The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-26

Establishment of mail route from Mead
vile to Ricevile through Richmond and
was Richmond's first postmaster, APP
pointed by President John Quincy Adj
ans, He also had the contract for car
rying the mails for number of years
between Meadville and Rceville, a dis
lance of twenty miles When youth OF
sixteen years he was converted" and
Joined the Congregational church. While
living in Richmond he was the leader in
the organization of an Independent Con-
sregational society, which was perfected
on January II, 1882. He wrote out its
articles of faith, and was the clerk of the
| society while he lived there. He also
| took deep interest in education. Dur
| ing a part of the year his home was the
school for the children of the neighbour
| hood. He took several weekly papers,
and his hired men and household gene
rally were expected to- read them in or
der to keep posted on the events of the
| day. He arranged for debates and took
part in them. He was also interested in
athletlco and he would urge the young
men and those employed by him to feats
of physical skill. He discouraged the
use of profanity, tobacco and liquors.
He held daily family worship, which
every one working for him was COM
PEELED to attend. He was very practical
in his religion. He helped the poor, and
many an incident is related how he of
ten sent his men with provisions to sick
or INDECENT families
Brown had peculiar sense of Justice
The story is told that he refused to sell
1p1thnr until ba 1ost Of tIIrp
was out of it for fear that he would sell
the customer water and reap the gain.
Another story is told how he caused a
man to be arrested on some trivial Of
fence although he had sustained no per-
sonal injury, but because he thought the
crime ought to be punished, and then he
supplied the wants of the prisoner and
his family out Of his private means until
the day of the trial. From his family he
demanded implicit obedience, and he
was stern and severe His punishment
of his children was often unique. AT one
time he decreed that one of his sons
should have fifty stripes as punish
ment for some offence committed by the
boy. After having administered twenty
one stripes he placed the whip in the
boys hand and had him lay twenty-five
on to himself. He was imperious to q
high degree. He always affected to
listen to what Others had to say" said
George Delamater, of Meadville, who
knew him well, but he always followed
his own judgment, and expected those
under him to yield implicit obedience"
One day man riding along before him
refused to stop after Brown had called
his name several times. A pistol shot
from Brown promptly brought the mans
horse to a standstill,
Failing in business, he left Richmond
in the year 1885, but he often returned
and he spoke to his friends of his pur-
pose to strike a blow against slavery.
In speaking of it to a Mr.. McFadden, |
this gentleman said to him. IF you do
you will hang for it," To which Brown
answered, well, then I will hang" Mr. |
Delamater says that "he was firm as
Mahomet in his belief that he had call
from God to strike blow against slave
ry," He always laid great stress on
the purpose of the Deity" said this gen
tleman. To him the end and purpose
justified the means. In order to win |
men over to his views he would appeal /
to their ambition, love of fame, pity for
the slave, and even cupidity ut is not I
so much when a man dies, but how" he /
often remarked.-Kansas City Star