The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-11

of the Presbyterian church. The choir Of
Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, who
stood at the foot If the staircase, sang Abide
With Me- The Rev. Mr.. Ticker next de-
livered a short address He spoke with great
feeling. saying Death Is the withdrawal
of affection and love in the time that We
need it. Il is an irrepan,ble waste A great
mind cannot he replaced. Few men had
been Of such greatness of mind in this gen-
Grafton. Whether he considered men or
plans he was al all times wise, sagaclons and
honorable After the address Miss Antonio
Henne sang - One Swevtly Solemn Thought.
The choir sang : Beyond the Smiling n
the Weeping The casket was then closed.
The body was borne our q, the bearse at
1880. and carried to the train for New Leb-
anon.
The paI-brsrers were Saniuel J. Randall,
John Biseiow, Daniel Manning, smith NJ.
Weed, Charles A. Dana, DIR. George l. Mil
Ter, William Allen Butler, Daniel Magone,
]. b. Trevor, Dir. Charles +. Sinmons and
Aaron j. Vanderpoel. Secretary Manning.
leaning on the arm of John Bigelow, led
the bearers. He seemed rather feeble. and
Mr.. Bigelow ; assistance was not unnecessary.
Al all the stations along the railroad be-
ween Yonkers and New Lebanon, crowds as
sembled 10 witness the passage of the funeral
train. A. the train drew near the various
places the men raised their hats and remain
ed uncovered until the train passed by. The
railroad station al New Lebanon was heavily
draped. Ii was precisely 5:45 P ". when the
train rolled up to the station. Nearly all the
citizens had turned out to pay homage 10 the
distinguished dead. Around the station the
people gathered in large numbers and await
ed with solemn dcmeanor the removal of the
remains 10 the little Congregatlonalist
church, opposite the old Tilden homestead.
Business was almost wholly neglected. A
death-like stiffness prevailed while the bier
was being carried to the plain hearsei in wait
ing. Conveyances were also in waiting for
the relatives and friends. In Il few minutes
after the arrival of the body the cortege was
on its way TO the church. AT the chnrca The
Rev. Mr.. Burrill, the pastor, assisted by the
Rev. w. j. Tucker otiiciated. After the ser
vices the remains were allowed 10 lie in state
for an hour and ali those who wished 10
view them were allowed to do 50. Fully
300 people took 4 last look at their distin-
guislled ~fellow-citizen. The casket was then
closed and carried to the hcarse and the
nlournful procession moved off toward the
little village graveyard about a quarter ofa
mile beyond the village. When the process
sion reached the grave it was just $40. The
members of the family assembled al the
head of the grave and with tear-dimmei eyes
gazed upon the casket as the Rev. Burrill, of
iered PRAYER. Twenty minutes later the cas-
ket was lowered The marble slab wss then
placed over the vault and the family and
friends sadly retriced their steps. The VII
lager, who had crowded around tlie grave
then drew nearer and after g%ianeing 1T the
place in which the remains reposed. ;np.ed
sorrowfally off. This closed the sad rites
over all that was mortal OF him whom New
Workers were proud to claim as one of the
most distinguished of her sons.