The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-09-29
WHOLE NUMBER 752.

hand, elaborately decorated with evergreens
and flowers suitable for mourning designs.
The first gun was placed near the starting
point and fired when the start was made.
A succession of heavy showers SO deluged the
funeral procession that the line had to be
broken before 1t reached the cemetery. Form
ing in files on either side of the avenue
for nearly three miles, the military
and civic authorities made way for the funeral
car. The State militia were stationed at the
entrance to the cemetery and on either side of
the driyeways leading to the vault where, at
Mrs. Garfeld's request, it was decided to place
the remains. The steps to the vault were car
peted with flowers, and on either side of the
entrance were an anchor of tuberoses and
cross of white and smilax and evergreen were
festooned above. A heavy black canopy was
stretched over the steps, from which the exer-
cises were to be conducted. At3:30 o'clock the
procession entered the gateway which was
arched over with black with appropriate in
scriptions. In the keystone were the words:
Come to Rest = on one side were the words
Lay Him to Rest Whom We Have Learned to
Love;" on the other: "Lay Him to Rest
Whom We Have Learned to Trust"
and a massive cross of evergreens
swung from the center of the arch
The United States Marine Band con-
tinued the sweet, mournful strains it had
kept up during the entire march, entered first /;
then cane the Forest City Troop, of Cleveland,
which was the escort of the President to his
Inauguration behind it came the funeral car,
with its escort of twelve United States artil-
lerymen. followed by battalion of Knights
Templar and the Cleveland Grays. The mourn
ers carriages and those containing the guard
of honor comprised all of the procession that
entered the grounds,
The cavalry halted at the vault and drew up
in line facing with sabers presented. The car
drew up in front with the mourners' carriages
and those of the Cabinet behind. The band
played Nearer, my God, to Thee" as the
military escort lifted the coffin from the car and
carried it into the vault, the Local Committee
of Reception, Secretary Blaine, Marshal Henry,
and one or two personal friends standing at
either ride of the entrance. None OF the
Presidents family, except two of the boys,
left their carriages during the exercises, which
occupied less than half an hour.
Rev. J. H. JONES' Chaplain of the 42 ! Regi-
ment o. V. l., which General Garfield cum-
| manded, made a short talk. Among other
| very fitting things, he said: "When see the
| grand surroundings of this occasion, am led
| 10 inquire, was this man the son of t EN-
| peror, of the King that wore crown? for III
| the history of this great country there has
| been nothing like this seen by the people, and
| perhaps, no her country. Yet l thought
| perhaps, speaking after the manner CT men,
| that he was Prince, and this was offered in q
| manner of ROYALTY. He was not, my friends.
| 1t is not an offering of King. 1t IS not, as
| we are taught, an offering to earthly Kings and
| Emperors. Though he was a Prince, and q
| freeman-the great Commouer of the United
States. Only few miles from where we
stand, less than 80 yeals ago, he was born in the
primeval forest of this State, and in this county
and all he asks of you now is a peaceful
| grave in the bosom of the land that gave
him tirth. I can not speak to you of his won
| derful life on his work. Time forhids. Blu
| let me say, that when was permitted will
these honorable men to go to Pittsburg as
| committee to receive his mortal remains, l saw
from that city to Cleveland hundreds of thou
sands of people, and many of them in tears
This reflection came to me that ther
was death over the land; tn
soil for five hundred miles wa
moistened with tears as we passed from tn
city of Washington to Cleveland. Then
| asked myself the meaning OF all this, for say
the workingmen come out of the roll ng mill
with dust and smoke all over their faces, thei
heads uncovered, with tears rolling down thei
brawny cheek with bated breath asked wha
is the meaning of this, because it casts down
workingman., He was workingman himself, fo
he has been q worker from his birth almost I'll
has fought his way through life at every steI
and the workingmen he took by the hand, an
there Was q sympathy and brotherhood be
tween them. l saw in small cottages, as we
as the splendid mansions, drapings on the shut
ters, and it may have been the only veil whic
the poor woman had, and with tears in he
eyes she saw US pass. She had read that
was born in cabin, and that when he got oil
enough to work in the beech woods b
helped to support his widowed mother. The
saw the PROFESSIONS and the colleges pou
out, the local professions, and those civic SC
cieties and military all concentrated here. n
has touched them all in his passage thus ia
through life, and you feel that he was
brother.
Here is all that is left of him, the grand
the bright and brilliant man.
The exercises closed with benediction b
President Hinsdale of Hiram College.
The dais used to lay the coffin on in the vau
| ia with frim
broadcloth and deep black fringe. At th
head of the vault in the background, right owe
the head of the coffin, hangs large hort
wreath, sent by the ladies of Dubuque, Ia, t
Mrs. Garfield. The pathway from the carriage
way where the cortege stopped, into III
vault was covered with cedar, laid down, neat
ly sewed together. On top of this were sca
tered white fl Swers, immorteles, tuberose
etc. Right in front of the gate, at the er
trance to the vault, was spread large pieces {
carpet covered with tuberoses and other whit
flowers. This was covered over with canop
of deep black broadcloth. a
just outside the vault, at the gate, there wa
cross of elegant white flowers placed, wit
the motto, "Dead, but Not Forgotten"
was from the b livian delegation.
The first section of the funeral train on th
return trip to Washington started from Eucli
Avenue Station ut 6:03 p. M, with all the men
bers of the Cabinet, excepting Secretary Biain
on board. -.'
At Mrs. Garfield's suggestion, the caskt
containing tho body of the late President wi
be inclosed i'll an iron case, then a cemel
wall will be built around this of sufhcieI
strength to resist all attempts to remove tt
body and of dimensions enough to form tt
foundation for the proposed monument.
In almost every town on the continel
memorial services were held and in all ii
larger cities the funeral ceremonies were of
most imposing character. All manner of bus
ness was completely suspended even to Il
closing of drug stores. At Cincinnati proce
sion numbering 10000 persons was witnesst
in line Of march by fully half million peopl
Perhaps one of the most touching though
in connection with the decease of o,
President is the universal sorrow
has created. In London, England, slgl
of mourning were general and spont
neous. The cablegram says, call agree the
WAS never such general wearing of mournil
for foreigner" Even cartmen and dra
men had their whips decorated wi
Grape, and in the busiest thoroughfar
many of the shops were closed al
churches in London held funeral services al
the tolling of bells was universal. Speakir
of this the Pail Mall Gazette says: "To-da
when England and America stand as mourne
! beside one grave, We may venture to ho]
! that bitter memories, dividing animosite
finally passed away. and suggests tn
England and America shall endeavor
arrange some kind of informal unit
,, for the prevention of internecine strife.
, an European concert, despite almost insu
mountable difficulties is recognized as p
Anglo-American concert wide enough to
! clude in one fatherland all English speakil
y people,"