St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-12-03
The Vice-President's Funeral.

| THE OE>EQl les At WA>IIINGTON.
/ The funeral of Nicr-l'rrsIdcut Wilson
took place in the senate chamber at
/ Washington at 1890 o'clock. Friday
morning. and WAS marked hv Il large
and distinguished gathering al persons.
and deeply solemn services. Among
those on he floor of the Senate were
| the pleSidcnl and cabinet, most of the
urmhciS of the diplomatic corps. head
cd 10y Sin Edward Thornton, the British
/ minister, members If Congress. army
officers and othci>. In the diplomatic
| gallery were Mrs. Grant. Mis-. Fish. Mrs.
l;r>l"W. Mis-. brlknap aud others
| The cnblcui> of moIImiu" Ncrr c>pc-
riallv noticeable for the good taste ana
refinement displayed. Instead of she
usual t.tark vamhIir. the walls were
dIap,d with Australian Grape. the cf
feet of which WIS very impressive.
Amom" the numerous floral offerings on
The c.,skrr Vas Il large monument hear
! iuI the inscription. "floral oifcrin"
from the >uHth. 10y Rev. David Wells,
! tor the funeral of the lamcnlcd wee
president. the student. statesman. phil
authropiSt and Christian. wlo>, name
| viii ever live in the annals of his al
mlrin@ countrNmcn. and whose memo
~ will he rewarded hN the wise and
good without respect To section al par
tN." \ large cross from Mis-. Grant also
rested upon the caskct. Senator L. W.
Ferry of Michigan, president pro tenn
of the Scnatc, occupied Il seat ut the
clerks desk and announced thc eXcr-
cise>. which comprised Scripture read
| i,,,r anil LA. R.N DIR SunInrl and
chaplain of the Senate. and long dis
course upon the life aud character OF
the diseased by Rev. Dr. Rankin.
Al he conclusion of the address. Rev.
| DIR. Sunderland offered an appropriate
prayer aud pronounced he brmcdirti"n.
! The c:Skct was then closed, and the
funeral procession formed and proceeded
to the depot of the Baltimore and Ohlu
railroad. The funeral ear WAS cllho-
Iatcly trimmed with black cloth. sur
mounted 10y five heavy plumrS of the
same color. 1t was drawn 10y six white
horses rapIriSnncd in black. each lc'
10y II groom IN mourning. Durin" the
| passage of the prorcS>iou guns Ncr,
fired by Il battery Of United States AT
tillrrN stationed in ArmorN square. tn,
bells al the churches and cngiue-houSe'
we've tnllcd. and the chimes of the Met
ropolitan church lang ont funeral tunes
Al the depot the remains were commit
ted 10y senator Thurman on behalf o
the committee of arrangements to til,
charge of the Massachusetts committee
and Col. W Nmau in behalf of the latter
accepted the trust. The cISkct Wa'
then placed in the ear. and the train
started for Baltimore.
At the depot in Baltimore were gath
cred numerous civil and military or
CARNATIONS. and II large crowd of spec
tat"rs. who, forming in procession, bore
the remains la the city hall and place,
them on the bier in the rotunda which
had been prepared for them, and fo
two hours Il stream of people passr,
through viewing the remains.
At ) o'clork. the funeral proccsSinI
again resumed its march To the depot
lnd the funeral train started for Phila
dclphia. which place WIS reached Il
1925 o'clock.
The remains which were placed il
Independence hall ut Philadelphia, lat,
GA Friday night. remained there till II
o'clock, Saturday morning. and were
thea taken to New York, but, owing t.
several delays, did not reach that cit,
until half-paSt p. m. y large body "
military. including the 9Th regimen
and the Skidmorc guards (colored,) g.
cortcd the body through the city to tn
! New Haven depot, the bells tolliug an,
: The minutc-guns firing. The remain
were placed in the regular o'clocl
train tol Boston, and reached the latte
city. Sunday morning.
AT BOSTON.
The honor> paid to the remains Il
Vice President Wilson from the tim
they left Springfield, to the close of til
demonstrations in the state house, sun
day evening, we've more III the natur
of personal tributes. as of friend t
4 friend. than the pompous display of
= nations grief for the loss of one of il
, great men. The crowds of people anN
ious to get Il sight even of the c;iSket
; ihc eayermeSS to follow every movement
of the procession in this city. and tn
f number of men. women and childrr
who took their haSty glance at the fac,
were evidence of the great interest feel
in the events of the day. The demon
STATIONS here were at first Il little dis
n lppointing. There WAS remarkably lii
t lie drapery on the buildings, very fe,
. flags we've displayed, and the escol
from the depot to the statehouse locke
: meagel lis compared with those of otht
n cities much further from Mr. Wilson
t home: but the steady stream of peopl
into the state-holIse to view the remains
from noon till late this evening, pr
I another face on the matter ProbabI
o 0.Hn people looked upon Mr.. Wilson
II face i'll Boston, Sunday.
e THE CEREMONIES AT BOSTON.
:. The funeral ceremonies of Vice Pres