The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-05-03

| the rays Of the ssttinR sun and leave be-
had chem tbs farm and the nshing VII
IaRs for q fancisd quiok prosperity. 1t
was not cay to faes eonditioee as tney
mie ration, and light ones way % the as
surancs of treasures at home. Bus 10 IL
By far q Grsater eopQuest. It IL ire path
Of profounder wisdom % nnd, AND II
not to find them to create ct ones own
right hand the resources that shall meet
the spirits need. he who does this IL
prophet honorsd In his own country.
For service such As this the State OF
Maine owes Mr.. PayEon Thicker honor.
Few Industries In recent years have
sprung mp within orr borders apart from
his knowldge and encouragement. Few
men Of business ,but have found In him
the genius aud the spirit Of an active
force In Maine for Maine. For the oon-
summation Of such subtle tasks NJ the
discovery Of new RESOURCES and the GRE
ation Of new channels Of snterprise. Mr..
Tucker had that chisfsst Of all opportuni-
system, whose method IL In great part OF
his own fashioning; Whose RAPID growth
10 but an IL dtoatfon OF his Dower. What
that increase Of mileage urdsr his direc-
tion CT Bearly i've hurdr miles has
meant for our communities, IL familiar
story In all our esrs. Thereby not only
have the natural resources Of the State
been quickly pour, d out to the ntsdi OF
m 'rn life, the stone for bui ding, the
VOC Il for paper ar lum Der nj d the rest,
but the beauties of the hills aid coast
line, the rich Iife-giviaE air Of our sum
msrs have hssn thrown down At the feet
of the word
But il was not chiefly MIR. fuckers
capacity for business that furnishes the
key to what he was for our state ar d pee
pie. There vas another quality not SO
easily defined Societies nj q Institutions
xnnlfffeAa Of nnhUata nftigamn
aware OF a great generosity. Many man
beaitating arc experimenting with the
raspou slbilities OF bis growius manhoed
four d conrdsncs az d courage In bis ge-
nial, courteous bearing. An unfiagRing
zeal, a ter n cons d srstion fer the mic
fortunes or calsu itieS OF men: sponts-
neous thoughtfulness in what would
bring comfort Of any kiT d or slleviating
sympathy into hai Dues AT Il dittrees-
how many hearts among Us beat In quick
response TO these, his natural character
siieS. But all tbese qualities together
make up that wcr dsrfnl endowment We
call 'personallty." / well remember
as boy seeing this man pass ard people
say with q strange accent, "That was Nj
Tucker" His wss n mysterious person.
solty, mysterious In Its strength. myste-
rious In It's temptations He held men
to himself by the strong tie. Of love aid
friend nip, Of sympathy ard OF sdmira-
ton. he hsd this power of impressing
that personality upon every man who
knew his name. He !dsntifi' d himself
with the interests Of all AT they turned
{, him In oontd nee. Another has ut
zero d the truth In saying, I'VE Iikt d to
see Payson Tucker In the lead The
largest Interests were safe with him
AT Il his kin dly nature Was apparent to
ALL"
An admiration for his genius, u dep
fl sotion for his kir dness ard generosity
nla Il nIIr n
eether here teddy 1t rs public tribute
! TO a man who he'd our interests at heart
who brought great ensrgy ard varied
genius to the vast plans Of his Invention.
Ard In his dssth, We see our common lie
transfigurtd by the spiritual qualities al
servios, generosity, unselhshness, sym
patty, love. which he revealed TO men,
At the conclusion of Rev. Mr.. Psrkins's
address the quartette rendered Near to
Thee" which was followed BY u prayer
and bensdiotion, the concluding number
of the quartette being Suilivan's Lost
Chord
The knights TsmplAr then conducted a
burial service according to the ritual Of
the commandery, alter which the body
was horne from the church by the active
pail bearers, who were: Eminent Sirs
Thomas p. Shaw, Islander W. Eobes.
Frank g. Stevens, Joha q. Small, Ed
win u. Vose. Augustus r. Moulton,
George Il. Raymond, Harry Il. Virgin
and Sir Wood S. Eaton.
Next in order were the honorary pail
bearers: Hon. William l.. Putnam,
Hon. Joseph W. Symonds, lion. William
q. Davis, Col. Fred N Dow, Hon. Frank
W. Robinson, Hon. Ara Cushman. Hugh
]. Chishoin, william +. Wood. Col f..
L. Boothby.
The cortegs was then formed and pro-
decided to Evergreen cemetery. headed by
the American Cadetibend, followed by the
oommapdery under command of Capt.
the Council OF CommAndery and Grand
Officers, and commanding officers Of st.
Albsn comniAndery, also pail bearers and
family and friends in carriages.
Arriving at Dssring Point. the knight :
withdrew from the column and took
cars to Evergreen cemetery, where the
regulation commitment service was per-
formed. The body Was placed in the fami-
ly vault.
Among the many prominent parsons
from out of tina city who attended the
funeral were Hon. j. p. Bass
Of Bangor Mayor ]. s. +. Wilson Of Au-
burn, Mayor George Furbush OF Lewis
ton, NJ. L. MudRstt OF the Bangor Com
me rcial, h. III. Banding OF the Industri-
al journal, Hon. j. b. Peaks, Dover;
Frederic Dsnforth, Gardiner; Hon. b. u.
ChadDouIne. Biddeford; Hon. Weston
Lewis, Gardiner; Hon. j. 8. Aaxey, Gar
diner; Henry K Judkins, Waterville;
Mayor Horr Of Westorook; Hon. Geo. Z.
Wing, Auburn; Geo. W. Williams. Sa-
lem; Geo. II. Willis, Brunswick; Hon.
Ara Csuhman, Auburn; ID. W. Sanborn
general superintendent of the Boston and
Maine, and other employees while the
Maine Central was largely represented
by q delegation which were assigned
special seats in the centre OF the church.
THATCHER POST RECEIVES A
PICTURE.
The members of Thatcher post, No.
Ill, q. A. r, have just received from