Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-15
JOSIAH N. BACON, BORN JAN. 26, 1840. Died July II, 1882,

BORN JAN. 26, 184O,
 Died July II, 1882.
 On the casket were the belt, sword and hat of the deceased; also cabinet photo graph. The body was attired in lieutenant coloners uniform and button hole bouquet was on the left breast. The face was only slightly more emaciated than in life, but the form appeared greatly wasted, the effect of long and intense suffering, At the head of the casket were the floral offerings of Go. A, ! of Waterbury, which had the post of honor, \ of Wooster Lodge, F. and A. M, and New ! Haven Commandery, K. IT. The Blairs at 1 tended to the ceremonies. Charles A. Bacon, | of Bridgeport, the eldest brother of the de- 1 ceased, was present, together with Mrs. ! George Beardsley, sister, from Guilford. ! After the short service the coffin was plac- \ ed in @ waiting hearse and the procession re- ! formed and the line of march was taken up \ for the Church of the Redeemer, where more 1 extended services were held. The line of
 @aroh was from George street to College, to 1 Chapel, to Orange, to the church. After l Sassacus Encampment four carriages. | two abreast, bearing friends. Immediately in front of the hearse Dr. Todd drove in his ! own team. Then came the hearse surrounded ! by the following bearers E. H. Sperry L.. | , Major Ramon (Waterbury), Major Bissell l (New Haven), Captain Bannon Waterbury, l Captain Shaler (Middletown). from the Sec 1 ond reg iment Allen D. Baldwin, Lyman H.
 Johnson from the Knights Templar. Behind the hearse came the black horse that Colonel
 Bacon used to ride when on military duty, led by B colore6 groom. Carriages and | friends on foot, many of them military
 friends, followed. Among those noticed
 were General Green, ex Adjutant J. s. A.
 Baker, and Captain Wood of Meriden, Gap
 tain White and Lieutenants Doherty and Hall
 and Corporal Spencer of Waterbury, ex-
 Captain Phillips of New Haven, Quartermas ! ter Swan, ex-Captain Leavenworth and Lieu
 tenants Le Barnes and Norton of Walling
 ford, ex-Paymaster Shelton, ex Lieutenants
 Captain Charles F. Cheney, Captain St Glare
 and Lieutenant Roche of New London. Tn 1 addition members of Company I, Second reg
 iment, came down in uniform and marched | with the Grays, while privates from othe, ! out of town companies of the regiment were f scattered among other city companies The ! band, from the house to the church, played
 only dirges, and those composing the proces
 sion marched with slow and solemn step, al the military with reversed arms.
 The church was reached about 3: 30 and il
 was found crowded with people. The re
 mains were borne into the church by tn.
 bearers and deposited in front of the com munion table. The floral offerings about tn, casket were very fine. On a stand of blacl a 1 resting on the communion table, just in iron
 of the altar, was a floral tribute two fee high by two wide, representing pair O 7 ! swinging gates-''The Gates Ajar." The in 3 l scription Light Guard, Go. E. in purpl Q immortelles, showed that Colonel Bacon's olt , ! company had not forgotten him. The affai was surmounted by dove bearing in it
 mouth green branch. To the left on
 i draped pedestal at one end of the casket l stood a broken column of white flowers fou
 feet high standing on base of water lilies
 ! It was also surmounted by dove with out = spread wings, holding in it's mouth som t bleeding heart flowers Through the colum,
 was thrust sword with crape covered han .. 1 dle and white immortelles hiding the blade , Half way up the column the inscription , I in purple immortclles ''2 Regt." On a ped ] estal at the other end of the casket was e I cross of flowers about four feet high. { dove on top held green branch and on tn 5 cross piece was the word ''Sarsfeld 1 showing that the tribute came from Com y pany c of this city. pillow of white in, r came from the Knights of Honor. Adjoir D | ing the Second reg giment column was a pillo, a similar to that from the Knights of Homo, @ It bore the inscription in blue immortellef
 Our Friend-Co. A, 5th." It came fror
 tho city company of the Fifth battalion - There was also beautiful floral basket an
 some other tributes
 tt The services began with the singing of tn s solo, "Rest in the Lord," by Mrs. Blinn: Tn
 music was by Miss Anna Thompson, soprano Mrs. Blinn, contralto F A. Corbin, tenor 'l and Robert A. Ross. basso. It was the regr 6 lar choir of the church. with the exception c Mrs. Blinn, who filled the place of Miss Ell
 Belden, contralto, Miss Belden being out C
 town. The music very fine. MT. r Rowe Shelley presided at the organ, playin s Chopins funeral march, also Beethoven n funeral march. Mrs. Blinn's solo was fo 1. lowed by the reading of selected passages c l. scripture by Dr. Todd. The chant, ''Th s Will Be Done," followed. Dr. Todd the V spoke as follows:
 E.: We are gathered here, not to speak or hea d eulogies, but simply by our presence to test a ty our appreciation of the many excelIencie
 of character of our departed friend, and ou
 sense of the peculiarly touching and distress
 ing circumstances attending his removs l. l from amongst us, and to express our sym v pathy with this afflicted family in their be a l reavement, and to listen in silence to tn Y, | teachings of death.
 Il This is not the fitting time or place t. J. speak of the character and career of hin >, 1 whose remains lie before us. Nor is it neces a sarv for me to speak of them to you, most o
 1 whom knew him well, and are in your heart giving him just appreciation and tender re d membrance. There are no words to expres 6 the grief of these bereaved friends and tn
 sympathy of this community with them il !, their sorrow. It remains therefore but tha Il I should in few words voice the solemn les :, son of the hour. These are two.
 2 The first is that which meets us at ever l. grave, especially that of who has lee
 stricken down in the midst of busy an active career, in the prime of manhood, an d in the midst of our circle of acquaintance e How frail are How uncertain our life , How much we need to moderate our cage worldliness and to live more with referene r. to the higher destinies of the future 'a How ought we every of us to set h y house in order and be ready for that ca
 which may come at any time, and must con
 before long, for him How much we nee 's the support and comfort and help of u ir Christian hope, the consciousness of Chri s. tian character, and the certainty of part '; the salvation of Jesus Christ, and that Ii 1 which cannot die, and that inheritance whic e- cannot fade away
 to The second lesson is one of duty towar 10 the living. We hardly ever stand l. ~ thinking, with self reproach and pen 'o tence, of words spoken and deec
 done which we would if possible gladl D. recall or at least of neglected opportuniti, |, of adding to the happiness of the life, th
 happiness of which was none too great. an Ill was destined to be all too brief. Such reae st tions are of little moment worth unle S, they affect our subsequent daily condut
 toward the living around us. Influenced b ; the impressions of this hour, let us all @, al deavor henceforth to exercise toward a ly around us more generous kindness a large al patience, g more considerate charity, justt e appreciation, freer forgiveness, sweett 'A kindness, manifesting toward others more 'r the spirit of our divine Master, "bearing or
 another's burdens, and so fulfilling the la