In
school. Going to have a May party & we let out early. Reading. My chum [Manget]
is almost wild about the women. His thoughts dwell continuously almost on them
& his highest ambition is to get married. He is affectionate & kind, but
inclined to be sarcastic. I have
not heard from Ward yet, and begin to doubt whether I can get the place. If I do
not, I scarcely know what to do. But I think I shall start for Arkansas
& try my luck. I do not like the way with the small amount of money I will
be able to command. I would like the arrangement of going & hunting up a
place to teach if I could only command about one hundred dollars, but that is
out of the question & I must do the best I can hoping that Providence will
be both my guide and counselor & protector. In thine, I shall implicitly
trust & put my faith, that I may not be entirely useless in this life I hope
& pray. I wish my education had been better, my manners more
polished, that I had mingled more in society, [and] that I had cultivated my
talking abilities more. But I am as I am & my improvement – if any –
must necessarily be slow. I shall hereafter strive to cultivate both mind &
body -- mind for any emergency & body for any endurance.
There
are aristocratic nigros here as well as those of the less clear water. It seems
to be the highest ambition of the males & females to flock to church with
a beaver that has lost some of its exquisite gloss & a bonnet fantastically
trimmed. I hear today that most of the Southern members have
withdrawn from the Charleston
[Democratic] Convention.
Lamentable!
No
school today. At home all day. Cleaning house and everything was turned up. Mrs.
McCandless is working washing windows &c. Reading & studying some.
Transcribing. On Monday morning when the school had come together after the
burial of Whittiker on the week before, we all assembled in one room for
prayers. Mr. Mack arose before they were said & remarked that he could not
say anything to them when his death was announced, but he could not let the
opportunity pass without saying something. He spoke about half an hour in a
eulogistic auditory style, flowery, & high fillutin', and withal rather
labored.
Miss Lucy Fisher is sick with the dysentery. She was in danger but is
better this evening. She told me that there was no doubt that this place was the
hardest to teach in the state and probably anywhere. Mr. Mack is hard, severe,
& thorough. And he wants all to come up to him. I suppose the female
teachers feel this incubus also. Miss Lucy is obliged to work hard and she has
been failing of late considerably. No doubt her sickness is the result of severe
labor and mental exertion. It is a sin to kill one's self even in a good cause,
but the worst. I'm for him who demands it, and acts it. Mr.
Mack told me when after the first day’s trial that he was sorry I had come or
he wished I had stayed at home – not only unflattering but unfeeling. I shall
be glad if I can get a good place.
I can not leave any
[hard feelings] behind for I
have been treated too well. My treatment has been such at which I cannot take
offence but in this cold, formality style which makes it a thousand times more oppressive.
They all
accuse me of drawling when speaking. I must correct myself. I must learn
something everyday by heart, not only to improve my memory but to increase my
vocabulary. To say something in such a way that it will be worth listening to.
The May party is tonight and is a peculiar institution of the South. I would
like to have gone, but could not alone.
Went
to school. Only six boys there. Kept till about ten & left. Read &
partly packed my trunk. Went down street with Mr. Manget. I am very tired, as
much so as if I had been teaching. Received
a letter from [Ex-Governor] Brown. Says he would not advise me to go to Florida
unless I have a situation [to teach there]. Says my chance would be slim. I
think I will go to Arkansas
as soon as I hear if he does not want me.
Something may possibly come up by which I can profit by & better my
condition. It is bad now & if I can wish to better it, I must make some bold
strikes, even if I go down in the attempt. It has been a delightful day -- not
too warm for comfort & just cool enough to make one happy. This evening the
sky is of a deep blue & cloudless. The moon is shining full & clear,
free from the inky vapors which betoken a storm. The trees are all in leaf.
There is an ocean of leaves around us. The sky & the forest meet, no
elevation to relieve the eye. Could the eye span the state at a glance, it would
present the same aspect except the far northwest part, of rivers, and marsh,
forests and plain. Mr. Manget is going to Columbia tomorrow. I have given him
Kenilworth [to read]. I hate to leave him. I never will find a better friend
than he.
Manget
went off this morning at 4 o'clock. I feel very lonesome today. Took
a walk out to the Factory Pond & made two sketches. It has been quite warm
today. There is occasionally a cool breeze blowing & dies away into a dreamy
softness.
Two
Sketches of Factory Pond drawn by Goodrich in May 1860
(click on images to enlarge them)
Mr. Mack went away yesterday morning
& did not get back until this afternoon. I waited on the table in the
morning. I have nothing to read & am too dull to write, too lazy to study. I
do not know what to do. I hope I will hear something favorably from Mr. Ward
tonight. I fear I cannot get the place. I do hope I can. Evening very lonesome
& dull. Took a short walk. Charles is going to a party tonight (a negro
party) & he wanted my boots, which privilege I could not refuse him as [I]
would not wear them that evening again. He was too modest to ask point blank for
them. He came to my window & asked the time, but did not go away,
occasionally looking in and gazing wistfully at me. At last I asked him if there
was anything more he wanted. He said, "Yah, but I shame to ax you." At
last I got it out of him by asking him if its the boots he wanted. He was
pleased to think I would let him have them & was very thankful after he got
them on.
Received a letter tonight from [cousin] George Stratton. Just like him,
I wish he had had a good education, then would have been something of him. Miss
Lucy [Fisher] is getting much better. She can sit up & will, she says, be in
school the first of the week. Been reading in the old Blackwood about the Red
River. I would like to go there. I may be obliged to if I cannot get the place
in Florida. I planned out story -- scene of Miss.
Warm
& pleasant. Took a walk to Kirkwood. Saw a beetle in the road & watched
him roll a large piece of manure to the side of the road & dig a hole under
it & take it by piece meal into it. Received a paper from home. Afternoon,
read & wrote. Manget came home in the evening.
After tea, heard that quite a
number of the May party about eight miles away were drowned.
Mr. Manget & I started to go down street. Mrs. Mack & Miss Carpenter
wished to go to Lucy Fisher's. We went up with them. Manget left. I stayed.
Returned. Found Mr. Manget. A car load had started about two o'clock. 26 were
drowned. Hocott, one of our scholars was one of the number. We went down street
after awhile & when there Miss Morgan & Carpenter went down with
Charles. I waited & come up with them. Then went down found Manget [and] went to
the Depot. Between one & two, the train came up with 13 of the bodies. Came
up with the waggons & stopped to Mr. LeGrand's where they were four out [of]
the family drowned. Helped dress the corpses. Came home about 1/2 [past] five.
Learned that about 50 had got on a flat boat and shoved out into the pond. The
boat broke when in the deep water about 100 yards from the shore. 26 of the
number were drowned -- the rest saved. 3 were men & the rest were girls. Oh
what lamentations the night witnessed! It was sad. Truly in the midst of life we
are in death. It deeply impressed my mind & the shock will not soon be
removed. So teach me O God to number my days that I may apply my heart into
wisdom. One mother exclaimed whose almost every child was gone, "&
these too, & these too." The grief could not be measured.
Came
home about half past five this morning, feeling sick & tired. I never want
to witness such a scene again. It was
heartrending. Only 24 were drowned. Attended church in the morning. Afternoon
attended the funeral of 10 at the Methodist church. A great many were present
[and there
were] hundreds of carriages. Walked down to the burying ground. In lowering the
coffin [of] one lady, the fastenings broke, & it fell & broke off the
lid. The body nearly came out. It was solemn to see so many buried at once. So
many people -- so sad. There is a general lamentation. The loss almost entirely
falls on the Methodist society. One young girl, a member of the Episcopalian
denomination was amongst the number of the dead. She was the staff and comfort
of her poor old mother. Mr. Manget worked very hard & is sick tonight. He
went to bed early.
May
7, 1860
Rose
rather late. Attended the funeral of Miss Crosby at the Episcopal church. Quite
a large number present. Read Hiawatha. Mr. Ancrum here to dinner.
Afternoon attended funeral at the Baptist Church. A short time [after] the
accident, one jocosely said if we are not careful, we all shall be drowned.
Another when he found that he must go down, offered up prayer till the last.
This occurrence has bound me closer to Camden & I will depart with far
different feelings than I otherwise would & I hope with more Christian,
religious feelings. Oh God, be with me in this trying moment. Pour into my heart
the balm of salvation. Give me stronger faith. Guide me by thy counsel, so that
I may secure a situation to teach. May the letters which I have sent.
Heard
from Mr. [George] Ward, Tallahassee. Wants me to go on. Mr. McCandless paid me $62.50
-- more than I expected. He only
charged me $15.50 a month for board. He is a good man & clever – gave me
some good advice in regard to teaching.
Wednesday.
Did some trading this morning. Feel badly. I do not like to leave. I have become
acquainted & the ties are hard to break. Left
for Florida
on the mid-day train. Mr. Mack and [Victor] Manget bid me good-by affectionately. So did
the lady teachers. Mrs. [Fanny] Mack was very kind. She seemed like a mother. She gave me
something to eat on the way. I shall always remember her with the kindest
feelings, whatever I may have said to the contrary.
Mrs.
Fanny
Coleman McCandless, ca. 1860
"I shall always remember her with the kindest feelings,
whatsoever I may have said to the contrary." -- RLG
I
got into Kingsville
[South Carolina] about half past three. Got into Branchville [South Carolina]
about 6. At Augusta [Georgia], about 11 o’clock at night. Waited at Augusta
about an hour.
Got
into Milliken [Georgia] about 4 in the morning. Stormy. The train was obliged to
stop. On board was quite a witty man from Augusta. Got into Macon
[Georgia] about 9 in the morning. I like that portion of Georgia. It is not so sandy as some other portions of the south.
In some places the oak & maple lands with seldom a pine stretched for miles. Macon
is quite a beautiful place. There is a Female college [Wesleyan
Female
College] & an Academy for the Blind [Georgia Academy for the Blind] here. They look
imposing – their tops just peering about the trees on the hills. Left Macon
about 10:25 [and] arrived at Albany [Georgia], the terminus of the road about 4
in afternoon. Fell in with a gentleman from Tallahassee
& a young man from
Monticello
[Florida] by the name of Bailey who graduated of the Marietta
Military
School
[the Georgia Military Academy]
& was acquainted with [Victor] Manget’s father. Also fell in with a planter [named
Edmund H. Perkins]
from North Carolina
on the Albemarle Sound that was going to Tallahassee. Had him as my companion the rest of the way. The stage line is 101 miles to
Tallahassee. We had a rough time [during] the night. Only 3 of us [were] in the stage –
the gent from North Carolina, young Bailey, [and me].
Going
through the pine forests of Georgia. [Found the] land poor [and] roads sometimes bad. Got at
Thomasville
[Georgia] near the Florida
line in the forenoon. Then saw Robert Bonner
of the New York Ledger. Arrived at
Monticello
[Florida] about 3. Mr. [Edmund] Perkins
wished me to write to him in a few weeks [and I] promised to do so. He is a kind
man. Got into Tallahassee
about seven in the evening. Went to the Hotel
& [they] said that Major [George] Ward had told them that when I came to
send me down. Staid there all night.
Brown's
Hotel in Tallahassee, Florida
Came
down to Belair about 9. The capitol at Tallahassee
is not a very magnificent building. Belair is situated on a sand hill [a few
miles south of Tallahassee
and] is a place of resort in summer for health. A small place. Kindly received
by Major [George] Ward and family.
Remained at his house all day. Pleasant day.
Florida
Capitol Building, 1845
"...not a very magnificent building" -- RLG
Sunday.
Beautiful morning. Did not go to church. Family went. I
feel lonely & homesick but not as much as when I came to Camden. Mr. [George] Ward is a kind man, but fear I shall have to work hard here. Some
of them can scarcely read decently. I hope & trust that I shall succeed. At
least I shall try.
Remained at home all day. In the evening accompanied the young ladies to the
church here. Major Ward told me a good deal about the South. In forenoon went over to Mr. [Green]
Chaires’
[plantation]. Rice is principally along the banks of the river so that the high
tides will overflow the lane. It must be perfectly level. The rice is planted in
drills & has a head similar to wheat. The fields are overflowed with water
soon after planting & often during the growth. It is planted in the spring.
When it heads, water is put on nearly as high as the head & stands till
ready to cut when the water is let off. The fields are separated by embankments.
The sea island cotton is fine & with a smooth black seed. It is used in silk
fabrics. Took a short walk on the railroad with Miss Ward.
Warm.
Miss Lucy Brodie from New York
has gone up to Tallahassee. Been walking. Feel miserably. Have not got settled yet. Before tea, Major [Ward] & I
called on Mr. [Thomas] Brown, ex-governor of the state. Was [governor] in 1849
& 1851. He is a fine old Virginia
man. After tea, we made several other calls & lastly went to a house where
there was a party. Spent a pleasant evening ushered into a “free and easy
society” – the memory of which I cannot write though it was bawdy somewhat.
Tallahassee is about 225 feet above the level of the sea.
Thomas
Brown, ex-governor of Florida
"...a fine old Virginia man" -- RLG
Warm.
Read & slept. Evening called on Mr. Denham. I had a trustee meeting. I am
to be hampered by a board of trustees who have the rule. I hope I may succeed.
God only knows. In Him I will put my trust. I pray that I may succeed &
give satisfaction.
Belair
near Tallahassee, Florida. Beautiful day. Afternoon, thunder & storming. Commenced school with
eleven scholars. [Editors Note: See school
roster at bottom of this web page] Some can scarcely read. Some are in Latin that cannot write. I
expect to have 22 or 25 soon. I do not know what kind of satisfaction I will
give. I hope it will be good. I shall be hampered & my operations clogged by
a disagreeing & exacting board of trustees to whose advice I must always
look. They continually talk of starting a great academy right away. They said
last night that they would try me for 6 weeks or a month they would dismiss me.
I am to board at Mrs. [Caroline] Adams’s.
Called on her this morning. Went to Mrs. Adams’s to tea. Went to church with
her and daughter. Took quarters in room; not comfortable.
Cloudy.
In school. Got along quite well. Afternoon called on Governor Brown. My room
miserable. Saw a sick negro. Wrote a letter home & one to [Victor E.] Manget. Mr. Ward
says he will break up the trustees and take it into his hands. He told me that
it was between himself & me.
Very
warm day. In school. Got along well. In evening Mr. [Edward] Footman
called on me. Went over to Major Ward’s after tea. Stayed till nearly eleven.
Had a pleasant talk with him and the children on the back porch.
Rainy
in the morning. Went up to Tallahassee
with Mrs. Adams’s boy [Wes] in the buggy and old lean horse – a cast off
from the plantation. Sent letters home & to [Victor E.] Manget. Got some things &
lost one dollar.
This
part of Florida
is rolling. Some places quite elevated with sand hills covered with small
growth of oak & large pine. Our road lay through such woods, the oaks often
brushing our wheels, sinking a foot into the white sand. Some of the soil is the
red sand clay.
Tallahassee
is a
small place.
I would not live here in Florida. I don’t think I could make it like home. I am feeling badly today – more
like crying than I have in a long time. Called on Major [Ward] in evening.
Sunday.
Beautiful day – quite a heavy fog in the morning. I did not go to church.
There must be something the matter or else Major Ward would have asked me to go
with his family. It has been a day of reading & of thought for me. I really
have a roving disposition when I once get started. I would like to go to California
& I think I can do well there if I decide to continue in the law.
I do not think Florida is the place for me – at least this portion of
it. It may in the eastern part. I want someone to love & I think I could be
contented anywhere. I wish I could do something while teaching to better my
situation & prepare me for my work. Florida
is subject to the chill & fever & [p]neumonia. The last is very
destructive.
The
South & especially Florida
is the land of rank vegetation, of hoe-cakes
& hominy, waffles & rice, gigantic pines & oaks [that] lift their
heads on lands which will barely yield a harvest. We have the beautiful slender
leaf willow oak, the ever-moving Pride of India or China tree, the mulberry, the
magnolia, the odorous Cape Jasmine, & the stately Gum [tree]. The last is
similar to the soft maple. The China tree is similar to the locust. The Crape
Myrtle, Cactus, [and] Century [are here].
Attended
the Sunday school (Episcopal)…
Beautiful
day. In school. It is hard to get any kind of order out of the classes. Rose
about half [past] five. Begin school at 8. Some
are ignorant, stupid, & lazy nor are Major Ward’s children exempt. Some
were never instructed in manners at home.
In
afternoon, went to a place nearby called a sink. It is a hollow place about 15
feet in circumference, sloping banks about 30 foot high covered with trees &
under growth & poison oak. This is a vine resembling the ivy. It is
picturesque. It is very clear bottom – has not been found. There are many of
these in Florida, which rise & fall with the tide. They are connected with the gulf by
subterranean passages. There are no perceivable inlet or outlet.
Called
on Mr. Denham.
Everyone wants their children in advanced classes & are provoked if they are
not put there.
My
boarding place [with Mrs. Adams] is becoming intolerable. They do not seem to
think that I am here or care anything about my comfort [which] is neglected. And
if I was not in debt, I would not be so imposed upon.
Evening
home p.m. school. Worn out. I have no easy chair to rest myself in. I think my
engagement is broken on the part of Major Ward in not getting me a suitable
boarding place. I have to work all the time. I have no leisure to read or study.
Have not had any washing done since I left Camden
[South Carolina] & if I stay in this miserable hole I don’t know that I ever shall. I
think Major Ward did a mean thing yesterday in not taking me to church. I cannot
forget it. All the family did not go & therefore that could not be an excuse
for neglecting me.
Pleasant;
not very warm though the perspiration rolled off me. In school. Settled on some
better arrangements in the classes. I do not feel as tired as I did when in Camden
[South Carolina] for this reason. I have more interest and there is not so much noise.
Took
a walk with Jane Adams & Miss Denham.
Went home with Miss Annie Ward. Went to church at the Episcopal. Mr. [William
J.] Ellis
preached. Introduced to him. Went home with Mrs. [Mariah E.] Black
& Sallie and Annie [Ward]. Sat with Major Ward till eleven talking on
geology & natural history. He is intelligent and entertaining. Said he had
made arrangements to take me to church with him.
Rather
warm. In school. Kept George Ward’s Latin class in after school. Mattie [Ward]
was very mad. Evening studying botany. A Miss Taylor here at tea. [She] laughed
[at me when] asking the blessing. She is no lady. There are many rude girls here
– no manners & little common sense. Attended prayer meeting with [Mrs.] Adams.
Limestone
is in the formation of Florida. Have not received any news from anybody since coming here. I am getting
anxious. I have been doing just nothing since coming here.
Warm
day. In school. Nothing happened of note. Pressed some flowers. Hard studying
over the arrangement of class.
Rainy
in the morning. In school. Hard day’s work. Composition & speaking day.
The other day I saw a flat headed viper. Touched it with a stick & enraged
it. It withdrew & in its rage bit itself & died. The children are very
ignorant even in the simplest branches.
Cloudy
in the morning. Read some & took a tramp out into the country. Quite warm.
Gathered some flowers.
Warm
Went to church on horseback. I can ride I guess very well after a time. Wrote 4
letters. Went to Sunday school. Evening went to prayer meeting.
Very
warm. In school. Mattie Ward is lazy, dull & obstinate. She knows nothing at
all about arithmetic. I expected more from her. I think I am failing in the
estimation of the people & if I am now, it will be a blast to my hope of
remaining here. But I hope I can give satisfaction enough to remain here at
least a year. Commenced today with two sessions. Feel tired and worn out. Sent
off 4 letters this morning to Lucy Fiddis, Lucy Stratton, J. Belknap, [and]
Austin. This afternoon when Annie & Sallie Ward were returning from school,
[their 11 year-old brother] George was out as they passed & shot off his pop
gun. I looked out & saw Annie sitting flat on the ground. I do not know
whether it was serious or not. I am sorry I did not go out and see her. But it
cannot be helped. Studying law, botany, & geology.
Rather
warm. In school. Some new ones. Got along pleasantly today. There are some
really smart ones in the school; then again some dull ones. Mattie [Ward] is one
of the latter. I hope she will change & I think she will for she has
perseverance but she [is] inattentive. Evening,
helping the [Adams] girls get their lessons. Read some botany & geology & some law.
Forgotten
what occurred.
Forgotten
what occurred
“On Saturday morning last, a most
happy company, composed of young ladies and gentlemen, children and parents,
left their homes in Camden for a day of recreative pleasure and amusement at
Boykin's Mill Pond, about ten miles this side of that place, and upon
the line of the railroad. These were joined by others from the neighborhood,
forming a party of considerable size. The fore part of the day (the
distressing accident occurred late in the afternoon), was spent happily and
pleasantly by the excursionists. The picnic and fishing excursion for such
it was, had fully met, thus far, the buoyant anticipations of those
concerned. But what a finale! The heart drops and is weighed down by the
most pungent sorrow at its recital.
A flat boat of considerable size had,
a short time previous, been built and placed upon the pond for purposes of
pleasure. A goodly number (thirty or more) of the company embarked upon this
boat, intending to pass over and around the pond. These consisted chiefly of
young ladies, there being but a sufficient number of gentlemen, as was
supposed, to manage the boat and afford company and protection for the
ladies.
They had been out some time and were
near the centre of the pond, when the boat ran on a snag. This excited
little or no fears, as it was supposed that a speedy extrication could be
effected. All was life and spirit - all was hope and happiness! Soon it was
perceived that the great pressure of the boat upon the snag (in consequence
of the number it contained) was puncturing its bottom and that the water was
making its way inside. Now the excitement began. Now fear began to picture
its sad traces upon those just now happy countenances. Now the tender and
timid ladies called upon their protectors for that assistance and
deliverance which painful to say they were unable to afford. Momentarily the
danger became greater, and momentarily the excitement of those on board, as
well as those on shore, became more intense. It seems that deliverance would
have come, and that the boat would have probably been pushed off and run
near enough to the shore for many if not all to have escaped. Had it not
been that those who stood at each end, (a white man and a negro) with their
poles, laboring with all their power, shoved each in the same direction,
thus mutually destroying the effect of their efforts. Soon, in a few
moments, she began to sink! When this was seen, and the face that she could
not be moved became too apparent, the scene became frightful indeed.
The wildest excitement and fear
seemed to seize every heart, and but few if any were sufficiently collected
to enable them to employee their effort for rescue advantageously. In a few
moments, now, she sank. When the scene may be better imagined than
described.
Piercing cries and shrieks, and calls
for help, both from those on shore and those on the unfortunate boat, filled
the air. Sisters and brothers, parents and children, relatives and friends,
whose hearts were bound together by the nearest and dearest of earthly ties,
and animated by the warmest and most tender affection, were there - some on
the sinking boat and some on the shore. Oh how rudely were those confiding
hearts torn asunder and ravished with wild and aching grief!
The boat seems to have committed them
to the bosom of the water, huddled together, mainly, in a mass. The water is
supposed to have been about twenty feet in depth, thus thrown together in
one clinging to the other, with that grasp which belongs only to those in a
drowning condition, there was little opportunity for the males in the
company to rescue the ladies or even to save themselves.
But a few, we have not been apprised
of the exact number, were saved, of those upon the boat. One act of daring,
manly and gallant bravery which has been reported to us, and which we
believe true, demands especial notice at our hands, and should be rewarded
by the lifetime gratitude of those immediately concerned, as well as the
relatives and friends of the same. Mr. Jones, a fireman upon the Camden
train (this train was, as well as we can learn, at the time of the awful
occurrence, near the spot), rushed to the spot, and by almost super-human
efforts, coupled with most cool and manly courage, brought three of the
drowning persons to the shore. We have not learned the names of these.
The following are the names of those
telegraphed to us from Camden [note: this is not the complete listing from
the article, since part of the paper was unreadable]: Miss Lizzie McKagen, a
lovely sister of Mr. Isaac McKagen, of our town, Willie McKagen, a young
brother of the same; Luke (Lucius) and William LeGrand, brothers, one of
them a brother-in-law of Mr. McKagen above mentioned. Miss Sarah Nettles,
two Misses McCowns, Miss Minnie Alexander (daughter of Mr. Isaac Alexander,
of Camden). Miss Howell, Miss Crosby, Miss Henson, two Misses Yound and one brother,
Miss Mary Jenkins, Mr. Hocott, Mr. Huggins, Mr. Jerry McLeod, Mr. John Oaks,
Miss Kelly, little Alice Robinson (a sweet little girl), Mr. S.S. Richburg
(surveyor, formerly of this place). Mr. Richburg, with noble devotion, lost
his life as we understand attempting to save another. These, with two
negroes, complete the melancholy list.
Efforts to rescue the bodies of the
unfortunate drowned were immediately employed. Some were taken from the
waters. Others could not be found. The flood-gates of the pond were soon
hoisted, but the body of water was great and could not be soon run off. It
was thought that it would be sufficiently dry on Saturday night to admit of
all the bodies being found. We have not learned the number that had been
found, when our dispatch was sent.
Camden is shrouded in gloom, and many of its citizens overwhelmed by the
most severe affliction and bereavement. At half past three yesterday, eight
bodies were at the Methodist Church, where funeral ceremonies were being
performed, to the presence of a large congregation. Almost every eye was
moistened by the tear of sympathy or bereavement."
