Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-04-07

The body was dressed in plain suit
,of Tnixcd gray. The wide rolling collar,
the linen turned back from the wrists
and all the other details of dress char
aeteristic of the poet in lie were faith
fully carried out in dressing him for the
grave His hands were crossed on mis-
breast and the whole appearance OF the
body was singularly lifeliltc.
The remains were encascd in a heavy
casket of polished oak with bare
handles of oxidized silver, and were
viewed through plate of heavy glass.
4 plain silver plate on the lid of the
<zssket bore in old English text simply
the name, walt Whitman" At the
tomb the casket was placed inside a
heavy red cedar box. bearing a copper
plate with this inscriptions:
Walter Whitman:
Born May 81 1919; Died March 26 1892
Thcre were a number of floral gifts.
r Il. Aldrich of Boston sent a wreath
of ivy and viOlets. Mrs. Richard Wat
SON Glider sent palm leaves and a
branch of laurel. \ wreath of laurel
was sRDt in the name of Sir Edwin
Arnold" The following poem was sent
from New York by Edmund Clarence
<Steflman. attached to a wreath of ivy:
Good ny, Walt.
Gsosd by from all you loved OF earth
,i7ack tree. dumb creature. man and woman
To Fou their comrade human.
The ast assault ends now and
Ia come great world has birth
A Tnstfpl, whose strong soul
kIhs fHoa1er wings. more brave im1Sininys.
Stars crown the hilltop where your dust shall
i've
Zen We say, Good by. Good by" Old Walt.
r. Al
renewed . HarleiGh cemetery. where
upwards of 5000 people had gathered
and where. al 3:11, the funeral services
Ssere held under a tent.
Francis Howard Williams. of Phila-
1elphia, opened the services by reading
Whitman's Death Carol"
Thomas Il. Harden. of Camden. a
Sriend of the dead post, then delivered
m address reviewing :yhitmans life in
Camden.
Francis Howard Williams followed.
reading extracts from the writings of
Cenfncius and Buddha and the Beati-
tufies
DIR. Daniel G.. Brinton, of Philadel-
iclphia, then read an eloquent eulogy
Of the poet. and Mr.. Williams read Sc
Fnctions of the Koran" and the
prophecy OF Isaiah
s,r- r NJ. Buckle, of London. Ont. the
friend and biographcr of Whitman. fol-
lowed. He paid touching tribute to
the memory of Whitman.
Hr. Williams then read from the New
Testament the words of Jesus concern
zng death; from the book of Esther, on
=EsUscicnce, and from the writings OF
Plato He was followed by Col. Robert
e. Ingersoll. who said:
Again. we. in the mystery of life, are
Drought face to face with the mystery of death.
a t=rcst znaa-a great American-the most emf
r1Snt eitl. IT OF this republics dead before u.s.
And we have met to pay a tribute to his great
ee5s nEd to his worth. / know that he needs
~1s words If mine. His fame Is secure. He
Aus She foundations of it desp in the human
'lseart- he was. above all that 1 have known, the
enet ~ humanity, OF sympathy, Great He was
81 great that he lives above the greatest that he
cnct without arrogance, and great that he
stopped TO the lowest without condesccnsion.
81 mover claimed TO be greater or lower than
sIIT other Of the Of men. He came into
szr generation n free. untrammeled spirit.
with sympathy for Ill. His beneath
1SS form Of the sick. He sympathized
with the imprisoned and despised. And
sTen on the brow OF cline he was great
s<sough to place the kiss of sympathy. One OF
She greatest lines il literature is his.
Speaking OF All outcast-and the line is great
snougs to do donor to the greatest genius that
has ever hved-he said: Not until the SIN ex-
=fudes You viii exclude you" A charity as
wide the sky. And wherever was human
cuff ring, human misfortune. tn, sympathy OF
Whitman bent above it as the Armament bends
above the earth.
At the close of Mr.. fngersOll's speech,
which was long and eloquent, the last
Offices of interment was performed and
lene mourners dispersed.