The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-12
NEWSPAPER 118
YEARS OLD OWNED
BY A MEMPHIAN
Contains Account of Burial
of George Washington, First
President of United States.
Spelling Unique Feature.

A copy Of a newspaper 11s years old
printed in Kingsport, N. Y, on Sat,
urday. Jan. 4, 1900. is in possession
Of Mrs. G. A. LAWSON, 11l2 Latham
street. chief clerk in draft board No. 3
which, aside from other interesting fea.
lures. gives an account OF the burial Of
Gen. George Washington three days
before the paper was published.
The paper was called the Utter
ulster County Gazette and was print.
cd by Samuel Freer & Son. 1t is a
icur-page paper Of four columns each
and contains mostly news Of congress
A unique feature Of ii Is the ancient
- which looks like II" in old prints
Following is the account Of the
burial Of Cen. Washington, the first
president OF the United States:
Georgetown, Dec. 20.
on Wednesday last. the mortal part
OF WASHINGTON the great, Father oil
His Country and Friend Of Man, was
configned to the tomb, with solemn
honours and funeral pomp.
A multitude Of persons attended from
the choice abode and laft residence OF
the luxurious chief. There' we're the
groves the spacious avenues, the beau
titul and sublime scenes, the noble
manhon-but. alas, the auguft (august)
irhabitant was now no more. That
great soul was gone. His mortal part
there, indeed. but ah! how af-
tecting, how awful the spectacle of
such worth and greatness, thus, to
mortal eyes, fallen!-Yes! Fallen,
Fallen,
In the long and lofty portico where
oft the Hero walked in all his glory,
now lay the fhrouded (shrouded)
corpse. The countenance ftill (stilD
composed and serene, seemed to ex-
lately dwelt in that lifeless form.
There those who paid the laft sad
honours to the benefactor OF his coun-
try, took an impretftve-a farewell
view.
on the ornament, at the head Of the
coffin, was inscribed SURGE AID
JUplClUM-about the middle Of the
coffin GLORIA DE0-and on the silver
plate;
GENERAL
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Departed this life on lith December,
1893 Act. 81.
Between 3 and 4 o'clock the sound
OF artillery from a veffel (vesse) in
the river awoke afrefh (afresh) our
solemn ~sorrow-the corpse was moved
"A band Of mufic with m%ournful mel
ody melted the soul into the tender
Of woe.
The proCeffion was formed & moved
on in the following order.
Cavalry.
Infantry. .
Guard
with arms reversed)
Mufic.
Clergy.
Inc Generals horse, with his saddle
and holfters and piftols.
Coils; Simms, Ramsay and Payne; pail
bearers, CORPSE; pallbearers;
Coils. Gilpill, Marfteller
and Little.
Mourners.
Masonic brethren.
Citizens.
When the procession had arrived at
the bottom Of the lawn on the bank
OF the Potomac, where the family vault
Is placed, the cavalry haulted, the in
iantry marched toward the mount and
formed their lines-the Clergy, the
Masonic Brothers and the Citizens de-
seconded to the Vault and the funeral
service of the church was formed
Inc ilring repeated from the veffel In
the river and the sounds echoed from
the woods and hills around.
Three general discharges by the in
~fantry-the cavalry and the IL pieces
Of artillery, which lined the banks OF
the Potomac back of the vault and
paid the Taft tribute to the entombed
Commander in Chief Of the Armies of
the United States and to the departed
hero.
The sur is now setting Alas, the
SON OF GLORY was set forever. No
the name OF WASHINGTON-the
American PRECEDENT and General-wil
triumph over death. The unclouded
brightness Of his glory will Illuminate
future ages! Amen.