The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-22
THE LATE DAVID B. HoTCHKIsS,
 OF BETHANY.

Prospect has suffered in the death of David B. Hotchl6iss, loss also which will be widely felt in neighboring towns and communities. People from Waterbury. woleott, Naugatuck, Cheshire and WaIlingford were present at his funeral. and but for the meeting of the Board of Agriculture in Middle town, several others prominently con- nected with the agricultural interests of the state would in like manner have tes- tified their respect for his memory.
 Perhaps no other resident of a small country town was so widely and favor ably known as MT. Hotchkiss. His po- sition in the state grange, in which he held the office of deputy, his connection with the Pomological society, and Dali rymen's association, and his frequent attendance at all kinds of meetings in which agricultural interests were con- sidered. made his presence familiar and his name respected in all parts of the state. His mental activity was remark able, as was his ready interest in all questions of morals and political expe- diency He was a great reader, was well informed on all topics of current Interest, possessed an excellent memory, and happy faculty of expression, was independent in his opinions, and held with unyielding tenacity to whatever he believed to be right He was a promi- nent member of the Constitutional con- vention, where his speeches always commanded attention, and little was done or decided in that honirable body | in which his influence was not felt. Though better known almost every where else than in Waterbury, he was @ member of the Waterbury Historical society, and whenever present he con- tributed to the interest of it's exercises and deliberations.
 1 For hard working farmer, who de- rived his income and supported a large family chiefly from the proceeds of a Prospect farm, MT. HotchlSiss was a re- markable man. As a matter of course, his intense mental activity and his great interest in g wide range of sub- jects forbade the concentration of thought and effort which seems to be necessary to the, highest business sue cess. Also it could not be expected that a man who thought so much and so in dependently as Mir. Hotchkiss would always agree with the opinions most prevalent in the community, or that others would always agree with him, but no one ever had reason to doubt that his opinions were intelligently and l honorably held.
 ,, In his family relations he was most kind and indulgent husband, father and brother, a model of domestic affection, cheerfulness, encouragement and intel- l ligence. None who lived with him or grew up around him could fail to come under the influence of his intellectuali- ty and mental activity, or to derive wholesome indictment therefrom. AS a neighbor he was always friendly and obliging, and as 8 Christian he showed his faith by steadfast devotion to duty | and a consistent life. He grew into 1 the confidence of the community in which he lived, and of the church Of which he was member so as to be re- garded as a stay and pillar in both, 1 Besides his wife, true companion and helper, now sorely stricken, he leaves three grown up daughters, Lu- ella, Mabel and Ruth, all graduates of the State Normal school at New Bri- tain. His eldest son, Treat, is fifteen years old. Next to him is daughter, Dorothy. eleven, and there are two sons younger, Frederick and Edward, aged eight and five respectively. He leaves also two brothers, Edward of New
 York and Berkeley S., of Waterbury, and a sister, Mrs, F. A. Sanford of Westfieid, Mass. The bearers were Stephen Tainadge, John Platt,> George D. Tenn, Horatio Clark, Ernest Woodin and William Clark.
 The Rev. W. H. Phipps conducted the funeral services, including a most fit- ting and appreciatfve eulogy and there were appropriate and we'll rendered so- los and duet by Mrs. Elmer Griswold and Mrs. Lavergne Clark. The floral offerings were abundant and beautiful, among them 8 sickle from Mad River Grange, of which Mir. Hotchkiss was a charter member; @ pillow from Pros pect Grange, a eoruueopia from Excel sior Pomona, roses from the children of Prospect Center district, with other similar tributes from Temple Lodge and Eastern Star Lodge of Cheshire. r | MT. Hotchlkiss was fifty years old, and was born in the house where he died and where he had always lived.--Wa- l terbury American.