The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-09-29

anchors harps, and crowns we're seen on every
hand, elaborately decorated with evergreens
and flowers suitable for mourning designs.
The first gun placed 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 driveways 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 anchor of tuberoses and q
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. At $3.50 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: 'Lav Him to Rest
Whom We Have Learned to Trust"
and 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 came the Forest City Troop, of Cleveland
inauguration behind it came the funeral car,
with its escort of twelve United States artil-
ierymen. followed by battalion of Knights
Templar and the Cleveland Grays. The mourn
er's 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 baud
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 two personal friends standing at
either side 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. II. Jones, Chaplain of the AZ Regi-
ment o. V. l., which General Garfield COM
msnded, made short talk. Among other
very fitting things, he said: ''When l see the
grand surroundings of this occasion, l am led
10 inquire, was this man the son of e EN-
peror. of the King that wore crown? for i'll
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 a Prince, and this was offered in
manner of royalty. He not, my friends.
1t is not Offering of King. 1t is not, as
we are taught, offering to earthly Kings and
Emperors. Though he a Primo, and a
freeman-the great Commouer of the United
States. Only few miles from where we
stand, less than so years 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 firth. can not speak to you of his Won
derful life all his work. Time fortlds. But
let me say, that when I was permitted with
these honorable men to go to Pittsburg as q
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 there
was death over the land; the the
moistened with tears as we passed from the
city of Washington to Cleveland. Then
asked myself the meaning Of all this for 1 saw
the working1nen come out of the roll ng mills
with dust and smoke all over their faces, their
heads uncovered, with tears rolling down their
brawny cheek with bated breath I asked what
is the meaning of this because it casts down a
workingman. He was workingman himself, for
he has been worker from his birth almost. He
has fought his way through life at every step,
and the workingmen he took by the hand, and
there was a sympathy and brotherhood be-
tween them. / saw in small cottages, well
as the splendid mansions, drapings on the shut
ters, and it may have been the only veil which
the poor woman had, and with tears in her
eyes she saw us pass. She had read that be
was born in cabin, and that when he got old
enough to work in the beech woods he
helped to support his widowed mother. Then
saw the PROFESSIONS and the colleges pour
out, the local professions, and those civic So
cieties and military all concentrated here. He
has touched them all in his passage thus far
through life, and you feel that he was a
brother.
Here is all that is left of him, the grand,
the bright and brilliant man.
The exerc ses closed with benediction by
President Hinsdale of Hiram College.
The dais used to lay the coffin on in the vault
is covered with velvet, trimmed with black
broadcloth and deep black fringe. At the
head of the vault in the background, right over
the head of the coffin, hangs large floral
wreath, sent by the ladies of Dubuque Ia., to
Mrs. Garfield. The pathway from the carriage
way where the cortege stopped, into the
vault was covered with cedar, laid down, neat
ly sewed together. On top of this were scat
tered white fl -wers, immortelles, tuberoses,
| etc. Right in front of the gate, at the en-
trance to the vault, was spread large pieces OF
carpet, covered with tuberoses and other white
| flowers. This was covered over with a canopy
| of deep black broadcoth.
Just outside the vault, at the gate, there was
a cross of elegant white flowers placed, with
| the motto. dead, but Not Forgotten" II
| was from the b livian delegation.
The first section of the funeral train on the
| return trip to Washington started from Euclid
| Avenue Station at 6:03 p. M, with all the men,
| bers of the Cabinet excepting Secretary Blaine,
| on board.
At Mrs Garfield's suggestion, the caskei
| containing the body of the late President will
| be lnclosed in an iron case, then cement
wall will be built around this of sufficient
| strength to resist all attempts to remove the
| body, and of dimensions enough to form the
foundation for the proposed monument.
In almost every town on the continent
| memorial services were held and in all the
larger cities the funeral ceremonies were of
| ir,,r,n phar a>fa # h11cf
ness was completely suspended even to the
! closing of drug stores. At Cincinnati process
sion numbering 10000 persons was witnessed
in line Of march by fully half million people
Perhaps one of the most touching thoughts
| President is the universal sorrow il
has created. In London, England, signs
| of mourning were general and sponta-
neous. The cablesram says "all agree there
was never such general wearing Of mourning
for foreigner" Even cartmen and dray-
Grape, and in the busiest thoroughfares
many of the shops were closed and
decorated with Grape. Nearly all of the
churches in London held funeral services and
| the tolling of bells was universal. Speaking
of this the Pail Mall Gazette says ''To-day,
when England and America stand as mourners
beside one grave, we may venture to hope
that bitter memories, dividing animosties,
engendered by revolutionary wars, are
finally passed away. and suggests that
arrange some kind of informal union
for tho prevention of internecine strife. II
an European concert, despite almost insur-
mountable difficulties, is recognized as po-
litical necessity, why should there not be an
Anglo American concert wide enough to in
clude in one fatherland all English speaking
people,"