Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-11-28
DEATHS AND YusgxAIs
E, c. Reilly Passes Away After ,
 Short Illness.

Short Illness.
 1 Bernard c. Reilly, for many years well known resident of this city, died last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs Thomas Walsh on Highland avenue after short ill., ness with pleurisy. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs Thomas Walsh, five sons, John, Ber- nard, Patrick and William of Water, bury, George of Delaware and q step- son, Charles Roller of this city; five brothers and one sister, Thomas and Patrick Reilly of Waterbury, the 1 former a clerk in the local postofiice, Terrence, James, Owen and Mrs Thomas Howrican, all of whom re- side at or near the old homestead in | Ireland.
 MT Reilly was a native of Car 1 rickadorish, parish of Columkille, Longford, Ireland. It is a farming district about seven miles from Gran ard, one of the principal towns of the county. His parents were pros- porous farmers and gave all the fam | fly good education. The subject of this sketch was classical schola1 and after his graduation he taught school for a time in Dunbeggan, q nearby town, where he remained un- till he secured better position in a school at Tullamore, Kings county, where he had charge of the Latin and Greek classes and filled the place satisfactorily until he decided to try his luck in America He lo- | cated in Waterbury and after failing to find anything to do at his profess sion he entered the employ of the late John s. Castle, coal and ice deal- CT and remained there for several years, teaching evening school in the winter seasons and earning a little now and then doing clerical work for people who had no regular bookr keepers. He often talked of open ing day school, but he saw so many others fail at the business he was somewhat doubtful of the venture and managed to take things as they came, sometimes working for the city and then again picking up dollar in some other honest avoca- tion. In his younger years he was prominent in fraternal institutions and was usually chosen to All the office of chairman or secretary. He was charter member of Division 1, A. o. H. and acted as secretary in that body for nine or ten years. He took deep interest in Irish national affairs and wrote able articles on the land question for the newspapers and magazines. He had few tilts with Patrick Ford of the Irish World and crossed swords with John Boyle O'Reilly of the Pilot and other charming gentlemen and able think CTS who didn't always happen to view things from his standpoint. He was identified with the labor moye- ment and also took an interest in politics.
 Like every other scholar MT Reilly had his hobbies, and one of these was engaging in discussion with men whom he knew had a classical edu- cation. It was his delight to quote passages from the Illiad and Odyssey in the original tongue and then
 
 did not always agree with the work of some of his friends and as con- sequence he often found himself in an animated debate with clergymen and laymen. He helped many young men in their studies and it was noth- ing uncommon to see high school pupils stop him on the street or call at his house and request his assist ance at some problem in mathemat- ics which they had wrestled with for hours, but could not find the correct answer. He was for some time an instructor in St Patrick's Sunday school and was sexton of the church for a year or so during the pastor ate of Father Duggan.
 Personally, Mir Reilly was pleas ant, cheerful man, with keen sense of humor which made him a wei come visitor among his fellow men, He was chock full of Irish fairy tales and folk lore and could also tell in> teresting tales of the '9S period and the awful scenes enacted in that country during the famine of '46- AT. He was twice married. His first wife, Miss Agnes Delaney, al daughter of a hotel keeper at Tul- lamore, died several years ago. His second wife, Mrs Mary Roller sur wives him.
 The funeral will be held to St Pat rick's church at 1:30 o'clock to-mor- row afternoon. The burial will be