The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-10
HOME, SWEET HOME,
John Howard Payne at Last Findr
Home in the Land of His
Nativity.

Washington, 9.-Aftes thirty |
years burial in the land of hist
exile, the remains of the author Of |
"HomP, Sweet Home" were to day
laid to rest in the soil OF his native
land. The pageantry of the funeral
cortege and the ceremonies OF the
occasion were a tribute tosthe genus
Of John Howard Payne, in keeping
with the place which he holds in
the homes ana hearts of the Ameri-
can people. In the columns
could be distinguished many
notable men, representing all hon.
orable the walks of life. The funeral
through the streets of the
national capital to the 81.
lent resting place, and all the
psmp of circumstance that could
contributed to this final honor, was
paid by the living to the dead.
Government was represented by its
chief executive his council cOnstitu-
tional advisors, by the occupants of
the bench and its judiciary, by six
members of both houses of Con-
gress, by numerous representatives
of the army and navy, by members
of the diplomatic corps, by an army
of prominent government Of
icials, Representatives of for
eign powers, and the presence
of the military and throngs Of citi-
zens gave the demonstration a nat
ional character that marked it as
the tribute of an entire nation. The
procession was formed at the Gallery
of Art where the military and civil
ian began to gather some time be-
fore o'clock. The remains, en-
closed in a handsome casket, were
placed in hearse especially built
for the occasion. 1t was a square
finished vehicle with plate
glass walls, by four white
horses. The procession amented
by six urns, and drawn
sion moved in the following order,
by the Pennsylvania Avenue to
the cemetery: Regular troops I'm.
der the command of Major General
| Ayers, city military organization,
high school cadets, battalion Sec
and, Artillery, operating clergy, pail
bearers, hearse bearing remains, il
lustrOaS poets, fifty carriages fol-
lowed containing relatives Of Payne,
orator of the day, poet of the day,
President of the United States,
members of the Cabinet, members
of the diplomatic corps, Chief Jus.
tice and Associate justices of the
United States. and many other dis
tlnguished persons. All along
the whole course of the route people
gathered to witness the splendid
and imposing funeral pageant. The
sidewalks were thronged and win.
dows filed with eager spectators.
The relatives of Payne in the pro-
cession were Rev. Liquer and wife,
the latter being niece of Payne,
o. n. Payne of Brooklyn, who was
accompanied by Gabriel Harrison,
intimate friend Of PRyneS and author
Of the book "reminiscences. At Oak
Hill cemetery is erected the monu-
ment; the shaft is of white marble,
surmOunted by bust one-half larger
than life size and supported on a
base Of solid grey granite, six feet
square; the height of the monument
is fourteen feet. Its general design
is Roman and of pure classical type
The inscriptions design on the shaft
is simple; on the front is the fol
lowing immortal epitaph: "Jno.
| Howard Payne, author of Home
Sweet Home, born June 9th. 1872
Died April 18th. 1892" On the back
is the inscription which was on the
tombstone that marked his grave in
Tunis, as follows: "Sure, when thy
gentle spirit fed to realms above
the azure dome, with arms out.
stretched, Gods angel saw. Welcome
| to heavens Home, Sweet home" The
monument was shrouded in folds OF
white and unveiled during the exer
cises. Ample platforms were built
around three sides leaving the south
side open, the north side on the plat.
form was occupied by the speakers
distinguished guests; on the left OF
west side were seated singers anC
Mature band on the left side was Z
large platform where the genera
public were accommodated. There
seats provided for 1900. The from
Of the speakers platform was GOV
cred with eVergTeens and flowers
| the folds of our national flag anC
. the TuniS colors appeared on eitheI
side; when the procession reached
the cemetery the coffin was carried
by the pail bearers inside of th,
grounds and laid upon bier at til,
side OF the monument. It rested OF
a bed OF evergreens; the order O
exercises was as follows: Music b.
Marine band, reading OF. scriptures
81 a poem by Robert s. Chiffon, afte
reading of which, the monumen