St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-07-30

lie obsequies will take place Saturday
and the interment will then follow in
Riverside Park.
/ On Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, friends
and the public will be free to view the
remaius of Gen. Grant in the cottage
/ parlor at Mt. McGregor, where they
will lie in state that day. On that day
the principal funeral service will be
held at the cottage, where DR.. New
man will deliver the funeral Grafton,
/ and at that time the president and
state governors are expected to De
present. The interment service IN
New York will be confined to the
Methodist ritual.
THE BURIAL PLACE.
Riverside Park, in New York city,
selected as the burial place of General
/ Grant, is on elevated ground, near One
! Hundred Twenty street, from
which there is good view of the Hud-
son river and Long Island sound. 1t
is charming location, some miles
| above the popular pleasure resorts in
Central park, and elevated nearly 300
| feet above the Hudson river. 1t is in
"a neighbOrhO0d as yet thinly settled,
but it is likely to be rapidly improved
in the future. The park commissions
ers say that about 20 acres can be set
apart and improved for the burial site,
which will be close to the Hudson riv-
er side, and near the upper end OF
Manhattan Island.
Gen. Grants old negro coachman,
Albert Hawkins, has sent this dispatch
to Gen. Horace Porter: "As the dear
/ generals old coachman for years can
you not aid in arranging that should
drive for him for the last time at the
funeral / want to do something In
his honor and would like to do that.
His request will probably be granted.
There was most devoted attachment
| for General Grant on the part of this
cOlOred man, and the general thought
mnch of him. He is a most faithful
fellow, and black as coal.
GRANTS GRATITUDE FOR SYMPATHY AND
JOY OVER A RE UNITED NATION.
1t is very pleasant to know that the
universal expressions of sympathy and
regard manifested during Gen. Grants
illness, were a great pleasure TO him.
Since his decease, the following state
ment made by him to DR.. Douglas July
/, concerning his condition and his
feelings of gratefulness, has been made
public: ..
81 know that gain strength some
days, but when do go back it is be-
yond where | started to improve. |
think the chances are very decidedly
in favor of your being able to keep me
alive until the change of weather
toward winter. OF course there are
contingencies that might arise at any
time that would carry me off very sud
denly. The most probable of these is
choking. Under the circumstances,
life is not worth the living. | am very
thankful for thankful, glad was writ
ten, but scratched out and thankful
substituted to have been spared thus
long, because it has enabled me to
practically complete the work in which
| take so much interest. | cannot stir
mp strength enough to review it and
make additions and subtractiOns that
would suggest themselves Ito me and
are not likely to suggest themselves to
any one else. Under the above cir
cumstances, | will be the happiest the
most pain ! can avoid. If there is to be
any extraordinary cure, such as some
people believe there is to be, it will de-
velop itself. L would say, therefore,
to YOU and your colleagues to make me
us comfortable as yOn can. If it is
within Gods providence that should
go now, l am ready to obey His call
without murmur. | should prefer
going now to enduring my present
suffering for single day without a
hope of recovery. AS | have stated,
am thankful for the prOvidential ex-
tension of my time to enable me to
continue my work. ! am further
| FIJI in, a
gree thankful, because it has enabled
me to see for myself the happy harmo-
ny which so suddenly sprung up be-
tween those engaged but few short
years ago in deadly conflict. 1t has
been an inestimable blessing to me to
hear the kind expressions toward me
in person from ali parts of our country,
from people of all natiOnalities, of all
religions and of no religion, of cOnfed-
crate and of national troops alike, of
soldiers organizations, of mechanical,
scientific, religious and other societies,
embracing almost every citizen in the
land. They have brought JOY to my
heart, if they have not effected Il cure.
So to you and your colleagues | ac-
knowledge my Indebtedness for having
brought me through the valley of the
shadow of death to enable me to wit
ness these things"
MESSAGES OF COINCIDENCE.
Among the first of many messages
of sympathy which poured i'll upon the
bereaved family at Mt. McGregOr was
this from President Cleveland to Mrs.
Grant: Accept this expression of my
heartfelt sympathy of your great af
Fiction. The people OF the nation
mourn with you, and would reach, if
they could, with kindly comfort, the
depths of the sorrow which is yours
alone and which only the pity of God
can heal.
Ex-President Arthur telegraphed !:
| am greatly grieved to get the sad
news of the generals death. Pray ac-
cept my most sincere sympathy.
The prince and princess of Wales
cabled as follows: Accept eur deepest
| sympathy in the loss of your distin
! guished husband. We shall always
look back with qualification at having
had the advantage of knowing him
personally.
James g. Blaine telegraphed Please
accept my profoundest sympathy in
your great bereavement. The entire
nation mourns the loss of its first sol
dier and its first citizen.
John A. Logan's message was: The
painful news to me of your fathers
death has just been received. The
sympathy of myself and family goes
out from the depth of our hearts to
your mother and all of you in your
great bereavement. The country is
filled with sympathy and grief at this
news, but its loss must grow upon 1t as
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