Connecticut western news., 1878-07-04


 although very much distressed at times. Saturday there was but little change, al- though he suffered extremely with heat. lnfamation set in, in the right lung, Sun- day morning about o'clock, when he suf- fered terrible agony until death came to bis relief about 10. 45 a. m. About o'clock lon the morning he died he inslsted on walk ling out into an adjoining room, to his easy char by window, where he was accustom. led to sit. where he remained about twenty minutes, when he was carried back to his |bed. About five minutes before he breath led his last be was again seated in an easy |chair. His physicians were Dr. Scoyille |(his father-in-law) and Drs. Welch and Camp. The funeral took place Tuesday af-- |ternoon at 2 o'clock at MT. Pease's late res- |idence, and was largely attended. The ser vices were conducted by the Rev. H. l. |Bodiey, Episcopal Clergyman of Canaan, |and were brief but very impressive. His remains were inferred in the new cemetery at Ashley Falls. in family burial lot. The following named gentlemen acted as pail bearers: Joseph Vaill of Winsted, J. B. |Hardenbergh, Geo. L. Parsons, Geo. P. Strong. Joseph w. Peet and A. T. Rora- back of Canaan. .s
 That Picnic.-The young folks picnic lat Twin Lakes last Thursday, passed of pleas |antly, and all agreed in pronouncing it a most hlo Wo 1o 4o ! lent, owing to the fact that the devil had been to pay for two weeks, and our pocket book was hatter than postage stamp but i've have obtained from various witnesses, Sta. ken on the spot" faithful account of the Emore noticeable features of the occasion. The boating passed off 'swimmingly'' until about E5 o'clock p. m.. when an ominous storm-cloud |was seen gathering in the nor east by sou'- west, and which was coming like raging hur. |ricane directly toward the sail boat, Ada, which Twas then in mid-ocean, and containing party |of eight or ten. It was evident that they must ''hie them away" into port; accordingly all Isail was made, but the storm was rapidly over. taking them despite the coal basket hats o1 Gardner and Dwight, which caught all the
 
 seemed inevitable, when Legs Humphrey rendered inestimable service by Iheroically leaping overheard at the hazardous |risk of-wetting his feet, (which, however considering the distance to be traversed, ant the ordinary snail's pace with which the sense .of feeling ''locomotes," would require some months to be communicated to the brain, con |sequently mourning no immediate inconven |ience,) and towing" Ada ashore at the rat, Iof an hour in ten minutes. Safe on shore they sought shelter from the approaching storm in Frank Barnum's tent, and were there Eregaled by the hair-raising yarns spun by al old salt, employed to engineer Adds multifa Erious rigging. He had been all over thu world, inside and out, and related incidents O his adventures in various parts. He had pi tloted Mt. Riga man-o'-war ship through th SAlps of Switzerland, been ship-wrecked off tn coast of Barkhamsted, been smuggler and pirate on the high waters of the Arctic Ocean and had ''clumb" up and nailed the Stars ant lstripes-long may they wavel-on the yer, top of the North Pole, piece of which he ha, in his possession, ,-and other modest reminis Scences of an instructive and interisting char acter. After the storm, which was of shor duration, the party embarked for home, eacl feeling well repaid for the trouble and expens incurred in this, their second annual picnic and anticipate repetition next year, whel neither thunder nor lightning, blood, mur sder-nothing short of an empty treasury, vii prevent our participating. .....
 A Few Words More.-The fact tha the contributors in another column have g. sexhaustively discussed the life and charaC ater of MT. Pease, renders it perhaps unnec gcessary and undesirable that anything mor should be said on the subject; but as al aemploye, and one who feels that he ha suffered loss, we claim as 8 right, tn privilege of expressing few thoughts sue Rgested by his untlmelY death, and shal dwell briefly upop his office life.
 MT. Pease was habitually thorough, nor < Aespecially with regard to matters appel Stsining to his business and spirit of ir kdomitable energy and perseverance charae Sterized his every effort. As an employer Ahe was kind and consderate; and to on Thoroughly conversant with the peculiar Sities of his temperaments. he was easy t < get along with. Naturally nervous, he wa Heasily excitable, and neritorious charac Steris,ic was his outspoken plainness. As Correspondent has said, ''he spoke as h thought, and thought as he breathed. wit &a spontaniety vital as his life." N Ssmoothing of the rough edges, and no re traction from the expression of his homes 8convictions. AS is almost universally tn 3case, an employe desirous of unpleasant aness and discord, could agitate all that h Nwanted-perhaps more; but one who endeay Nored to preserve harmony and peace, woul 8be met half way with amiability and goot Swill; and one consoling thought, and fror (which we derive comfort and pleasure, is Hthat during our connection with him, GOV &ering period of twenty months, we hay Z been successful in preserving harmony an Sconcord. Scarcely an unkind word ha Spassed between us; and any storm cloud c Nimpatience or displeasure that may hay aaarisen, has been speedily penetrated an Bdispelled by the bright sunshine of bis natl ssaral good humor and amiable disposition NThis period of pleasant intercourse has cr' Hated bond of friendship which, now to b Aproken, causes deep pang of sorrow. W ashall miss him as kind and considerat 8employer, warm and sympathetic frient 7 San agreeable and courteous neighbor; an Nthe community at large must miss him as sscitlzen, an editor. and an earnest support' Aof the right. We shall miss that sprightly Afamiliar step on the office stairs. the cheer H"Good morning" as he opens the doc
 sand the musical whistle and almost constal s3Iune.humming ;-and hallowed recolle TStions will come rushing up to memory : ,sieht of the vacant editorial chair, now dral Med in mourning, IL is with profound prit