St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-05
BROSNAN's DEPARTURE.
Master Workman of the *. of L.
Watched and Chained,

About twenty-five friends of T. W.
Brosnan's gathered yesterday after
noon at Thomas A. Clark's office, at 40
Third street south, to bid him farewell
and tender their good wishes for his
future. Mr.. Brosnan has been prom
inent member and faithful worker In K.
of l.. organizations for the past ten
years in this city, and made many
steadfast friends, a number of whom
quietly purchased an elegant gold
watch and chain as souvenir of their
regard. Miss Eva Mcdonald read the
following presentation speech:
Brother and Friend: 1t is with mingled
feelings of pleasure and regret that we, your
old time friends and fellow workers in la
boris cause meet you on this occasion. With
ternal cooperation with you in the service of
humanity which we have enjoyed. The
manly example of cheerful courage and of
faithful, self-saerificlng effort to advance the
cause of toiling men and women which you
have shown us, is indeed a pleasant thing to
reflect upon. But mingled with those pleas
ant memories comes the feeling Of regret
| that you are now going from among us, and
that in the days to come we shall miss your
| courageous action. your calm judgment in
| council and your cheerful help i'll times of
| encouragement. However, we feel treasured
| with the thought that our loss is to be the
great gam OF your IutuT6 ITl6uOS III the Iur-
| Their West We have for years watched you
| in your every effort and responsibility on be-
| half of struggling humanity, and we are
| firmly convinced that in your new
home you should not only be correctly
| watched, but securely chained. With these
| convictions we hereby tender you this watch
| as slight token of our esteem and regard.
| We ask you to accept and treasure it as a
keepsake in memory of old friends and our
| common cause. To know you have done SO
| viii become q pleasant memory to us. Know
| ing well the many dark and disheartening
| features of the task We have undertaken to
| perform, and remembering your value as an
| adviser and friend i'll the times of our
| gloomy thoughts we wished you to accept
| this token, earnestly hoping that when you
| are far from US it will bring one little ray of
| light from under the dark cloud to you, and
| cheer and help you to continue your noble
work for humanity. We have as remem-
| branc of you the many results of your good
works among US. Take our mark of esteem
in memory of those who unite i'll the.best
wishes for The future of yourself and family.
j. p. McGaughey fastened the watch
and chain upon the surprised recipient.
circle and triangle, formed by the let
tiers A. o. E., was the inscription, $40
| our honored brother, T. W. Brosnan,
Minneapolis, Mimi, April 4, 1882" Mr..
| BrOSnan was taken by surprise, but re-
| piled in few well-chosen words. He
left on the 5 o'clock train for Great
| Falls, Mont.
ANOTHER PRESENTATION.
Barney Mouse, of the American EX-
press. was, Tuesday evening, presented
| by the Crusaders society, with an ele-
CANT gold watch and chain. Mr.. Mouse
| is charter member of the society, and
for sixteen years has been most active
in his endeavors to promote its interests.
How we'll he has succeeded can be
| judged by the presentation, which was
doubly impressive by the manner in
which it was made. Rev. Father James
McGolriek, who has never been induced
| before to act in similar capacity, made
the presentation address. His remarks
were very affecting, made more elo-
quent by the feeling he showed, and the
high compliments he paid Mr.. Mouse
| were warmly endorsed by all of the 500
| people who were present.