The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-16
Funeral Services Of ex-Chief
Briefly This Morning.
lnterment Took Place at Oak
Grove Amid Snow and Sleet.
Many Veteran Fire Fighters Care on the Face
Of Their Respected Chief-Floral Tributes.

mlu Hylng snow anu 10 the hOarse re-
QUEEN of the wind the remains of John
Briefly, formerly merchant, Chief of the
Pawtucket Fire Department, and for many
years respected resident of this city, were
borne to their last resting place.
The remains, accompanied by the family
of the deceased, arrived In this city from
Lynn, Mass, shortly after 10 o'clock this
morning, and were conveyed to Trinity
Church, where the funeral services were
held.
The remains were met at the door of the
church by the Rev. j. Leech Porter of the
church and Archdeacon Tucker, and as
the pastor read the opening of the Episco-
pal service for the dead, to the solemn
words, ~ am the resurrection and the life, :"
''the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh
away, blessed be the name of the Lord"
the body was carried to the chancel by the
bearers, John w. Wilmarth, George Nc
Donald, George Wilson, c. r. Richardson,
Joshua Lothrop, Robert McCloy, George
G. Gates and Jonathan Capron. Rev.
Joseph j. Woolley, chaplain of the Veteran
Firemen's Association, preceded the
casket.
AS the casket was placed In the chancel,
aquartet composed of Miss Sadie Duxbury,
Miss May Pierce, Charles o. Read and
Claude j .Farnsworth sang the burial chant.
Rev. j. Leech Porter then read the lesson
from the XIV Chapter of Corinthians, be-
ginning with the 10th verse, and followed
with brief remarks eulogistic of the de-
ceased. Mr.. Porter said In part. 1--WE are
met here this day to pay our last tribute to
the memory Of our brother. The memory
of Mr.. John Briefly will be Loyalty cher
ished by those who knew him, all his life
was spent In acts of integrity and loyalty.
! take this opportunity to say to the men
of the department in which he spent SO
many years of his life, that In the Or
dinary life and the dull routine Of
duty there are opportunities not to be
neglected. Do not let these opportunities
clip away. Life 10 q school of heroism, the
universal law covering the great motive.
| It was not self-interest that determined
the life of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1t was
the will of our Father. It should not be
our object to say: How far this day can
benefit myself, but what can do for the
benefit of others, and in this method of
the performance of duty, live in a manner
q ray of light and you can say, hitherto we
have listened to the voice of duty. We
will respond when called upon for higher
duties. Then it will be said of you: swell
done thou good and faithful servant; thou
| make thee ruler over many things"
During the progress of the service the
| quartet rendered "Now the laborer's task
Il Ota hav xutt y,
woe," the "De Profundis," and after the
bendiction "Hark harkl my soul, Angelic
songs are swelling" George II. Loomis
| presided at the organ.
The remains were looked upon at the
conclusion of the services byO many old
| friends of the deceased, and many vet
eran fireman shed a tear as he gazed on
| the face of the man, whose memory he
was there to honor.
| Among those present were City Treas
| urer Bates, His Honor, Henry +. Tiepke,
Randall ii. Rice, Chief of Police; Captain
James p. Nickerson, Superintendent OF
fire alarm William J. Daggett, Chief Patt
| of Central Falls, Henry Fletcher, Louis f.
! Butler, James M. Crawford and Charles
| A. Luther.
The comparatively small attendance was
caused by the inclement weather, many
| elderly friends of the ex-chief not daring
| to brave the storm. The features of the
dead fireman were remarkably lifelike In
expression, and appeared as though the
| deceased was asleep.
The floral tributes were many and re-
markably handsome. Among them were
| noticed large shield of roses and carna-
tions, bearing the words, "ex- Chief Paw
tucket Fire Department 1901" from the
| members of the city fire department;
anchor and base, from Pawtucket veteran
| firemen. From members of the family a
| pillow of roses and carnations, "Hus-
band;" cross and base of white roses,
"Father;" pillow and cross, "Father;"
star and crescent, "Rest;" anchor Of roses
| and carnations "Grandpa."
Among the other tokens recling wreath,
| Mr.. and Mrs. ID. ID. Lord; crescent,
"Farewelp' from w. j. Daggett; spray Of
carnations and lilies, DR.. and Mrs. g. T..
Richardson's; roses, Mrs. l.. Is. Fair; Gala
lilies and roses, Mrs. Hallett and Miss
| Taylor; wreath, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Tay-
lor; wreath of carnations, and lilies, Mr..
and Mrs. Jude Taylor; bank Of roses and
carnations, and seyeral sprays of palms.
The remains were inferred Immediately
| ,ftar tho oorx,icoe In Oak Grovo so,,,oto-,,