Great Falls tribune., 1922-02-22
OLD LDNEWSPAPER
RELATES BURIAL
OF WASHINGTON
Time Worn Copy Of Ulster
Gazette Lauds Nations
First President.

Between columns of solid black whicl
reflected the sorrow Of the nation a
the passing of its parent and frs
president, the newspapers Of that da,
carried accounts Of the funeral o.
George Washington. One of the orig
inal accounts Of the funeral appeared
in the. Ulster County IN. VI Gazette
following Washington's death on De
cember II, 1899, and ono Of the paper.
Of that issue is owned by Mrs. L. Hen
ricksen of 92O Third avenue north
The paper is an heirloom in the Hen,
ricksen family and is displayed today
Wednesday, In a window at the
Strain store.
Much Of the papers space is devoted
to the career of Washington and the
circumstances of his death, but this
review of the funeral is perhaps the
most interesting feature:
WASHINGTON ENTOMBED
. George Town, Dec. 20
On Wednesday last, the mortal part
Of Washington the Great--the Father
OF this Country and the Friend Of man,
was consigned to the tomb, with solemn
honour and funeral pomp.
A multitude of persons assembled
from many miles around at Mount Yer
non, the choice abode and last resi-
dence Of the illustrious chief. There
were the groves-the spacious avenues,
noble mansion-but, alas, the august in
habitant was now no more. That great
soul was gone. His mortal part was
there indeed, but ah how affecting!
how awful the spectacle of such worth
and greatness thus to mortal eyes,
falen!-Yes! fallen. fallen!
In the long and lofty Portico, where
oft the Hero walked in oil his glory
now lay the shrouded corpse. The
countenance still composed and serene,
seemed to depress the dignity of ths
less form. There those who paid the
last sad honours to the benefactor of
his country, took an impressive-a
farewell view.
On the ornament, at the head Of the
coffin, was inscribed Surge al Judicium
about the middle Of the coffin, Gloria
Deo-and on the silver plate.
GENERAL
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Departed this life on the 18th, De
cember, 1899, AET. 6S.
Between three and four o'clock, the
sound of artillery from a vessel in the
river, firing minute guns. aWoke afresh
our solemn sOrroW--the corpse was
moved--a band Of music with mourn
full melody melted the soul into all the
tenderness of woe.
The procession was formed & moved
out ia the following order:
Cavalry.
Infantry,
Guard, With arms reversed.
Music,
Clergy,
The Generals horse with his saddle,
holsters, and pistols.
Coils. Cos.
Simms. Gilpin,
Ramsay, Corpse Marsteller.
Payne, Little,
Mourners,
Masonic Brethren,
Citizens,
When the Procession had arrived at
banks of the Potomac, where the fam
lily vault is placed the cavalry halted,
the infantry marched towards the
Mount and formed their lines-the
Clergy, the Masonic Brethrens, and
the Citizens, descended to the Vault,
and the funeral service of the Church
was performed-The firing was re-
peated from the vessel in the river,
and the sounds echoed from the woods
and hills around.
Three general discharges by the in
fantry-the cavalry, and II pieces of
artillery, which lined the banks Of the
Potomac back Of the Vault. paid the
last tribute to the entombed Com
mander in Chief, of the Armies of the
United States and to the departed
Hero.
The sun was now settling. Alas the |
Son Of Glory was set forever. No
the name of WASHlNGTON-the
American President and General-will |
triumph DEATH The unclouded /
brightness of his Glory viii illuminate
he fut,ra aupsi