Jo'"'
' dalb
somerset Herald,
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trry l'l'f iaonilr.it t i '
uitJ ui advance otherwise i M
I .ehsn
.ill be .llsomt'mied antll ll
4 paid ! fiotton"" neglectlne,
...irwra lu not take out
I Jin be bl J rriwm-I the mb-
.h-r
win fro ooe Postume to an-
Mat the nam M v
The Somerset Herald,
Sotnerstol, l'a.
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J 111 AtT'KNKV AT T.AW.
Sinmnnnl I'm
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Somerset, Pcnn a.
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A 1 1 1 14 "
Somerset, Pa.
r"7 ENTIKY
ii.-,.4
ATTOKN EY-AT LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
ATTt k s k Y - AT-I
LAW,
Somerset, l'a.
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Somerset, Pa.
jr. T'.TTKIiSON',
" ATTiKXEY-AT-I-AW,
Somerset, l'a.
.,,ntru-te.l to Ms rare will 1 nt-
f iTt. vUrtness and nd.uiT.
.UN"-
'i-fil.' " W.ll.lU I I-KI.
,rri:TU &. 1MTPEL.
ATTOKNEYS-AT -LAW.
i0- entrusted to their care m be
tW. Mxit th.
nil--
uvk.schkll.
ATTORNEY -AT LAW,
.nd Pewtioa Agent, Somerset, Pa.
g JIUMIW."'-
I DTI MS HAY,
ATTORN E Y-AT-LA W
,,-l,Tln Real EsUte. Somerset, F, will
ill nU"1""" tn. i
L'TUUPT.
All v'lvrt r. i -a " ,
Somerset, Pa.
... -it kaiMMMiimttnl tn fail care
-rt ana ttiitnt onantlee with vruupt-
iJsiKS.
' ilJJOIiN A' OOLBORN,
Tiv ifi K-YA.AT.LAW.
iew entrusted to their are will 1
, ;,.in BaCT'i Blwfc. t'pitalra.
nx ii. niL.
SuluenteL, Pa, .
ji. mttwtA t.i IvmiinfU entnuteit
, Vl.mrv advanced uo wllectluna, JU. t'l-
iKuuDivtli KnildiDC.
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW,
Somerset l'a..
. ti.in nrmtfd to bit Pare at-
1 it, ilh proniitiies and bdelilv.
JBAEH M. I- KAl.U.
hKRr.AER.
IJ ATTOKNEYSAT-LAW,
Siomersci, ra.,
T.:',,TOriiPlnSomerelandaioinliif;eonnties.
,ufn-! en:roel to taeia win winnupuj
Ufcdlo.
V
TH.UAM H. KOOXTZ.
ATKIKXEY-AT LAW,
Sumenet, Pa.,
fiil rive i.n.m:t attentloB to lilne entrut-
i. uf cair In -n,mel and adjumiDC cuuut.
:-t a Prisdug House Row.
l.!INn.S(T,TT.
1 1 ATTOKNEY-AT LAW,
Sumerset, ra.
inTtnihf Court H.Hise. Airblneeetitrst-
; b nre attended to with irroaiimet ana
rMKs l. wan.
ATltiRN EY-AT-LA W,
Sumerset. Pa.
t-r. Mammoth Rlnrk. p ataln. Entranra,
ji im street. Collections maae, kiict
tillra esaiolned. and all ieiral btuloess
aged u with prumptaess and fidelity.
If AUUE M. HICKS,
ILi Jl'STH'EOFTH
THE PEACE,
Sumerset, Pcnn'a.
H.KIMMKU. H.8. MMJiaia.
3:
?u E. M. KIMMELI, it SOX
rmler their rirotewlia! scrrlref to the clti
i(!.MTet anl 1diilty. One of the mem-
tii-t tlrtn ran at alipimee. anlese proiewK
rfre1. tie 1"ond at their ortice, on Main
"K. ektl ol the 1 la mood.
1
LJ. K. MILLER has rnna-
Jafitlr located la Herlla for toe praciloe ot
rmua. Omce ojilioeiie c nanee amti
snsa apr. ii, '7-tL
?, U. r.Rl'ISAKEH t nd rs Lis
ife1malieTvtrtnthe eiUnenS Rra
r.iiilvipinltv. Office in reiddenee on main
x:,n of the Diamond.
D
I A. C,. MILLER.
PHYSICIAN fcSCKOEON,
Jkitrmwrd ia Snath HetHl, Indiana, where be
teuoraUed by letter or uUrarwbm.
D
JOHX BILIA
alwve Henry iiemey's store, THla.ln ( run
, S-imerset, Pa.
D
'L WILLIAM COLLI XS,
PENT1ST, SOMERSET, PA.
'l.-f In Vair.moth Rlnrk. abnre BoT.l'S ITUa
where he eaa at all times be found prepar
wdo all kinds ol work. ea'h as ttllina-. reKS
a. enractinn, ar- Aniuelal teeth of all kinds,
' the twt material inserted. jrLr.l
ltirsvllle T bd'a.) Lwlleti'.SemiiiAry
"xtuu'V Eronndii. eommodloas boll.llnjrs.
K healiiiiul lucatioa.THBM-iH iSTBnrTK5.
k CalaloHuc to Kav. V. K. Ewi ,
iu PriBetpal.
PENSIOX AGENCY.
L
S.f. Sveltsrrcf Ssad Patch. Somerset eeaaty,
' Jvtlcs of the Peaoe. sunrcrur aad riitaia
"tx-fnilpromptlTeoUert all Bnonty and Pe
riaiBt entrusted to him. Persons wtshiac
ahmatttiB will addrea him at the above
bawl (lit, rackislof dlaraarfe and ynmaire
f tor reply.
AUCTIONEER.
IlAliTlES needlnt; my service no Real or Per
1 turn iait. or anvitiina to be disoased m at
will nad 1 wlil aire entire'satUlacUon.
auen by suall pmmplly aUewled to.
W. A. KOOHTZ,
"S- OoHaeaoe, Pa.
.QlAMOND HOTEL,
KTOYSTOWN. l'ENN'A.
This pofslar and well known house has lately
"J tWrhly and aevlr rebtted with all new
"wt vl luruitnre, kirk has made It a very
r lopl'l"lt place hie the traaellnc public.
taMtaadriaisrannutbeseirpasse4, ail ha
'WftratUM.aitkakari.w pablle ball attached
same. Also larre and roomy stablinc.
m tlum buj,,,, eaa tie had at the lowest pua-
ru -rf, vj lb Veea, day or meat
SAMCELCrSTEH. Prop.
. ol.tCor. Ihamoad
aoyaww ,Pa
3,000 Gallons
FERMENTED
WINE,
FOR SALE
jA-J.Caseheeral A. J. tiaaanew . C's
Nsaarset, p , his
SDSAH GROVE
a!!!1 'V'hof tisairaat, ihe placa of CBaaa
aJ e luUowntc. a list ol the kinds lo
CRpE, BLACKBCKRY,
CHERRY CURRANT,
0-DER8ERRY, WILD-CHERRY
Tu'eS(ldmn-Bnu,yto rait pen-baser.
aui u. ed h meillral and aacra-
vJ?:,,, beeraa:a by those
apars mlna.
I lie
VOL. XXX. NO. 17.
In the Itu'lilii.g known as I lie.
NAXJaLE HOUSE,
BY
ALBERT RECKE,
WRLtSALK k. BKTAIL
and C0NFECTI01TESY,
AiirrTfita
PlNr-nndtMMON CANDIES,:!! ACKKli,
CAKES ANIM1KEAU,
I
liEALKBIH
GROCERIES, FINE CIGARS, SMOKINtI j
AND CHEWINtI TOUAtXJO, FOREIGN j
AND DOMESTIC FRI ITS, AO. I
Puwii nTiiii:cil with Candles. I
"ul.s. N'n.a anil (Inlifl mi short notice. All
Oowl s Fresli, and sold at
A LOW I Ka UF.
i
i
Call and sec fur yourselves. j
I will open out with a full line of the alwve
iroo.li-. May luth.
-CENTKflL HOTELS
MAIN STREET,
SOMERSET, PENN'A.,
OlH-iiwl fur piiost.s on
January 10th9 1881.
TliN lnu is fiirnWuil in firt-'lass, iiumI
cni Myle. wild tl-e titiKlcni ronvenieiMfS ti
Ileal;r, Hot ami O.U Wutor Hatlis, larpv
Koailin Knouts. I'arlors anil CliaiiilHTs. and
liiis j;oil Stalili-!" attaclidl.
Tl Talile ami 15ar w ill be as OooD AS
THKliKST. .
From cxiK-rieiiee in (lie IlotW Mmnei,
llaltor tnywlf I ran ri-mtiT eaUnaaioii Jo all
who may call.
F. S. KLEINDIENST.
Has ftinstant on liaatl at liis
diftillery
PURE RYE WHISKY
For sale ly the larrel or gallon,
suited for
MEDICAL AM) MECHANICAL
PURPOSES.
Orders addressed to Rerlin, Ta.,
will reeeive promjit nttentin.
Man-la 2, ISSa
Jas. A. M'Millab.
Jaa H.WiTiii
lYI'MILLAN & CO.,
PRACTICAL
PLUMBERS,
STEAM AND GAS FITTERS,
No 112 Franklin Street, Johnstown, Pa.
Siircial attention Kivea to House Dralnaire and
Setter Ventilation.
ESTIMATES MADE AND VTOEI CCHE
In the toon thorough manner and K-uaranteed.
NEW BANK
Somerset County Bank,
CHARLES J. HARRISON.
CuliiT and Manager.
CuUections made ia all part of the United Slat.
Charge moderate. Batter and other check! col
lected and cashed. Eastern and Vrcsternexchant;
always on hand. Remittances mad with prompt.
nen. Accounts solicited.
Parties desiring: to purchase TJ. S. 4 PER
CENT. FUNDED LOAN, eaa be aeoomma
dated at this Baak. The ewapons are prepaid la
denominations of aO, IllQ, fO and l.OM.
WALTER ANDERSON,
COB. WOOD ST. 1NB SIXTH
ABO
NO. 226 LIBERTY STREET
PITTSBUEGH,
Mijg
no. aucKa.
la bcb K. sicca.
Anents fir Fire aiii Iifi Iiisimffi,
JOHN HICK k SON, ;
SO M CI t SET. 1A
And Real Estate Brokers.
,,ESTABUSIIED.1850. ,
Pems who desase ta aait, bay or eehaas;e
niuaertr, ar rent will Aod Kto iaetr adaniaifa
Li tmiULut taa deaerluUiim lAereof. as no cbarce is
made aaiaas sold or rented. Baal estate baalaes
gi assail will be proa) at ry attended to.
au w
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
1-7 -4 t
IIERCHAHT TAILOR,
A.1 im Icury 1 WBi-r'
LiTLST STILES Jil LOWEST PRICES.
t&SATISFACTIONGUARANTEED.Jl
SOMERSET 3? A..
fflT 7Y) CO1 Tr day at home. Samples
OU I U WZU worth aitre. A'ldressSTiB.
aua Oo runiaiid, Maine. Mar.lUjT.
MERCHANT TAILOR
LAST SAD RITES !
Witese! lj a
of People GaW
fii All Parts of .
the Country.
The I m pressi ve Ser
vices at the Pa
vilion. Eloquent Address of Rev. Isaac
Errett, Reviewing the Life
of Garfield from Boy
hood to the Grave.
iwaaarai.-.-5mir-JSI
The March to the Ceme
fery. ffTBVBnraHa!
The Final Exercises at the
Burial Vault.
O RATION OP I1EV. JONES.
AFlTUt THE FUNEKAI.
SORKDW IX FOKK1GX liAXDS.
Cl.EVEl.Axn, Sept. 2fi. The morn
ing openI cloudj', but at 8 o'clock
the heavens were cloudless. The
streets arc thronged ivith Furling
crowds of human beings, and dill'er
cnt military organizations. Thous
ands upon thousands of persons are
gathered about the public squares
awaiting the commencement of the
ceremonies.
It would seenim fact as if Cleve
land was the centre of the world to
day. Every individual that con
tributes to" compose the largest
crowd that was probably ever as
sembled in the state of Ohio, seems
to ieel this. The modest, unassum
ing wife of the President desired no
display ; but her dead husband is
"glory's now and fame's," and the
people must give expression to their
grief. The entire city is decked with
mourning.
A STRIKING CONTRAST.
A mass of anxious ncoule. six
teen years ago, in the Fame place,
beheld the lorm or tne martyred
Lincoln. That was a time of excite
ment aud of war almost, and it
would have taken but a spark to 12-
nite a great fire. But the crowd of
to-day, while it is lar greater man
was ever known in the city, was do
cile and solemn, and seemed only
desirous of contributing its small
mite towards properly burying the
dear friend in whom it had more
thrn a passing interest There is
something about the life of 6uch a
man as the one to-day buried, be
ginning, as it docs, as low as that of
any man lorn on free soil, rising
through all the stages of scholar,
teacher, soldier and statesman to
the highest pinnacle of fame, and
ending in high traged)-, that tikes
hold of the popular heart as nothing
else can. The effect of this was" seen
in the demeanor of all to-day. .Sol
diers, statesmen of high degree and
the great mass of common men, all
turned out to honor one they loved,
and it is safe to say that every state
in the I'nicn is represented at the
funeral.
Cleveland," September"'"' 2G.
Promptly at the hour appointed, 10
o'clock, the ceremonies at the Pa
vilion began in the presence of
thousands of distinguished guests,
whilst the immense multitude block
ed all adjacent streets for squares
around. The immediate members
of the family and near relatives and
friends took seats behind the casket,
and at each corner was stationed a
member of the Cleveland Grays,
each of whom stood like a statue
uuriiif; ttic ciinic -i viiiinimjc. .v
committee members about the pa
vilion were almost cloaked in crape,
their drapings being very heavy.
lr. J. P. llobinson, president of
the ceremonies, announced that the
exercises would be opened by the
singing by the Cleveland Vocal So
ciety of the ' Funeral Hymn" by
Beethoven, whereupon the hymn
was sung as follows : . .
"Tbou art gone to the grave,
. But we wilt not deplore tlioe:
Tho' sorrow and darkness enfoiniiass the
toinh,
The Savior has tia-sncd through its imrtals
before thee,
Ami the lamp of His love is thy . light
through the gloom."
The following scriptures were
then read by the Bight Bev. Bishop
Bedell, of the Episcopal Diocese of
f,n '
"Man that is born of woman is of
fow ilavs and full of trouble. He
cometh forth like a flower and is
cut down. 1 le fleeth also as a shad
ow nndTrjtittnuethnot."'i
"Iiord, Thou hast been our dwell
ing place in all generations, before
the mountains were brought forth,
or ever Thou hast formed the earth
and the world. Even from ever
lasting to everlasting. Thou art
God."
Thnn tnrnest man to destruction.
and s.i vest return ve children of
men, for ft thousand years in Thy
sicht are but as yesterday when it
has passed and as a watch in the
night" ' . V ,
"Itnt now is Christ risen from the
dead and become the. first fruit of
them that slept For since by man
i
ilke Ceremonies
HiiltitiiJe
oner
came death, by man came also the
resurrection 01 the dead, for as in
Adam all die, even bo in Christ shall
all le made alive, but every mau in
his own order.
: "Christ the first fruit afterward
they that are Christ's at His coming.
Then cometh the end. When lie
shall have delivered un the king
dom of God, even the Father, when
He shall have put down all rule and
all authority and power, for lie
must reign. He hath put all ene
mies under His feet The last ene
my that shall be destroyed is Death.
iiut some man shall say, llow are
the dead raised up ? And with what
body do they come r I hou lool,
that which thou Boweth is not quick
ened except in death, and that
which thou sowest thou sowest not
that body that shall be, but bare
grain. It may chance of wheat or
of some other grain, but God giveth
it a body as it hath pleased Him,
and to every seed Jlis own body.
"There are also celestial bodies
and bodies terrestrial, but tho glory
of the celestial is one, and the glory
01 the terrestrial is another. 1 here is
one glory of the sun and another
glory of the moon, and another glo
ry of the stars, t or one star diner
eth from another in glory."
"So also is the resurrection of the
dead. It is sown in corruption, and
is raised in incorruption : it is sown
in dishonor, it is raised in glory ; it
is sown in weakness, it is raised in
power ; it is sown a natural body, it
is raised a spiritual body ; and as
we have born the image 01 the earth
ly we shall also bear the image of
the heavenly.
"Now, this I say, brethren, that
llesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of (Sod. Neither doeth
corruption inherit incorruption. Be
hold I show you mystery. We
shall not sleep, but we 6hall all be
changed in a moment, m the twink
ling of an eye, at the last trump, for
the trumpet shall sound and the
dead shall be raised incorruptible,
and we shall be changed, for this
corruptible must put on incorrup
tion, and this mortal must put on
immortality. So when this corrupt
ible shall put on incorruption, and
this mortal shall have put on im
mortality, then shall be brought to
pass the same that is written. Death
is swallowed up in victory. Oh.
death, where is thy sting! Oh, grave,
whera is thy victory ! The sting of
death is sin, and the strength of sin
is the law, but thanks be to God
which giveth us the victory, through
our Lord Jesus Christ"
"I heard a voice from heaven say
ing unto me, write, blessed are the
dead that d'e in tlie Lord from
henceforth. Even so saith the spir
it, that thev may rest from their la
bors." THE OPENING PRAYER.
Rev. Boss C. Houghton, pastor of
the r irst M. E. Church, then offered
prayer in the following words :
"O God, Our Father, we bow be
fore Thee with the weight of a great
sorrow upon our hearts. Our belov
ed lresident is dead, and all our
hopes which depended upon his
wisdom and integrity for there fulfill
ment are blighted. Just why Thou
hast suffered this sore trial to come
upon us we cannot tell, for as Thou
hast not informed us of the secrets
of Thy government, Thy thoughts
are not our thoughts, Thy wayB are
not our ways. We bow in humble
submission to Thy will, and we
pray for Divine help that we may
not for one moment even doubt Thy
wisdom or Thy love. May the dark
clouds that hang over us burst in
blessings on our heads. O, God, we
acknowledge our sins ; we implore
Thy mercy ; we rest in Thy love,
and we trust Thee to do for us all
that is wisest and all that is best
We pray, O, God, that this great
disappointment and this great grief
may be for the Nation's good and
Thiue own everlasting glory. We
rejoice in the light from Thy throne,
which already begins to dispel our
darkness ; and we believe that al
though the earnest prayer of this
nation for the recovery of our Pres
ident has not , been granted, still
Thou might not fail in Thy infinite
mercy and Thine infinite love,
through his death to bring to us
blessings more available. O, God,
we thank Thee for the noble, grand
character of our departed President,
which stood out bo prominent before
the Nation and before the world,
and we pray that the righteousness
which he loved and which he exem-
E lined may prevail in all the
md. Amid all changes Thou only
art the abiding one. The world and
the things of the world are passing
away, but in the possession of Thy
love we are safe and secure. Hide
us there, O, God, till all earth's ca
lamities be overpast Begard, in
mercy, we pray Thee, the aged
mother, the devoted wife and or
phaned children of our departed rul
er, as their hearts are overwhelmed.
Oh, compassionate Saviour, draw
them to Thyself ; may they rest
upon Thy bosom ; may they find
peace and hope and joy in the ful
fillment of Thy precious promises.
May the tnantle of the noble father
fall upon these worthy sons, and
may every member of the stricken
family be able to say, through the
inspiration of love and submission,
'Father. Thy will,not mine, be done.'
Grant, O, God, that this calamity,
this great affliction, may draw this
family and this suffering Nation to
a near relationship and more loving
fellowship with Thee, and amid the
mysteries of large and seemingly
conflicting dispensations, grant that
we may look forward by faith to the
day, in the light eternal, when we
shall hear Thy voice ay, 'Said I un
to them, if thou wouldst believe
thou shouldst see and believe 1' Let
also Thy blessings, rich and free,
rest upon Thy servant who has been
called upon to fulfill the grave re
sponsibility of Chief Magistrate lor
the Nation so suddenly and unex
pectedly. Bless his Cabinet ; bless
all who are associated with him in
the affairs of this Government May
they be men after Thine own heart ;
may we be and continue to be, de
spite our calamities, a prosperous
and happy people. Prepare us
with Divine help and Divine bless
ings for the further duty of this sol
emn hour, and grant to" us, when we
set
i
i
ESTABLISHED, 1837.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
lay aside all that is mortal and all
that remains of our beloved brother
in tho silent grave, it may be with
tho blessed hope of the resurrection
irom the dead where we shall bo
forever with the Lord. Guide us by
Thy counsel, afterwards receive us
to Thine excellent glory" : we ask it
through Christ, the Jxird. Amen."
At this point the Vocal Society
sung, "To Thee, O Lord, I yield my
Spirit"
ADDRESS OF REV. ISAAC ERRETT.
i
Bev. Isaac Errett, of Cincinnati,
then delivered an eloquent address,
taking for Ins text the following:
"And the archers shot at King Josiah.
and the King said to his servants,
Have me away for 1 am sore wound
ed. His servant therefore took him
out of that chariot and put him in
the second chariot that he had, and
they brought him to Jerusalem, and
he died and was buned in one of the
sepulchers of his father. And all
Judah and Jerusalem tnourned for
Josiah. and Jeremiah lamented for
Josiah, and all the singing men and-
thcsingmg women speak of Josiah
in their lamentations to this day,
and made them an ordinance in
Israel. And behold, they are writ
ten in the lamentations, now, the
rest of the acts of Josiah, and his
goodness according to. that which
and his deeds first and last behold
they are written in the book of the
kings of Israel and Judah. For
behold, the Lord, the Lord of Hosts,
doth take away from Judah the stay
and the staff, the whole" stay of
bread and the whole 6Tav of water.
The mighty man and the man of
war and the prophet and the pru
dent and the ancient, the captain of
hlty and the honorable man and the
counsellor, and the cunning artificer
and the eloquent orator, lhe voice
said, 'Cry,' and he said, 'What shall
I say ?' All flesh is grass, and all
the goodliness thereof is as the flower
of the field. The grass withereth,
the flower fadeth, because the spirit
of the Lord bloweth upon it Sure
ly the people is grass, the grass
withereth, the flower fadeth, but the
word of our God shall stand for
ever." This is a time of mourning that
has no parallel in the history ot the
world. Death is constantly occur
ring, and every day and hour, and
almost every moment, some life ex-
Eires and somewhere there are
roken hearts and desolate homes.
But we have learned to accept the
unavoidable, and we pause a mo
ment and drop a tear and away
again to the excitement and ambi
tions of life, and forget it all. Some
times a life is called for that plunges
a large community in mourning,
and sometimes whole nations mourn
the loss of a good king, or a wise
statesman, or an eminent sage, or a
great philosopher, or. ohilanthro-
Lst, or a martyr who has laid his
ife upon the altar of truth, and won
for himself an envious immortality
among the sons of men. But there
never was a mourning in all the
world like unto this mourning. I
am not speaking extravagantly when
1 say, for 1 am told it is the result
of calculations carefully made from
such data as are in possession, that
certainly not less than three millions
of the human race share in the sad
ness and lamentations and sorrow
and mourning that belongs to this
occasion here to-day. It is a chill
shadow of a fearful calamity that
has extended itself into every home
in all this land, and into every
heart, and that has projected itself
over vast seas and oceans into dis
tant lands, and awakened the sin-
cerest and profoundest sympathy
with us in the hearts ot the good
people of all nations and among all
peoples.
It is worth while, my friends, to
pause a moment and to ask why
this is? It Is doubtless attributa
ble in part to the wonderous tri
umphs of science and art within the
present century, by means of which
time and space have been so far
conquered that nations once far dis
tant and necessarily alienated from
each other are brought into close
communication, and the various ties
of commerce and of social interests
and of religious interests bring them
in contact of fellowship that could
not have been known in former
times. It is likewise unquestion
ably partly due to the fact that this
nation of ours, which has grown to
such wonderous might and power
before the whole earth, and which
is. in fact, the hope of the world in
all that relates to the highest civili
zation, that sympathy with this
nation and respect for this great
power leads to these ouenngs ot
condolence, and expressions of
sympathy and grief from the various
nations' of the earth ; and because
they have learned to respect this
nation and recognize that the nation
is stricken in the fatal blow that has
taken away our President from us.
And yet this wid by no means ac
count for this marvelous and world
wide sympathy of which we are
speaking. Yet it cannot be attrib
uted to mere intellectual greatness,
for there have been and are other
great men; and acknowledging all
that the most enthusiastic heart
could claim for our beloved leader,
it is but fair to say that there have
been more eminent educators, there
have been greater soldiers, there
have been more skillful and experi
enced and powerful legislators, and
leaders of mighty parties and politic
al forces. There is no one depart
ment in which he has not won emi
nence where the world may not
point to others who attained higher
and more intellectual greatness. It
might not be considered more right
eously here than in many other
cases, yet, perhaps, it is rare in the
history of nations that any one man
has combined so much excellence in
all those various departments, and
who, as an educator and a lawyer
and a legislator and a soldier and a
party chieftain and a ruler, has done
so well, so thoroughly well, in all
departments and brought out such
successful results as to inspire con
fidence and command respect and
approval in every path of life in
which he has worked and in every
department of public activity which
he has occupied. No, I think, when
we come to a proper estimate of his
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character, and seek after ' the secret
ol this world-wide sympathy and af
fection, we shall find it rather in
the richness and inteeritv of his
moral nature, and in that sincerity,
in that transparent honesty, in that
truthfulness that lay the basis for
everything or greatness to which we
do honor to-day. I may state here,
What perhaps is not generally
known, as an illustration of this.
When James A. Garfield was yet a
mere lad in this county, a series of
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rcugiuus meetings were neiu in one
of the towns of Cuyahoga county by
a minister by no means attractive
as an orator, possessing none of the
graces of oratory, and marked only
by entire sincerity, by good reason
ing powers and by earnestness in
seeking to win souls from sin to
righteousness. The lad Garfield at
tended these meetings for several
nights, and after listening night
after night to the sermons, he went
one dav to the minister and said to
him, "Sir, I have been listening to
your preaching night after night,
and I am fully persuaded if these
things you say are true, it is the
duty and the highest interest of
every man, and especially of every
young man, to accept that religion
and seek to be a man. But really I
don't know if this thing is true or
not I can't say I disbelieve it, but
I dare not say that I fully and
honestly believe it If I were sure
that it were true, I would most glad
ly give it my heart and life." So,
after a long talk, the minister preach
ed that night on the text, "What is
truth?" and proceeded to show that
notwithstanding all the various and
conflicting theories and opinions in
ethical science, and notwithstanding
all the various and conflicting opin
ions in the world, there was one as
sured and eternal alliance for every
human soul in Christ Jesus, as to
the way of the truth and the life;
that every soul of man was safe with
Jesus Christ; that He never would
mislead; that any young man giv
ing Him his hand heart and walk
ing in his pathway could not go
astray, and that whatever might be
the solution of ten thousand insolu
ble mysteries at the end of all things,
the man who loved Jesus Christ and
walked after the footsteps of Jesus
and realized in spirit and life the
f ure morals and the sweet piety that
le taught was safe, if safety " there
were in the universe of God ; safe,
whatever else might prove unworthy
and perish forever. And he seized
upon it after due ? reflection, and
came forward and gave his hand to
the minister in pledge of acceptance
of the guidance of Christ for his
life, and turned his back upon the
sins of the world forever. The boy
is father to the man, and that pure
honesty and integrity and that fear
less spirit to inquire and that brave
surrender of all the charms of sin to
convictions of duty and right, went
with him from that boyhood
throughout his life, and crowned
him with the honors that were so
cheerfully awarded to him from all
hearts over this vast land.
There was another thing. He
passed all the conditions of a virtu
ous life between the log cabin in
Cuyahoga and the White House,
and in that wonderful, rich and
varied experience, still moving up
from higher to higher, he has touch
ed every heart in all this land at
some part or other, and he became
the representative of all hearts and
lives in this land, and not only the
teacher ' but the interpreter of all
virtues, for he knew their wants and
he knew their conditions, and he
established legitimately the tie of
brotherhood with every man with
whom he came in contact I take
it that this now lying at the basis of
his character, this rock on which his
whole life rested, followed up by the
perpetual and enduring industry
that marked his whole career, made
him at once the honest and capable
man, who invited in every act of his
life and received the confidence and
the love, the unbounded confidence
and trust of all who learned to know
him.
There is yet one other thing that
I ought to mention here. There was
such an admirable harmony of all
his powers ; there was such a beauti
ful adjustment of the physical, intel
lectual and moral in his being;
there was such an equitable distribu
tion of physical, intellectual and
moral forces, that his nature looked
out every way to get at sympathy
with everything, and found about
equal delight in all pursuits and all
studies, bo that he became through
his industry. and honest ambition
really encyclopedic There was
scarce any single chord that you
could touch to which he would not
respond in a way that made you
know that his hands had swept it
skillfully long ago, and there was no
topic that you could bring before
him, there was no object you could
present to him, that you did not
wonder at the richness and fullness
of information somehow gathered,
for his eyes were always open and
his heart was always open and his
brain was ever busy and equally in
terested in everything, the minute
and the vast, the high and the low,
in all classes and creeds of men. He
gathered up the immense store and
that immense variety of the most
valuable and practical knowledge
that made him a man, not in one
department, but in all rounds, every
where in his whole beautiful and
symmetrical life and character. But,
my friends, the solemnity of this
hour forbids any further investiga
tion in that line, any further detail
of a very remarkable life, for those
details you are familiar with ; or if
not, they will come before you
through various channels hereafter.
It is my duty, in the presence of
the dead and in view of ail the sol
emnities that rest upon us now in a
solemn burial tervice, to call your
attention to the great lesson taught
to yon, and by which we ought to
become wiser and purer and better
men ; and I want to say, therefore,
first of all, that there comes a voice
from the dead to this entire Nation,
and not only to the people, but to
those in places of trust to our legis
lators and our Governors, and our
military men, and our leaders of
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parties, and an ciass ana creeas in
the Nation and in the States, as well
as to those who dwell in the humb
lest life, qualified with the dignities
and privileges of citizenship. The
great lesson to which I desire to
jMiint you can be expressed in a few
words. James A. Garfield went
through his whole public life with
out surrendering for a single moment
his Christian integrity, his moral in
tegrity, or his love for tho spiritual.
Coming into the exciting conflicts
of political life with a nature as
capable as any of feeling tho force
of temptation, with temptations to
unholy ambition, with unlawful
prizes within his reach, with every
inducement to surrender all his
religious faith and be known mere
ly as a successful man of the world,
from first to last he manfully ad
hered to his religious convictions,
and found more praises, and gathers
to him in his death all the pure in
spirations of the hope of everlasting
life.
I am very well aware of a feeling
among political men, justly shared
in all over the land by those who
engage in political life, that a man
cannot afford to be a politician and
a christian : that he must necessari
ly forgo his obligations to God and
be absorbed in different measures of
policy, rs may be necessary to en
able hira to achieve the desired re
sult Now, my friends, I call your
attention to this grand life as teach
in? a lesson altogether invaluable.
Just at this point I want you to look
at that man. 1 want you to think
of him when, in'his early manhood
he was openly commuted to thnst
and the principles of the Christian
religion ; that he was frequently
found among a people who allow a
large liberty, occupying a pulpit,
and you are within a few miles of
the spot where great congregations
gathered when he was yet almost a
boy, just emerging into manhood,
and week after week hung upon the
words that fell from his lips with
admiration, wonder and enthusiasm.
It was when he was known to be
occupying this position that they
invited him to be a candidate for
the Ohio State Senate. It was with
the full knowledge of all that be
longed to him in his Christian faith
and his efforts to live a Christian
life that it was tendered to him, and
without any resort to any dishonor
able means he was elected and serv
ed his State and began his legislative
career. When the country called to
arms, when the Union was in danger,
his great heart leaped with enthusi
asm and was filled with the holiest
desire and ambition to render some
service to his country. It required
no surrender of the dignity or noble
ness of a Christian life to secure to
him the honors that fell upon him
so thick and fast ; and successes fol
lowed each other so rapidly as to
make him the wonder of the world,
though he entered upon that career
wholly unacquainted with military
life, and could only win his way by
the honesty of his purpose and the
diligence and faithfulness with which
he Beized upon every opportunity to
accomplish the work before him.
r ollow him lrom that until, called
from the service of the field, the
people of the district sent him to
Congress, their hearts gathering
about him without any effort on his
part, and they kept him there as
long as he would stiy, and they
would have kept him there yet if he
had said so. He remained there
until, bv the voice of the people of
this State, when there were other
bright and strong and grand names
men who were entitled to recogni
tion and reward and altogether
worthy every way to bear Senatori
al honors yet there was such cur
rents of admiration and sympathy
and trust and love coming in and
centering from all parts of the State,
that the action of the Legislature at
Columbus was but the echo of the
popular voice when, by acclamation,
they gave him that place, and every
other candidate gracefully retired.
And then again, when he went to
Chicago to serve the interest of an
other, when, as I know, his own
ambition was fully satisfied and he
had received that on which his heart
was set, and looked with more than
gladness to a path in life for which
he thought his entire education and
culture had prepared him, when,
wearied out with every effort to com
mand a majority for any candidate,
the hearts of that great convention
turned on every side ;to James A.
Garfield. In spite of himself and
against every feeling, wish and
prayer of his own hcait, this honor
was crowded upon him, and the
Nation responded with holy enthusi
asm from one end of the land to the
other ; and in the same honorable
way he was elected to the Chief Mag
istracy under circumstances, which,
however bitter the party conflict,
caused all hearts of all parties not
only to acquiesce, but to feel proud
in the consciousness that we had a
Chief Magistrate of whom they need
not be ashamed before the world,
and unto whom they could safely
confide the destinies of this mighty
Nations.
Now, gentlemen, letraesay to you
all, thofe of you occupying great
places of trust, who are here to-day,
and the mass of those who are called
upon to discharge the responsibili
ties of citizenship year by year, the
most invaluable lesson we learn
from the life of our beloved depart
ed President is, that not only Is it
not incompatible with success but it
is the surest means of success, to
concentrate heart and life to that
which is true and right, and rise
above all questions of mere policy,
wedding the soul to truth and right,
and the God of truth and righteous
ness in holy wedlock, never to be
dissolved.
I feel just at this point that we
need this lesson. This great won
drous land of ours, this mighty Na
tion in its marvelous upward career,
with its ever-increasing power, open
ing its arms to receive from all lands
people of all languages, all religions,
and all conditions, and hoping in
the warm embrace of political broth
erhood to blend them with cs, to
melt them into a common mass, so
when melted and run over again it
becomes like the Corinthian brass,
and in one type of manhood thus
incorporating all the various nations
of earth in one grand brotherhood,
presenting before the nations of the
world a spectacle of freedom and
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strength and prosperity and power
beyond anything the world has ever
known. But let me say that the
performance of the work and its
continued enlargement must depend
upon our maintaining virtue as well
as intelligence, and making domi
nant in all the lands those princi
ples of pure morality that Jesus
Christ has taught us. Just as we
cling to that we are safe, and just as
we forget and depart from that we
proceed toward disaster and ruin.
And this, when we see what has
been accomplished in a mighty life
like this is, an instance of the power
of truth and right, which sprels
from heart to heart and from life to
life and from State to State, and
equally from nation to nation, until,
these pure principles reigning every
where, God shall realise His great
purpose so long ago expressed to us
in the words of prophecy, that the
kingdoms of this world are become
the kingdoms of our God and of His
Christ, so that then over the dead
body of James A. Garfield may all
the people join hands and swear by
the Eternal God that they will dis
miss all unworthy purposes and
love and worship only the true and
the right, and in the inspiration of
the grand principles that Jesus
Christ has taught us, to realize the
grand ends of the high civilization
to which His words of truth and
right continually point us.
I connot prolong my remarks to
any great extent There are two or
three things that I must say, how
ever, before I close. There is a
voice to the church in his death that
1 cannot pause now to speak of par
ticularly. There is a tenderer and
more awful voice that speaks to the
members of the family, to that sa
cred circle within which really his
true life and character were better
developed and more perfectly known
than anywhere else. What words
can tell the weight of anguis'i that
rests upon the hearts of those who
so dearly loved him and shared
with him the sweet sanctities of his
home, the pure life, the gentleness,
the kindness and the manliness that
pervaded all his actions, and made
his home a charming one for its in
mates and for all that shared in its
hospitalities ? It is of all this the
hardest and most grievous now, that
those bound to him by the tenderest
ties in the home circle are called to
yield to the grave, to h :ir that voice
of love no more, to beliuM that man
ly form no longer iii.ving in the
sweet circle of home, to receive no
more the benediction of the loving
hand of the father that sted upon
the heads of the childn i am! com
manded the blessings of A(x upon
them.
The dear old mother, who realizes
so here to-day that her fourscore
years are after all but sorrow and
labor, to whom we owe, back of all
I have ioken of, the education and
training that made him what he was,
and who has been led from that
humble home in the wilderness side
by side with him in all his elevation,
and assured him the triumph and
the glory that came to him step by
step as he mounted up from high to
higher to receive the highest honors
that the land could bestow upon
him. Left behind him lingering on
the shore when he has passed over
to the other side, what words can
express the sympathy that is due to
her, or the consolation that can
strengthen her heart and give her
courage to bear this bitter bereave
ment ? And the wife who began
with him in young womanhood, has
bravely kept step with him right
along through all his wondrous ca
reer, and who has been not only his
wife but his friend and his counselor
through all their succession of pros
perities and the increase of influence
and power, and who, when the day of
calamity cameT was there, his minis
tering angel, his prophetess and his
priestess; when the circumstances
were such as to forbid ministrations
from other hands, speaking to him
the words of cheer which sustained
him through that long, fearful strug
gle for life, and watching over him
when his dying vision rested upon
her beloved form and sought from
her eyes an answering gaze that
should speak, when the world could
not steak. a love that has never
died and that now must be immor
tal. And the children who have
grown to a period when they can re
member all that belonged to him
left fatherless in a world like this,
yet surrounded with a Nation's
sympathy and with a world's affec
tion, and able to treasure in their
hearts the grand lessons of his noble
and wondrous life, may be assured
that the eyes of the nation are upon
them and the hearts of the people
go out after them. While there is
much to support and encourage, it
is still a sad thins, and calls for our
deepest sympathy that they have
lost such a father, and are left to
make their way through this rough
world without his guiding hand or
his wise counsels. But that which
makes this terrible to them now is
just that which, as the years go by,
will make very sweet and bright
and joyous memories to all the lips
of the coming years, by the very loss
which they deplore and by all the
loving actions that bound them in
blessed sympathy in the home cir
cle. They will live over again ten
thousand times all the Sweet life of
the past ; and though dead, he will
still live with them, and though his
tonsrue be dumb in the grave, will
speak anew to them ten thousand
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beauuiui lessons oi love ana ngni
eousness and truth. Mav God in
His infinite mercy fold them in His
arms and bless them as the need in
this hour of thick darkness, and
bear them safely through what re
mains of the troubles and Borrows
of the pilgrimage into the everlasting
home where there shall be no more
death nor crying, neither shall there
be any more pain, for the former
things shall have forever passed
away.
We commit you, beloved friend,
to the arras and care of the Ever
lasting Father, who has promised to
be the God of the widow and toe
fatherless in His holy habitation,
and whose sweet promise goes with
us through all the dark and stormy
paths of life, "I will never leave thee
nor forsake thee."
I have discharged now the solemn
covenant trust reposed in me many
years ago, in harmony with a fricml
ship that has never known a cloud,
a confidence that Usut never trem
bled, a love that has never changed.
Fare thee well, my friend and broth
er. "Thou hast fought a good fight,
thou hast finished thy course, thon
hast kept the faith. Henceforth
there is laid up for thee a crown of
righteousness which the Iird, the
Righteous Judge, will give to th-
in that day, and not unto thee only
but to all them also who love his
offering."
Dr. Errett was listened to with a
close and earnest - attention. He
spoke lor forty minutes, and when
he closed a huHh for a moment hung
over the vast audience.
Rev. Jabcz Hall then read Gar
field's FAVORITE HYMN,
which was beautifully sung tj the
Vocal Society, as follows : - '
Ho, reapers of life's hanrest.
Why stand with rtvted Made,
L'ntil the night draws round thee,
And day begins to fade
Why stand ye idle, waiting,
For reapers more to come?
The golden mom is pawinp.
Why ?it ye idle, dnmh.
Thrift in yonr sdiarrn-iMil
And (rather in 1 1 gmia ;
The night is fust approaching,
Ami soon will eome again. ,
The Xlasti-r calls for reajien, " " J '
And shall He call in vain ?
Shall sheaves lie there unfathered.
And waste upon the plain?
Mount up the bights of wltdoni.
And crush each error low ;
Keep back no words of knowledge
That human hearts should know ;
He faithful to thy m union
In service of thy Lord,
And then a golden choplrt
Hiall be thy Cm rewsrd.
Dr. Charles S. Pomeroy then de
livered the final prayer and benedic
tion. MARCH TO THE CEMETERY.
There were a few moments of com
motion and of preparation. The
Washington Marine Band played
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funeral procession moved from Mon
umental Park at five minutes before
12 o'clock. The time occupied in
moving the casket from the pavilion
to the funeral car was about fifteen
minutes. A corps of U. S. marines
formed parallel lines from the east
side of the pavilion to the east en
trance to the Park, through which
the casket was born on the shoul
ders of the U. S. artillerymen to the
funeral car, followed by the mourn
ers, who took seats in the carriages.
No one excepting the family, mem
bers of the several committees, and
distinguished guests were admitted
within the gates of the Park. The
military presented
A MAGNIFICENT SCENE.
The column was headed by that
veteran volunteer organization, the
Boston Fusileers, who have traveled
from Massachusetts in order to pay
a last tribute to their deceased com
rade by participating in the obse
quies. They were followed by com
panies B and F - of th Seventy
fourth National Guard of New York,
the Buffalo City Guard Cadets, and
the Buffalo City Guard. Next came
the famous U. S. Barracks Band of
Columbus, followed by the Gover
nor's Guard, the Toledo Cadets, the
Washington Infantry of Pittsburgh,
the GatUing Gun Battery and the
Cleveland Light Artillery followed
in platoon front The procession
was practically the same as that in
dicated in the programme.
THE SIX MILES OF ECCLID AVENUE
through which the procession march
ed were draped and appropriately
decorated. The designs were varied
nnl h.milsomelv and tastefully ar
ranged. . Life size pictures of the
dead President hung m ironi oi
mnnv nf the handsome mansions
along the avenue, draped with the
N ational colors, entwined wiui neavy
black crape, relieved by festoons of
vKit; Tn the lawns in front of a
large number of residences tasteful
designs have been erected, urosen
aVi.ifts nrrounded with, wreathes of
white roses festooned with smilax,
massive crosses, sheet anchors, harps
and crowns were seen on every
hand, elaborately decorated with
evergreens and flowers suitable lor
mourning designs. On Prospect St.,
Bofrn A in hen.ntv to Euclid avenue.
and on other streets leading to the
cemetery, there was tne same uni-
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the residents. Elegant silk flags
trimmed with black, nung nom
many a staff, and broad bands of
crape were stretched from roof to
foundation on many of the residenc
es. Every available place for wit
nose incr tVi funeral on Euclid ave
nue was utilized. Stands were erect
ed in all the vacant lots on the route
v.rA uriM I Vi vfltrt lawns were
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occuiieu by raised platforms, and
the roof of every portico held as
manv chairs as could te crowuea
upon it The Ashtabula . Battery,
which was stationed along the line
of march, divided into two sections
three miles apart, fired minute guns
as the funeral procession passed.
A HEAVY RAIN
delayed the funeral procession so
that the line had to be broken be
fore it reached the cemetery, and
forming in files on either side of the
for nearly three miles, the
military and civic societies made
way for the funeral car. ine rune
militia wsra stationed at the en
trance to the cemetery and on either
side of the drive-ways leading to tne
vault where, at the request of Mrs.
Garfield, it was decided to place the
remains. The steps to the vault
were carpeted with flowers, and on
aiiiA nf th entrance were an
llstiv. a suawv w-
anchor of tube rows and a cross of
white smilax and evergreen was les
tooned above. A heavy black cano
py was erected over the steps from
which the exercises were to be con
ducted. At 3:.T0 o'clock the proces
the cmtewav. which was
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arched over with black with appro
priate inscriptions. In the keystone
were the words "Come Home to
Rest ; on one side were the words,
"Lay Him to Rest Whom We Have
learned to Love," and on the other,
"Ijv Him to Rest Whom We Have
Learned to Trust" A massive crow
of evergreens swung from the centre
of the arch. iThe U. S. Marine Band
continuing the sweet, mournful
strains it had kept up dunngthe
entire march, entered first Then
came the Forest City Troop, of
Cleveland, which was the escort of
the President to his inauguration.
Beside them came the funeral car
with its escort, with twelve L. S. ar
tillerymen, followed by a battalion of
Knigits Templar and the Cleveland s
Gravs. The mourners' carnages
and those containing the guard of
honor comprised all of the proces
sion that entered the grounds. The
cavalry halted at the vauU and
drew up in line facing it, with sa
bres presented. The car drew up
in front, with the mourners' camag
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