The chiefs of Grant - Electric Scotland

486 KKAXCIS WILLIAM OKAN'I', MAS'lLR OK GIIANT. [ISIO.
interest, l>y sire to son, fni' geiieraiiuri.s yet to come. 0\ei' ;i wide (ra'.'t fif country, extenilin;,'
to many miles, ami compreliemliiicr several jiarislies, all ojierations verc suspended ; ainl a
luournful gloom, like a heavy cloud, luuig over the district. Groups of people, of all ag''s,
decently attired, \vore seen in diii'eveut directions, wending their way tov.'ards the line of
proccssioi; : wliile the tolling, at intv i vals, of thi.' bells of the chuii !;rs and }iu','Iic seminaries,
lendered \he event more striking auii impressive.
At two o'clock the procession emerged tioin the pnlioies of Clastic (I: ;'.t— the peDpli-
on foot, assembled at this point, luiiig in advance of tlie fuuei-al, in marcl.Mig order. The
remains of the beloved lady, the lieM>e and horses ilecki'd out villi black pi' Mies, tlie driver.
Ptc, wearing black crajies and AM'epers, followed the jiedostrians ; and the remains of the
Master, tlie hearse and limses decked v.'ith while phimes, and the servants wearing scarfs
of white cia])e, immediately followed the remains of his mother. 'While the immediate
relations, followed by the factor and gentlemen in tlie emplnyment of the famil}', the
clergymen, gentlemen, and principal tenantry connected with the estate, in a line of vehicles,
formed a pi'ocession extending, at some points, to about a mile in length. The efl'ect pro-
duced on the feelings of the community who beheld this procession, may be more easily
conceived than desciibed. From the chief mourner to the huuilile^t of his dependants, a
mystic chord of afl'ection, formed by acts of benevolence on the part of the family, and
feelings of gi-atitude on the part of the clan, like an electric chain, touched and all'ected all,
in a greater or less degree, along the line of procession.
On the closing scene, and the impressive solemnit}' wliich marked its proceedings, we
shall not dilate ; but all present felt a thankfulness to the great Disposer of events who gave
power from above to the surviving parent to discharge in jiersoii a duty so trying even in
contemplation, that nothing savi