The Portland daily press., 1885-08-10

peace And he availed himself of the same
laws of war which enabled him to require the
surrender of General Lee and his army; to af-
forwards protect his captiyes according to the
usages of civilized warfare; and there, at that
time, by thus being true to himself, by thus
following out this simple and single idea, and
acting upon this guiding principle. he laid the
foundations of the good will and the universal
sympathy which now surround his bier.
And friends, in that way he came to justify
these lines, which will read to you, although
they have been published in one of our morn
ing papers, because | think they describe more
beautifully than would any words of mine the
idea which wish to place before you:
For those who fought the war is done
For them life's evening sky
Grows tender DER setting sun
Where fires of anger die,
IoWBrds the mountains of the west
They look with peaceful sight;
The storm they braved has sunk to rest,
Into forgetful night.
From foe to friend-from foe to friend
Oh, consecrated years,
How have We worked toward this end
Through myriad doubts and fearsl
The hand that laid the sword aside
Now seeks the conquerer's hand
Friends? They are sharers in one pride,
And lovers of one land.
AT the close of Mr.. Putnam's remarks
Chambers band played Nearer, My God,
to Thee, and the audience joined in singing
the hymn with fine effect. The benediction
was pronounced by Rev. A. II. Wright of st.
Lawrence street church., and then the i'm
mense audience filed slowly from the build
ing.
The success of the services is due, in no
small measure, to the joint committee of the
City Government and citizens, composed of
N A ~
and Gallagher, President Woodbury. and
Councilmen Buxton, Wilson, Small and
Mcmahon. Rev. DR.. Henry S. Burrage, Judge
G. w. Goddard, Fl. w. Richardson, w. G.
Soule, Hon. Charles Mclaughlin, w. d. Lit
tie, Rev. M. Crosley, and City Clerk Bur
CESS. 1t was to be regretted that several of
our citizens were unable to speak on this oc-
casion, noticeably, Congressman Reed, Judge
Webb, General j. NJ Brown, Judge
Symonds, Bishop Healy and Hon. A. A.
Strout, but Mr. Reed and General Brown
had to attend the funeral services in New
York, and the other gentlemen had import
ant engagements.
The exercises at the hall ended at 5.45
p. IN.
MOURNING EMBLEMs.
Besides the morning emblcms displayed by
different citizens and mentioned in the PRESS
there were several additional ones Saturday.
The large show windows of Owen, Moore
& Co. were completely covered with black,
with folds converging to rosettes in the CEN
tire. Flags edged with black were draped
over the door. Chamberlin & Homsted's
window contained black and white drapings
with portrait, and underneath the inscrip-
ton:
In war was never lion ragged more fierce,
In peace was never gentle lamb more mild.
There were also mourning tokens in the
window of Mrs. Dryden, the milliner.
In Lang's window in Hucksters' Row, was
a draped portrait of Grant, with basket of
beautiful flowers placed in front.
At Sweetsir's bleachery portrait of Grant
was draped on the front of the building and
flags bordered with Grape, were festooned
around it,
Bosworth Post hall was visited by many,
and the decorations, heretofore described by
us, were much admired.
One of the windows in Rines Brothers
store was appropriately draped and bore
portrait of the dead general.
trait Of Grant was draped over the front en-
trance to the store.
SAcCARAPPA, Aug. Sth.
The memorial exercises at Saccarappa
were not only admirably arranged, but were
carried out most satisfactorily even to the
slightest detail. At 100 p. M, Cloudman
Post, G. A. r., marched to the Congregation
al church, which was completely filled, ex-
cept the seats reserved for the post. The
services opened with a voluntary on the or
gan, followed by singing by the choir, after
which sketch of the life of General Grant
was read by Adjutant SWEET Of Cloudman
Post Rev. Mr.. Cousins made most feel
ing and appropriate prayer, after which Hon.
+. NJ. Ray, delivered telling address, fol-
lowed by discriminating and appropriate re-
marks by Rev. Mr.. Martin, H. X. Griggs,
Mr.. bennett, +. r. Haskell and j. E. War
rem. interspersed with fine music by the
choir.
The church was beautifully draped by Mr..
G. E. Springer, and the ladies of the village
presented superb floral pillow, among the
other floral adornments, on which was en-
broidered the word Grant in choice flowers.