Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-12-03
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1875.
TWO FUNERALS.

tuOuSltS VI ueePesI lh.eAe"0 ~ } ""''so
men. The first was that Of HENRY
Wilson, the second officer Of our gov
eminent. While travelling he stopped
to rest at Washington, and in the Cap
itol, at his official seat, although not
on duty, death struck him suddenly.
Under government arrangements,
therefore, his costly funeral cortage
has gone forth to the long home of the
dead in Massachusetts,, marked by i'm
posing national ceremonies and at
tended by government officials of
highest civil and military rank. AS
his remains reach the several cities
on the route they are officially trans
terred to the guardianship Of the au-
thorities Of each. Baltimore, Ihila
delphia, New York and Boston, sue
cessivelv receive them with highest
honors. Multitules flock to gaze on
his face as his body lies in state. The
orator gives expression to the popular
grief in eloquent pancsyric, and mil
lary bands discourse funeral dlrges
in soft and trembling strains, touching
every heart with saddeSt interest,"
With such pomp and circumstances
the nation by it's representatives at
tends to his grave faithful public
officer. And the moralst may well
and truthtully remark, " the paths 0,
glory lead hut to the grave But
the fact Of greatest importance and
encouragement to young men, which
we wish to bring into prominence II
this connection Is, that it is our bene
hclent free government. which deveI
opes and fosters the successful career
which it so honors at its close. We
learn of Henry Wilson that the hum
bic home Of his birth was one Of poy
erty and intemporance. At ten year!
he was bound out to druid gerry Oh :
farm. His school days came at ODD
intervals, and all told counted bn
twelve months in the space Of clever
wears. lie was to have as compensa
ton at the end Of his apprenticeship
woke of oxen and eighty dollars.-
His intellectual enlowmonts were no
OF the highest order His early train
ing, under such circumstances, was, 0
course, imperfect. But from the farm
the school, the shop, his life show
steady progress, and its trul y nobI
record sums up eight years IN the leg
islature of Massachusetts,, closing witt
the Presidency Of the Senate; mem
bership afterward in the State Con
stitut.onal Convention; eighteen year
Of service in the7Eenate of the Lnlte'
States and lastly several years OF ser
vice as Vice President of the CuIte'
States. In what other country couI(
ploughboy work out career OF sucI
high distinction? and richly did h
repay his country for his honors, b!
his life long advocacy Of free educa
ton, religion, morality, temperance
anti-slayeryism, opposition to rebe!
lion and support Of equal rights TEN
pered throughout by considerable re
gard for both classes in the South
Young men, we whose souls are asst:
with warnings after high destiny, IL
whatever obscurity you may be, II
the !owly homestead, the humble
school or the toiIing workshop, TAX
heart and cherish noble purposes a
you read Of Henry Wilson. But re
member, also,
"Thc heights by great men reached AM
kept
Were not attained by sudden flight;
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upward in the night"
On Saturday last another splendid
funeral went forth from a palatla
residence in a fashionable quarter 0
the city Of New York, bearing wit
as costly display of sable trapping
the body of WV. B. AsToN to Its las
resting place IN lovely Greenwood
In his sphere be was as wildly kno"
as Henry Wilson, for lie was q nv
Ionoire, in fact the great ml]llonalI
OF our country, and if he was nc
born, like Wilson, with patriot
mission to fulfill, he at least had
heavy charge laid upon him. "
NAV say CT him, too, that he execute
the trust with energy and fidelity, t(
upon his father dying some twenty
suy.n years ago at the age of eight!
Gyn and leaving to his son WlIllal