The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-17
Evidence OF POPULARITY
Farewell Reception rendered to Rev.
Warren G. Partridge.
PROMINENT PERSONS PRESENT
Substantial Purse Presented the Depart
Ing pasior-lie Made Pronounced
AvOwal of His Love for Ills Peun
Avenue Church Congregation.

There We're several distinctive feat
ures connected with last nights fare
We'll reception TO Rev. Warren III.
Partridge in the Penn Avenue BAPTIST
church which made the occasion u
memorial one. especially to Mr.. Part
ridge. who with his family. leaves this
morning for Cincinnati, where he be-
comes pastor of the Ninth Street Bap-
tiSt church.
The reception was a weighty testi-
momial of the departing minister's
great worth and extensive popularity
among rich and poor In and out Of the
church and among leading residents
representing probably all the denomi-
nations In the city. All these Were
included in the throng which densely
packed the parlors in the basement OF
the church.
Near the close of the reception a
purse. which had been impromptuly
collected during the day, was presented
to Mr.. Partridge with@the request that
II be used for the purchase of some ar
ticle for his new home that would re-
mind him of the loye that went out to
him from his old Congregation.
II Was an Informal Event.
Only the most informal preparations
for the event had been made by the
women of the church. which was most
fortunate, as the large number of per-
sons present precluded the possibility
of any functionality. The large room
extending beneath the whole of the
main part of the church was artistical-
ly trimmed with palms and ferns and
potted plants.
blossoms frightened the aperture
of each window and rested upon small
tables distributed about the room.
WI 10 Mt hA sfnr ~ 10
was bank of palms and ferns. be-
meath which MIR. and Mrs. Partridge
stood while receiving many a parting
handshake from scores of friends. They
We're attended by the officers of the
church and their wives.
1t was noticed that conspicuous
among the throng We're possibly score
of men whose names would stand at
the head of a list of Scranton's citizens
most distinguished in business and
finance and in the professional world.
Mingling with them Were men more
worldly unfortunate. several OF them
in their working clothes. who had
stopped to bid God-speed to their friend
and pastor and furnish added evidence
that Mr.. Partridge had been indeed
''the poor mans minister" as he was
sometimes called.
Music was furnished throughout the
evening by Conrad's orchestra. Light
refreshments, supplied by the women
of the church and distributed by young
GIRLS. We're served at the eastern end of
the parlor.
Luther kellcr's Announcement.
1t was 9l5 O'Clock when Luther Kel-
Ter mounted a chair near Mr.. and Mrs.
Partridge, and. after requesting the at
tention of those present. announced
that Attorney II. NJ. Streeter had an
office to perform. The latter in turn
| mounted the chair, and. in a very brief
speech, referred to the regret caused by
the loss of the pastor, and mentioned
that the regret had caused an i'm
pulse which had resulted in the i'm
promptu collection, during the day. of a
purse for Mr.. Partridge. He described
the money as "a pretty collection of
engravings. issued by the govern
ment," and without mentioning their
value, announced the donors wish that
Mr.. Partridge would use it for the pur-
chase of something for his new home,
which would remind him of the love for
him by the people of the church.
Mr.. Partridge has been described as
"stoical under any kind of trying cir
cumstances," and he sustained the
comment in accepting from Mr.. Street
er the envelope containing the money,
but when he stood upon the chair those
best acquainted with him might have
| noticed a new glitter of the eye. q
rapid closing of the eye-lid,, and a
slight flush to the face, which revealed
| a heart throbbing with the sorrow of
departing from a people among whom
he had. in five and half years, ac-
complished such a magnificent work.