A storm of rain and sleet, with occasional softened intervals of snow, raged all day.

The roads were gullies of swift-running water and icy sloughs; the cold was severe; and the cutting wind at times drove the sleet and rain in slanting scourges, before which scarce man or beast could stand.

The funeral was held in the village church, which was larger than the college chapel.

Long before the hour at which the services were to begin, every pew was filled, and the aisles were crowded with those who could not find seats.

From every parish within twenty miles the mourners had come.