The daily sentinel., 1907-08-12

Lay MN lbNs lay MIN low,
In. the clover or the snow,
What cares he, he cannot know
Lay him low, lay him low
A week almost to the day and the
hour from the time of his joyful ar
rival home, from a well earned and
delightful eastern trip, on a visit
to old friends and home folks. John
II. Gallupe. beloved of all who knew
him, was laid to rest.
One glance at the great procession
that followed all that was mortal of
the remains of the deceased to his
last resting place, between the two
great rivers, was sufficient to show
that the Elks, the order which laid
him away in tender mercy, eXempli-
fed the motto of their order.
The faults of our brothers we write
upon the sands.
Their virtues unon the tablets of
love and memory"
At the hour of three. after the ar
rival of the Elks in a body $50 strong
led by the Grand Junction band, the
service at the house was begun. The
solemn, yet simple service for the
dead of the ritual of the Episcopal
church was read by Rev c. w. G.
Lyon, rector of St Matthews Epis-
copal church. And as he read tears
came into the eyes of many. as
they remembered with what a brave
spirit the one lying in the casket be-
fore them had suffered uncomplain-
ingly through many years of sickness
which would have borne down many
a stronger man. and all this In the
happiest possible spirit ready at any
time to do favor for another.
In an interval in the service, a
selected quartette consisting of How
ard G. Fletcher, e. A. Sherman, John
NJ. Conley and Sherman w. Moody,
sang Nearer My God to Thee, af-
ter which the Ells and other friends
were permitted to gaze upon the body
for the last time.
Such a wealth of floral offerings
has hardly ever been seen in this city
before. Every friend of the family
and every organization of which the
deceased was a member We'd with
each other to testify of their love
and regard through the beautiful and
sweet smelling flowers.
The body lay in the front parlur.
reposing in a handsome purple plush
casket The features of the de
ceased citizen We're extremely life
like and gave no evidence of the
struggle for life or the pain suffered
before dissolution came. Everyone
remarked the almost lifelike featur-
es of the dead. Above and around
the Casket there was a literal bed of
flowers and floral pieces. Right ar
the head of the casket was a most
exquisite floral piece. 1t was cir
cular frame of flowers in purple and
white, the colors of the order of
Elks. Within this circle was clock
with a perfect outlined dial, at the
figure of eleven and the pendulum
made of flowers. This piece and an
other large circle in which were the
initials of the lodge "B. p. o. e.
| SIS, rested on a huge bank of flow
ers, a part of the great floral design.
This was sent by the lodge of Elks.
On the casket lay a beautiful cross
of flowers, sent by the members of
| the old Fifth Street Whist club, of
which the deceased had been a mem
| ber for many years.
| At one side of the casket was a
| large pillow of white and purple flow
| ers. which bore the inscription From
| the Boys at the Depot" At the foot
| Of the casket was a large circular &C.
within which were the square and
| compass of the Masonic order, Of
which the deceased was a member
in this city.
The court house officials sent a
beautiful floral piece.
There were numerous personal
gifts of flowers from families and in
dividuals, which were banked on the
floor, on the piano and over the
mantel. Surely the tokens of love
and esteem could not have been hand
somer or more numerous than they
were.
The funeral cortege, as it followed
the band and the members of the
lodge of Elks extended at least a
quarter of a mile. The largest num-
Der of carriages perhaps that ever
| followed to the grave, Joined In
the procession.
At the grave the ritualistlc sery-
ice of the Elks was performed with
great solemnity many of the mem
bers who were closely related by ties
of friendship, being nearly overcome
with the tenseness of their feelings
Throughout the entire burial sery-
ices which were most solemn there
were few dry eyes, when in contem-
plation of the character and friend
ship they bore toward the deceased
they realized that he would be with