Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-06

pear. lie Is man soulcWnat dufahCeu III
years, and so troubled wi h deafness that q
great deal of mischief might be done without
his knowledge if he did not see the perpetrator
In this case it would seem the fellows must have
used light, or how could they see to rummage
the baggage?
BUSINESS REMovALs.-The three large stores
in Taylor's new block, on the old Judge Barton
estate, on Main street, opposite the Common,
have been leased to Messrs. Clark, Sawyer Co.,
and John ID. Chollar, who will thus have, when
they move into them, the two largest establish
ments of their respective kinds in New England,
outside of Boston. The building will not be
completed, ready for occupancy, before July
next. Messrs. Clark, Sawyer & Co. will have
the two south stores, which will be turned into
one, and be one of the largest stores in New En-
gland, on one floor. 1t will have a floor surface
of nearly seven thousand square feet, being 50
feet wide by 1876 feet, with a basement still
larger, 50 by $50 feet, making nearly 1900
-quare feet in all. The basement is to be fully
lighted, and to be used for packing, &c. This
will afford the ample accommodation this enter
prising firm have 50 long needed for the carry
ing on of their extensive trade, as importers and
dealers In crockery, paper-hangings, and gas
fixtures. Theirs is the Oldest establishment OF
the kind in the city, they being the successors Of
chat branch of the dry goods and crockery bust
ness started here nearly forty years ago by Hor.
ace B. Clafn. Mr.. Sawyer began business here
nearly thirty years ago as member of the firm
Of Harden, Brown & Co, successors to Mr..
Cla6in, and Mr.. Sawyer's present partners,
Messrs. Clark and Ball, have also been long con-
nected with the establishment.
Mr.. Chollar will have the north store, 80 by
1876, with the three floors above it, and the base.
ment, besides which he has three floors in the
rear of the building, over the stores of Messrs
Clark, Sawyer & Co. The entire premises to be
occupied by Mr.. Chollar will thus comprise a
floor area of nearly 30 900 square feet, making il
the largest adjustment of the kind this side OF
New York, but no more extensive than his in
creasing business demands. A freight and q
passenger elevator will run from the basement
to the upper story, for the accommodation OF
customers, and the transportation of goods
Mr.. Chollar has been in the business some
twenty years, about twelve years as proprietor
He began with VIM b. Taber, the successor OF
E. G. Partridge, who began the furniture bust.
ness here in 1925, thus making this the oldest
furniture establishment in the city.
The show windows in these stores will contain
eight huge plates of glass, each By nearly 10
feet, thus comprising over 800 square feet OF
glass in all.
Rev. Mr.. HALL preached an eloquent dis
course yesterday morning, commemorative of
the life and services of his late colleague, the
Rev. DIR. Hill. He took his text from I'd Cor,
), 4: "Not for that we would be unclothed but
clothed upon, that mortality might be swal-
lowed up of life" After an appropriate intro
ductory, showing the Christian lessons to be
learned from bereavements and sorrows, as well
rs from he joys of life, how, side by side lie the
deep sources Of smiles and tears, the expert
cnces of all tending to the perfection of the
Christian character, he passed to a contempla-
rion of the eminent worth ofthe deceased, whose
loss casts so solemn shade over his congrega-
ton. His successful ministerial career was al
luded to, his coming among us when Worcester
mad but Struggling population of 1000, and
leaving us when we had increased in a little
over forty years to city of over forty thou
sand inhabitants, all the while keeping himself
ahead of the current of material progress by his
own good words and good works for the adj
vancement of humanity, religion and morals.
In reference to the extended career of the de-
ceased, he said:
The serenity of its closing hours seemed but
Il token of IFS fulness and its perfect fidelity.
We read in it the souls calm consciousness of
powers actively exerted for worthy end, and
of life-work finished. The laborer's toll has
ended, and the hour for rest had come Ger
tainly as we LOOK back upon it, there is a sngu-
lar harmony and completeness in that lies
course. How little that we could add or change.
His was in the best sense a religious life, and
his reli zion WAS his first and chief concern. The
tenets of his faith seem to have been simple and
plain, and held with unalterable 6rmness.
Liberal at heart and by the deepest conviction,
watching with interest the changes of theologi-
cal belief, alive, ''as he himself declared, to the
importance of true and ennobling religious
ideas,' he was yet a model of liberality and
charitableness and generosity toward others
honestly differing from him.
Mr.. Hall closed as follows:
Every;kind and thoughtful word, every loving
act, every generous impulse, every unsusnect-
ing confidence, dropping down deep into the
soul and carrying its true reasoning with it, is
seen and felt for what it truly is Not till men
die do we really know what that life has been.
Not till the tree falls, and the soil is here and
there displaced, do we know how far and wide
its roots have struck. Look around to-day, and
see the many lives into which this life hath en-
tered, the many hearts around which its fbres
have entwned themselves, the many rich mem
cries which cluster aroun it, and confess how
noble is the foundation of such a soul; look
around until death is forgotten and the graves
victory disappears, and we see truly how NOR
tally is swallowed up of life"