Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-01-05
Funeral of Peter Booth.
Williamstown, Jan. 5.

Williamstown, Jan. 5.
The funeral of Peter Booth at the
Congregational Church on Wednesday
afternoon was largely attended and the
exercises were very impressive. There
was delegation from Clan Gordon OF
Barre, of which Mr.. Booth was a me M
ber; goodly number OF the members
of Company E. First Vt. Volunteers, in
the Cuban war, in which Mr.. Booth had
served, and fine representation OF the
Granite Cutters Union Of our place, OF
which, too, he was member. The
church was gracefully draped with the
national colors, and there was an ap-
propriate furnishing of flowers. Rev.
Thomas Mitchell, of Barre, who has
come to be a great favorlte here as a
preacher, occupied the pulpit with Rev
Z. Z. Womer. After the reading OF
scripture suited to the occasion by the
latter, and a touching prayer by Rev.
MIR. Mitchell, a quartette made up OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. X. Lynde, Mrs. liar
vcy l.. Cheney and George c. Wilbur
sang very sweetly a simple gospel
hymn. Following this was the ser
mon by Rev. Mr.. Mitchell, beginning
with ..the univtrsality Of suffering, from
the home"of the peasant to the palace OF
the king" The speaker "would not
make the vain attempt to solve the mys-
terry of its existence in the world" The
sad fact remains that it is here, and he
would only dwell on another fact, "that
life in any department could only come
through the suffering life of another"
illustrating this truth in several fitting
ways; passing from the lower to the
highest order of life, which cost the son
OF man his own life to give eternal life
to the world. What is meant for our
country to give to Cuba the life of free
dom from Spanish tyranny that it now
has come little nearer home to US all,
from the fact that it has cost the lives OF
some of our own Vermont boys, and
among them young Booth, when he
said he had come to love Qor he has
been most faithful in his visits to him
in the months pasD. Like all Mr. hlit-
chell's talks here, this one made most
wholesome impression.
Rev. Mr.. Womer followed him,
speaking Of Mr.. Booth as one whom he
too had come to feel a tender regard for
and emphasizing the strong, manly
traits he had found in him. 1t was Il
fine tribnte altogether that he paid him
Another well rendered simple gospel
hymn closed the exercises at the church
The body was borne to the village
cemetery and committed to its last rest
ing place, under the ritual of Clan Cor
don. Hardly midway Of the "twenties'
in age, if thus early in life MIR. Booth
must ..lay all bis burdens down." vs.
I are glad that his body, Which ifst sa"
the light among the heathery hills Of
Scotland, is to "rest in the cool earth
among our own hills.
Among the beautiful plant tributes
given for the funeral were "A wreath o.
roses and carnations from the brother
George Booth a wreath of the same
bearing the inscription, Clan Gordon
No. -, O. S. c., from the Clan;
wreath of carnations and roses with thu
inscription, Company f, from Company
f; twenty-four carnations symbolic O
his age, from his nurse, Mrs. Bartlett
of Washington; lilies, Mrs. William
Pratt, Williamstown; lilies, Mrs. Ed
gar House, Williamstown; carnations
the Woman's Relief Corps, Washing
ton, and roses, Mis-. Addio Davis o
Barre.