Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1875 — The Last Sad Rites. [ARTICLE]

The Last Sad Rites.

The dosing funeral ceremonies over the remains of the late, Vice-President IV ilson took place at Natick, Mass., 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 tak,en to the Town Hall, wherethe final ceremonies were to take place. A special train had arrived from Boston bearing the Governor and a portion of his staff and several hiembers of the Executive Council, a committee of theBostoa city government, the Hon. Marshall Wilder, Congressman Henry Pierce, and officers of the Fifth Maryland Regiment and of the Independent Corps of Cadets; also the Boston Fusiieers, who volunteered as the escort for the day. The Rev. Francis M. Peloubet, Mr. Wilson’s pastor, opened theservices at-tlie hall by reading the hymn: “God is our Strength,” beginning with the words, “Man in his weakness needs a stronger stay than liis 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 bv the Rev. J. S. Wlieedon, 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 oftid the great qualities of the latter as displayed in the midst of the people who had kpown and were intimate with him from his youth. The quartet then chanted a pogin written for the oedasion. 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 not. until lour o’clock that flic 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 iff the driveway. The mourners and invited guests having, as-’, sembled 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, relatives and 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.