The semi-weekly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1879-1882, 1881-09-26
THE BODY LYING IN STATE.
Lone BRAroH. Sentemher 81

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LONG BRANCH, September FL. -
The last act Of President Gar6eld's
life and death at Long Branch has been
enacted. The sun rose out of rough
and windy ocean in the misty east this
morning, and its earliest rays cast the
shadow of bier across the floor Of the
southeast parlor, directly underneath
the room in which Mr.. Garfield suf-
fered SO much and died 50 hravely,
Col Corbin had sat up with the body
through the night BY daybreak the
body had been attired in the suit
which the President wore at his in
auguratiou. As he lay in the satin
lined coffin, his left hand lay on his
breast.
The announcement made yesterday
that the Presidents face would be ex-
posed to the view Of the people at 81
O'Clock this morning caused hundreds
Of people to come to the Elberon.
Before the sun was fairly up, dusty
farmers and their dusty-covered fam
lies began to arrive. By s o'clock
the road in front Of the hotel was FL
led with carriages Of every descrip.
ton, aud the lawns about the hotel
and the Francklyn cottage presented
novel scene. All sorts Of men were
in the crowd, but the women were in
large majority. At 8 O'Clock the
guard of honor from the first An
lery, which had been stationed here,
marched to the Francklyn cottage,
under the command of Lieutenant
Patterson, who was detailed to 20 to
Washington.
Meantime the coffin had been re-
moved to the broad hallway on the
western side Of the cottage. Two
large and beautiful leaves Of the cy-
prus plant, sent by Mr.. John Hoey,
lay across the foot Of the black coffin,
typifying heroism. At 81 o'clock two
lines of pockets opened pathway to
the door Of the cottage from the piaz-
"a Of the hotel, and toe people, in
fours, fled slowly to the entrance,
Within, soldiers stood on guard about
the coffin. As the people reached
the doors the column was divided
into two single files, and thus on each
side Of the body they passed slowly.
1t was solemn and pathetic specta-
Gle. The rich and poor man walked
shoulder to shoulder, with uncovered
heads, to the Presidents bier The
workingmen Of the neighborhood,
the servants Of the hotels, the railroad
employees, all fled sadly through with
the summer residents and the hotel
guests.
The sight Of the Presidents face
was shock. 1t was not recognizable.
No one who had known Mr.. GarHeld's
face from the published portraits
could see in this dead face the slight
est likeness. To those who had been
familiar with the fine face and great
head ofthe nations chief there was in
the peculia, expression of the lips just
q trace of life-likeness. But the
features were pinched and shrunken.
An unnatural color was on the skin.
This appearance was largely the re-
suit Of the plaster cast yesterday after.
noon before the autopsy. The face
and the right hand were thus copied
in plaster. The large bones of the
head stood out prominently as he lay
in the coffin to-day, and the cheeks
had fallen sadly away. The beard
had been arranged to conceal as far as
possible the scars of the parotid gland.
As the people passed slowly by and
cut Of the further door expressions of
surprise and pain were heard from
every one. The changed appearance
had not been anticipated. 1t could
hardly be realized, indeed The
line which entered the doorway Of the
cottage seemed almost endless Many
who had passed through we're drawn
back into the line second time, and
not lew returned FIVE and six times
to look upon the changed face of the
dead.
All during this time, and until the
funeral train moved away, the little
bell of st. James's Chapel near, by
tolled, slowly and with pathetic soft
ness as it was heard through the
nearer sound Of the surf along the