The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-09-28

greet You to-day; and you. brethren. of the
North, East and VEST, come, let US lay all our
bitterness up in the eofiiu of "a dead q m l. ct
MIN carry them with him to the grave In silence
till the angels disturb the slumbers of the
dead. Let US love each other more-our coun-
family, and as they constitute e great family
on earth, hope they will constitute great
family in the Kingdom of God, and where
hope to meet you ali in the end. Amen"
AT the conclusion of his remarks President
Garfield's favorite ode, the ed Ode of Horace
DIR. Robinson then said: =. From the heart,
broken friends of the deceased tender you
their thanks. Mr.. Hiusdale, will you dismissr
The reverend gentlemen delivered the fol-
lowing benediction:
es 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
doctrine of the immortality of the soul. and in
the power of the endless life, therefore. o,
greatest blessing we pray that the fellow
ship and the salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ,
our Su Savior, and the inspiration Of the :, Holy Holy
Spirit, the Comforter, may be with all who
nave been in to-day's great assembly. Amen.
The exercises at the cemetery lasted forty
minutes, and thus ended the day.
THE TEMPORARY TOMB.
The vault in which the remains of the Presi-
dent were placed is situated about q half mile
the trustees of the cemetery and owned by
them at present. 1t is of the Gothic style of
large and imposing in in appearance. ] % The front is
of stone finely carved, and two Corinthian col
doors Of heavy wood and an outer gateway Of
iron, which protects the interior. The interior
is large and capacious and in its general appear.
its stone walls is creeping the ivy. of Kenilworth
greens and forest trees and behind it rises q
gentle hill: IL faces the east, commanding q
hne view of the cemetery beyond.
Ine decorations OF yesterday rendered the
vault an object of great beauty. In front was
erected a canopy upheld by four large poles and
made of fine black cloth and arranged in man
ner truly artistic: Beneath this canopy was laid
offerings of flowers The pa athway. and for sew
eral feet AROUND it. was covered with a lavish
gates of the vault were wreathed with smilax,
and the threshold a perfect bed of floral offer
The flag which the President loved SO well was
hung in dropping folds from the ceiling, form
heavy M folds Of n sorroWfui @ black CO Overhead % dat at
the rear was hung magnificent wreath of rare
Iowa, to the stricken wife of the dead President.
Flags, partly covered wita the colors of mourn
ing, completed the ornaments Of the vaulted
and wrcathed with smilax. The bier stood in
the center of the space allotted to the President.
and was sixteen feet ii length and two and one
half feet in height. 1t was pyramidal in shape
and was appropriately decked in velvet and
broadcloth. and trim med with heavy silk
fringe.
On this the casket was placed. At the head of
the bier was placed the horal Tyre an offering
from the Brazilian Government by especial or
der of Emperor Dom Pedro and a beautiful de-
sign in flowers. The words In Memory of
James A. Garfield" were wrought in purple i'm
| mortelles. On the coffin remained the wreath
which was the gift of Queen Victoria- The
floral offering from the Bolivian delegation was
placed at the entrance. 1t is of rare flowers,
and the emblem is that of q cross supported by
| two anchors. and wroaght in irnmortelles the
words, Dead but not forgotten"
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with flowers, and the sweetest perfume of the
tuberoses and other rare blossoms relieved the
/ place of the awful solemnity of death.
TIE NUMBER PRESENT.
| The route of the procession was five miles
| long, hanked on either hand by sidewalks vary
| ing from thirteen to twenty more feet in
depth. full of people. At intervals all along the
route stages were erected seating from one or
| Owners of large los whose houses weIe distant
from the street line had built plstforms near the
| street line, which were crowded with people.
| Careful counts made ut more than q hundred
places along the line give average of fifteen
spectators for every yard of sidewalk length, not
| counting the crowd assemb ed at the cemetery
| which had been gathering from carly dawn un-
| til noon. This would give 24,p spectators
| along the line. Ir is altogether within bounds
/ the wonderful though mournful pageant be-
| sides the multitudes who made 1t up.
| The procession WAS e5timsted to be about five
miles IN length, and to contain from 5000 to
| $1,000 persons.
| 1t is within bounds to say that $4,000 people
passed through the cstafalque before the funeral
and lO0,C0J after the body had been removed