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Show - ' rLATD AWAY TO REST. ! I Four days'" ago the sorrowful intelligence intelli-gence of the demise of a great eoldier was flashc J .-. ver the wires to a startled nation thb dreaded, white-winged . messenger mes-senger Viimta n.en call Death had hovered o'er the prohtiTu. fsrin of General W. S. Hancock, a-ui V1' y finger touched and forever fccvir " his lips. To-day all " that - was morfa! oi the well-known and beloved soldier f uid a resting place in sacred ground. If good deods floiv in lae flesh are re marked alike by mortr ' lelow and recording re-cording angel above, ii love of country and readiness to sacrifice life -in its defense, de-fense, be a virtue i:i tin eyfcs of man and pleasing to the Great Conrij ander, then truly General Haucc..k' was the living embodiment of virtues which commend themselves to the emulation of all man- kind and do not go unrewarded in the great hereafter. General Hancock is dead, and yet will his memory long live in the hearts of millions of admiring and grateful country- men- He fought well the battle of life, and now unchallenged he gains the lines of hosts of reunited Blues and Grays in the great camping grounds above. Peace to his ashes. - - |
