Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-22

character than rather Sl0cum. l re-
 gard his death as great loss not only to his own people, but to the whole icommunity; for he looked upon every lman as brother, and stood ready at lall times to make others happy and relieve distress wherever he knew it Ito exist"
 Mayor Thoms-"Fathe Slocum was Waterbury's best known and best loved citizen. I do not think I have
 ever known man of broader sympa-
 thies or greater charity. He was a living example to all men of what a
 Christian priest should be, and his
 death will cause universal sorrow, not only in the church which he faithfully served, but among all the
 people in the city"
 Monsignor Slocum was prompt Ito come forward and take
 an active interest in any
 movement calculated to reflect credit upon his neighbors. This was made
 manifest in many ways, but in none
 more so than when it was proposed to
 tender a testimonial to the Water-
 bury men who were with Dewey at
 Manila bay. He was member of that committee and one of it's most active workers.
 Everybody you meet wants to say something good of Monsignor Slocum, but after hearing the brightest minds one is forced to the conclusion that the paragraph in the monsignor's ser- mon on the occasion of the funeral of the late Father Duggan comes pretty near expressing practically all any body could say of himself at this time:
 Some men, when we come to examine their character, are like statues of heroic size, which can be best viewed from distance. He was not a perfect man and he did not pretend to be, but he was sincere, honest and earnest man. What he believed he believed strongly and he was not afraid to tell any man what he believed. He did not say one thing and mean another, he had no patience with double dealing and could not tolerate hypocrisy. As we look over his life to-day, those who knew him best. his fellow priests, have to ad- mire him and to say: Here was a model man.
 Monsignor Slocum's death, while not wholly unexpected, created quite a shock in all parts of the town, for he was unquestionably one of the best known and most beloved men in the community and was well and favor ably known all over the Hartford dio- cese as brilliant orator and popular clergyman. He took an interest in matters outside the church and was much sought after by organized bodies when they had something un- usual going on and wanted the best talent available. He was extremely 1 popular with the Grand Army men 1 all over the state, his last engagement l which he had to cancel on account of | sickness, being at Bristol. where he I was to address the veterans of that | place in one of the Protestant church. | ss. He was chaplain of the Ninth | volunteers and this was probably the only society he was ac- .iyell associated with. He was con- ;tantly engaged in charitable work i ,f one kind or another and finally everybody by giving his last lollar as nucleus of fund for the of St Mary's hospital, ] part of which will be opened next nonth
 It was surprising how quickly the Jews of his death spread all over own. the children on their way to chool as early as s o'clock making 1t he topic for conversation.
 Early this morning the work of putting drapery on the rectory and ,hurch os the Immaculate Coucsp-