The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-16
All No. Brookfield At
tend the Funeral of
Dea. Miller.
MANY TRIBUTES OF RESPECT.
Big Shops Close That Work
ers Might Attend-A
- = Pair Of Bugs.

North Brookfeld, July 15.-All that
was mortal of Deacon James Miller was
laid at rest in Walnut Grove cemetery
this afternoon. The remains were fol
lowed to the grave by long cortege,
and many loving friends came from
far and near to pay their last respects
to the man who, in his every act, had
done honor to his town, his family and
. himself.
How great was the respect in which
the venerable deacon was held could
be partly cleaned from the fact that
in its great rush of work the Batchel-
Ter factory suspended operation this
afternoon. At LIS o'clock private SER
vices were held at the late home of the
deceased on South Main street. Ar
ranged upon and about the casl1et were
several beautiful floral pieces sent by
friends who knew and loved Deacon
Miller. A beautiful floral image of the
gates ajar was sent by some of those
most closely connected with the deacon
while he was superintendent of the &c.
& A. H. Batcheller factories. From
the family of the deceased was an ivy
leaf and a sheaf of wheat Jason Hill,
donation Of rs carnations, and the Wo-
mems Relief corps sent set piece
composed of pink roses and maid=n
hair fern. From the North Brookheld
grange came a sheaf and sickle, and
from Mrs. Alfred Burrill large bou-
quet of carnations.
After the private services the body
was taken to the Memorial church for
services, where the townspeople would
70 hot 1,a-
spects. AS the body was being taken
into the church, a quartet, consisting
of Mrs. e. Corbin Miss Nellie Smith,
James D. Foster and Earnest Both
well, sang For all the saints who
from their labors rest" Rev. Joseph j.
Spencer, pastor, read from the scrip
ture, and Rev George S. Dodge, pas
tor of the Emmanuel church of Worres-
ter pronounced touching eulogy on
the deceased.
Rev. Mr. Dodge referred to Deacon
Miller as model citizen, and told Of
his many merits as well as of the good
guidance and counsel he gave to the
young. The quartet sang, ooh, love di-
vine" and Rev Mr.. Spencer made a
few well chosen remarks, after which
he recited the closing prayer. AS the
remains were being taken to the YES
tibule, the quartet sang Peace, perfect
peace" after which the remains were
allowed to remain in state in the YES
tibule to be viewed for the last time
by friends.
At o'clock the funeral procession
started for Walnut Grove cemetery.
Post Ezra Batcheller, G. A. r., of which
Deacon Miller was member, and Joe
Hooker Camp, Sons of Veterans, acted
as a guard of honor to escort the body
to the graveyard. After services at the
cemetery the body was inferred, and
the friends and relatives returned to
their homes to mourn their great loss.
The pail bearers We're Trial Justice
Sylvander Boutwell,, Calvin w. Woods,
Charles L. Parkman, Wilder u. Barnes,
Freeman r. Doane and Hubbard S.
Doane
Among the out of town friends who
attended the funeral services We're
Daniel E. Downey, Antipas Earle and
Maj. Frederick Stiles of Worcester;
Charles A. Denny and wife and L. d.
Thurston and wife of Leicester; Geo.
H. Larkum, County Commissioner
Emerson Stone Charles H. Allen, Noah
Sagendorph, j. H. Ames and Fields M.
Prouty of Spencer. The ushers were
Charles F. Maxwell, George Deane, AL
bion Doane and Charles Dickinson. AS
the funeral occurred on Saturday
afternoon it was impossible for the
stores about town to suspend business
as they would undoubtedly have done
had the circumstances been different.
John Ellery of Forest street has cap
tured what he claims are two speci-
mems of the deadly kissing bug. Each
has been perforated by pen and at
tached to card which has been placed
in the show window of Ellery's barber
shop and they are attracting no end of
attention. Mr.. Ellery has been making a
careful study of "bugology" since re-
ports of the dangerous insect became
common, and according to a published
report which gave the dimensions of
the bug, he thinks he has the real
thing.
One Of the long-horned insects was
killed last night by Mr.. Ellery while it
was executing osculatory maneuvers
about the face of his wife who was in