Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-08-14

mansion, and soon after the rest Of the
cortege, advancing slowly to the music
OF pealing military dirge, emerged
from the shadowy city Of the dead and
broke up toto gloups among the scat
tered trees on the open greensward.
Now through the graves and over the
hill top came faulty the stratus Of the
military dirge, aud with tue accou-
paniment Of the military salute the
procession marched slowly to the
front. HOarse commands We're shout
ed, aides gal'op,d here and there,
bugles sounded commands and for
time there was all the pomp and cir
cumstance of grand military dis
play, but with the coming of the dead
silence fell upon the masses and the
men and horses stood like statues.
AT THE TOMB.
A. the hearse came to halt the
clergy in flowing robes headed pro-
cession from the carriages TO the grave.
Eight sergeants Of artillery lifted the
casket from the caisson and bore 1t
With slow pud careful steps down TO
the mouth of the open grave, placing
it there upon rods ready to be lowered
TO its final resting place when the
ground should have been consecrated
by the priests. After a moment Of
reverent silence the clear voice OF the
bishop-elect WAS heard utteriDg the
words Of blessing. With sprig Of fir
plucked from a neighboring branch,
the holy water was sprinkled over the
grave and the casket was lowered.
The regular burial service brought the
religious features Of the obsequies TO an
and. The President stood aside aud
aud remained in group near the head
Of the grave and every breath was
hushedwhile the widow came forward
aud for one brief moment looked upon
the casket. As she turned away the
other members in a body paid their
tribute Of love and respect, and then
at signal the artillery fired q salute
of seventeen guns. The Loyal Legion
moved up in line and looked in upon
the still uncovered casket and then
filed away. The great hollow square
now contained but one figure, that Of
the stslwart cavalry bugley who stood
at ease facing eastward, his bugle un-
der his arm. There was a hoarse CON-
mand at the left which echoed and
passed on down the line OF infantry,
q rattle of steal and moment of ex-
pectation, and then a simultaneous
flash and the roar OF 500 muskets.
Again and Again the volley was re-
peated. Then the bugler came to at
tention, raised the bugle to his lips
aud blew TAPS" The tones were low,
mellow and tremulous at tue start, but
with each succeeding phase swelled
clear. shrill and commanding, making
airy echoes from the surrounding
banks Of foliage, which came back to
blend again with a long-drawn wall
at the end. As the last echo died
away, and Just a. the shadow of a
towering buckeye fell across and Gov.
cred the grave as with a pail, the
groups Of living turned silently home
ware and left the dead TO his solitude.
The grave Is few rods distant from
Lee mansion, a little TO the front and
south of it, and just beyond the brow
of the grassy slope that pitches some
what steeply eastward towards the
river. Above and at either hand
stands maple and buckeye, but in
front and city-wsrd naught obstructs
the view. 1t il an artistic picture Of
farm and city, Of river, Of grave and OF
garden, diversified and glorified with
such a panorama'of stately public
architecture % no other spot on the
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