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In a letter under date of Chicago, June 12, a correspondent of the Lancaster (Pa), Daedy Eraminer, writes as follows to this pe , of two notable events which recent y transpired in Albion: Between Kendallville and Brimfield, Noble county, near Warren and Valpa raiso, Indiana, we saw some Lancaster county barns and some me pretty farms, but eee superabundance of water that does not drain in meerier but breed mos quitos and ague, is like the butcher's big bone in the steak (too dear at 160 pound), so their land at from $50 to $100 dear. We frequently drop upon Penn sylvanians unknown to us before, but we find them all social and hospitable, en tirely free from the selfishness character istic of 90 many in our native State and county. Decoration Day in the West. Decoration Day is not only reverenced and held sacred in the Old Guard, the mother of soldiers.. The loyal Hoosier too knows a duty to the sons who shed their blood in a grand and noble cause, end and and royally does she perform that tity with all due reverence and honor for the occasion and our nation’s dead as well, not forgetting the survivors, the no ble veterans and Grand Army boys. Al though the day was rainy, wet and un pleasant, so much so that your correspond ent was unable to reach town until after 3 p. m., when we found that an interest ing programme had been followed to the letter. A number of misses laden with flowers accompanied with members of the G. A. R. and a number of citizens in a heavy shower wended their way to the cemetery and placed upon each soldier brother's grave a floral trophy, attesting that though he be dead the memory of his true loyalty liveth. Another Memorable Occasion. Albion, Noble county, Indiana, each recurring year fitly remembers our nation's dead and holds sacred Decoration Day to the honor and glory of our warriors. Here let us not forget to pay tribute to the memory of the valient pioneers of northern Indiana, who came here in the time of Tippecanoe and to day glory in telling their grandchildren of the days of 36 and 40, now half a century gone by. We ourselves shook hands with one of these few surviving pioneers who lived here when Fort Wayne, now a city with a population as large as Lancaster, was but as hamlet of less than half a dozen houses and not a house between it and Elkhart, over a hundred miles distant. Yes, Old Settlers’ Day for Noble county, Tnndiana, is a grand time and kept as rev erently as any holiday in the year. “The Day we Celebrate” was the motto of the day and occasion. Old Settlers’ Day was celebrated at Albion in a fitting manner. A parade was formed led by a drum corps, a battalion of misses and boys of the town forming the 1st division, 2nd division be ing the Pioneers. On the return of the parade the little boys armed with hoes and the girls with brooms executed a fine drill, representing to the many present what their grandsires did fifty years ago. The meeting organized and opened with prayer, then followed a song by the little girls, a pioneer’s song specially prepared for the occasion by Dr. Ellis, of Goshen. Then followed the routine business and speeches by the Settlers. Among the interesting reminiscences re lated was the confession and hanging of John Lechner forty-five years ago, a gen uine New Era ghost story (so you see their ghost is not patented). An old timer told us he saw Uncle Sam's mail bag car ried an oxen through the wild woods, and the first post office a hole in a post, where the mail carrier deposited mail matter for himself and several neighbors. Many reminiscences of frontier life and intercourse with the Red Men of the for est were related in our hearing, and in the future we may repeat some. In our next we will speak of Chicago only. F. L. 8.
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Albion New Era
Albion, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 25, 1885
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