The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-24
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 to self that folly loves. Unworthy ann bition faltered at the Tomb. He saw the grave in time to turn aside He had hours. days, long months in which to choose between his duty to himself and his duty to his state and friends men make and won as only good men win. "
 .tAnd so my friends this may be aught but chance in changeless law and harmony: if life and love and rounded earth and shining star have other cause than black and shapeless accident: if truth itself be not the making spawn of falsehood then his life was. long and this is the hour of victory, complete, eternal victory. F Shall we who finger on in cautious comedy. guarding with a miser's zeal our little board of human hours. as we contemplate this life that drew the coward bolts of self and took the path that only heroes take. mingle our tears with pity or envy? Was not this. life long indeed. and will it not give high inspiration to his sons? Will it not give life and comfort unspeakable to this wife and mother and strength to all of us?
 Life is a mission. the life that is worth living. The life is measured by what it gives and not by what it takes
 
 ideal lacks everything. The man that has lofty purpose and lives for it does well. The man that has such a purpose and dies for it does all that can be done in this or another world.
 "Trus to his ideal and triumphant tragedy he has written his name high in the history of the state and deep in the affections of his fellow men. And now as we watch with Sorrowing hearts the loving hands bear away that which is mortal shall we not with q stronger faith face that which is inn mortal? Shall we anot see with a ciear- CT vision His will. not ours is done on earth and that it is in this darkest hour of what we call Death He gives his children right to see the Light that never failed" singing Nearer My God to Thee" and not an eye was dry in all that throng at the conclusion. Then came the solemn benediction while heads were barred and bowed and tears streamed from every eye. The populace had gathered outside in the sunlight and could not catch the words of the Bfsh- op but they saw him bow his head and realized the character of his utter ance and a great stiffness settled OCT i the throng while sobs that welled up from grief-strfcken hearts were plain | ly audible. | The troops formed in procession, headed by a platoon of police and
 
 casket was lifted from amid the great mass of floral offerings from every part of the Commonwealth and from outside it's doors from high and lowly from rich and poor which had sur- rounded it as it lay on the bier and again borne on the shoulders of stall wart sergeants of the Governors Foot guards through the lines formed by a guard of honor from all the Cover | nor's guards to the waiting hearse drawn by four coal black horses. Im- mediately the solemn march to the railway station began to the strains Of a funeral dirge. the military with reversed arms and flags and swords draped in mourning.
 Thouss nds upon thousands of people lined the streets on the way to the mass of humanity. quiet throng over come with great sorrow and scarce speaking above a whisper. Accom- panying the casket on it's way to the the Governors Footguards. the Cover nor's staff and the honorary pal1- bearers. the list of whom follows: Honorable George Mclean of Sims | Goodwin: Rev. John P. Neale Of Terry vile: Charles Hopkins Clark of Hart ford; Colonel Charles w. Pickett, o1 New Haven: Honorable Willie O. Burr of Stafford: Honorable Matthew H Rogers. of Bridgeport: Honorable Thomas Bradstreet. of Thomaston Honorable Marcus H. Holcomb, ot | Southington; Honorable Freeman F Patten. of Stafford; Honorable O. R Fuller of Torrington: Hon. w. M Northrop. of Waterbury; Hon. Jacot i D. Walter. of Cheshire: Hon. J. Henry l Roraback. of Canaan: Hon. w. W Holmes. of Waterbury; Hon. Charles D. Moves. of Norwich: Major Theo- dore Roosevelt. IT,, Thompsonvil1e Major Archibald F. Rio. of Water bury: Louis s. Ullman. of New Haven Lieutenant Commander Frederick A Bartlett. of ridgeport; Colonel Robert O. Eaton. of Montowese: Colonel Fred erick Graves. Waterbury: Colonel An drew N. Shepard. of Portland; Colonel Elnier H. Havens, of Bridgeport; Col sentative George H. Knight. of Lake vile; Colonel Isaac M. Ullman. of New Haven: Judge John H. Light, of Nor walk; Judge Lucien F. Burpee, of Wa terbury.
 All business had been suspended in Hartford during the afternoon and the city was in mourning Few buiidin' were draped in black because of the funeral cortege passing through only those streets surrounding the capitol grounds but all over the city myriad of stars and stripes swung to the breeze at half mast and on the capitol which is hoisted only when the execu- tive is in his office. hung at half mast a mute token that the Governor of Connecticut was under the dome of the capitol for the last time. As the fun eral procession passed from the capi- tol to the street. forty-nine strokes to correspond with Governor Lilley' s age. were tolled on the church bells about the city.
 Meantime the family of the dead executive had been escorted from the residence on Farmipgton avenue to the