The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-22
OLD NEWSPAPER TELLS OF
THE BURIAL OF WASHINGTON

N. P. Jensen brought to this offic'
a clipping from an eastern newspa
per telling of the account of Georg'
Washington's funeral on January q
1900. The article which is interesting
and appropriate today, the ann1versar.
of Washington's birth, follows:
F. w. Turner of Dickinson handed
the Recorder-Post last week, a copy
of the Oxford, Wis, Times OF recen
date, in which the following IS pup
lished regarding a newspaper IN tns
possession of his father, at that place
I'D. J. Turner brought to the Times
office the first of the week an olo
newspaper printed in Kingston, VI
ster county New York, Jan. 4, lSoo
It is called the Ulster County Ga
zette and contains many novel feat-
ures that are a curiosity today
It has been in Mr.. Turner's family
for the past century and is cholce
keepsake. 1t is yellow with age ano
yet. very legible.
Among other things OF note IS
the announcement of the burial ol
George Washington and the entire
page is bordered in black.
The article is headed washington
Entombed" and reads as follows;
"On Wednesday last, the mortal
mart of Washington the great-the 9
Father of his Country and the friend
of man, was consigned to the tomb,
with solemn honors and funeral
pomp. !,
A multitude of persons assembled
from many miles around, at mount
Vernon the choice abode and last
residence of the illustrlous cnlel.
There were the groves-the spacious
avenues. the beautiful and suplline
scenes. the noble mansions-but alas
the august inhabitant was now no
more. That great soul was gone.
His Mortal part was there lnaeeu,
but ah, how affecting, now awlu,
the spectacle Of such worm anu
greatness, thus, to mortal eyes,
fallen-Yes, fallen, fallen.
Tn the long and lofty portico where
oft the Hero walked in all MS slony' III.
now lay the shrouded corpse ~
countenance still composed anu
serene. seemed to depress the dlgn,.
ty of the spirit, which lately I'VE.
in that lifeless form. Tnere enoae
whom paid the last sad honours ~
the benefactor of his country, tooh
an impressive farewell view.
On the ornament at the head Oh
4,o ooffin was inscribed "Judiclum
about the middle Of the coI1ln,
.c1oria Deo'-and on the silver
nlate. General George Wasnlne
ton departed this life on the l4'n -
December 1893, .AE t. 6S.
Retween three and four O'CLOCK
the sound of artillery from Vessei
in the river, firing minute guns
awoke fresh our solemn sorro"
the corps was removed panu ~
music with mournful melody nel.eu
the soul into all tenderness OF WE.
Then followed an account OIL .n9
of the procession anu
the burial as follows
"When the procession had reacneu
Tho elevated lawn, on the bank OF the
po+omoc d. where the family vault IS
nIaced the cavalry halted, the ~.
fantrv marched toward the MounI
and formed their lines-tne CleisS'
Masonic Brothers, and cltlzens, W
sended to the vault, and the tuner a.
service of the church was perIorm1u
The firing was repeated from t1e
vessel in the river and the SOUNDS
echoed from the woods and Nils
around.
Three general discharges by tne
infantry. the cavalry, and IL pieoee
If artillery, which lined the banks oi
the Potomac back of the vault, pau
the~1ast tribute to the entombed Com.
mander in Chief of the Armies OF
the United States and to the depart
I'd hero.
The sun was now setting. Alas'
the Son of Glory was set forever.
No-the name of Washlngton-,n
American President and General
over death. The unciouu-
ID brightness of his glory Will llluih-
nate the future ages.
Among the advertisements ap,
oears several curious paragraphs anu
3ne in particular which reads as ioi,
ows: "For sale, the one half Oh a
Jaw mill with convenient place Ior
building. lying in the town OF Roces, e;eso
er. By the mill is an inexaustloie
luantity of pinewood And also ~
tout, healthy, active negro wencn,
Any persons inclined to purcnase
nay know the particulars by Apply
ng to the owner
since the above was put in type
We learn that Amos = Wehs -
Dickinson is in possession OF ~
,rint copy of an Ulster county ga
ette, published in 1900.