Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-06
A NATION IN MOURNING.

Final ObseQuies or the Late PreSident
Garfield Mt Cleveland-Solemn and I'M
pressive Ceremonies-The Body Laid to
Rest in LaI<eview Cemetery-Countless
Thousands, with Barred Heads, Fay
Homage to the Ihustrious Dead-A
Whole People in Mourning.
CLEVELAND, Sept. %.
The obsequies of late President Garfield
were concluded to day in the most impress
i've manner.
Except the invited guests and members of
committees, no one was allowed in the Park
during the ceremonies, but other spectators
were ranged around outside of the grounds,
thus giving many more a chance to witness
the scene than could otherwise have been
possible.
THE FUNERAL CORTEGE.
The procession formed at $50 a. M in the
following order:
First Divsion-MiIitary Companies.
m Second Observation-Disclosures Societies:
Inlrd Dlv1SlOn-Neteran and other societies..
Fourth DivisDn-Civic Societies.
Fifth Division-CatholicS Societies.
sixth Observation-Disclosures of Citizens.
seventh Division-Funeral Escort.
Eighth Division-Guard of Honor.
Ninth Division-Ohio National Guards.
THE CEREMONIES AT THE PAVILION.
Promptly at half past 10 O'Clock the cere-
monies at the pavilion began. The immedi-
ate members of the family and near relatives
and friends took seats about the casket, and
at each corner was stationed member of the
Cleveland Grays, each of whom stood like a
statue during the entire programme The
committee members about the pavilion were
almost cloaked in Grape, their drapings being
very heavy. DIR. j. p. Robson, President
of Ceremonies, announced that the exercises
would be opened by the singing by the Cleve-
land Vocal Society of the "Funeral Hymn"
by Beethoven, whereupon the hymn was
sung, as follows:
Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not
Tho sorrow and darkness encompassed the
The Savior has passed through its portal be-
fore thee,
And the lamp of his love is thy light thro
the gloom.
The Right Rev. Bishop Bedell of the Epis-
copal Diocese of Ohio, then read several pas
sages of the Scriptures; the Rev. Ross C.
Houghton, of the NJ L. Church, offered a
prayer; hymn was sung; and then the Rev.
Isaac Errett, of Cincinnati delivered an elo
quent address, taking for his text the follow
ing; 81 A., ouo,,o. a,o ,-,,. ,o.,o,, ~,
the King said to his servants. 'iIave me away,
for am sore wounded His servants there
fore took him out of that chariot and put him
in the second chariot that he had, and they
brought him to Jerusalem. and he died, and
was buried in one of the sepulchers OF his ia.
Their, and all Judea and Jerusalem mourned
for Josiah, and jeremiah lamented for Josiah,
and all the singing men and the singing wO-
men spake of Josiah in their lamentations to
this day, and made them an ordinance in Is
rael. And behold they are written in their
lamentations; Now. the rest of the acts of
which is written in the law of the Lord
and his deeds, first and last, behold
they are written in the book OF the
Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from
Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the
staff the whole stay of bread and the whole
war, and the prophet. and the prudent and
the ancient, the captain of fifty and the hon
orablc man, and the comptroller and the cum
ming artiflcer and the eloquent orator. The
voice said Cry and he said, What shall
thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass
withereth, the flower fadcth, because the
Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it. Surely
flower fadeth, but the Word of our God shall
stand forever
Dr. Errett was listened to with q close and
earnest attention. He spoke for forty min
utes, and when he closed n h:lsh for n moment
hung over the vast audience.
DR.. Charles 5. Pomcroy delivered the fna
prayer and benediction.
Al the conclusion OF the services at the pa
vilion the caslet was placed upon the funeral
car by a detachment OF artilleryInen under
Lieut.. Weaver, and followed by the pail bear
ers, guards OF honor, family, Immediate
friends, and distinguished men in carriages,
the procession marched to the cemetery
When the head of the column reached the
entrance, the funeral car, and what was des-
passed within. while the rest of the process
sion halted, open order, and awaited the con-
clusion of the ceremonies.
AT THE CEMETERY.
In front of the vault, from four black poles
thirty feet high, was suspended a canopy OF
black cloth. dropping down on all sides, and
The passage way and floor of the vault were
carpeted. Underneath the canopy and the
width of the drive way were strewn with
evergrecns, and upon them a thick layer of
cut flowers. The interior of the vault was
draped in deep black, and $3.50 worth of cut
the public schools, were strewn everywhere
In the opening of the center arch hung q
cross sixteen feet in length and thirty four in
summit of the center arch four simple but
most eloquent words greet the eve:
"COME HOME TO REST"
Upon the two center columns were two 9th
-"L Lay him to sleep whom we have learned
to love-" and Lay him to sleep whom we
center of the arch was large, handsome let.
ter SC" worked in evergrecns upon frame
of wood. On the east side were the words,
"IIe lies in all our hearts; death can not
touch him there" Up on the west side the
inscription, Love was the source, duty the
h aM I'll nis decorated With WE the em6ems Of
woe. The bier upon which the casket lay
two and a half feet high, ten feet long
and four wide, the sides covered with black
velvet and heavy pail looped with silver
fringe thrown over all.
DIR. j. i. Robson, as PRESIDENT OF the day,
opened the exercises by introducing Rev. j.
III. Jones, Chaplain of the 42d Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, which Gen. Garfield COM
manded, who made brief and appropriate
address in eulogy of the deceased commander
The ode from Horace (Odc MIL. First RoOk),
beginning "Intcgcr vitae scelerisque purus"
was then sung in the original tongue by the
German vocal societies. Mr.. Robson then
announced the late President : favorite hymn,
" HO! reapers of life's harvest" which the
German vocal societies of Cleveland sang
with marked effect.
The exercises closed with the benediction
by President Hinsdale. of Hiram College. who
was introduced by DIR. Robson, as follows:
Friends and fellow citizens From the
heart broken friends of the deceased tender
Won these thanks. Mr. Hinsdale, will you dis
misS?"
Mr. Hinsdale said: 40 God, the sad exper-
fence of this day teaches us the truth of what
Thou hast told us in Thy word. The grave is
the last of this world and the end of life.
Earth to earth, dust to dust ashes to ashes.
But we love the doctrine of the immortality
of the soul and the powerof the endless life.
Therefore, o God, our father, we look to Thee
now for Thy greatest blessing. We pray that
the fellowship and the salvation of the Lord
Jesus Christ, our Savior, and the inspiration
of the HolySpirit, the Comforter may be with
all who have been in to days great assembly.
Amen"
Ar tho conclusion of the services Mt the