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society r-enderd ng life unp'leaaant, and Bullying the beauty of the christia n eou L,<br />
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Among t he sveetesb r ecollection of the sed drama so lately e nac t ed before our eye s,<br />
'th er-e is one e pdeode vhfch can never be forgotten<br />
by the Catholic Co'llmllJl1tYi ve<br />
a llude t o the gr aceful ac t of Lady Glover 1n placing a tasteful wreath Rod cr-oae<br />
\lith bouquets of exquisite ",hite roses upon the bier previous to the f uneral .<br />
This<br />
beautiful token of r espect an d e et.een remai ned, by her Ladyship's expr ess desire,<br />
upon the coffin during t he funer al proce sefon , and c he n the body had arrived at the<br />
wharf i t 'Was care fully taken off, and vf.Ll. be a g'"1" p'Iaced ov er the grave of t.be<br />
depar-t ed<br />
Prelate i n the old l a nd, wher e let us hope it mliy serve as a connecting<br />
l i nk be twe en NevfoundIand and t he motive l and of Lady Gl ove r . And ve t ruf't that<br />
t he heartfelt blessings that will be e voke d upon her Ladyship in eve r y I a nd vher-e<br />
beats a tree Irish heart , viII COlli e dovn upon her- a thousand fold . A great ma ny<br />
obher- Prot estant ladies also continued to s end i n magnificent bouquets of f l owers,<br />
!'IO that the nedghbot-hood of 'the cat.abaIque present.ed the appear-ance of • r i ch<br />
conservatory'l<br />
The) As the ebeamer- was ex pe c t ed at a n earl y hour on Thursday, all t he<br />
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preparations f or the r emoval of the body ver-e coapket ed ove r niehtand<br />
here we cennot, omf.t, to pay<br />
tribute to the skill and pr-cept.Ltude displayed by<br />
=-', .:..:. . -'r:fr :-MCGr at h :-:-:-Vh-"'::had : c_h~Lge_c=Of~~~_ pr o c~ ~d 1 n ~ ~ ,, -,,",T hough h~ .::--laboI'.~um~er -:v~r'Y" gr~a,~ ::"='~-i:<br />
difficulties, the chief of vhdch was want of tifl\c , e'v ~ rythi n g- was don e in 8<br />
superior manner and all passed off \lithout the slight.,st hitch to ea r- ct.he :'101,,mnity<br />
of the cer emony . I n the ep ac e of four hour-a of night 8 superb coffin , pitched and<br />
air -tieht a nd e l e ga nt l y mounted vf.tb purpde velvet and silver t .r-eppdngs vas prepareed<br />
, At t he appointed tim'" this vas p'leced i nto an outer one of z:1nc , and finally<br />
a vooden case cover-ed by Il. velvet pall. At ha lf paet, ~ i gh t o t c I ock A.M. the<br />
OUoJtins for the dead ver-e intoned in the CathedrAll a large gftthering of priests vas<br />
pr-e een't , both from this and the neighboring daocen e of Harbor Grace .<br />
The full<br />
office of 't hr -ee noc tur-cne \lith lauds \la., chamt"'Jd , a f t .er whi c h eo'lean Hu.s:'I commenced -