The Red Cloud chief., 1891-04-10

corner In Westminster Abbey, an at
tempt to pay for the sufferings
Of Grub street ] 60 into tina,
Poets corner of Westminster Alb.
hey and there / find the grlve o,
Handel. from whose music we hear 70
day, as 1t goes down reverberating
through the ages While I stand at the
costly tomb of Handel, I cannot forge,
the fact that his fellow musicians tried
TO destroy him with their discords- ]
go a little further in the poets corner
of Westminster Abbey and ] find the
grave Of John Dryden, the great poet
Costly monument great mortuary
bonors, but / cannot forget the fact that
at 20 years of age he wrote about the
expressions Of misfortune and tina; he
made a contract for !, 900 verses at six
pence a line. / go little further OF in
the Poets corner and I End the
grave Of Samuel Butler, the au-
thor Of "~Hudibras-" Wonderful monu-
ment- costly mortuary honors- Where
did he die? In a garrett j move fur
Their on in the Poets corner, and / find
the grave of a pet Of whom Waller
wrote: IAN old schoolmaster by the
name Of John Milton has written a
tedious volume on the fall of man IL
its length be no virtue, il has none"
go a little further on in fhe Poets cor
ner and ! find the grave OF Sheridan.
Alas. for Sheridan Poor Sheridan,
Magnificent mortuary honors- What Q
pity IL was he could not have discount
ed that monument for a mouthful OF
something to eat
o, unflial children, give your old
parents less tombstone and more
blankets, less funeral and more bed
room. Five per cent of the money now
expended at Burns banquets would have
made the great scotch poet comfortable
and kept him from being harried 70
death by the drudgery of an excise
man Horace Greeley, outrageously
abused while he livcd-going out 10 his
tomb was followed by the president OF
the United States and the leading men
of the army and navy. Some people
could not say bitter enough things
about him while he lived; all the world
rose up to do him honor when he died.
Massachusetts at the tomb OF
Charles Sumner tried 20 atom for
the ignominious resolutions with
which her legislature denounced the
living senator. II was too late.
The costly monument at Springfield,
IL, cannot pay for Booths bullet.
Costly mortuary honors OF the banks OF
Lake Erie-honors that cost between
$500, 600 and $500, 0~OO-cannot pay for
the assassination of James A. Garfield.
Do justice 10 the living. All the justice
you do you will nave to do this side the
gates of the metropolis The lead can
not wake up to count the number OF
carriages in the procession, or see the
polish on the Aberdeen granite, or 70
read the words Of epitaphal common
Grafton. Costly m~ausoleum of the gen
tleman in the suburbs Of Jerusalem
cannot atone for Bethlchem's manger
and Calvarian cross and Pilates rrftian
judiciary.
Again. Standing in this place where
the Lord lay, I am impressed with the
fact that floral and sculptural orna
mcntation are appropriate for the
/ places Oh the btdb- VIC dIt III kldi
that In the short time of the Sayiour's
inhumation He lay amid flowers and
sculpture. / cannot quite understand
what | see in the newspapers where,
amid the announcement of obsequies,
the friends request send no flowers
Why, there is no place SO appropriate
for flowers as The casket of the depart
II a,,r ,.anS nllnu r.naus ~
your means allow-let there be flowers
on the casket, flowers on the hearse,
flowers on the grave. F'u them on the
brow; il means coronation. Put them
in the hand; il means victory. Christ
was buried in a partcrrc. Christ was
buried in Il garden.
Flowers are types of resurrection.
Death is sad enough anyhow. Let con
s~ervatory and aborctum do all they can
In the way of alienation. Your little
girl loved flowers while she was alive.
Put them in her hands, now that she
cannot go forth and pluck flowers for
herself On sunshiny days twist u gar
land for her still heart. Brooklyn has
no grander glory than her Greenwood,
nor Boston than her Mount Auburn,
nor Philadelphia than her Laurel Hill,
nor Cincinnati than her Spring Grove,
nor san Francisco than her Lone
Mountain What shall 4 say of those
country ~gravcyards where the vines
have fallen down and the slab
L. aslant and the mound i caved
in. and the grass in the pasture ground
for the sections cattle. Arc your father
and mother of SO little account you
nave no more respect than that for their
bones? Some day gather together and
straighten up the fence and lift the
slab. and bank up the mound, and tear
ont the weeds and plant the shrubs
After a while, you yourself vii. want
Ia lie down To the last slumber. IL you
nave no regard for the bones of your
ancestors, your children will have no
Difference for your bones. Do you say
these relics are of no Importance You
will see OF how much importance they
are when the archangel takes ont his
trumpet Turn all your graveyards
into gardens
Standing in this place where the Lord
lay. | am also impressed with the dig
nifty OF unpretending obscquies- Joseph
that day was mourner, sexton. livery
man-had the entire charge of all the
occasion -Four people only at the burial
Of the King of the universe. Let this
be consolatory To those who. through
small means or lack of large acquaint-
ance. have but little demonstration of
grief at the grave Of their dead. 1t is
not necessary. Long line of glittering
cquipagcs, two rows of silver
handles casket of costly wood, pail
bearers scarfed and gloved arc not
necessary. Christ looks out from Heaven
AZ a burial where there are six in
attendance and remembers there are
two more than he had at his obsequies
Not recognizing this idea how many
small properties are scattered in the
funeral rites, and widowhood and or
phanagc 90 u to the cold charity Of
the world The departed left enough
property 20 have kept the family to-
gcther until they could take care OF
themselves. but i; Is all absorbed in the
funeral rites That went for Grape