Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-30
(among them Gen. Hancock, who attract

ed much attention) and the Cabinet Min
listers, followed.
Hardly had the last person of the funer-
al train left the pavilion when the people
without s,usht to enter. During the af-
ternoon thousands who were unable to find
places to view the procession on It's march
or could not get 10 the district cemetery, I'll
ed thr,ush the empty pavilion to view the
.eataf:lone and gather rs mement"eS the
fade! and witbeIed flowers which had fall
tn to the grnu 90
The B stnn F.,sliars, which headed the
process sion, and the societies ot all Kinds
and cr,etis which followed next, started
tnr the cemetery somewhat AHEAD OF the
moving of the funeral car. They reached
the cemetery. five miles away. hefore lhe
last carnage had left the pa0llion. lac
funeral Car did not complete the slow Joui-
ney until O'Clock, although starting at
noon. About two miles OF the procession
was made up of Catholic, Bohemian and
German societies When they were half
way to the cemetery there was rumbling
If thu DEF ana the rain fell lightly. 1t
was gra,s fully received, as the men were
suffering greatly from the beat. An otfi-
car on horseback r. de hurrit dly along the
;jne W til the order to close up and march
men rapidly Tte storm Was overhead,
and ready to break. When it came Il was
q deluge. The rain fell straight down ward.
The whole line was s. amped, q and disol-
anized The people in the sire - ran
ither and thitner for shelter. Al the cem-
terry the effect WAS thoroughly unfortu-
II stt. Women and children huddled for
shelter close 10 the tombs and tall mOnu-
lnentS OF the cemetery. All through the
shower the funeral Car and the Carriages
" hcii followed it proceeded on their way
+ org the flooded avenue, on either side of
% hch the bands and escort were huudled
ader trees. After Is minutes of rainfall
clouds broke and the line Was partly
,Yorganlzed. Half an hour later the rain
legan again. and again there was STAN
p4de. The scene was repetition of that
If 4 sliori time before The processi Nj
was broken up for the time being, hut the
funeral car moved steadily ON t., the Gem
eterv Over the grand arci,way at the en-
trance were the words. "Come home TO
r:-st'' On the sides was the inscriptions:
'-Lay him toesleep among those who have
| harmed to trust him."
The ceremonies at the tomb were brief,
| bat impressive. Irofusion OF sombre-
| dra pery over the receiving vault was re-
| ieved by graceful distribution of flowers.
| The path from the carriages was streWn
| ,silh evergreens and flowers, and the vault
| itself had been made a bed of roses. Mrs.
Garfield did not alight, but scanned elise
| iy every detail Chaplain Jones of the
| Forty-second Regiment paid last tribute
| to their dead leader The German vocal
society sang again, the Rev. Mr.. Errett
| offered a final prayer. and all was over
| The rain, which had interrupted the pro-
gtess of the procession, deferred the occu-
| pants OF the carriages from surrounding
| the tomb. as they would otherwise have
done. The officers of the army. in their
| brilliant uniforms, were conspicuous IN
| the bre surroundings.
| Re-entering their carriages, the mourn
ers drove hurriedly back to the city to
avoid another shower, which was threat
ened. The military and Masonic escort
| left the cemetery in the same order in
which they entered it, and kept IN line UNI
| til the catafalque was reached, where they
were dismissed. Gen. Smith, the Adujant
| General of the State. will furnish guard
as long as the body remains In Che vault.
| The sexton thinks it will be but a few days
| before the final interment takes place.
| While in the cemetery Grandma Garfield
| asked for glass of water, and all idea got
Abroad that she had tainted, causing some
excitement for time. It was not So
| however, the old lady bearing the fatigue
and emotion of tie day wonderfully we'll.
One Of the notable floral emblems at the
| head of the catafalGue was a pillow OF
tuberoses, fully three feet square, in which
| were inscribed in purple flowers He died
| q Martyr to Reconciliation" On the re-
turn of the family from the burial this
fragrant pillow was found conspicuously
placed in the hall of Mrs. Mason's resi-
dence.
The first section of the funeral train on
the return trip to Washington started
| from Euclid avenue at sos o'clock this
evening, with all the members OF the Cab
met, excepting Secretary Blaine.
| At Mrs. Garfeld's suggestion, the cas-
ket containing the body will be enclosed
i'll an iron cage, then cement wall will be
built around this, of suffici ent strength to
resist all attempts to remove the body, and
of dimensions large enough to form tbs
foundation of the proposed monument.
The Mayor Of the city has detailed police
force to be on duty continually until the
| fiaal interment.