The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-08-11
A FINE oLD-TIME MERCHANT.

The NeWtOWn Bee, Of August 2. says Of the late Erastus J. Hurlburt Of
 Washington, Conn. whose death was
 announced in our columns:
 "A landmark, so to speak, was re- moved in the death of that fine old time merchant, EFastus J. Hurlburt,
 who breathed his last on Friday after noon in the old homestead on Wash ington Green. which had 50 long been
 his home.
 Mir. Hurlburt was born October g,
 1895. at Dover, \. '. His parents were Major Horace and Hannah Lee
 HurIburt. Like the majority of the
 boys of his time he was educated in common schools. He was next to the
 eldest of a family of nine children, only two of whom survive him. Fred erick E. Hurlburt of New Haven and David s. Hurlburt of Washington.
 As a boy he worked for different
 families and later engaged in the busi-
 ness of carrying farmers produce to
 the New Haven market and soon after opened q general store in Connec-
 tion with the produce business (about
 the year 1S4S). He sent market wag- ons, a four-horse and a thrse horse team, to New Haven each week for period of some 25 years or until the Shepaug road was in operation. He was married, March 30, 1853, to Eme- line Grace filling of Oxford. They had four children. Two survive him viz, Nellie G.. wife of George B. Cal
 houn of New Milford, and Clarence A.
 Hurlburt of Galesburg. III. His eldest
 son, Egbert E., died in infancy Ills second son, Walter Frederick, of Bridgeport died September %, 1900 Mir. Hurlburt has resided In Washing
 ton since he was Il years of age and has held various local offices, includ- l ing town treasurer and treasurer of the town deposit fund for 20 years.
 He was member of the Legislature | in 1882 and served on the committee appointed on States prison. The funreal service at the house on Mon- day was conducted by Rev. Robert Carter. The service at the grave was conducted by Rev Mir Robinson.
 In the death of Mir Hurlburt, the
 town has lost highly respected and
 loyal citizen and one who was beloved
 by all for his kind and generous quail ties and his goodness. Many friends
 will mourn the loss of one who always had pleasant word for everybody.
 Much sympathy is expressed for the bereaved widow and children.
 MT. Hurlburt's death leaves but few men of his generation who were foremost in the affairs of the town 40 years ago. Mir Hurlburt did more for the town of Washington in a material | way than any citizen raised within | her borders. In his marketing busi- ness he brought thousands of dollars | into town, his teams taking to New Haven the finest pork. beef and but ter produced in Litchfield county, and
 bringing back good money which made | the foundation of the completeness
 now enjoyed by many of the families of the town. On market day. Mon- day, it was not an uncommon sight to
 see 20 or 30 farmers wagons waiting
 their turn to unload their pork and | butter at MT. Hurlburt's store. By
 midnight or 1 and 2 o'clock Tuesday l morning his great wagons were loaded and the start made for New Haven.
 the trip consuming three or four days
 In heat and cold, winter and summer, he made the journeys. He was an untiring worker. and never spared himself in physical way. It was easy
 to see how he soon became the towns foremost man, storekeeper, banker and financial adviser. Shrewd and econorni- 1 cal. he made a success where ninety
 nine out of hundred would have 1 failed. While to many who did not
 know him intimately. Mir Hurlburt | might appear cold and reserved, down
 under his blue shirt beat generous and | kindly heart, which went out to many | in cuiet way. Among his closest l friends was Stephen Warehouse, who in 1 later years lived just opposite MT
 Hurlbut's store. Nearly of the same l age they were like David and Jonathan. | MT. Morehouse passed his extra time in | winter in MT. Hurlbut's store and the
 two passed the time pleasantly in talk
 ing over the times of the earlier years.
 It was MT Morehouses privilege to as-
 sist the family in some ways In minis | tering to his dear old friend and neigh
 bor in his last days, and nothing that
 was in his power to do for the comfort
 of MT. Hurlburt was left undone. Aside from his relatives there was no
 more sincere mourner at his bier than 1 Stephen Morehouse"