The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-10

"Ames Brown was a man who when ne
had business 10 transact, transacted TX and
did not remain 10 bore you.' said yester-
day Dexter Horton, the pioneer banker.
now retired from active business life. Il
had known him fer more than twenty
years" ne continued, and was intimate
ly acquainted with Mr.. Brown, ard we
were the hes; Of friends, but we always
HE, In the business world, and / believe
that | was never in his home more than
twice. One Of those occasions was a par
~ given twenty years ago. Seattle mas
few better citizens than was Mr.. Brown
The news Of Mr.. Browns death brought
10 no one mere poignant grief than 10 Mi
chael S. Drew, retired luHaherman. for
merry of Port Gamble, but now a resident
OF Seattle. Mr.. Drew came 10 Puget sound
several years before Mr. Brown and had
known the latter almost from the day ne
set foot in what was then the territory OF
Washington Years of Intimacy had made
the two almost brothers and yesterday Mr..
Drew could hardly cop,eaI his emotion
when Mr.. Browns name was mentioned.
No better man ever lived than Amos
Brown" said he. He was upright and
honorable. fair and square He was one
man whose word WAS as good as his bond.
As long as he himself was living | would
not have cared any more for all the notes
and mortgages that could be heaped to-
gether than for his plain spoken promise.
"Reminiscences of War Time Days.
do ! remember any interesting stories
about Mr.. Brown IN the early days? Well.
many things happened years ago that we
cid pioneers would he interested In. bat
i fear people who came later would care
H;ue about, but there is one little occur
renee that | recoilect viyfGfy. IL was at
Port Gamble, during the civil war. Mr.
Brown in those days was a strong Repub
lican. as he was 70 the day OF his death.
but there were some OF us who Were 4
little inclined the other way on account
OF our strong admiration fer Seiucius Gar
field, a Democrat who was then the popu-
lar idol in the territory.
Well, this was the. condition of affairs
when the work OF the famous sanitary
commission was begun. and they were
raising money fer the relief OF the sol
commission came 10 Port Gamble. then a
little mill town just about as big as X is
hearty way Mr.. Rrown said: Wen. b'G~'
that was his favorits exclamation. and ne
used IL as innocently as a chiid'WelI,
be, III give as much as any man here
same thing again. We said. Wei. row.
Brown, whatE YOU gtve?' &c. I'll
give hundred dollars And ne did It.
our pride was at stake. and we couldn't
do less. He had set the limit. and we
didn't wish 20 fail below K. 90 we each
put IL $500 Within fifteen minutes we had
who was responsible for 1t. 1t was his
way.
And right on ton OF that the ladies' got
Up fair and raised 81 eco or 50 more We
Were afterwards told that Port Candles
contribution was the iarge,. Of any town
OF the size In the United States
sister i'm seattle Talks.
Mrs. Relief Averul. who resides with her
son-in-law. Rutherford Byrnes. at los
Fourth avenue north. is a sister Of the
dead pioneer. She came "a Seattle only
ten wears ago however. and does not re-
member him IN pioneer days.
Il think nv brothers most notlcea BILE
personal POPULARITY said she YESTERDAY
In answer ~ a question. was his habit Of
gesticuiatfng when talking. He could hard.
~ say a word without Il correspoudirss
gesture. always told him that he talked
with his hands. He was a man who al
ways spoke his mind. What he said was
tn the point. and he sometimes used lam
gu4ge that was more f0rcibIe than polite
But he was kin6~hearted as a child for all
that
Ills illness came on wholly unexpected
20 ne. Until bat few weeks ago he was
IN :h- best % health The disease made
RAPID progress ard in three weeks before
leaving Sest.le he lost forty-one pounds in
weight. Two ef his and nv sisters fl-si
Chase. AZ Plymouth. y. If. only six months
ago"
II IS a noteworthy fact that ,he xrars Of
Puget sound fir placed IN the cup defend
ers Puritan ana Msyii0wer. ss well as in
many othsr fest sailing yachts. were fur
nishsi by Amos BROWN. Thus Seattle IN
some slight degree contributed Ia the de-
Tending 90 the America cup against the
crack Yachts Of England