Connecticut western news., 1914-07-30
FUNERAL OF NELSON BROWN.
Drowning Victim Laid to Rest Amid a
 Mountain of Flowers.

Mountain of Flowers.
 The funeral of Nelson A. Brown, who was drowned in the Housatonic river Saturday, July IS, as related in The News of last week was largely attended at the residence of his aunt, Mrs. k. R. Lorraine, Thursday after noon.
 The friends filled the south front parlor, the immediate relatives of the deceased occupying the north room, in which were deposited the casket and flowers, the latter being the most beau tiful and lavish display seen on any similar occasion in Canaan in many a year. There were wreaths and stand ing pieces of exquisite design, includ- ing large floral harp which was deposited in the grave with the cssl1et. Floral tributes were sent by officers and clerks of the Caldonian Fire Insurance Company, of New York, in which MT. Brown is an officer.
 The services were conducted by Rev. MT. Gillette, who opened with appro- priate. scripture readings, after which Rev. MT. Travis offered a beautiful prayer, followed by brief address by MT. Gillette, who spoke touchingly of the helpful interest and solicitude shown by the community in the dis dressing experience of Sunday and Mon day, and paid a fitting tribute to the fine, manly qualities of the departed, closing with prayer. .-,.a .
 Friends were then permitted to view the remains, after which the casket was closed by Undertaken Arthur G. Lord, of Lakeville, who had the arrangements and funeral in charge. The pail. bearers carried, the heavy casket, of solid quartered oak, to the hearse, and the mourners and friends proceeded in automobiles, to the Lower Cemetery, where the grandparents of the young man, MT. and Mrs. Nelson M. Brown, are buried The commitment service by Rev. MT. Gillette, was brief-a fine rain was falling at the time-and the burial was effected amid a scene of fowess and foliage that covered the eptire burial plot. The grave was literally lined with flowers, gathered by the Camp Fire Girls and young ladies from the Vacation House, and the lawn was carpeted with flowers and green. Asest -.N .. ....s The pall-bearers were IN. Watson Haraenbergh, George P Hardenbergh, All9n Fuller, John Hubbard, Eugene T. Rowe and John R. Fuller.
 Among the relatives from out of town, who attended were, Mir. and Mrs N. A. .McNeil, of Lime Rock; MT. and Mrs. Millington, Mrs. G. G. Wallison, Mir and Mrs. A. W. Stewart, Mrs. Albert Adams, Miss May Lorraine, of Pittsfield; MT. and Mrs. W. l.. Brown, Miss Erva Brown, MT. Albert Bright man, New York; Mr. and Mrs. George Chattleton, Bristol; Mrs. George Hodges and Mrs. O. P. Gillette, Danbury; Mrs. O. P. Gillette, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio; MT. and Mrs. J. E. Lorraine and Miss Bessie Lorrain, of Sheffield; Mrs. Charles Day and Earl Day of Lakeville; Mrs Josiah l.. Gillette and Mrs. Ernest Spencer, of East Canaan.
 The following beautiful lines, 'by James Whitcomb Riley, were handed to Mrs. Bro VII, by deeply sympathetic friend who had found them a source of comfort in her own bereavement. They are entitled, "He is Just Away" I cannot say, and will not say
 That he is dead. He is just away.
 With cheery smile, and wave of his
 hand, He has wandered into an unknown land. He left us dreaming, how very fair
 It needs must be since he fingers there. And you, oh, you who the widest yearn
 For the eld-time step and the glad return,
 Think of him as faring on, as dear In the love of There, as the love of Here;
 Think of him still the same, say,
 He is not dead. He is just away.