-A. story is told of a'Dutchman who arrived in tho United States on Decoration Day, and, noticing tho flags flying and tho pcoplo going to tlio ceremony with largo bunches of flowers, ho asked what it moant. "Why, this is Decoration Day," said one. " D(Bi't you know what that is?" Tho Dutchman confessed that ho didn't. Tho man then explained it. " Isn't thero someono at rest in the cemetery whoso gravo you would lib to decorate with flowers ?" asked tho man. Ths Dutchman shook his head and replied: " Doto peeble vat graves I liko to degorate ere not dead yet,"
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15706, 7 March 1913, Page 8
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