Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-28

TINT she would md it at last. Look after
our dear children and direct them IN the
paths of rectitude. 1t would distress me lar
from an honorable, upright and virtuous
life than it would to know that they were
nrostrated on a bed of sickness from which
never given us any cause for alarm on their
account and l earnestly pray they never Will.
With these few injunctions and the knowl,
Of The dutiful affection OF all u children. L
bid you a final farewell until we meet IN an,
other and, 1 trust, a better world. You Will
find this on On my person after my demise
Doing nothing for show, yet he made pub,
lie recognition of God by his faithful and
s sSip. Hs %as not s5te a sisos: WPSi!e G he demsna:
cd religion as the safeguard of a free people
he accorded to all the largest freedom OF
education should be non.sectarian but not
non-religious. His Des Moines speech on ed
ucation was not against the Roman CATHOLIC
ton. The order issued during the war ex-
GLIDING certain Jewish traders from q given
military district did not originate with him
not t asai beatit tnd !e" aRiess ed ' is he ee that cons nls
sidereth the poor" Strangers might re-
Yet the poor viii rise up and cali him
blessed. Many were the pensioners on his
kindly bounty. In private, unseen life, he
loved his enemies; not as he loved his
friends, but he loved them as enemies by
doing them good as he had opportunity: On
revived in oil our hearts, l said to him, you
are u man of providence: God made you the
instrument to save our Nation and he may
by you and may raise you up" With a mind
clear and a voice distinct, he replied, Il do
not wish to proclaim it, but should He spare
throw all my, influence by my example in
He is gone, but shall death defeat q pur-
his death than in his life? What home has
not felt the sympathetic CHI ord touched by
the invisible land of his terrible but patient
strife have died out or the hearthstone of
the Nation. How political animositips have
skulkcd away in shame from the peaceful
even dare to die to do SO much for mankind.
and this was his consolation. And where in all
the annals of the church shall we find adyinlg
light of April l all thought the cnd was come.
The sufferer revived. Heaven added months
to a life SO dear to us all. When he had re-
the supreme thought ON our mind when
eternity seemed so near2'' 1.-THE comfort Of
the CONSCIOUSNESS that l had tried to live n
| which revealed the hidden life of his soul.
And so came his last night.
The services concluded by the singing of
the hymn NEARER My God to Thee" and
the %pronouncing of the benediction. The
people evinced a desire to once more enter
the cottage and view the remains, but the
neaness of the hour for the start of the fu-
neral train compelled the officials to refuse
admittance.
About 1890 p. m., the members of the
U. S. Grant Post, of Brooklyn, drew up in
front of the cottage, and the Occupations
appointed to remove the remains entered
and soon reappcared bearing the casket.
menced. The military were drawn up on
either side and, as the members of the
Post bearing the remains passed through,
the soldiers saluted, while the people ull-
covered and bowed their heads.
The funeral train, which consists of seven
cars, awaited at the depot. Next to the en-
CINE came the funeral car. The transfer of
the remains from the cottage to the train
was without incident, and at 1858 the train
steamed out from the depot.
Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Sartoris and the other
female members of the household left on
the four p. III. train for New York, stating that
they were going directly through to New
York. 1t is reported, however, that they
took this course in order to conceal the fact
that they were to stop at Albany, thus
avoiding publicity.
The art llery from Fort Warren had been
firing the minute guns only about ten min
utes yesterday when one of the privates,
while reloading one of the pieces, was
thrown to the ground by a premature dis
charge. The man was Private Timothy
Aldman, of the Fourth Artillery. The left
| side nf hiS fono WAC fOr, ppo,, f1o rirIf ox.o
it is thought is blown out and the thumb of
the right-hand was pulled completely out of
the socket. His hand and wrist was black
ened with powder.
SARATOGA, August 3.-The funeral train
with remains of General Grant arrived here
at lao. 1t was received with a salute of
artillery by United States troops posted at
the entrance to the depot. The transfer was
made to the Albany train in the depot
itself for the line of the Delaware
& Hudson road running through it.
The journey from Mt. McGregor here was
without incident Of interest. At points
along the line of road there had gathered
groups of men, women and children who
came to witness the passage of the funeral
train. Many Of these displayed mourning
badges.
AT ALBANY.
ALBANY, August Sat every switch
and crossing from the place of transfer
through Saratoga to Albany, stood a men,
Der Of the e. A. r. The train consisted of
nine cars. On locomotive No. 210, painted
black, rode the Superintendent of the Di-
vision, then came a baggage car, then the
funeral car 'Woodlawn," then three draw
ing-room cars and four ordinary coaches.
The draping of the entire train was very
fine-a SOmbreneSs and jmnrpssiveness u,aro
had by the simplest and most artistic means
the material used was black ladies' cloth.
and it covered the entire exterior of each
car except the roofs. Plain pleating in the
form Of the Greek cross was the only at
tempt at relieving the great plainness of the
drapery on the sides of the car except on
the funeral COACH, which had the American
flag festooned on each side. The drapery
was done under the direct supervision Of