Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-28
The Funeral Week.

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A week from the day he died at Elberon
President Garfield was placed in the tomb
at Lake View cemetery Cleveland. There
his body will remain for month when
the final burial will take place in 10,
which has been long reserved as the most
beautiful in the cemetery.
The funeral train left Elberon on
Wednesday forenoon and reached Wash
ingtOn that aflsrnoon. The body was
placed in state In the capitol and there
remained for two days while tens of thou.
sands filed past the dead chief. At first
the people were allowed TO look upon the
face of the dead, but such was the rapid
change in death that by order of Secretary
Blaine the casket was closed. Mrs. Gar
field near midnight of Thursday visited
the capitol with her family. There all
others having withdrawn the widow was
left alone with her dead. After she came
forth no others were allowed to look upon
him.
on Friday were most impressive and the
solemn pageantry was witnessed by vas,
crowds. The funeral trains then Gepartrd
for Cleveland, which city was reached
Saturday afternoon soon after l O'Clock.
Mrs. Garfield went to the house of James
Mason and the body of the president was
l,orna ~ a ,.viIinr aracto1 in Mopnnnap,
Square. Here it was guarded until the
final rites on Monday. The details of the
procession TO the pavilion and the mourn
ing OF the quarter million of people gath
cred in the city and of the rites on Monday
may not here be given.
Some years ago Mr.. Garfield, Rev Isaac
Errett, Chaplain Jones of the forty second
Ohio infantry, and DR.. j. T. Robinson
agreed that in case of the death of any
one of them the survivors should attend
the funeral. A message from Mrs. Gar
field reminded the survivors IF the old
promise and claimed the fulnlment of it,
and they took part in Mondays ceremo-
MES.
DR.. Errett after speaking of the lessons
of the public life of Mr.. Garfield said of
the mother and wife of the dead man:
THE dear old mother who realizes to-day
that her four score years are after all but
labor and sorrow. to whom we owe, back
of all have spoken of, the education and
training that made him what he was, asd
who has been led from that humble home
in he wilderness side by side with INN in
triumph, and the glory that came to him
step by step as he mounted up from high
to higher to receive the highest honors
that The land could bestow upon him, lief
behind him lingering on the shore while
he has passed over to the other side, what
words can express the sympathy that Is
due to her. or the consolation that can
strengthen her heart and give her courage
to bear this bitter bereavement And the
wife, who began with him in young
womanhood, has bravely kept step with
him right along through all his wondrous
career, and who has been not only his
wife, but his friend and his counsellor
through all this succession Of properties
and this increase OF influence and power,
and who, when the day Of calamity came,
was there. bis mnistering angel, his
prophecies, his priestess when the circum
stances we're such as to forbid mnistrt.
tons from other hands, speaking to him
the words of cheer which sustained him
through that long, fearful struggle for life.
and watching over him when his dying
vision rested on her beloved form, and
sought from her eyes an answering gaze
that should speak when words could not
speak"
After the close of the exercises at the
pavilion great procession moved 10 the
distant cemetery where the DO " was
placed in the tomb. The day had been
sultry and while the procession moved
copious showers fell so that many took
shelter under the trees of Euclid avenue
AMI in the hospitabe homes that line thai
famous street.
Mrs. Garfield with the mother of the
president and the rest of the family will
90 at once to Mentor where the sympathy
of all will follow them.