Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-04-22

chancel, tho tall white 0bclisks and
crosses Of lilies almost filling the
space, with the rich violet haneings
OF pulpit and reading desk for Len,
glowing against them was superb,
At the back, the Alter, draped with
purple cloth, bore o wide cross, near
y ten feet high, in front Of q table
Of smilax supported an obelisk OF
white flowers, with the word "Re,
membered" in vi0lets bedded in the
white at its base. In front o tablet
Of smilax upheld O cOluun six feet
high, tlanked by q large anchor and
a floral harp, whose chords were
strung with violets, q star Of bios
SONS in the green ut the base. Be
low, the coffin rested on q bank oil
flowers. The widow provided that
the decorations be duplicated, 81
that the coffin was lifted from one
company of emblems at the house
to find another bed among them at
the church.
The house was filed with fashion
and responsibility, chosen singers
chanted the sweetest music, and
outside, in the crowd, each man
Rugged himself that he was not as
the rich one who lay within. "Ah,'
said an old IrishwOman looking on,
"perhaps we all have as good u cot
tiu ourselves when the time comes.
not so grand maybe, but it'll ans wer
the purpose. He'll mowld rs soon
as any OF us there" Thousands of
employees escorted the hearse, sal
Iow.face'l clerks and burly porters,
four ARREST, but there was not room
for them in the church, and without
doubt they were glad to he in the
SUI, enjoying their accustomed hol-
iday. The retail store has been
closed since the day Mr.. Stewart
died, the only time except OIL legal
holidays, it is said, since it was built.
1t is also said the other dry goods
firms have not enjoyed such a run
of trade for years as in the two days
that Stewards has been unopened.
There are few signs of grief appar
ant for the man, but his loss seems
more like a business change than
anything else.
GOOD FUNERAL.
On the same day that Stewart
was buried, another funeral took
place, whose chief object seemed to
he to outdo the display Of the mil.
lionaire, only as it was arranged &C.
cording to the wishes Of the deceas-
ed, it was probably intended only
to show that she could have as fine
a funeral as anybody. The dead
woman was fifty years old, daugh-
ter of milkman who drove his own
cart, unless his wife relieved him in
that duty, and the widow of rich
man, who made his money in ice
and real estate speculations long
ago. By her wish, the corpse was
in her wedding dress with white
and red roses, laid in u coffin rich
with black and violet velvet firing
ed and tasseled with bullion and
lined with quilted white satin. The
coffin lay in a parlor, backed by tall
monuments Of flowers which look
ed as if the ornamental sculpture of
a stone.cutters yard had been trans
ported there. The hearse was
drawn by six black horses with gild.
ed trappings, next came six carriag-
es with four horses each, seventy
more followed, half of them empty,
and large wagon carried the flow
ers to the grave. Pride could no
farther go.
THE FASHIONS.
The finish and yet simplicity of
the new styles are admirable. A
fashionable polonaise is cut with
only one dart, and the back has few
seems, but it is marvelously fitted
by cores under the arms so that it
defines the figure with the elegance
Of a tight garment with all the ease
of a three. quarter fitting one. This
is the style above all others for sum-
mer travelling. A specimen in drab
cloth for Spring has large pocket,
like couriers bag, slung with a
quilted strap of cloth over the right
shoulder, a most convenient notion
for carrying the dozen indispensa.
BILE things woman wants in trav-
cling. A new hat that goes we'll
with this and promises to be in ia
vor, is the small sheplerdess shape
bent over the forehead and cnrled
slightly above the ears, Of rough
straw to be trimmed with black vel
vet and field flowers, or with cream
white silk and bright flowers of one
color under the brim. This is YER
table shade hat, and yet modest
enough in size for town wear. Shir
red overskirts have nearly disap
peared. The new ones are very
long, all round, drawn in slight folds
instead of heavy pleats, and have
comparatively little trimming.
PIETRO.
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-PennacQok Hose Company, No.
/, of Manchester, Captain Thomas
w. Lane, celebrated its eighteenth
anniversary on Thursday evening,
April ID. The hall was finely dec
grated, the supper SYMPTOMS, and
the snaakinr and sinuinr antertain-