The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-12-10

polished Maine granite, thirty feet high and
seven feet at the base. 1t was erected three
years ago, when Mr.. Hendricks was deemed
the grave of Morgan Hendricks, the only
child born to Mr.. and Mrs. Hendricks, who
died in 1851, in his third year. This grave
was completely imbedded in flowers by the
opened to deposit all that was mortal Of
Thomas A. Hendricks is the counter
part of q mausoleum, having been
encased completely in stone; Look
i Ing into %ss t the . oR Red e gr sTsrsr to the sm yisw
and cut flowers, the stone inclosure having
been lined with these beautiful emblens.
When the hearse had halted near the lot
the casket was borne to the grave, the ven
and reading the verses for the dead, and
after the lowering of the casket, Rev. DR..
Jenckes read the committal service, the
Bishop closing with prayer and benedic-
ton. Only the widow and her supporters
approached to the grave, the remaining
multitude standing off, silent spectators.
The head of the funeral column entered
the cemetery at 2;46, the hearse reaching
the grave at 2:4 O'Clock. The closing rites
at the grave were performed a few minutes
hour and five minutes passing a given
point, and the rear of the column had only
left the business portion of the city few
minutes before the first division had sp-
preached the cemetery.
THE SCENES AT THE RAW
Were impressive. There was no special re-
straint upon admittance to the cemetery,
and several hundred persons had gathered
about the grave before the funeral party
arrived. The body of the procession had
disbanded after passing beyond the city
mounted escort, entered the cemetery. The
space reserved about the grave had only
been defined by placing. a line of plants
and evergreen twigs, which was quite suf-
ficient to protect from intrusion. Just be-
fore the lead of the column came up the
crowed was pushed back further to give
ample room to the friends, who were as
signed the side of the greEe from where
the column approached. This order was
When Mrs. Hendricks, leaning upon the
arm of Mrs. Morgan, stepped upon the
mating placed alongside the grave and be-
fore the casket was removed from the
last resting place of her dead, only to see a
picture of lovliness in its lining of green
caves and flowers. Then she turned to the
grave of her child, which had been made
ers, and read in letters of white his baby
name, NMorgie." and on the top of the grave,
on a field of white, in purple letters, the
sentence, "And a three-fold cord shall not
be broken" The tender o v which she
discerned in this treatment of her treasure
by sympathetic friends, seemed to give her
courage for the last ordeal. Her glance
then caught the monument decorated with
the National flag ,enveloping q lfe-like
| portrait of her husband facing the grave,
| and she turned with the bravery of heroisln
to witness the last rites.
There had been no rainfall for a brief
period, but the sky was lowering. Just as
the coffin was placed beside the grave
ing many to recall the old saying, "Bless.
ed are the dead whom the rain rains on
The Columbus Barracks Band at this point
played the American hymn and the read.
only leaned more heavily upon Mr.. Nor.
gan, resting her head at last upon his
shoulder, but her self-control was bravely
maintained.
sional Committee, the members of the Cab
met and other distinguished visitors, stood
upon the other side of the grave. The words
of the clergyman were now and theI
drowned by the sound of the minute guns
which kept firing until after the interment
was over.
When the coffin had been lowered into
the grave by the colored assistants of the
undertaken, and there was nothing remain
ing to be done-for the placing of the stone
and the filling of the grave was to be at
tended by the cemetery force-there was {
moments pause, and the silence wa broker
only by the minute gun. Then Mrs. Hen
bricks and the friends of the family passed
c1Oh, u iSPSiiah1 6idScs di'
took their carriages.
The people who had waited so respect
fully then flocked to the grave to get {
nearer view. The military order, FORWARD
march, started the soldiers homeward, thu
carriages rapidly rolled away, and the dis
tinguished dead was left alone.
Among those who have borne something
more than the ordinary sorrow of this be
reavement is the rector, Mr.. Jenckes. !
v q observed that during the reading o
b s brief address his voice moro than ono
failed, and when, at the close, he pronounc
ed his farewell, the word became almost
wall of grief. Tears were seen to start il
many eyes, and sobs were audible in differ
emit parts of the church. This feeling wa
intensified as that thrilling solo, crock O
Ages" was sung.
We are under obligations to the ente1
prising and sprightly Erenfng Post, G
Cincinnati, for the use of the above illu.