Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-13

Grace s!i1reh, ami His Nas..c
-sdorns 81 Tas!.ict on tts Walls.
It used tc be sale that Il stranger who
was visiting N",.' York faf tie Grst
time and asked his hotcl cl1e& for aG-
vice as 10 what Ne @3ouid IL on san
day morning woUaI hnd ais Goub,s
quickly redHes5 to t." alternative, Go
over to Hryo.,,.u a.sl hcar 8aeeAer' or
Co t. =cfs.ee.a! .sreu ana So Brown"
30 l1..zEatt of Tire l'fst>t.a. ii church. WIS
Sc widely IE..s.a.s a.s,.hcr In IT beyond lis
NeW Faa-s 1oa4e #s E.s Valiant
aEaHl:sI5 e. cal Craca H=i#azH fHe5mr,
It vas es5.e." a1, w"4 ere5tet taau
ta#t o. any maa N the elotH aHI whose
power II society was even Ia5fe feared
than tlat q sus' bishop.
lie received his appointment rs sex.
ton from tue I>cv, LII. Thomas House
Taylor ard, willie Dr Taylor has aaen
long forgotten SeXteA Brown is StiI
Utmost rs mUch remembered ii the
great city as lin Fisk, y. T. Stewart or
Charles Delmonic0.
Brown would cultivate TIE aeqaaint.
aacc e. head walters and cooks, secur-
iHg tie latest information as 10 the
social plans of their masters and mis-
tresses, and whenever he learned thai
party or ball Was under e0Hsdcra-
ton 10 would offer his services to dc
liver the invitations or lo0E after the
comfort 81 tie guests @r slperintond
she.r arrival and departure in their
carriages Ha siuuing in tHia humble
way, it was net loag before he gained
tiIe GOOD viii Of d.sliHg0ished patrons
lis authoritative manner too, Wes
admirable fer such 0ecss8aS- indeed
the lost himself could hardly issue
command TO bis nalats With the
suazaeiz HemptorE emphasis which
Brown employed &aat= =was=hja de-
aegtfHes# sH4 such A.s trustworthy
2eal that MAS said tt5at= =f9= oae in
GtSez eha4e& co0t, je an9pstI5 feas,ed
., b. fegl= efe ecaulj.eHeH SaE his prayers
without The assistance Of Blown. ai.t
eventually It hccame something like a
dietUa il 4 lar1o paeti8a af society
that NOBODY eo&lJ be married i'll New
York in truly first class atFfe unless
Brown. presence blessed tie bridal
party.
Nor did any detail that might be
wanting for the personal comfort of
the congregation escape his vigilant
eye. It was a habit of old Peter Stuy
vesant. fer example, to keep in his pew
q thermometer. As soon as he had tax
Ell lis seat he would consult it. One
water morning when the tempera ture
was extremely low the furnaces of the
church got out Of order and Browns
assistants We're able to force through
them Only enough heat to lessen the
chill a little. 1t occurred to Brown that
the condition of the atmosphere would
not be conducive to either the piety or
the comfort of the aged Stuyvesant.
Whom the old gentleman arrived with
in the porch of the church, he was
ShiVerng With the cold, but without
attracting his attention Brown, who
knew that the first thing he would do
would be to- step into his pew and ex-
anime the thermometer, Slipped in
ahead. pressed one of his fat fingers to
the little glass bulb and chuckled as he
saw the mercury ascend to - When
Stuyvesant reached the pew, he con-
suited the thermometer as usual, look
ed around wonderingly, but evidently
concluded that the church must be
warm enough and that therefore it
| must be himself who was cold.
Browns funeral was marked by
much of the pomp and circumstance
which he himself had SO often provided
for the rich and the great. The wits
said that it was the first in forty years
that had been a perfectly correct per-
formance without his individual guild
| ance. he had died in the little town Of
Brandford one August night in 1880.
There he had been in the habit of TAX
ing his summer rest. He had been
overcome by the heat while attending
a wedding at Brandford. and that sum.
mer be complained. probably for the
| first time in his life, of i'll health. One
OF his orders was that his body should
be placed in a casket of polished Span
| ish cedar.
A more pondcrous casket had never
been carried up the aisle of Grace
CIuINn. IL NdS llCI Will SllNtt duu
| velvet. 1t was so heavy-its interior
| being large enough for two ordinary
| corpses-that the eight Knights Tenn
| plars who bore it into the church al
most staggered with their burden.
| Upon it lay their cooked hats with wav-
ing ostrich plumes. Within the chancel
| stood four of the clergy, in the pews
We're the representatives of some Of the
proudest families of the city. and a
long line of men and women filed into
The church showing all the signs of sor
row fer an old friend and ueighbor.
On the left hand side Of Grace church
as one turns after entering the porch
under the bell tower and near where