Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-10-05
The ENDLESS REST.
Details of the Garfield Obsequies at
Cleveland.

Details of the Garfield Obsequies at
Cleveland.
A Grand Pageant...Ceremonies at the
Cemetery.
CLEVELAND, September &c. The
morning opened cloudy, but by 8 o'clock
the heavens were cloudless and the day
now bids fair to be "a perfect one through
out. The streets are thr0nged with
srrging crowds Of human beings and with
the different military organizations arriv-
ing momentarily. The scene at present
is one of confusion and hustle. The ar
rangements for keeping the route of the
procession clear are said to he as near
perfection as possible. Thousands upon
thousands Of persons are gathered about
the public squares awaiting the COM
mencement Of the exercises. The city
is much overcrowded, all the hotels being
overr11n with guests, and Notwithstanding
the hospitalities extended by private
families many persons find great difficult
ty in obtaining meals to say nothing Of
lodgings. The military and civic organi-
cations are now forming about the pub
lie square preparatory to starting as soon
as possible after the services commence.
The scenes throughout the entire city
during the morning, notwithstanding the
unavoidable hustle and confusion, were
at times very impressive. The military
organizations formed in line on the cross
streets, with muffled drums and heavily
draped colors. The Knight lemplar
marched from one street to another
with uncovered heads, presenting
a very affecting picture. Every one
shows an appreciation of the solemnity
of the occasion, and while there are
some few who are inclined to be bolster
GUS, the masses are orderly and we'll
behaved, and expressions of deep SYM
pathy with the bereaved family may be
heard on all sides. Euclid Avenue,
through which the procession will pass,
presents a very affecting and de-
cidely solemn picture. The ele-
CANT mansions all along the
avenue, which are certainly as fine as
any in the country, are heavily draped
with appropriate designs of mourning.
The streets have been nicely cleaned
and sprinkled this morning in order to
obviate any annoyance from dust
which might otherwise arise. The
interior Of Monumental Park has
also been dampened by a mechanical
engine, placed there for the purpose Of
meeting any emergency which might
arise from fire. All places Of business
are closed and the city may properly be
said to be in full mourning in memory
of Ohio's illnstrio1ls patriot, soldier and
President
In order to meet the demands Of
strangers temporary lunch counters
and every other conceivable mode Of
supplying food have been erected in
every available space throug hout the
city, even to the occupancy of unfinished
buildings, where tables are formed with
bricks and properly spread with clean
linen. The citizens are using every en-
deavor to accommodate the crowds.
From early morning until long after
the services were commenced, the streets
we're lined with persons pushing for
ward, anxious to reach Monumental
Park and witness the last ceremonies
over the remains Of their beloved friend.
The scene about the square is one long to
be remembered. Every one appears i'm
pressed with the supreme solemnity Of
the occasion.
It would seem, in fact, as if Cleveland
is the centre of the world to-day. Every
individual that contributes to compose
the largest crowd that was probably ever
assembled in the state of Ohio seems to
feel this. From the great public square
in the central part of the city, to the hills
and solemn dales' of Lake View
Cemetery, g. distance Of six miles,
where all that remains Of the
dead President will be deposited, there
is one continual wall of people on either
side. The funeral train will pass nearly
the whole way along that magnifcently
broad and grand avenue, which the
great American traveller Bayard Taylor,
pronounced "the finest in the world. u
The abodes Of luxury and wealth
on either side appear heavily
draped in the habiliments OF
mourning, as though each had just lost
dear Beloved relative. The favorite
view which Garfield took of humanity
was that of the great Pascal. He was
often heard by his friends to compare
the nation to one colossal man. Were
he alive again, and could he have seen
the Grape on the door-posts OF
the entire country to-day, he would
| have been better satisfied with the truth
of his favorite illustration than ever be-
fore. He would have seen the colossal
man with uncovered head bent in tears
and unconsolable in his grief. The occa.
sion is the most solemdly pathetic of any
in modern history, and has been attend.
ed by a pageant in every way worthy OF
it's greatness.
The modest, unassumlng wife Of the
President desired no display, but he,
dead husband is "glorious now and
famous, and the people must give proper
expression to their great grief. She re-
NAMED away as long as possible from
the park devoted to the obsequies as he,
grief seemed only aggravated by what
was done there. A mass of anxious
people sixteen years ago, in the same
place, be held the form of the martyred
Lincoln. That was at time Of excite
ment and war almost. 1t took but 6
spark to ignite a great fire: but the
crowd OF to-day, while it was far greater
than it was ever before in the city, was
decidedly solemn and seemed only de-
sirous Of contributing it's small mite
towards properly burying dear one in
whom it had more than a passing inter
est. There is something about the life
of such a man to-day buried, beginning,
as it does, as low as that
of any man who can be borr
on free soil, rising through all the
stages of the scholar, teacher, soldier
and statesman to the highest pinnacle o1
fame, and ending in high tragedy
that takes hold of the popular heart al
nothing else can. The effect O