New-York tribune., 1873-12-19

mournfuy indicating the t,mc for the burial ceremony
In response all business WA suspended work ceased In
the shops stores and oces closed the entire
community gathcred at the wcllknown family mansion
The Villagers with eommendable thoughtfulnoss after
viewing the body. withdrew from the house to the
street make within for strangers aud those who
had come from distance. The family and relatives
assembled IN upper room. leaving the entire
ground floor for the convenience OF sympathzing
friends The officiating clergy the Rev. PhipA H.
Brown rector OF Christ Church. Cooperstown; the Rev
stephen II. Synnott OF Poughkeepse, a former rector
OF tins village and the Rev Mr.. Obery, rector OF the
neighboring parish at Cherry Valley. These. unrobed
stood in the main hall OF the house. At the appointed
time the Rev. Mr.. syunot read selected portions Of
Scripture adapted the OCCASION followed selected
prayers from the Prayer Book with cxtemporaneous
suppcaton for the bereaved family.
At the conclusion OF these prayers the coffin coseu
and borne out and procession formed escort the rs
mains TO the church The bearers were at the request
OF the family selected from Judge Nelson's associates III
the Vestry OF Chriss Church and his old friends anu
neighbors These were: Capt. Jno. X Worthington
Horace NJ Hooker G. Pomeroy Keese, Frank N. Jonh-
son and Asel A. Jarvis representing the church vesy
and Jno. +. Scott, Samuel NJ. Shaw, and Marcus
Fields George W. Earnst. also an old-time ciuzon
neghbor and friend OF the Judge. and an associate III
the church vestry had general charge oil the arrange
ments The hearse containing the coffin was ioho"eu
following present:
Mrs. Nelson owing to the prostraton caused by her
did not leave tGc house e, The ni, two
States District Court for tne District of Mnne
sofa and williams s. OF TINS yliage' pcann came
d. b.. Rector Of St. Peters, New-York and his wife.
who is the Oldest daughter Of the Judge With them them
weather the youngest daughter. The Hon. Joseph Mel
son, City Judge of BROOKLYN and own cousin OF Judge
Nelson came next, escorting Mrs William Nelson After
these were Kenneth White whose first wife was Judge
Nelson's second daughter. aud his children, and the son
of the Rev Dr. Beach.
The family servants followed with the mourners. The
delegation of the ewYork bar aheaded the line OF pc
destrians who the cortege to the church, fol
lowed order by the bar OF Oscgo County the Trustees
of the village. and long line of both sexes AT the
church. all the space not reserved for the mourners
bearers, and noted strangers filled before
the procession arrived. The services here
were simple and impressive. The opening
sentences were said by the rector, who
with Messrs Synnott and ObSyly in white robes, pre-
ceded the coffin TO the chance The usual office OF the
episcopal service read by the Rev. Mr Oberly and
the congregation antiphonslly. Then the appointed
lesson read followed by the hymn, Rock of Ages
which had always been Judge Nelson's avorte sacred
song. The lesser ltany then read by the rector
which concluded the services at the church From the
church the cemetery nearly mile distant carriages
were provided for the accommodation OF those from
abroad. A large number of villagers manifested their
respect for the dead by walking through the mud aud
to the grave. Phere the appointed clerical ser
vice said by the rector the gathering numbering
several hundred people. remaining reverently uncoy-
cred throughout the service and then the remains OF
the great and noble Judge were laid away beneath tue
evergreens 20 await the resurrection morning.
1t simple, ordinary burial rendered worthy OF
only bv the exalted character OF the man aud the
deep veneration manifested for hun by those who knew
him best Bishops would gladly have come TO ofciate
at his funeral and host Of eminent judges would have
esteemed it honor to have borne his corpse to s
final resting place. But such display OF poinp and
ceremony would have been disaseiu to Samuel Nelson.
his family wisely forbade demonstration Of tho
kind. Simplicity desired by those nearest 10 him.
while alive, and in a simple and unpretend-
ing the bumbest dweer OF this rural retreat might
expect he was buried Ii burial admirably in
keeping this respect with the life whose close it
marked. The delegation from New-York left imme-
daely the close Of the their return 10 the