The Memorial day exercises iu the valley were well attended and many words of praise are heard for the excellence of the program and especially foi the admirable address of Thaddeus 6. Smith, himself a veteran of- the great war whose splendid record for valor is well attested. Both of his grandfathers were revolutionary patriot® and soldiers and he was tiie youngest of seven sons whom his parents gave to the cause of freedom in tiie mighty atrug-1 gle of 1861 to ’6. That he is an intense lover of his country and a firm believe! in tiie principles of the great political party first represented in the presiden-i Li a I chair by Abraham Lincoln no out yrho beard his memorial address ooulc doubt.