Connecticut western news., 1894-02-15
HARLAN PAGE TRACY.

His Sudden Death Away from Home.
 Report of the Funeral and Sketch of
 His Career.
 Last Friday morning this commun- ity was shocked and saddened by the tidings of the sudden death of one of it's prominent citizens, MT Harlan P. Tracy. On the previous Tuesday, Feb. 9th, Mir Tracy had gone to New York on business. While there he found it necessary to extend his trip to Roselle, near Elizabeth, NJ. He had transacted his business in Roselle, was ready to return to New York on his way home, and while at livery stable, where he had gone to order carriage to convey him to the railroad station, through the inexcusable carelessness of N.B. Oakley, the keeper of the stable, he took fatal dose of aconite. He went at once to the drug store of Frank M. Herman, which was near by, and everything pos sible was done by Mir Herman, who is physician. and his son, a medical student, to counteract the effects of the poison. Although Mir Tracy's system responded to the treatment adopted, the poison had had time to do its dead ly work on his heart. To his inquiry as to the prospect of his recovery Mir Herman replied, "You have one chance in a hundred. If you have anything to say you had better say it now" AL though thus suddenly and unexpected ly brought face to face with death, among strangers, far from his home and family, MT Tracy's courage and presence of mind did not forsake him. He calmly gave Mir Herman his address and told him to take charge of his ef- fects and papers and notify his friends. In few moments he sank into stupor and died in about 30 minutes after talk ing the poison, of which he was con- scious for 15 minutes.
 The sad duty of bringing home the body of his friend and partner devolved on MT Samuel A. Eddy. On his arriv- al at Roselle he found MT Tracy's body in friendly hands, under the tender care of brother Masons, and every facil- ity for its prompt removal was afford ed.
 THE FUNERAL OF MR TRACY
 took place at his late residence in this village on Monday morning and was at tended by large number of relatives and friends of the deceased. Rev F. w. Barnett read the burial service oi the Episcopal church, including the committal, and three hymns were sung by the choir. The pail bearers were Messrs s A. Bennett, IT. Roraback, s. o. Beckley, Geo. s. Fuller, Frank Hitchcock, W. H. Camp.
 Among the relatives and friends from out of town were MT and Mrs IFS. Gold of West Cornwall; Mrs Emily s. .Welch, of Norfolk; Mir and Mrs Harry Sedg wick, with their children, John R., and Benjamin and Miss Clara, of Cornwall Hollow; Mrs Stelle, of Patterson, N. J. Mrs Scoville and her son, SIR. Scoville of Cornwall; also E. W. Spur, U. H Miner and D. E. Dean, of Falls Village
 The burial was in the little cemetery at Cornwall Hollow, where repose the ashes of many members of the Sedg wick family including those of Genera Sedgwick. Rev John Pierpont, of Wes Cornwall, oficiated and kind neighbour laid the body of MT Tracy in the grave
 SKETCH OF MR TRACY.
 Harlan Page Tracy was born in Rock vile, Conn.,, in March, 1841. Hi father, Simon Tracy, who was mer chant in that place, died while the sub iect of this sketch was still in his boy hood. In his early manhood he wen to Elmwood, Peoria County, H., ant engaged in business as a merchant, late on he became a banker and also pape manufacturer. During his life in Hi nois he took an active and prominen part in politics and held importan offices. In his political faith he was Republican.
 In 1887 he moved to this town and il the same year, together with Mir Sam uel A. Eddy and pr Charles W. Camp organized the Canaan Lime Company As a business man MT Tracy was O marked ability, energetic. keen-sightet and courageous, and that the Canaan Lime Go. is already manifestly in highly prosperous condition is due il large measure to the energetic attention of Mir Tracy to it's interests.
 Mir Tracy leaves widow and on son, MT John s. Tracy, who is with tn E. W. Spur Go. at Falls Village. MT Tracy was Miss Emily Sedgwick. bein, a daughter of the late Philo Sedgwick of Cornwall, Conn.,, and 8 niece of Mai Gen. John Sedgwick.
 Mir Tracy stood very high in Masonry having taken thirty-two degrees H was a member of Housatonic Lodge No 6l, Canaan, Conn.,, member of Peori | Qll.) Commandery, and member O Peoria Consistory.
 As regards MT Tracy's personal wortl and character, the sentiment of thi community was fitly and beautifull, voiced by his rector, Rev F. w. Barnett in his brief funeral sermon as follows
 THE SERMON.
 When we pray, as some of us are ac customed to in the Litany, that w may be delivered from sudden death think what is meant is the sudden ness of death that is unprepared for Any one who has given his heart t God can never be surprised by death If only we are striving from day to da,