Jasper Republican, Volume 2, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1875 — Burial of the Late Vice-Presideut Wilson. [ARTICLE]

Burial of the Late Vice-Presideut Wilson.

The closing funeral rites took place at Natick on the Ist, and notwithstanding the severe cold weather there was a large attendance. At the conclusion of the private service at his late residence, whither the body had been removed the previous day, the remains were taken to the Town Hall, where the final ceremonies were to take place. A special train had arrived from Boston bearing the Governor and a portion of his staff and several memliers of the Executive Council, a committee of the Boston city government, the Hqr. Marshall Wilder, Congressman Henry Pierce, and officers of the Fifth Maryland Regiment and of the Independent Corps of Cadets; also the Boston Fusileers, who volunteered as the escort for the day.

The Rev. Francis M. Peloubet, Mr, Wilson’s pastor, opened the services at the hall by reading the hymn: *• God is our Strength,” beginning with the words, “ Man in his weakness needs a stronger stay than his fellow-men, the holiest and the best,” which was sung by the Alpine Quartet, of Boston. Following this was an invocation by the Rev. A. E. Reynolds, and Scripture-read-ing by the Rev. J. 8. Wheedon, to' which the response “ Abide with me” was sung by the quartet. The address was delivered by the Rev. Edmund Douse, of Sherburne, Who mainly touched on his intimate personal friendship with the deceased and the great qualities of the latter as displayed in the midst of the people who had known and were intimate with him from his youth. The quartet then chanted a poem written for the Occasion. An address by the Rev. F. M. Peloubet followed, consisting of personal reminiscences of Mr. Wilson. The hymn, ‘‘Nearer, my God, to Thee,” which was an especial favorite with Mr. Wilson, and in singing which the entire audience Joined, was given with great effect. The procession formed in line of march, embracing nearly every street in the town. ■ It was tot until four o’clock that the hearse bearing the remains reached the grave in Dell Park Cemetery. The casket was transferred from the hearse and conveyed to the side of the open grave ready to receive it. The Grand Army post formed a square about the grave, while the military escort were drawn up in line in the driveway. The mourners and invited guests having aisembled in a body, the band meanwhile playing a solemn dirge, the casket was gently lowered to its final resting-place. • Mr. Peloubet pronounced the benediction, relativesand friends took a last look, dropped a few flowers upon the casket lid, and the last rites attending the demise of Henry Wilson, Vice-President of the United States, were at an end.