. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. sed as by the eyes of those, the types of ourmothers, sisters, wives and daughters. The ladies present, descendantsof revolutionary sires, by the charm of their loveliness, lend enchant-ment to the occasion and forever attest and bespeak the keeping ofvows, self-promised to-night in silent obligation. Fair woman is the fitting being to rub off and smooth down theasperities of former hatreds, for in her ministrations the gentleness ofher nature, the chastity of her thought and Christian purpose is fel
. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. sed as by the eyes of those, the types of ourmothers, sisters, wives and daughters. The ladies present, descendantsof revolutionary sires, by the charm of their loveliness, lend enchant-ment to the occasion and forever attest and bespeak the keeping ofvows, self-promised to-night in silent obligation. Fair woman is the fitting being to rub off and smooth down theasperities of former hatreds, for in her ministrations the gentleness ofher nature, the chastity of her thought and Christian purpose is felteverywhere: the preceptor of intuitive right, a diamond in brilliancy, apearl in gentle radiance, a dewdrop in purity, complete the ensemble,and. in retiring. I bow to her shrine, a />risoiur unto deaihS (^\ociferousand prolonged applause. ^ 1/5 rrrsiilciit (ilcnn: f,(ii/i<\diii/ (!(ii//fiiirii 1 now li,i\ c the plcasun to present our soldier --lalrsnian, (km, | I). (ox. as tlu: toastinaslcr.(Gen. (ox was grcclcd willi nnisiiiL; aiiplausc.) MAJ. JACOi; 1). COX. ICx-Cov ..I 111. (nil. Cox; I//. P) Isldnil iitui (.iiiillinirn. Itwasa most .appropriateami i;raceliil lliilii; lor llie (lianilier ol Comincrce to represent the peopleof Cincinnati in wcK oniini; these disliii^nished soiilliein soldiers on Iheiiway lionie from the dedication of tlu monunient to tlieir comrades in oneof Chicafios beautiful eemeteries. •?Conimerre is not ,i mere pursuit of !;ain In tradinj;. It is .uid enlif;litened inleiiouise .iiiiohl; men. Its keen-eyed activit)is nnliriiiL; in l>riiii;ini; distant of the iciiinlr\- and ot the world intocloser loin li .iiid more appreciative aci|uaiiitance. Idle inttlli};ent mer-chant studies the [jrogress of every coiuiuunity into which his enteiprisecarries him. notes its changes of sentiment, stimulates the growth ofevery kindl\- feelinj;. and thus is a go-between of busy, friendly inllnence,brinj;ing his own home and the home
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