Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-12
HIS LAST RESTING PLACE.

' 11xS AASA 11AO AINU 1 AAoAHs | ImpressIve=F services Oyerthe l Remains of tho Late Allen Ostran- der-The Attendance Of Raf1road Men LarEe-LeadinE OhlciaIs of the Consolidated Road Present-A Tr1b.
 ute for Faithfulness. s5
 Notwithstanding the most disagreeable weather yesterday little difference was made in the numbers who came to pay their last respects to the memory of Allen Ostrander. Private funeral services were held at his late residence, 128 Humphrey street, before the remains were taken to the First Baptist church. At the house none were present save the relatives and immediate friends. The services were conducted by Rev. s. D. Phelps, D. B., a former pastor of MT. Ostrander. MT. Phelps made short address of touching tenderness, in which he alluded to the long life of usefulness of the deceased, his noble self-sacrifcing character and up right Christian manhood
 X, These services were brief and the funeral party repaired to the First Baptist church, where the public services were to be held, in order that the many and more than many friends and associates with whom MT. Ostrander had been associated might be present.
 The railroad men were represented by large delegations. Not a seat was left un- occupied in the church. Six carloads came up from the New York division, and the other five divisions were each represented by about 125 men each.
 Had the day been pleasant the church could not have held even 8 small portion of those who would have attended. Nearly every one of the officers of the company were present, including President Clark, Vice President Reed, General Man ager Futile, General Ticket Agent States, Superintendents Waterbury, Trumbull, Shepard and others.
 The honorary bearers were six conduc- tors, each taken from a division of the company. They were Conductor Peet of the New York division, Kenyon of the Shore Line, Somers of the Northampton, Clark of the Air Line, Pardee of the Hartford and Dickinson of the Naugatuck division. The active bearers were taken from those who had been under the immediate em- ploy of Mir. Ostrander's department. They were: W. A. Jacobs, yardmaster, James H. Avery, stationmaster, Frank A Her nance, John Beard, and George F. Day and Edwin Shelly, who represented Hiram lodge, of which the deceased was mem ber.
 ducted by the pastor, Rev. MT. Mason, and sive. Professor w. s. Wheeler presided at the organ and added to the solemnity of the occasion by his playing of Chopin's Funeral March for prelude. The music ] was beautiful feature of the services. The choir of the church, with quartette composed of Miss Jennie Thomas, Miss Roberts and Messrs. Manross and Munson, sang ''Rock of Ages," which was followed by reading of the scriptures from Cor inthians, chapter i, verse 15, by the pas tor. Dr. Phelps offered prayer, after l which Miss Thomas sang the solo "Nearel My Fathers House" with beautiful feeling and expression.
 l An address was given by the pastor re. lating to MT. Ostrander's long life of faith fitness. He sketched briefly the long pc riod of forty-two years in which MT. Os. l trander had been in the employ of the | Consolidated road; how he had been inter ested and connected actively with the rail 1 road life from the earliest infancy of that | wonderful method of modern travel dowr | to hardly one year ago.
 It seems to me, he said, that the one l word which ought to stand out as motto for his life is the word faithfulness. Thai is great word. It means more greater than brilliancy or influence. The reward of faithfulness is the feeling that duty has been well done. How do you suppose l we will feel when we are above and look down where all things look to be on level. Nowhere is faithfulness more neces
 sary than among the railway employees | No position there, be it ever so humble
 but carries with it great load of respon
 sibility. It seems to me that it is an i'm pressive lesson to see here to-day corpo
 ration represented so largely, pay it's las
 respects to an old and trusted employe, ,anc
 yet they say corporations are soulless.
 The secret of this mans faithfulness
 was that he had another master than the
 railway corporation. For almost fort,
 good standing. This world is good test
 ing ground. God is giving us here tria
 trip as it were; it is only as we recognize
 and live the life which is in him that w
 answer this test. He is not looking fo,
 brilliant talents, he may have them whe1
 he wishes, but it is the faithful servant
 He may create whom he choses to fil
 the high positions, but it is the reward
 given for doing well the little things whicl
 come in our path that places us all on |.
 footing of equality.
 | AAo40 AS Q IOWdIo WulCu IS ST6dGoT budI
 any which railroad company can bestow
 It is the eternal reward given by God.
 At the conclusion of the pastors words
 the quartet sang 'Abide With Me-" ant
 that done the friends walked up the aisle.
 to take farewell look at the face whicI
 had been so well known to them for man,
 years. The floral offerings were beautiful
 and appropriate, especially the handsom,
 piece given by the employees in the yart
 representing switch target and made by
 Dickerman. The target was of white ant
 green, the latter denoting a cross-ovel
 switch and the white "all right" Abov
 was white lantern, and this was sur
 mounted by cornucopia of white and ret
 flowers. Below the ball was a sheaf O
 wheat tied with green ribbon inscribed
 "At Rest" At the other end was whit,
 ribbon inscribed "Major." It the cente
 was 8 red ribbon, or warning signal Tn
 whole was nearly five feet high and was
 novel and original design and splendit
 tribute. There was also 8 large cross O
 ivy leaves with the letter Husband" i,
 blue violets, and handsome pillow O.
 white roses and lilies had the worc
 Grandpa" inscribed. There was sickl
 and wreaths among the other pieces.
 The pouring rain deterred many iron
 attending the intermsnt in Evergreen cem
 etery.