The Portland daily press., 1881-01-13


a plain black casket with silver trimmings was
borne by the pall-bearers into the church
The pall-bearers were Mayor Senter, repre-
senting the city, T. G. Hersey the Board Of
Trade, S. j. Anderson the Portland & Ogdens
bury, H. j. Libby the First National Bank
Jacob Mcclellan the Portland Savings Bank
j. L. Chamberlain, Bowdoin College, G. E
B. Jackson the Maine Central, H. N. Jose the
Maine General Hospital S. E. Spring the
Portland Company, W. w. Thomas, John
Rand and W. l.. Putnam. AS the procession
entered Rev. W. II. Fem commenced the
reading of the funeral service which was con-
tinued until after the casket was placed in
front of the reading desk, the congregation
standing. The casket bore broad silver plate
with the simple inscription: s~
JOHN BUNDY BROWN,
Born Lancaster, N. H.,
May 31st, 1905,
| Died Portland. Maine,
| January 10th, 1881.
The only floral decorations were superb
cross and sickle, and a sheaf of wheat rested
on the casket After the reading of the
scriptures the choir, composed of Misses
Webster and Bryant, Messrs. Hall and
Follansbee, with Kotzschmar as organist in
place of the regular organist who was out of
town, sang with fine effect the anthem
BLESSED are the dead" Mr.. Fem then
offered the following prayer:
Almighty and ever blessed God, from thee
cometh every good and perfect gift. All thy
gifts, through thy love, are crowned with the
evidences Of thy personal good pleasure and
loving. kindness to the children of men. We
frIyyn ftpnn ft,nr. be A.
day, that we have been permitted to gather
here, in the house which thy servant loved
We bless thee, that we are permitted to CO ne
up to this holy place, that we may as a COM
munity, rise up before thee, our God, and
acknowledge thy goodness and mercy in all
thy wonderful works. Especially in the
midst of mourning and lamentation, should We
bless thee for the life and services of our dearly
beloved brother. We thank thee, o Lord, our
God, for thy servants life in our midst, for
happy and useful life, for the health which
was preserved to him, down to the latest
moment, for the singular vitality and remark
able preservation of his elasticity and spirits,
for his continued strength even to the end.
We bless thee, o God, for his exceeding great
happiness in his home, in his children and in
his children's children, for thy goodness in
permitting them all to be with him, for the
JOY which he expressed in living, for the
yigor OF his mind, for the scope of hisSplans,
loA ohO uOACuCouCo VI HIS u0dTt Luz bQ6 S1Iu-
plicity of his habits, for his fellowship for the
common people, for his love for the poor, for
the affection of those who depended upon his
bounty and his goodness, for the love which
he bore for this church of Christ. We thank
thee, Almighty God, that it is possible for US
to see how necessary one can be to city, and
how much the city can rise up to commemo-
rate the virtues of that one. We bless thee
for his public spirit; we bless thee for his
fidelity and loyalty to this city, for all the
Hyirr HsoI
izations with which he was connected, for all
his wise and generous enterprises for the good
of the community, and the upbuilding of the
city,. For all thy goodness to him and to us,
we rise up to bless and praise thy holy name
Standing in this holy place, with the word of
God before our eyes, the songs of thy worship
sounding in our-ears, and in the presence Of
thy elect, We thank thee that we can look for
ward with security to the life which never
ends, to the resurrection of the dead, and the
world to come. -
Hear us, o God. we beseech thee, as we
pray for these, thy servants, who are here pre-
sent, all of those personal friends who are
struck by this sudden blow. o God, thou
God OF our salvation, teach us, we pray thee,
by leaning on earthly props the better to lean
In meekness and submission, help US to obey
thy holy will, by thy grace assisting us. Send
down thy Holy Spirit to brood upon our
hearts; fill us with confidence in thy wise and
all mercitul dealing Help us to say in our
hearts, "The Lord gave and the Lord hath
taken away. Blessed be the name of the
Lord" Especially brood over this afflicted
city and sorrowing community, and SO sanctify
this our land, this special people, that we shall
be the stronger for every good and perfect
work, and as community we shall the better
fear our God, and walk before Thee in meek
ness and submissiyeness all the days of our
lives. So shall the love we treasure up in our
memory, SO shall the tears Of the poor, and
the affection OF the mourning, follow us as
they follow him, when we have finished our
course. s}3 GNTi e.fBaH fasc
Lord God Almighty, hear our prayer. We
ask 1t in the name and for the sake of Christ,
our Redeemer Amen.
At the close of the prayer the choir sang
the hymn This is not my place of resting,'
the minister delivered the benediction, and
the remains were taken to the family tomb at
Evergreen which was beautifully decorated
OBITUARY. re -gsg
This community received great shock
Sunday morning at the announcement that
Hon. John B. Brown was dying. He had
been seen on the street Saturday, in his usual
good health, and had been in conversation
with SO many business acquaintance, that it
did not seem possible the news could be true.
Knots OF citizens, coming from church, gath
cred ON the sidewalks to gather information
which nobody seemed prepared to give The
facts are that Mr.. Brown left his residence on
Bramhau, Saturday evening, between nine
and ten o'clock, to escort his daughter, Mrs.
Clifford, home. On the way he slipped on the
icy walk, his feet flew from under him, and he
sat down with a tremendous jolt He gath
oralh NJ al all
much shaken but not thinking he had received
serious injury. While talking with Mr.. Baker,
the husband of one of his nieces, who was
present-he began to feel headache coming
on, and retired to his room. After reaching
his apartment he became unconscious. This
was just before eleven o'clock Mrs Brown
became alarmed at her husbands condition,
and telephoned for DR.. Hersom, who immedi-
ately answered the CALL DIR. Greene was also
summoned. The physicians Immediately de-
cided that the blow upon the spinal column
had caused the bursting of blood vessel at
the base of the brain, and that the case was
hopeless. Mr.. Brown remained through Sud-
day in an unconscious condition and died at 5
O'Clock Monday morning.
MIR. Brown was born at Lancaster, N. H., MAY
81, 1905, and was therefore, nearly 76 years of
age at the time of the accident. His father was
farmer, and when Mr.. Brown was quite a
young lad moved to Bartlett, and thence to
Gray, where he became the proprietor of the
principal hotel. 1t was in Gray that Mr..
Brown met Mr. Alpheus Shaw, and later he
came to Portland, where he and st. John
Smith became clerks with Alpheus Shaw in
the wholesale grocery and West India trade,
on Market Square, near Gilson's drug srore.
Later, Messrs. Smith and Brown formed
partnership and went into business where
Morton Block now stands. When this con-
nection was dissolved, M. Brown pursued
business alone, under the firm name of j. B.
Brown, but, little while after, formed a
partnership with Mark P. Emery and Jedediah
Jewett, for brief period, in building erect
ed by him on the site of Lancaster Hall. AT.
ter continuing in business here, for some time,
the firm moved to the end of Merril's Wharf
in the store now occupied by the Stove Com
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