The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-10
Many Friends Gather
at the Funeral of A.
Swan Brown.
ADDRESS BY A FORMER PASTOR.
Body Taken to Passaic
For Interment
Today.

The funeral of the late A. Swan
Brown, held yesterday afternoon at
"Tbe Hermitage" was attended by al
most 200 relatives and friends of the
deceased, a large number being en-
ploves Of the Boston store, and many
coming from a distance to pay tribute
70 the one who had endeared himself
to so many.
The parlor, in which the services were
held, was decorated with ferns and
flowers and was beautiful in it's sim
pHcity. The casket rested on the bier
in front Of the great stone fireplace and
y mantel, and these were half hidden in
wealth Of wild flowers and trailing
vines About the parlor were the floral
tributes sent by friends, and in one COR
her, on a floral stand, was the violin
Mr.. Brown had last used before his
death Without, on the broad piazzas
on which the assem- blage sat, few au-
tumn leaves relieved the severeness of
the columns and bare walls.
When the services began at 8 O'Clock
the piazzas Were filed while the i'm
mediate family sat within the room. In
cndIBH VI Tic ScINlGeS were rev. Leo
Boone Thomas pastor of Main Street
Baptist Church, of which Mr. Brown
was g. constant attendant, and Rev. DR..
Jesse B.. Thomas, formerly pastor of
the First Baptist Church, BROOKLYN. N.
Y. and now professor Of church his
tory in the Newton theological semin-
airy. The ceremonies were commenced
by singing Lead, kindly light" by a
quartet composed of Miss Luella Flagg
Of Worcester, Miss Caroline Clark of
Boston Harry Cook and Harry Robinson
- Of Worcester. and short prayer was Of
fered by Rev Leo Boone Thomas. At
ter the reading Of portion of the
Scriptures the quartet sang abide
with me, and Rev. DR.. Jesse B. Thorn
as who had been Mr.. Browns pastor
for years, delivered a short address. He
told Of his first acquaintance with the
deceased, and of his lifelong friend
ship. The speaker did not know of his
superior, he said, either as a man and
friend or as business manager. He
was cut off in a life of great useful
ness, but he had lived $50 years in the
% Of his life, and had enjoyed every
moment Of them.
4 At the conclusion of the address, the
quartet sang God be with us till we
meet again. and the benediction was
pronounced by Rev. Dir. j. B. Thomas.
The immense gathering then passed
through the room to take a last look
at the face of the one who had been a
oenefactor to most Of them, and after
wards the casket was conveyed from
the house by the bearers, who were as
follows: A. B. Wallace of Forbes e.
wallace, of Springfield; James Thomp-
son of Hartford George A. Gay, of Pet
us Dry Goods company, Indianapolis,
Ind; A. Bigelow, of Amy, Bigelow &
Washburn of Salem; George F. BayIe.
former manager of the Boston store,
and now of Simpson, Crawford g. Simp-
son, Of New York; Walter Calender, of
calender, McAuslan e. Troop, of Provi-
dence; j. r. Mckay, of the Boston
store; George A. Gay, of Brown &
thompson Hartford; George NJ. Brown,
hartford; Albert L. Waite of the Wor-
cester First National Bank, and Thos.
B. Crimes of East Boston,
The ushers We're Otis Putnam, e. F.
biscoe, Thomas B, Eaton, j. P. Hamil-
,on' Henry A. Marsh and ]. c. Mac
lines.
Inc hearse and carriages proceeded to
As depot, where a special car was wait
ing TO convey the immediate relatives
10 Passaic, N. j., with the body. where
the burial will take place today Those
VINO went We're Mrs. Brown, Mr. and
HFs, / S Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Luther
= Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Swan
Of Passaic.
among the floral tributes was large
hsrp with broken strings, made of white
roses from the employees of the Bos-
om store, Worcester; a column six feet
.aIl made Of white roses and asters.
ron Ing! the Pettis Dry Goods company of
Indianapolis, Ind; column of red and
nnlite roses from the Boston store of
providence; violin stand of roses from
a, b. Little & Co, of Lynn. Besides
.neSe there were tributes from the dry
SoVoS stores of Worcester, and nearly
naI hundred from friends in Wor-
eeSter and throughout New England.