as v eil thai lie w shot and great the therefore when lie got oil with a three months sentence to Dry When loe was before his judges he had a simple to tell ami il in a simple lie said got to it all over and i me Io the conclusion that we'd had enough war I out from camp ami kepi walkin and till I met a har ye I camp to stop the ah 1 was juM into camp to do the same tiling Let's sit down ami and lix tilings up continued Ioe we sol ami sol anil we and ue and He w as a en- he said lie 1 in it 1 1 i uas on I 1 ah but vv e ean go homo and n he heM il ii 1 I varied home and haf aii i here i- to I ho Mi Moppe I I'm uol l hlaine A Ray of v -11 Ml V 1 e- V I 1 i- 1 t i ip -i i d B MEMORIAL SERVICES AT CHURCH AT- TENDED BY VETERANS Service Held in a Catholic Church IN HIS MEMORIAL SEKMAN THK KKV FATHER CALMER TO THK GRIM FATHERS AS THK AND POLITICAL OK SENT TO MKS Milwaukee Members of the E B Wolcott post and the K 13 Wolcott Woman's Relief Corps about 300 in number attended i memorial service at the Gesu church on Grand avenue last evening It proved to be the largest ent on such on occasion in the history of the post and the first time its service was held in a Catholic church Just as the members were ready to leave the post room on waukee street the telegram of condolence was sent to Mrs child at The E post assembled to in memorial service halts enough to send a message of sympathy The death of your Immi and our beloved leader causes all of our hearts to ache The and corps members ed quietly to the led by Com- mander S K and the color er They proceeded up the stops of the church and along the center aisle taking seats in the main part of the As they passed to their seats the organ played the Star Spangled and by the time its notes died out the church was full of people the attendance being mated at about persons After vespers the Kev Henry Calmer ed to the pulpit and spoke at some length on Memorial Day and Its Lessons lie paid a high tribute to the settlers of the country and urged the present generation to observe closely the principles they had Honor with our forefathers was a said and it was of a sort that enabled each one to before the bar of his conscience just as he would before the judgement seat of their iod and say I am without reproach If men today understood the principles that actuated their we would have a perfect nation Then there would be true religions liberty in legislation in anil in and there would be uo between capital and labor Kach man would be true to himself and there would be no need of municipal reform The city as as the state and the nation would he safe because each would endeavor to carry out the law Through the and breadth of laud would be law our great and glorious country demands is not measures but men If w c instil the principles of loyalty into the hearts of our children they will in turn leach their children Their should ever May the flag forever a land of free men know rights and dare to claim He spoke feelingly of the loyalty of the men who fought the great of the rebellion and said all must feel a patriotic thrill while in their ence After his address dark sane O and followed by the chorus Krgo A presiding at the organ was followed by the choir congregation singing My Country Pis of Thee and at the close of the service The KVd and was the WRITTEN ON A CARD A 1.1 M i 111 I w AS i i A il a Hi hi IT f I I ate a i- v of i feat 11 bv In i i Quincy Ul a Virginian by birth and personally known to prominent men of the Confederacy ami also intimately associated with the President in his Western home Already he had made several trips to Richmond unofficially of and there was a chance that the would bear good fruit and tend to a speedy and peaceful adjustment of many questions by making both sides better acquainted with each other At General Singleton's request Mr Lincoln had given him a letter stating in substance that if Virginia or any of the Southern States would nize the authority of United States and elect and members of Congress such Senators and members of Congress would he entitled to take their seals Mr said General leton referring to this letter when I go South I shall be asked how your promise in this letter can consistently stand alongside of your emancipation proclamation What shall 1 toll said Mr Lincoln 1 have explained and will now say again that I have issued that proclamation and if it have any legal effect 1 have no power to recall it If it have not any legal effect it is of no consequence I would not take it hack if I could and I could not if 1 would He duty is simply to enforce lie laws I want to see these States and all people conn hack and submit In Constitution and then my duty is done 1 am the executive part of the government and when I have enforced the laws the other departments will relieve me of all On April M lie instructed General Singleton to people of ginia thai he would favor tint return of the Stale into Union with her intact and the same on 1 In part of the seceded Status I cannot do everything at he said for 1 am impeded by I lie fact that everything is under martial law present lime I von logo again immediately to Richmond ami reassure I he people Secretary of the Interior was present at t his illicit and was to accompany General Singleton to Richmond They look leave of the ami went out together Later in the evening going to join Governor Vates of Illinois ami other friends with whom Ihoy were to make a party for supper they on the threshold with living rumors of tin assassination of Mr Lincoln at Kuril's theater Thus were Mr Lincoln's last words those of peace ami kindness the value of that mento of the time Singleton ordered a case of gold in one ment of which under glass is card with its significant Hint R Editor The of Hie ville Ky has a had of dyspepsia this is the w a v publishes the fuel the turn hack ward O lime in thy feed me on gruel again for tonight 1 am so of sole-leather doughnuts and steak lers that slepi in a walery hath ter as strong as Goliah of weary of paving for 1 can't eat chewing up ealline i meat Backward turn backward lor wears I am give me a whack a mot jam let me drink milk that me butler w hair 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