The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-13

Prices THAT WE'RE SIMPLY AMAZING,
and chance to stand upon flight of steps
was worth from 81 to So. Some single
windows brought $75, and one balcony ca
pable of holding twelve or fifteen people,
near the Hotel Brunswick, brought $500.
Peddlers in the crowd sold hundreds of foot
stools. about eight inches high, and they were
eagerly snatched up at 80 cents each Peo-
pie who were fortunate enough to secure
one OF these and to elevate themselves
above the level of the crowd were much en-
We'd by those who could only see the horse
men and the tops of the folded flags. Those
lucky ones were kept busy calling out the
names OF the organizations as they passed
along A person OF ordinary height a few
feet from the line Of march. could see very
little Now and then he caught the flash
of a plume, and all the time he heard
the solemn music and the tread of marching
feet 1t is probable that many thousands
who stood for long hours hardly saw the
procession ut all Added to the difficulty
was the fact that all the people occupying
front places kept up their umbrellas and
parasols all the time, regardless of the re-
quests and enLreaties and aften impreca-
tions Of those in tho rear The promptness
with which the procession appeared before
the Fifth Avenue hotel was astonishing. At
1880 o'clock to the minute Gen. Hancock
and staff came In sight, when nobody ex-
pected him for an hour: This showed the
good of having the procession headed by
aud under the managcmento the regulars
ALMOST EVERY NATION ON EARTH,
| even China, with her violet and white, the
| mourning colors Of the Orient, horse, foot
| and artillery. civic. public and private;
| music Of mutfied drums, of brass bands, of
bagpipes, of tifcs and cymbals and SO
| through the long hours the mighty pageant
passed by. All the conditions and circum-
| stances were colossal Men grew to greater
| stature by hours that INTERVIEWED To be
part and parcel of such stupcpdous dem
onstration was to have higher ideas OF man.
kind and its capacity to exult in the pride of
| scenes as these. A great deal the
most impressive feature of the event
was the vast SILENCE 1t was comparatively
absolute. No matter how softly the
muffied drums were rolled you could
hear them squares away. The oply heavy
| sound was the rumbling OF tho cannon
! wheelA When the band Of the Third New
| Jersey regiment passed by, playing sNearer
Ny God to Thee, the sweet, solemn strains
were distinctly audible far up Fifth avenue,
| many squares beyond where they would
have been lost in the noise of an ordinary
| day The wailing sound of the flies of the
Fourth Connecticut drum corps playing the
| sad, sweet notes OF sPleyels Hymn" could
| be heard almost from the time they swung
| into Fifth avenue from Fourteenth street
| The drum corps Of tho Sixth New Jersey
band played "Flee as Bird to the Noun
| tain" and the band of the Continental Foot
| Guards of Massachusetts played Sweet
Spirit, Hear My Prayer" AS general thing,
THE CHOICE OF MUSIC
! by the bands was not good and was of too
high an order to appeal to the emotion of
general gathering. From the hundreds of
! musical organizations that passed but few
played the simple and tender airs familiar to
| the people, and dozen of the bands played
] the @Dead March in Saul. and more than that
played Chopin's Funeral March" The funeral
| hymns Of the operas were the fayorites, but
| when such an air as Nearer my God to
| Thee" was played, the effect could be seen
| at once, the deepeped hush, the uncovering
of heads and tears in tho eyes of the women.
| The bands about the catafaaue played
Chopins sFuReral March, 2 and played it mag
nificently. but would have touched the hearts
of the people more tehdcrly had they played
| @Rest Spirit Rest" or "Rock OF Ages.@ Il
was l o'clock when the catafalque
passed through Madison Square. 1t was the
moment OF the day For that all waited;
! about that ~ interest centered; from that
radiated and influences reaching to deeper
| and holier depths of human emotion than
all the music all the trappings Of grief, or
| all the vast display could go. There was a
| long break anu open space before the car of
death, and the suspense in the presence of
| that advance was almost painful. Down that
open channel between the living banks could
be seen the great black plumcs upon the
funeral car approaching; the glitter of the
silver trimmings in the sunshine; the purple
OF tbs casket that contained all that is NOR
tai and perishable Of Gen. Grant AROUND it
the guns of the guards shane At eyery mo-
faces gazed upon it
| APPEARANCE OF TIE TROOPS
| NEW YORK, Special Telegram. Aug. g.
There were few gittering bayonet~ in the
| parade WarlIke signs concealed
rather than displayed. The soldiers went by
with reversed arms and slow tread to the
| roll Of the muttled drums The corps was
marked Ao4 j2;Ecly by the long line of people
who stood, with u,,rot cred heads. on the
street, but by the guidon, tae O+L;;.irg col
4 Gwns of national corps and the battle flags
drapeq with Grape. The soldiers took part
/ in q soldiers furefal, and more devoted
tribute was never paid by Warriors to hero
dead. 4 wa: was sh ortly after 5 o'tlocs that
Gen. Hancock, with bis staff close behind
him. looking neither ~ the right nor to the
left. and sitting upon his hofse Hike Q cen
taur, rode slowly up Broadway. Already tbs
military were astir, many companies belong
ing to state organizations were pouring in the
SIDE streets of Fourteenth street. and the Sec
tioq Of the City ffpm the city hall northward
was beginning to 1ng mitA the sounds of
martial MUSIC. Suddenly t9l1oMilK close
upon Gen. Hancock aad his staff CAME Sapt.
Randolph, his light artillery battery F. with
guns glistening and horses
| cAvoRT1NG IN THE MORNING AIR
Col. Henry I. bbott, of United States en-
gineer corps, and Lieut. Eimball's Jolly tars,
from the Omaha, the Swatara tbs ;Tcl,,,l2 tcssee
and the Powhattan jolly tars they were,
though depressed in spirits, and every lhch:a
sailor w7s ZACH of them in appearance, and
as they marched ~ in double lines in
their seq rig. Dragging !. l2rnsh twelve
posader behind them, they presqrte4 pict-
uresque appearance When after these with
swinging tread came the marines and three
more battalions of sailors keel,iag step to
| the music of fife and drum corps,
matters for the time being grew lively along
! i,tc thoroughfare, to be traversed a short
while la.e4 l.; the catafalque bearing the
body of the man tttsy ts2sf been called upon
to honor: As Hancock prans,Ax ~ 5::ccd led
TIC procession that followed over the ihiies
aud miles Of streets. it was probably tic
most rem9a1kaio1s thqqt ever gathered to pay
tribute to mortal maa. Following the tars
dragging the cannon and carrying the
stretchcrs, came the First New York diyisi04
Of the National guard, Gen. schaler's pride.
1t was division to be proud of, and tho
first battery and the Ninth, Eleventh,
Tweltta. i,t; tt9! Twenty second regiments and
the Second battesy 4. hssel"d into line with u
precision Of step and q nleasass q; discipline
that is seldom equaled Quickly following
ss'Sn s "oen% S Sa ss1 tno
and then the grey ,ia;tl4 veteran guards
Col. AAstip and his staff Yere e. - III.