The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-03-26
]. @. HOUGHTON's FUNERAL.

In the city that had long been his
home, where his solid worth had come
to be universally recognized, the flu
neral services for j. G. Houghton
were held on Thursday from Beth
any church. Through streets III which
the sound of labor and business were
temporarily hushed his body was
borne to it's last resting place in
Green Mount Cemetery.
1t seemed particularly fitting that at
this funeral no formal words of Gu
logy were spoken, and that the simple
but impressive service of the Episco-
pal church should be used. While the
far reaching, country wide business
connections of the institution Of
which Mr. Houghton was the head,
almost imperatively forbade a private
funeral, as perhaps his family might
have desired, all display and ostenta-
ton were carefully avoided. From
the time the body reached Montpelier
until the time it was laid away late
on Thursday it was all so simple, so
unpretentious and so like the man who
in his life time endeared himself to
all who knew him.
The funeral arrangements were in
charge of Col. O. d. Clark. Rev. A..
N. Lewis, rector of Christ church was
the officiating Clergyman. He was
assisted by Rev. Howard f. Hill of
Concord, N. H. Because of repairs
now in progress at Christ church the
public services were held at Bethany
church. The bearers were: W. H.
Cochrane, George W. Leslie, @. @.
Bancroft, f. NJ Bryan, f. X. Goss,
F. NJ Kendall, @. j. Hoffman and
Henry Holt.
The honorary pail bearers were Jo-
seph A. DeBoer, representing the Ma
tional Life Fred E. Smith, represent
ing the First National Bank Of Mont
pelier Gen. 7. S. Peck of Burling-
ton, for the society of Colonial Wars
H. H. Goodell, president of Amherst
College, a classmate of Mr. Hough-
toms, representing the class and the
college Edward O'Neil of Pittsburgh
Pa, for the agency force of the Ma
tional Life w. E. Adams, represent
ing the Wood Art Gallery; j. W.
Brock, and L. Bart Cross, old friends
At half past one o'clock private
service was held at the house, con-
Quoted by Rev. Calvin Stebbins of
birmingham, Mass, a classmate of
Mr. Houghton. The public services
commenced at two O'Clock. During
the hours of the funeral all places of
business on the principal streets were
closed. The ushers at the church
were J. Eli Goodenough, Ray W.
Huse, John E. Flanagan, E. d.
Field, F. r. Pitkin, Harry B. Moul-
ton and W. @. Berry. The congrega-
ton nearly filled the spacious edifice.
The body of the church was reserved
for the family and the various organ
izations represented. The funeral
service of the Episcopal church was
used by the officiating clergymen.
Music was furnished by a double
quartette under the direction of Prof.
a. j. Phillips. The members were
Misses Edith Brooks and Sallie Owl
att, Mrs +. H. Puffer, Mrs j. a.
Goodwin, w. S. Goss, w. S. Smith,
H. ID. Hopkins, and A. j. Phillips.
Miss Laura Rugg presided at the or
gan. At the conclusion of the service
the cortege slowly wendell its way to
Green Mount Cemetery, where the
committal services were conducted by
Rev. Howard f. Hill.
Rarely if ever, have so many and
such beautiful floral offerings been
seen in this city The green houses
of the larger cities were drawn upon
to supplement the supply at the local
conservatory. Both at the house and
at the church these contributions al
most hid from view the sombre casket
in which the body was brought from
far Naples. No attempt was made to OBJ
tain complete list of the contributors
either from abroad or from Mr.. Hough-
toms home city. Among the more
noticeable set pieces were pill
low of violets and roses and huge bou-
quet of American beauty roses from
the home office; floral book from the
First National bank, wreath of galax
and violets, Montpelier National bank (;
broken column, Mr.. and Mrs. S. A.
Moss wreath of roses and lilies, Mrs.
j. W. Burgess; panel of white carna-
tions and lilies of the valley, Straus
Brothers, Ligonier, Ind. wreath of
white pinks and pink roses, National
Life agents association; cluster BRIDE
roses, ladies of the Young Men S
Christian Association auxiliary; bou-
quet Easter lilies, Marquis de Lafay-
cite chapter, Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution; bouquet of white
roses, Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Houghton,
Cambridge, Mass. bouquet red roses,
Il. w. Bailey, Chlcago wreath OF ga
lax leaves, white roses and violets,
Mr.. and Mrs. James T. Phelps, Mr..
and Mrs. j. Howard Edwards and Mr..
and Mrs. @. w. Gammons wreath of
American Beauty roses, United States
Trust Company, Boston. A wreath
of roses from the Society of Colonial
Wars at Boston. DR.. W. Seward
Webb telegraphed from California
instructions to send all the cut flow
ers in his green houses at Shelburne
to Montpelier, and several huge
boxes We're received here. Scores of
other smaller pieces were banked
around the altar and casket at the
church.
Among those from out of town who
attended the funeral were Rev. Cal
vim Stebbins, birmingham, Mass; j.,
G. Houghton, Frederick M. Hough
ton, Stamford, Conn. Mr.. and Mrs.
H. o. Houghton, Miss E. H. Hough-
ton, Miss A. M. Houghton, Mrs. f.
S. Kershaw, Cambridge, Mass. J..
Z. Phelps, Boston; H. H. Goodell,
Amherst, Mass. Hon. w. II. Dubois,