Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-04-05

luulHcicul OuscTNeFs, nor ever uumlnu-
full that his usefulness, his name and
fame, were national in extent; and, Sir,
while the honor of achieving such re-
nown and influence was all his swn,
yet his State appropriated to itself an
honest and unbounded pride in such a
Senator, and claimed his name and fame
for Vermont. You have brought his
remains, from the halls of the Ameri-
can Senate Chamber, to the quiet re-
treat Of his chosen home among the
mountains of his native State, and
communicated to US his dying mes
sage OF gratitude to the people of his
State and his home. We thank you, and
through you tender our thanks and ap-
probation to the Senate who committed
this trust to you. We assure you tina
if his colleagues had learned to love and
to honor him in his older and ripper
years, that the people who had known
him earliest and longest honored and
loved him best. And, sir, had there
been any higher honor than seat in
that grand areopagus of the American
people-the Senate-the people of YER
mont would have placed him in that
higher position had it been in their
power to do so.
We take his mortal remains from your
hands, and in the spot of his own choos-
ing, shall commit them to the earth
"dust TO dust, and ashes to ashes" but,
while 1t will be tenderly, sacredly
done, it will be done serrowfully, mourn
fully, tearfully. That done, we will
chisel the granite shaft, solid, plain and
simple, like his life and character, and
strew his grave with the laurel and the
cypress; but in the respect and graft
tude Of the people of his home, monu-
ment is already raised to his memory
more enduring than the granite.
At the close of Col. Nichols remarks
Rev. DR.. Aiken offered a fervent and ap-
propIiate prayer when the committees
and friends retired and the procession
dispersed.
1t was the intention of the Committee
OF Arrangements to have had this part
of the ceremonies take place upon the
reception Of the remains at the depot,
where all could have witnessed them,
but the inclement state of the weather
forbid, and very! much to their regret
they v ere compelled to defer it until the
arrival or The remains at the Court
Room, which being small, could accom-
modate but few outside of the family
friends and the members of the two
committees.
THE COURT ROOM.
The appearance Of the Court Room,
wherein are laid the remains of Senator
Foot, strikes one as especially appropri-
ate in its deep mourning, and tasteful
drapery.
The catafalque, with its evergreen
pillars, significant of the old Green
Mountain State, with its canopy beauti-
fully festooned and draped, with it's
raised base, is in perfect keeping with
the casket which it enshrines.
The case, richly trimmed and orna-
mented, bore this plain inscription
SOLOMON FOOT,
UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM VERMONT,
Died in Washington, March 28th, 1866.
Aged Ga years.
The purity of his life, and his bright
hope of eternal peace lis sweetly SYM
bolized by pure, white fiower-cross,
which, laying upon the coff1n's lid above
his breast, breathes fragrance sweet as
his memory.
The judges desk, the bar, the railings,
the balcony, are all hung in black, or
spread with the endeared folds of our
countrys banner.
Heavy sable curtains throw over all
shade of grave soiemnity. Sprigs of
lmemory's green are sprinkled here and
there, while the white knots, and en-
circling ribbon. bands, tell of joys even
amidst bereavement.
Under fine painting Of the deceased
Senator, on the right Of whom hangs a
portrait of the distinguished Judge
Prentiss, and on the left the able Judge
Phelps, was suspended the following
beautiful and expressive motto "We
honor him dead, who honored US while
living"
SENATOR FOOT IN THE CHURCHES.
The death of Senator Foot was appro-
priately alluded to in all the churches in
town on Sunday. In the Congregation
al Church, Rev. Mr.. Seaver took his text
from the XXIIIrd Psalm, which he said
was favorite one with the deceased.
The verse selected was the 4th, as fol-
lows:
''Yea, though walk through the valley Of the
shadow of death, will fear no evil; for thou
art with me; thy rod and thy staff they com
fort me-
DAIRY PRODUCE OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The st. Adams, Messenger, assuming
that the yield of dairy produce in Frank
lin county is equal to the amount ship
ped from the ST. Adams depot, makes
the following statement
The amount of butter shipped in 1865
exceeded three millions pounds, viz /:
S,035, 257. The average price paid du-
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