The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-12-03

image will abide forever in the hearts and minds
OF his brother Elks-in spirit he will ever dwell!
among them
The dread Of being forgotten by those whom
we have left behind us is one of the most har-
rowing that nfilicts the soul Of mankind. TO pass
from the minds Of Our ncighbors, our friends and
the world, like bird ont of tho darkness into
the darkness. like an un-notcd scene in shifting
panorama like an ocean wave that skaters itself
upon the bar is a spectacle that constantly pre-
sents itself to each of us. and which we and
each of It's find melancholy. indeed, TO contcm-
plate For when we are forgotten, then of y
truth are we dead
IT'S FLORAL EMBLEM
And so 1t is that this organization the nation
over, in stern defiance to the oblicrating infu..
ehcc of time has chosen as one OF its iloral
cnblcms the sweet and tender Forget t-ne- moi" !"
and dedicated the last hour OF each dying day
to the absent. When the clock in the tower
chimes the hour of eleven, wherever Elks are
assembled. they cease for while their various
pursuits Of fancy, fun or roiic to drink silent
toast to the pleasant memory OF "otir absent
brothers," Therefore, it is. that wlcn as now,
the final season of the departing year arrives,
the Benevolent and Protective Order OF Elks
gathers in due dccor,m and formal and solemn
session to publicly and proudly proclaim the
thousand virtues Of its departed sons. Whatever
foiblcs they may have had have been inscribed
upon the sands and the tide of Christian charity
has washed them all away; but their virtues
have been boldly chiseled upon the eternal gram
ite of memory, to be afcctonately recounted by
brother Elks as long as they and this organiza-
tion abitlts.
No society ever formed boasts a more ufsclfsh
purpose or a holicr custom than the one which
we observe tonight. 1t is untanted by any of
the gros;cr influences OF the world. 1t is broad
in its unselhshness, profound in its charity ten
der in its sentiments.
That death loves shining mark is a maxim
to the truth of which the archives of this order
bear. alas. but too convincing testimony. Tic
roster Of the abschtecs who will not return to
us, matter how earnestly we implorc nor
how long we wait, has been woefuy heightened
of late and with names the most honorable and
illiisrious in all this valley. Since this lodge
last met in memorial session three OF its menu
bcrs have ''wrappcd the drapcry of their couch
about them and lay down to pleasant dreams y
They are Hon. +. W. Gunster, Richard Bustced
esq., and Thancl C. Snover
The uncertainty of life and the impetuous as
saut of death are, but too well illustrated by the
absence from our midst tonight of Thaniel G.
snoyer. Two weeks ago he was one of us. To-
night he is but memory. The chill blasts have
as vet scarce had time to stifcn the clods that
rest upon him. Few orders could honor 'Thanicl
{. Snovcr. On the contrary his name upon their
rolls would he an honor to the most distinguished
Of them. The years OF the great rebellion re-
yealed him ir the Uniform of Uncle Sam, fight
Ing the battles OF his country. The ensuing years
Of uuct,dc disclosed him climbing the heights
OF prosperity in the foremost rank of Scranton's
merchants and manufacturers.
RICH IN YEARS AND HONOR
He died rich in years. and honor, and worldly
goods. His wealth was boldly invested in Scran-
ton industries and Scranton enterprises. He has
left a monument TO his memory more enduring
than brass, in his vast contributions to that
great Industrial force that has made our city
blossom as the iosr. lie never lost faith i'll
Scranton. and by hundreds must you count those
who drew their daily s,lstcnance from the in
,,istries established and promoted by MIN. As Il
soldier OF the nation. pioneer resident of tie
city, and OF the principal factors in hel
prosperity, surely his family and the lodge OF
EIks will not mourn him alone.
Another name which will always be spoken
with the utmost tenderness in the lodge room OF
the Elks is that of Richard B,isteed, csq., one
of the trio OF losses sustained by the lodge dur
ing the past year. Mr.. Bustccd was not known
in Scranton as we'll as lie might have been, nor
as well us his merits deserved lie came among
,s as he himself said, Like bird of passage"
from the busy whirl of Long Island politics,
where he, and his father before him, had long