Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-02
FuxrR11 on TEE Larr L. WEATHERLr.


FUxER1L or TEE LATE J. L. WTATHERLr.-
The remains Of the late Joseph L. Wealth
erly reached this city from Buffalo, late
Wednesday night, under the oversight Of
several gentlemen from that city, and were
conveyed to the residence of Mr.. Geo. A.
Benedict, on Euclid avenue. Many old
friends of the deceased visited the place
yesterday forenoon, to loo'z upon the face OF
the dead. There was q numerous attend
ance upon the funeral services held in the
afternoon in st. Paul's Church, Rev. J. H.
Rylance officiating. The Board of Trade
were present in a body, each member wear
ing the badge of mourning. The remains,
which were deposited in a plain but most
elegant coffin, were borne to a position in
front of the altar by the following pail
bearers:
Philo Chamberlin, Robert Hanna, P. T.
Lyon, A Quinn, Geo. A. Benedict, NJ. B.
Scott, Arthur Hughes and VIM. F. Otis.
Upon the coffin rested a beautiful cross
and wreath of rare flowers, placed there by
the hand of friendship and lore, and it bore
a simple inscription of the name of the
sleeper, his age and the date of death.
The exercises were brief and simple but
impressive. The Rector read the appropriate
passage of Scripture found in LIST Corin-
thians, 18th chapter, commencing with the
10th verse, and proceeded to make a few
remarks on the character and career of the
deceased, with whom, however, the speaker
had no personal acquaintance, nothwith-
standing the dead had been identified, while
living in this city, with st. Paul's Church
and Parish. He bore the reputation of a
man of spotless and transparent integrity.
He was possessed Of deep and true sensibil-
tiles, and his attachments were almost fem
mime in character. In illustration of this,
the speaker stated that Mr.. W. always had,
while here, a peculiar regard for the mere
number Of his pew in that church, such was
the power over and value to the man of as
sociations.
He spoke of the manner of his death,
having been suddenly stricken down by
paralysis, and remarked upon the alarming
frequency Of these casualties and the prob
able antecedents and causes of this form OF
death, which, he considered, were the wear
and tear of mind and body in America.
This tendency, he believed, had been in
creased by the national agitation which
during the past four years has wrought up
the bodies, minds and souls of Americans to
such heights of feeling and passion, that
there must come in the natural order Of
things a disastrous reaction and collapse.
In concluding his brief but suggestive
remarks he exhorted all to pause in the
midst of this whirl of life and business and
rage for money-getting, and consider the
issues of life. The end of living and of man
Is a poor thing if there is nothing but dust
after all.
After an impressive prayer and the rem
dering by the choir of the hymn, Few are
thy days" an opportunity was offered to see
the features of the dead, which all en-
braoed. The corpse was singularly pleasant
to look upon. It was neatly laid out in a
dress suit, with the hands folded naturally
over the breast. The face wore an express
sion of perfect repose, and death had not set
his CHASTITY seal upon the eOuntensnce.
When all had gased upon the face of the
dead, the lid of the coffin was. fastened down
and the remains were borne forth reverent-
ly to the Erie street cemetery, where they
now sleep.