Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-12-01

NiroqUa. Wis. NOV. pa man of
the people was borne to his last earth
ly resting place this afternoon. With
the tones of Il tollin@ bell borne softly
on the cold winter wind and an echo
ing musket volley, the last earthly
farewell was said to Gen. jeremiah
NJ. tusk.
\ concourSe of Borrowing friends
such as is seldom seen assembled to
take part i'll the services. Special
trains brought men of national promi-
hence who had known the dead man
in the halls of state and the councils
of the great; friends and neighbors
who knew him rs stage driver. sheriff
congressman, governor and cabinet
member but who knew him best IL
friend, gathered by the bier; and
farmers came in SleighS from distant
parts of the county, Drawing ger,
winds and yard-decp drifts OF snow
The tribute was Il fitting one and was
paid in Il homely manner us suited
the man, his life and his death.
Several special trains arrived dur:
ing the forenoon bringing delegations
from Wisconsin towns within Il ri
dius of fifty miles from Viroqua
Shortly before noon the gubcrnatorial
train from Madison, which brouSh,
Governor Peck and his staff, the state
officers number of close personal
and political friends of the deceased
many Of whom had held Office under
him during the Years Of his service
rs chief executive of the common-
wealth, and nearly one hundred mem
bcrs of the Wisconsin conSistory Of
the military order of the loyal legion
The train from Milwaukee, bringing
CX-PrcSidcnt Harrison, pN-Attorncy
General Miller, Senator Villas and the
eX-governors and cX-Scnators of the
state, reached the depot ut ! 10.
4 large crowd had assembled, but
beyond Il general raising Of hats us
Gen. Harrison stepped from the car
and crossed the platform there WAS
no demonstration Of welcome or recog
milton.
Carriages were i'll waiting. and while
Generals Harrison and Miller and Sen
ator Villas were driven to the family
residence to express their SORROW and
sympathy to the widow and bereavcd
family the remainder of the party
was taken direct to the church
All night the nine faithful war com
rades of the dead had stood guard
around the bier. From midnight to
daybrcak it was Il lonely vigil An
interior scarcely larger than Il country
school house, Il dozen benches OF gray
painted pine, around and about the
walls StreameG festoons and roSettcS
of crepe relieved only by Il mammoth
American flag, the stars to the north.
the stripes to the south, forming Il
background to the roStrun; the caSket
with covering OF broadcloth anal
drapery of silken stars and stripes;
the calm, placid white face of the
dead; the thin hand laid across the
breast and seemingly clutching the
fond toker of the widow.
All through the morning the remains
rested in state, while Il steady stream
of people from far and near passed
around the bier.
The church was closed for an hour
prior to the time appointed for the
funeral services to begin; then the
doors were thrown open and the Ma
sonic bodies and the loyal legion filed
in. In front of the casket were the
seats reserved for the mourners
In the pew reserved for the mourn
erS also sat Gen. Harrison. AT the
left were the knights templar, at the
right the loyal legion, occupying seats
directly behind the pall-bearerS and
honorary pall-bearers. Behind these
were the state officials and other dis
tinguished personages from Il distance.
The church was far too small to
accommodate the crowd that had as
Sembled to take part in or witness the
ceremonies, and the churchyard and
the street Immediately in front Of the
house of worship were crowded. De
spite the cold wind hundreds stood in
the open air until the procession took
its way toward the cemetery.
The funeral services began with the
singing of the hymn, Just as L Am,
rendered by Il home quartettee CON
sisting of Mrs. f. w. Hazen, Miss
Wheeden, DR.. Frank Morley and Jack
son Silbaugh, Miss Regina Lindemann
officiating at the organ.
The Rev. G. w. Nuzum, who had
known Gen. Rusk nearly half cen
tllrv and once said that tho panaral
twice saved his little home from the
sheriff's hammer, offered a prayer in
which he touchingly referred to the
dead, the living left to mourn and the
hope of a certain reunion beyond the
dark river.
The quartette then sang Lead Kind
ly Light, and the Rev. DR.. J. D. Butler,
of Madison, delivered the brief SER
mon on the life Of the dead man, the
lesson it taught and the hope it gave
of everlasting life.
DR.. Buffers text was from jeremiah
As, xyii.-"An they that are about him
bemoan him and all they that know
his name say how is the strong staff
broken and the beautiful rod These
words" began DR.. Butler, ''befit a man
much lamented and much loved; much
lamented because greatly loved" He
continued:
'Such being the feeling of our coun-
trymen for the man who has fallen
they have come to this place. We have
come to bury him, to pay the last hon.
orS fo him fo nav orr anndo1apooS orr