Middletown transcript., 1881-09-30
GARFIELDl
LAID TO REST l
AN IMPOSING FUNERAL PAGEANT.
THE MARCH OF SIX MILES TO THE GEM
ETERY THROUGH SOLID LINES OF
PEOPLE-ELABoRA EN-
BLEMS OF GRIEF
THE SERVICES AT
THE TOMB.
Condensed from The Pafla. TTmes.I


fresh lake breeze impaired to the air an
invigorating freshness and many who,
on account Of last nights shower, had
feared an unpleasant day had their
fears very speedily dispelled. At an
early hour the hotels and lodging
houses began to emit their respective
swarms Of buzzing humanity and the
many luckless Wights who had not been
able to find bed and had been COM
PEELED to accommodate themselves to
the soft side of a stone church step
also joined the Seething mass and a live
ly skirmiSh for breakfast began. AT
nine O'Clock the restaurants which had
been open for over forty-eight hours
were closed to enable the proprietors to
get start of two hours. Provisions
were scarce. A wagon loaded with
eggs started from the depot to a gro
Gerry and the keeper Of one Of the res
taurants on the square seized the driver
and took the whole stock. A butch
er's cart, loaded with 5000 pounds of
beef, shared a similar fate. A milk
peddler, with one hundred gallons Of
lacteal fluid, was besieged by one ca
lC4Hl dllU nlO WllOlC OOOCh III b4GldO az
sorbed The inner man having been
satisfied, the human tide turned toward
the square where the funeral services
were to take place. At ten O'Clock the
crowd around the guard lines was so
dense that women tainted, children
screamed and strong men gasped for
breath as the living mass surged from
place to place in the vain endeaYor to
get nearer.
A few moments before ten O'Clock a
closed carriage came slowly down the
street leading to the square. 1t was
driven up to the catafalque. A lady
clad in deep mourning alighted and
walked slowly up the incline to the
entrance. Every eye. was turned that
way and a thousand voices said !:
" There she is, poor woman" 1t was
Mrs. Garfield. She was soon followed
by the family and relatives, the Cabi-
net, EX-President Hayes, EX-Secretary
Evarts and the members of the official
household at Washington who are in
the city. When the party had all as
sembled around the bier the sides Of
the catafalque were closed with lux
uriantly-foliaged tropical plants, cut
ting off the inside from public gaze,
and the family and friends were alone
with their dead. After a few moments
the sides were again opened and the
services began. The immediate mem
bers of the family and near relatives
and friends took seats about the casket
and at each corner was stationed a
member of the Cleveland Grays, each
of whom stood like statute during
the entire services.
The services began promptly at 1880
Dr.. J. p. Robinson, president Of the
ceremonies, arose, and, amid the most
profound silence, announced Beeth'
ovens 6 Funeral Hymn" which was
finely rendered by the Cleveland Voca
Society. AT its conclusion Bishop
Bedell, of the Episcopal diocese q
Ohio, read selections from the Scrip
lures, beginning with the fourteenth
chapter of Job. After the voca
society had sung To Thee, 0 Lord,
yield my spirit, !" Rev. Isaac Errett, O
Cincinnati, delivered an eloquent adj
dress, taking for his text the following
"And the archers shot King Josiah
| Cllu hlllS DCtlU W nlo A4cl W
me away, for am sore wounded, y etc
He said there was never a mourning
in all the world like unto this mourn
ing. :" am not speaking eXtrava
gantly," he said, g for l am told it il
the result of calculations carefully
made that certainly not less than 300,
900, 900 of the human race share in tht
sadness and the lamentations, the sor
row and the mourning that belong tC
this occasion here to-day. 1t is the
chill shadow Of calamity that has ex
tended itself into every home in al
this land and into every heart, anC
that has projected itself over vast seas
and oceans into distant lands and
awakened the sincerest and profoundest
sympathies with us in the hearts Of the
good of all nations and among al
peoples = The speaker concluded will
a most touching allusion to the stricken
family. When he had concluded Rev
Jabez Hall, of the Euclid Avenue
Presbyterian Church, read the reaper
song, which was a faYorite Of the late
Presidents
While the solemn ceremony was il
progress the vast crowds were industri
ously at work arranging themselves
along the streets through which the
procession was To pass. A line Of sol.
diers was stationed on each side Of the
streets the whole distance from the
square to the cerontarr. six miles, and
by that means re kept il
bounds. Tht we're first
sought for by S. all, men
women and chllu a Lly sought
for and occupied InI- IlY position
Then chairs were arranged directly
behind the curbstOne, and were rapidly
filled. Every conceivable elevation
which could afford the slightest view
of the streets was occupied. House
tops, balconies and windows were
filled and many citizens had private
platforms for the accommodation o1
their friends. After a tiresome wait
the spectators were gratifed by seeing
the front Of the procession start al
11.55. A deep silence fell over the
multitude as the grand cortege moved
headed by the Detroit Infantry. The
feeling Of suspense gave place to one
Of admiration as company after com
pany came gaily uniformed. The
military moved past with reversed
guns, draped colors and muffled drums
First came the famous Marine band
of Washington, then the First City
Troop, in platoons, and the funeral
car, drawn by twelve black horses, fnu
abreast, which impatiently champe(
their bits at the slow and solemn pro
gress. The car was surrounded by tht
guard Of honor, composed Of detach
ments from the artillery, the marines
, seamen, Cleveland Grays and Washing
ton and Cleveland Knights Templar
As the division passed, many head
were uncovered. After the division o
honor came the mourners, and many al
, eye which had but a moment befor,
, dilated with admiration at the ga!
uniforms Of the military and naval off
GERS, now filed with tears as the!
gazed at the carriage in which rode th,
sorrowing widow and the 0ereaveC
, mother. Grandma Garfield had he
, veil thrown back, exposing her dear
, sweet face and silvery locks, the fea