The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-05-09
Funeral of Rev. Kittridge Haven.

| on tuesday afternoon, and was marked
occasion in the history of masonry in Yer
mont. At an early hour the people began
to gather, and at twelve o'clock,
the time appointed for the funeral, a large
concourse of people had gathered, indicat-
ing the respect In which the deceased was
held in the community in which he had
held his residence for near half century.
At IL o'clock Simonds Lodge, No. 30,
assembled, Hon. Thurman Brookins, mas
ter, presiding. After the opening services
Henry II. Smith, grand master of the
Grand Lodge OF Vermont, assumed the
chair and the further services were under
his direction. A procession of nearly one
hundred and fifty members of the masonic
fraternity formed in line under the
direction of j. s. Ward, marshal of
simonds lodge, assisted by II. II. Burge of
Vergennes and Noble Grovenor of Bird
port, which proceeded to the residence of
the deceased to receive the remains, from
whence the cortege moved to the Universal
list church. Mt. Calvary Encsmpment,
Thaddeus III. Chapman of Middlebury,
commander, performed escort dnty.
Among the masons present from abroad
were II. H. Smith, Henry Clark, Rutland ;
j. s. Lambert of the grand lodge of New
York Rev. d. G. Roberts, Hiram Roberts.
Gen. A. s. Cook, d. G. Hackett, Ozro
Meacham, Brandon, +. A. Goss, William
G. Bradbury, s. S. Gaines, Vergennes I;
Noble Grovenor, Col. A. A. Fletcher,
Bridport; Samuel Brooks, Thad. M. Chap
man, Middlebury, and Hiram Buck
of Ticonderoga. There were a
large number of the prominent citi-
zens from Addison and Rutland coun-
ties present, among whom were no.
ticed ]. s. Benedict of Castleton, R. w.
Pitts of Sudbury, DR.. ]. s. Gale of Orwell,
and others. The church was hung with
emblems of mourning, and a.profusion of
spring blossoms decorated the walls. The
rosewood casket, containing the remains,
as borne into the church in which he
had go long ministered. The casket was
ornamented with silver trimmings, among
which was the masonic emblem of the
square and compass, with the letter G en-.
graved thereon. Behind the casket was
, life like portrait of the deceased,
, presenting a solemn and impressive scene
The church was filled to its fullest ca
I pacity and hundreds were unable to gair
Q admittance. The pulpit was occupied BY
? Rev. S. A. Parker of Bethel, Rev. w. N
a Bacon of Shoreham, and Rev. M. Camp
e bell of Shoreham. The services wer,
a commenced with singing of an anthem
8 which was followed by reading of selec
, tions of scripture by Rev. Mr.. Parker
e and was followed by singing Of tn,
Y hymn
, why should we start,
& And fear TO die
|, A tender and impressive prayer was Of
fered by Rev. W. N. Bacon, pastor of tn
n Congregational church. Rev. NJ. Camp
d bell, pastor of Methodist church, then real
/, hymn which was rendered by the choir
# Rev. 8. A. Parker, pastor of the Univer
a salst church at Bethel, of which MIR. Ha
Is ven was the pastor forty years ago, the
e delivered fitting and eloquent dlscours
G from the words;
d 81 have fought a good fight. have finishe
my course, have kept the faith. Hencefortl
}, there is laid up for me crown OF righteous
q ness."-2 Timothy, 0 chap, 7-s.
J. The sermon was of chsste and appro
,. pirate character, delivered with ease an
}. grace, giving brief review of the goo
h works and life of the venerable minister
> An abstract of this eloquent discourse vii
n appear in our next issue.
d Al the conclusion of the discourse Rev
A W. N. Bacon of the Congregations
church spoke briefly and tenderly of hi
social and religious relations to the d.
ceased, which was marked with peculis
tenderness and christian fellowship.
- After the rendering of selection by th
# choir, an opportunity was given the va
- concourse of people to look for the la
a time upon the face of the venerable mimi
70 ter, friend and fellow-citizen, which ce
at emory occupied some thirty minutes.
, The procession was then reformed an
i. marched to the village cemetery, where II
IA service of the Masonic fraternity was rel
NJ dered in an impressive and feeling mann'
~ by Henry II. Smith, grand master of Il
n Grand Lodge, and were concluded by
prayer by Rev. s. A. Parker, acting gran
IN chaplain. The family were escorted
vi their residence, and the masons returned
ID their hall, where the masonic services we
q closed in due form.
ed Mr.. Edison d. Bush superlntended II
er general arrangements OF the funeral. I'll
ok honorary pail bearers were Gascs Ric
q Samuel Moore, Horace Lapham of Shor
IN ham and Scion Breeze Of Hubbardto
le- The body bearers were d. N. Peck, Georl
Wv Conn, Sidney Wells, E. G. Farnham,
ira Y. Hunt, Edward Grovenor.
'e- The Knights Templars performing esco
ng duty We're James Fletcher of BrdDoi
d aged sS years, Thad. NJ. Chapman, Able
he A. Fletcher, w. @. Bradbury, ID. O. Ro
erts, Frank A. Goss, q. A. Cutting, Hira