Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-04-28

Stormncld where It had lain, to the
spot I'm Gods acre where it rests to-
day beside that Of his wife, whom "he
loved long since and lost a while"
Funeral services were conducted IN
the old Brick Presbyterian Church at
Fifth avenue and 37th street this city.
by Or. Henry Van Dyke. professor of
English literature Mt Princeton Uni
versity. at three o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon. The prayer was offered by
pr. Joseph H. Twitchell of Hartford
Conn. Mark Twain's old friend and
pastor
In accordance with the wishes of
the family. the services were very
brief and simple The only music
was an organ prelude, the death OF
Ase." by Giicg There was modest
display Of white lilies. lilies of-thc
valley. white and red roses. orchids
ana sweet peas about the coffin. Those
who wished wore permitted to view
tho features. Invitation was by card,
but after the friends and the family
had been seated tho church was well
filed br tho general public. In all
the services took but half an hour.
Or. VAN DYKES EULOGY.
:, 1T, ,dtr,ec pr Iau D,le s,,d -,
part:
This IS not he place nor the time tor
a culogy of the famous writer, tho honor
ed and representative American Here We
are all of Us simply human. The touch
of grief is upon US We think Of Mark
Twain, not as the celebrity, but the man
whom We knew and loved.
"Those who know his work as whole
know that under the lambent ana IRE
presSible humor which was MS Glit there
was n foundation OF serious thodsht anu
noble affections and desires. The marx "t
his higher humor Is That IT does not laugh
at the weak, the helpless, the true the
innocent; only at tho false, the prctcn-
tious. the vain, tho hypocritical.
Mark Twain laughed many or the
worlds false claimants out Of court ana
entanGlcd many OF tho worlds false wit
nesscs in the not of rldioule. He touched
the absurdities OF Iif" with not unklndlY
mockery, ana made MS feel somehow tn"
infinite pathos of lifc's realities. No one
can say that he ever failed TO reverence
the purity, the frank. joyful. genuine ma
ture of little children, OF whom CHRIST
has said. OF such is the kingdom OF
Heaven ="
DAUGHTERS DEATH RECALLED
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T., ,d ,h,nc 20 coo and as those
ap'."s paaa,na s,a,,or yesterday saw
49, ,,.,7,,, ho.sos o,,d tho HACK van now
49,, a, .o,,,oor -. ,.rci,,ed traccrv
Of the willows. there rose the memory Of
how the same hearse last wended the
same winding road from the same mouse
on Christmas night.
Jean Clemens died on christmas eve
while her CHRISTMAS tree STOOD III 'he Nv
ing room at Stormlleld fuIIY Eafhlshed
and untouched. Her n"dY was sent 10
t.lmira on christmas n'eh' max was
Mark Twain last 'hristmas'
NO news or the dea'h mao rea,hea u'e
fe" scattered houses 'hat are i'enu'ns'
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The storms beat upon the daughter;
yesterday the sun shone upon the
father. The hearsc plodded through
| the lanes, after It followed Albert
Bigelow Paine, the cherished friend
ana b'ographer' with Jarvis langhorn
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"ouH'"e'Per' Oh '"e i'o'' seat
mere was no procession OF mourn
ihE "o'shoorS' no oc'n"hS'Ea'loh aioha
'he way Inc SHINING rosewood cor
IN STOOD upon baggage truck In the
Slaring sunlight on tho cover was a
silver plato inscribed samuel lang
horne Clemens Mark Twain, 1870
Above the plate lay wreath OF
mountain laurel emblem Of immor-
tally picked from the Tamarack hills
Dan BEARD, his old friend and neigh
Dor, who illustrated many Of his
| books. had stumbled over tho rock