Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-13
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A Large Attendance of CitiEeps-A
Day OF Darkness and aloom-A
Whole Settlement in Mourning
A Mournful Contrast and Inter-
estinr Services
When the news was flashed over the
wires on Tuesday that Hon. A. b.
MofIitt, Of San Fernando. was dead.
there were many eyes bedimmed with
tears, and the sad hearts who heard the
unwelcome news determined to pay
proper respect to his remains and attend
his burial. A hurried meeting was held
and committee appointed to make all
necessary arrangements TO that end.
The committee consisted of Mr.. Samuel
Prayer, Chairman; James Feore. Vice.
Chairman. with Col Walter ). Moore.
Chas. Il. Miles and Robert Eckert.
The committee hired locomotive and
two passenger coaches Of the 5. T. X.
r., and then gave an order to Louis
Stengel for floral display that was rare
and beautiful. 1t consisted Of pyramid
OF exquisite flowers, wreaths, stars.
crosses, and hundred bouquets, to be
carried on the person.
AT ten o'clock on Thursday morning
the cars were filled with the leading cit
izens Of Los Angeles, an1 rolled rapidly
away to the valley of San Fernando.
The skies, which seldom weep in Cali.
fornia in June, seemed in harmony with
the hearts Of the people, and sent down
pouring torrent Of rain from ten o'clock
in the morning till four in the afternoon.
The expression Of sorrow ia San Fer.
nando was most impressive and CON-
plete. ALI the houses were closed and
trimmed with emblems Of mourning,
and sadness was depicted ON every face
A delegation from Frank Bartlett Post,
q. A. r., Of Los Angeles. consisting Of
twenty three members, under command
Of Col. A. II. Miller, and large number
Of Los Angeles Lodge, No. AZ, +. 4 A.
NJ, visited the late residence Of the de-
ceased TO pay their respects to the be-
reaved family, before the funeral ser.
vices.
THE PROCESSION.
Soon after eleven o'clock Lodge
No. 2l4, A. o. u. W.. of which
the deceased was a charter member,
and Past Master Workman, issued from
their hall under the command Of Past
Master Workman II. q. Hubbard. and
Col. J. II. Barclay, Guide. and Seii,r
Lopez, Tyler. The A. o. U. W.. with
full ranks. took the head Of the line, fol.
lowed by the @. A. r., the members Of
the Masonic fraternity and friends. On
arriving at the residence Of their late
comrade, the members of the Lodge
opened ranks and the palI-bearers passed
through and returned with the casket
containing ell that was mortal Of Albert
BisseIl MofRtt. The bearers were Mr..
Samuel Prayer, Col. A. II. Miller, Rabbi
A. w. Edelman, John Leahy, Benjamin
Smith. Emory Green, Bradford Shauy
and John N. Barnett. The beautiful
casket was furnished by Mr.. Albert
Brown, who Is . member of both the So
cieties to which Mr.. Mofiitt belonged,
and was most appropriately ornamented
with silver sheaves Of wheat, in harmony
with the great wheat harvest which clus-
tered on ell sides, and in which the de-
ceased was largely interested. The pro.
cession then marched TO the Methodist
Episcopal Church. which was filed to
ovsrfowing in q moment. The remains
were deposited in front of the altar,
which was beautifully and boun tifully
decorated with flowers and wreathes Of
evergreens.
Il was the good fortune Of a reporter
Of the HERALD to attend the dedication
Of this church only few weeks ago,
when the day was bright, calm, warm
and beautiful, the slumb'rous air laden
with the odors Of the million flowers oi
spring, aad the fair hands that decked Il
with flowers were assisted by the de
ceased, who was largely instrumental il
causing the church to be built. Beauty
joy and comfort was everywhere. Bul
the
DARK AND MOURNFUL CONTRAST
Of yesterday was painful 10 the extreme
The ZANE hands were there to garland
the sanctuary, but all else was different
They longed for the touch Of . vanished hand 1
And the sound Of voice that was STILL
They were garlanding his burial. while
without was darkness and storm Of wind
and chilling rain. and all the air seemed
burdsned with sorrow and sadness and
gloom.
THE ORDER OF EXERCISES
Consisted Of hymn by the choir. prayer
by Hon. Charles Maclay, reading Of I
sketch OF the life Of the deceased by DR.
J. 2. Widney, followed by reading thu
23d and 24th Palm, and . manly ani
brief address by Judge z. N. Widney
prayer by Hon. Charles Maclay. fol
lowed BY the doxology and bsnediction
The remains were then taken, through
driving storm, to the grounds selected b,
the deceased for cemetery, where thel
were buried according to the ritual o
the A. o. U. W. The following is tn,
ADDRESS OF DIR. J. P. wIDNRy.
| We have gathered together ono,
again for that old. sad duty, to bury ou
dead. Death Is only less ancient thar
life, and humanity has dotted the eartl
with its graves; yet a. the centuries q
by the mysteries Of death, and the shocl
Of parting never grow less. One mo
ment and our friend is with us, answer
ing our speech, looking us in the eye
returning the loving grasp of the hand
and yet q moment more, and the voic'
is to US forever husbed, the eye ha
closed 10 open to rs no more, and tn,
hand has forgotten its answering clasp
In that brief moment annnfathomable
void has yawned between US and him
II 10 to the human heart the deepest o
all mysteries, this world-old mystery o
death and the hereafter. Without rev
elation and faith no ray Of light coul'
straggie back from the darkness whicl
lies beyond. Death would only be {
blind plunge into the unknown.
| When Socrates, representing the keen
est intellect Of that old Greek culture
drew near to his end, this was all b
could say As he spoke TO his judges
1.-THE time Of departure is ct hand, an,
we 60 our ways-I to die and you Z.
live. Which is the better, God onl,
knows"
Bat to Us has come . better hope. w
kao,o whereof we believe. We knos
that beyond the grave is another life, TO
which this is but the preparation, and b
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