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awaiting the movements of the procession. The hearse, which was enveloped in crape, was a plain but costly one, furnished by local undertakers, and drawn by four handsome black horses, covered with black robes fringed with silver. Each horse was led by a colored man, who had performed the same duty at the obsequies of President Lincoln.

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After a short delay the start for the centre of the city was made. The scene on Euclid Avenue was sadly affecting. There are few thoroughfares in the world, which rival it in beauty. The broad roadway runs for miles between rows of stately dwellings, which are surrounded by spacious grounds, and shaded by numerous trees. sidewalks and broad porches were filled with people. The display of symbols of mourning and grief upon the house-fronts was remarkable. Some of the larger mansions were almost hidden in folds of black. Large portraits of the murdered President were frequently exhibited. Flags with wide black borders floated at half-mast from many a lofty staff. The Avenue, like the business streets, had put on mourning garments; and even in the outskirts of the city, where the poor live in humble dwellings, the signs of grief were universal.

The procession, led by platoons of policemen, moved slowly, to the measures of a mournful dirge, towards the entrance to the public square.

The streets around the square were blocked with people; but there were very few within the inclosure. The pavilion was an imposing structure. The floor, upon which the catafalque rested, raised above the ground, was approached over an inclined plane from the east and the west. The pavilion was square; and the arched openings faced the four points of the compass. At the apex of the roof was a large gilded globe. The columns at the angles of the pavilion were graced by minarets of festooned flags; and from each corner hung a large black banner. Draped fieldpieces were placed a short distance from each corner. The façades were ornamented with beautiful floral emblems. A large cross of begonias and ivy, with arms of ferns and begonias, bore a heart made of rosebuds. Beneath was an anchor of white balsams. A large Bible of white balsams lay open, its pages studded with rosebuds, carnations and tuberoses. Part of a beautiful altar-piece consisted of an open book of pink and white balsams, and tuberoses, with pale yellow buds on the pages. A cross of white balsams, asters, roses and carnations towered above it. A tiara of balsams and rosebuds lay against a green column, over which birds hovered. Another piece represented a dreary stubble-field, brown and bare, bearing one garnered sheaf, at the foot of which lay a sickle of balsams, rosebuds and tuberoses, and the word "Gath

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ered" in purple immortelles. A monument of white balsams and tuberoses had its base banded with pink; and upon the apex was a dove with folded wings. A light-house of balsams, tuberoses, begonias and geranium leaves, with a broad base of fern leaves and begonias, bore a shield, on which in purple immortelles were the words: "Garfield-a beacon to posterity." In another structure the States were represented by columns of ivy or smilax, with the name of each in white. immortelles; while over all was an arch, which bore the words: "Columbia mourns her son."

As the head of the procession entered the public square, the bell of the First Presbyterian Church, near at hand, began to toll. The band, continuing the dirge, filed in, and stood between the arch and the pavilion. The delegates from Columbia Commandery entered the pavilion. The remaining Templars guarded the space, over which the body was to pass. Marshal Henry and the local committee came up the inclined plane; and the grooms led the black horses into the public square. The Templars presented their swords. The band began the mournful strains of Pleyel's Hymn, playing softly and tenderly. Governor Foster and his staff took places in the pavilion ; and the eight artillerymen took the coffin from the hearse, and bore it slowly up the inclined plane to the catafalque, upon which they placed it.

The scene was one to be remembered. There

was a deep solemnity about every action and every whispered word. The eye, glancing down between the lines of Templars and through the archway, saw the troops, quietly wheeling and preparing to depart. So still was it in the presence of the great multitude, which surrounded the square, that the rustling of the plants, which adorned the pavilion, as the breeze swept by them, was plainly heard. The coffin having been deposited in its place, the hearse was taken away. The Templars wheeled before the pavilion, and prepared to depart. Twelve privates of the Cleveland Grays marched to the front of the pavilion, and, four at a time, took their places around the catafalque, allowing no one to enter. The pavilion and the whole square were illuminated by electric lights at night. At the head of the coffin was placed a large portrait of the late President. Upon the coffin lay the palm leaves, and the wreath sent by Queen Victoria, which had not been removed after it was placed on the casket in the Capitol. At the head of the coffin lay a scroll, bearing the words:

"Life's race well run;

Life's work well done;

Life's crown well won;

Now comes rest."

A sad Sunday for the fair city of Cleveland was September 25th, 1881. In the heart of the city lay the dead ruler, still a President in the hearts