Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1909-10-28
JAMESTOWN NORTH

AS tie proc cession ii ached the
church. the Scasksstt I vi Vi u u borne from
the hearse Into 4 tie sdit itics, closely
followed ~ A Il. ohnaor heavily
yelled and leaning snpo the arm "a of td'
her son, Ralph Johnspn. s5 With y un- q
covered heads;, those \ who ! were un-
able 70 gain admit ittance i TO the
church, vat tched the passing Of the
5gcasket and Its preoio GUS contents
through the portals 1, which he had 50
often walked In life: u ~ B s5s
Her Last ia well.
The casket was placed; directly ia
front of the plat form. N rs. Johnson
and other relati ives * ocupied the first
three rows; 81 seats directly back Of
the bier. The befeay we'd widow sat
5withinStwo or three feet of the upper
part 81 the casket and though $itswas
evident that she was suffering the
deepest anguish the heart can know,
she bore up With remarkab BILE forti-
studes through the entire service. Att
Its concT fusion and after al the oth-
sers had passed sby the casket, she was
the last to look upon the dearly be-
loved face. Rising Just after the
last one Of the long procession had
fled out. still sup ported by her only
son. Mrs. Johnson bent low over the
5casket In what was her last look up
on. the countenance of her lifelong
companion, her husband and the
father Of her child dren. For . mo-
ment 1t seemed that she must give
;waY to the terfible grief she must
have suffered. but she sat down
again, the casket was closed and the
remains borne. out Of the building.
placed Ii the hearse and taken to the
soemetery where was found the last
resting place. II.
ISL Funeral Sermon Powerful.
The funeral sermon of Rev. j. g.
Moore, superintend lent Of the Grand
Forks district of The 4 ethodist
church. was indeed ! poYerful one,
bringing 5a the siorts ling ones,
words 81 solx6 from a ook Of God.
the book whose chings the sena-
tor had 60 closely olloWed9 /: In life.
Many personal fsninisc we're
iirelated by the sfeyefs fsnd gentiemsn,
who had long been An intimats per
ssonal friend of M. Johnson and who
probably knew. him q we'll @ any
yother living man. s5.ss .sss n n
IL was when speaking Of the close
relationship that existed between
the late senator and the members Of
his Immediate community, the peo-
pie Of Petersburg, that the greatest
sorrow was mani fest. Telling of how
only ! few weeks ago, Mr. Johnson
and he had been engaged in oonver-
sation when the distinguished man
said: The thing in my public ca
reer Of which I an most proud is the
fact that In my election to the sem
ate every vote III my home town was
cast for me. n
The musical numbers during the
service were given by the university
quartet, composed Of Messrs. q. =.
White, s. 2. Pease, Lawrence An-
detson and Charles Hunt, and BY
:Mesdames English and Treichler Of
Niagara. Y !ts3 IS
3 The open grave was at the south.
west corner 81 the cemetery on the
west; side Of . little hill and In plain
view Of the entire town Of Peters
burg and of Senator Johnson's home.
Here the body was consigned to Its
hnal resting place, there to sleep till
1T the call Of the Almighty God, the
dead :shall come forth to live again. B
Many were thA heavy hearts thst
turned balcH ffom the grave, return
finnlg to,s the 'ctty: They had laid away
the earthly remains Of their best
friend and they we're filled With sor-
row. Never fore !. perhaps, had
colns tto ssaIo thena % strong IL tho
I'm ssl II 4 D Il q I 8! !.
:sye are iii dsat Il. a
sEEs l,e| actiys pail sbea reIss were six of
ILL old time friends 81 Petersburg,