The Press., 1892-03-24
IN MEMORIAM.


 church, Brooklyn, N. Y., held on Sunday evening, March 18th, in honor of the late Augustus Storrs, drew large number, filling the vast auditorium with many per sonal friends of the lamented deceased. The full order of exercises was:
 Funeral prelude.
 Anthem-"From Thy Love as Fath- er.".
 Prayer.
 Scripture reading.
 Hymn for congregation-"O Paradise"
 Address.
 Hymn for choir-"For all the Saints"
 Addresses by Ex-Lieut. Gov. Hyde, of Stafford, and Prof. A. B. Peebles, of Storrs.
 Anthem-"One Sweetly Solemn Tho't."
 Addresses by Shearman and Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott.
 congregation.
 Prayer.
 Parting anthem hymn-"Sleep thy last Sleep"
 Benediction.
 Response (with bowed heads )-"Grant us Peace."
 Postlude-Funeral march.
 Gov Hyde, who has been identified with the school since its incorporation, and who was present and took part in the exercises at the particular request of the Storrs family, spoke as follows:
 If consulted my own wishes, I should remain silent upon this occasion, but l am constrained by the urgency of my in vitation and my sense of duty to our friend whose memory we commemorate, to at tempt in few plain words to bear wit ness, in the city of his adoption, to the high honor in which Augustus Storrs is held in his native state, and to testify in her behalf to the good work and bene- factions of her loyal and loving son.
 There exists in the beautiful old town of Mansfield, the birth-place of MI Storrs, school for the instruction of boys in practical and scientific agriculture. The school is prosperous and well patronized and receives the cordial support of the state. The soil of Connecticut, weary and somewhat stubborn, does not respond readily to the unskilled toll of the hus- bandman, and deserted farms and de- creasing country population come as natural result from. its unprofitable till lage. The school to which have referred was established for the purpose of check ing this growing tendency by affording to the farmer boys of this state an oppor- tunity to acquire cheaply but thorougly scientific knowledge of their business. Such knowledge, when applied to the practical business of farming, 1t was be- lieved, and as the result has shown, with good reason, would tend to change exist ing conditions and result in productive farms and contented and thrifty farmers. That this great gain to the state no one will question, and this school, with tre- n,apdouc nourar m lx that apd Sapd- ing forth throughout every part of the commonwealth an education and an infiu- ence that is surely tending to the preser- vation of that sturdy country stock from which comes the power of brain and nerve and will which marks the rugged charac- ter of the genuine and honest New Eng lander in all the walks of life. For this school and it's immense and increasing power for good, the state of Connecticut is indebted chiefly to Augustus Storrs. His brain conceived the idea, and his gener- osity, with that of his deceased brother Charles made its establishment possible 1 Without ostentation, entirely unsolicited, | realizing the need of such an institution, perhaps from his own experience, and knowing how much it would benefit the farming interest of the state, he gener- ously donated to the state all the land necessary for it's establishment, and ever since has contributed most generously of his time, money, and thought to it's suc- cess. In honor of it's founder, but with out solicitation on his part and almost against his will 50 great was his modesty, it was named the Storrs Agricultural School. This institution, and it's elevat- ing and quiokening influences upon the farms and farmers of Connecticut, will ev- CT remain as a memorial to the noble pur- ~R Storrs.
 Let me say that this act illustrates 8 prominent trait of Mir. Storrs' character, his loyalty and steadfastness. Born 8 cit izen of Connecticut, a citizen of Mansfield, all the years that intervened all the inter- ests and friends and trials and triumphs that filled in the years between youth and old age, never caused him to forget for an instant his duty and love and loyalty to the place of his birth. He continued steadfast to the end.
 1 said that this was prominent trait of the character of MT. Storrs. May not go further and assert that it is prominent characteristic of New Englander Wher- ever we roam, whatever of failure or sue cess comes to us among other. scenes, there is no spot on earth quite the same, quite so dear and precious and lovely as the old country town where our fathers and mothers lived and toiled and died. My associations with MT. Storrs for the past twelve years have been so intimate and so dear that cannot close without 8 word of him as a man. learned to love him much. He was man of strong will, firm convictions, and earnest feelings, but what I learned to like best about him was the marvellous gentleness of his spirit and the wonderful charity of his nature. Connecticut mourns the dead. Mans | field and the Storrs School have lost | friend indeed.
 Thus offer my feeble but sincere trib- ute to the memory of my beloved and steadfast friend, Augustus Storrs.
 A letter of regret was read from Gov ernOr Ru1k elAy