Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1916-01-27

would have told you go to prepare
place for you" The minister men
toned the many excellent qualities of
Mr.. Cowan. How he had worked earn
estly and long for the company, how he
had been loyal to his friends and home;
and how he had always tried to do the
right in questions that came before
him The minister's words were true
and beautiful Characterization of the
man.
Friends for Many Years
W. W. Perry, Milwaukee, grand sec
rotary of the grand lodge, gave the
service for the Masonic order. He
said that their friendship covered a per-
iod of many years, since 1885. Mr..
Perry was travelling salesman then
and left his home in the southwestern
part of the state at a time when his
mother was very i'll. He came to MAJ
omanie, Prairie du Sac and Lodi where
he found a telegram stating that his
mother had passed on. He ascertained
there were no trains from Lodi for
some time bat learned there would soon
be lone engine going from Bsraboo to
Madison. The station agent at Lodi
asked the officials at Baraboo for per-
mission to ride on the engine and in a
moment came the assurance from Mr..
Cowan that he could From that day
forward their had been an unbroken
friendship. He also spoke of close
companionship existing between Mr..
Cowan and George Willott both now
gone, of the sorrow that Mrs. Cowan
was too i'll to be present at the funeral
services of her husband, and of the
many manly traits characteristic of the
deceased. Mr.. Perry spoke of the for
titude with which Mr. Cowan had borne
the loss of his sight and in his prayer
beautifully said that although he had
been blind for almost ten years, now he
was enjoying the light. To those who
prayed, he kindly asked that they not
forget Mrs. Cowan in their supplica-
tions. The Masonic service was i'm
pressive and beautifully given. At the
conclusion of Mr.. Perry's part members
of the order passed about the casket,
| placing sprigs of evergreen upon it.
Special Train
A special train came from Chicago
bearing officials of the Chicago & North
Wesreen and others in the service.
AS mark ofsrespect to MIR. Cowap
and in appreciation of his loyalty to
Baraboo during and since his associa-
ton with the Chicago and Northwest
ern road, the stores of the city were
closed during the funeral.
The musical numbers were given by
Mrs. G. w. Snyder and Miss Olga
Reinking with Mrs. A. Oh. Reisz at the
piano They first sang Jesus, Lover
of My Soul" and nearer the close of
the exercises rendered ''Someday Wen
Understand" j.
The bearers were J. w. Davis, II.
L. Halsted, DR.. G. T. Thuerer, Fred e {.
| Warner, Eugene r. Allen and John
Fl. Hull.
The Relatives and Friends.
Among the relatives and friends
from a distance who came to the fune-
raj were the following:
Mr.. and Mrs. F. C. Cowan, Chicago.
| Mr.. and Mrs. NJ J. Briggs, Chicago.
MIR. and Mrs. j. S. Willott, Capron,
Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Dali, Poplar
Grove, I'll.
Former Assemblymann Joseph Will
oft, Manitowoc
Mrs. D. c. Cowan, Chicago,
Mrs. George Willott, Madison.
Mrs. Henry Harnden Noble, Chicago.
John T. Getting, Cedar Rapids.
Mrs. Cora Bloomer, St. Louis.
Miss Lucille Willott, Capron.
Dudley Fitzgerald, conductor Mil
waukee road, Madison.
A. F. Barrett, Milwaukee.
o. D. Brandenburg, Editor Demo
crat, Madison.
c. F. Cooley, Madison.
George j. Kuhns, Madison.
John Corscat, Madison.
Sydney 2. Rundell, Madison.
Mrs. F. r. Melcher, Madison.
Among these connected with the Chi