The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-09-29
THE DEAD PRESIDENT.

THE DEAD PRESIDENT.
The Religious Services NJ BlbeFon over
the Remains Of the late President
GaFAelA-The Removal 60 Washlngs
ton Accomplished In Silent Sorrow
Evidences OF tho Deepest Grief Ev.
erywhere Manifested Along the
Route-LyinG I'm state.
LONG BRANCH, September n.
The appearance of the late President is 80
changed that persons familiar with his nat
ural countenance would scarcely recognize
him. The body IL so greatly shrunken that
artificial means had to be resorted to to give
the clothes an appearance Of fitting. Inad-
dition to the natural shrinking from his ILL
ness, the operation connected with the au-
topsy has left the body In an even more
emaciated state.
The casket is described Is being ve,y un.
pretentious, being covered with black cloth,
and, with the exception of silver mountings,
perfectly plain. The only decoration was q
large v-shaped sage palm, which extended
from the foot Of the casket upwards. The
casket bore the following inscription, drafted
by Attorney. General Maeveagh:
JAMES ABRAHAM GARFIELD,
Born Nov. -. 1881,
Died President of the United States, beptem-
Der IL, 1881.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES.
At half-past nine o'clock Chief Justice
Waite, Secretary and Mrs. Blaine, Secretary
and Mrs. Window, Secretary and Mrs.
Hunt, Postmaster General and Mrs. James,
nd I MI }rL~n
Attorney General MacVeagh arrived at the
Francklyn cottage, and the doors were
closed to visitors. Religious services were
conducted by Rev. Charles j. Young. Of
Long Branch, at the request Of Mrs. Gar
field. There were present, besides the fam
lily and their attendants, members Of the
Cabinet, their wives, and few personal
friends, numbering in all not more than
fifty. When the moment for the services
was announced the windows and doors were
closed, and the most solemn silence pre-.
vailed.
"The Scripture reads" said the pastor,
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord
Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest
from their labors, and their works do follow
them" eve know" said the pastor,
"that if our earthly house of this taberna-
Gle were dissolved we have building of
God-a house not made with hands, eternal
in the Heavens. Therefore, we are also
confident of knowing that whilst we are at
home in the body we are absent from the
Lord. We are confident, say, and willing,
rather, to be absent from the body, and
to be present with the Lord. For
me to live is Christ, and to die is
gain. 1 am in strait betwixt the
two, having desire to depart and to be with
/ Christ, which is far better. There the
wicked cease from troubling, and there the
weary are at rest; and there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow nor cryingj
neither shall there be any more pain; and
there shall be no night there, and they need
no candle, neither the light of the sun, for
God giveth them light, and they shall
reign forever and ever. Behold I
show you a mystery. We shall not all
sleep, but We shall all be changed
in q moment, in the twinkling Of
an eye, at the last trump. For this corr
ruptible must put on interruption, aud this
mortal must put on Immortality. So when
this corruptible shall have put on incor-
ruption, and this mortal shall have put on
Immortality, then shall be brought to pass
the saying that is written: Death is swal-
lowed up in victory. o death, where is thy
sting? O grave. where is tiny victory? The
sting of death is sin; the strength Of sin is
the law, but thanks he to God who giveth
us the victory, through our Lord Jesus
Christ" Afervent prayer was then offered.
THE J0JrRNRY tn w ASuvNcTnN
WASHINGTON, September Il.
The following incidents of the journey of
the Presidential train from Elberon to
Washington were obtained from one who
accompanied the party. The station at Ell.
boron was draped in mourning, heavy fes-
toons Of black cambria being hung from
windows, doors and cornices. The build
ings at all Of the stations of the Jersey Gen.
trail Road from Elberon to PHILADELPHIA
were also in mourning. Everywhere along
the line were touching manifest atoms of
popular grief. The flags in the grounds
of the rich were ut half-mast. and
were intertwined with mourning emblems.
The houses Of the poor showed; from
doors and windows; the depth IT the Ma
tional grief. At one little hut by the road
ing, and some articles Of dark wearing ap-
parel were arranged in the form OF mourn.
ing draperies. The crowd was kept from
pressing too closely about Elberon Station
by Gordon of soldiers, but at the stations
which followed the train passed between
fields OF people densely packed on both sides
Of the track. All stood with uncovered
heads, In reverence for the dead.
The most touching incident of The day oc.
Cured at Trenton, near which is Princeton
College. The students had telegraphed
early in the morning to Secretary Blaine a
request that the train might go slowly
through Trenton, us they wished to tender
some flowers. Their request was needed.
As the cortege approached Trenton, the
train slowed down, and it wos soon seen that
the students, ranged OH either side, had
etrcwn the track with flowers. The speed,
too, had been so slackened that large
baskc, of choicest flowers were received by
some ole III the baggage tar They wefs
intended for Mrs: Garfield.
AT freehold ILL the bells in town werd
toiled; all business suspended; and all the
stores closed during the passage OF the train:
A>'y S'SIy OuAiuIAss Az wv ASS0AA was
draped in mourning. The first stop was
made at Bristol for water. Nearly opposite
the window at which Mrs Garfield
sat was lorg row of tenement
houses Of very moderate character. Almost
the entire front of the building was hid by
black ,lraperies. The occupants stood in
front and by the doorways, gazing iutently,
sadly. the weIren tearfuly. as the train
halted. They were looking Upon the
remains of 0fie who bad risen to q
higher rank than that Of Kings. They
caught glimpse at the window of IL woman
and widow who had been brought from
the Hottest heights Of human ambition to the
profoundest depths of human sorrow.
! As the train nearcd the larger cities. the
crowds increased. At Germantown the ap-
proache, to the station we're densely packed.
West Philadelphia was reached at 1874, on
run Of ninety -four miles in l52 minutes.
But two weeks ago, when the dying Pyesi-
dcut was take, to Long Branch, the same
distance was t:'versed in 1877 minutes. The
crowd there was immense. At Chester
there are large ship-yards. The mechanics