Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-09-25

bright, balmy day, in order that his
friends may pay their last respects
in a setting so appropriate.
Those that have been near him fol
the past year will recognize how apt
ly these lines of Longfellow's depict
the fight he made against the las
fell messenger:
AS one who long hath fed with pantinl
breath
Before his foe, bleeding and near to fall.
turned and set my back against the wall.
And look thee in the face, triumphant Death,
| call for aid, and no one anSwereth
/ am alone with thee who conQuereSt all:
Yet me thy threatening form doth not appall.
For thou art but phantom and wrath.
Wounded and weak. sword broken at the hilt.
With armor shattered. and without shield,
/ stand unmoVed; do with me what thou wilt;
| can resist no more, but will not yield;
This is no tournament where towards tilt:
The vanquished here is victor Of the field "
At the close of the address a quar-,
tet composed of Messrs, c. H. and C. G
Hooker, A. v. Gearhart and J. A. Row.
ley, sang that grand old song Battle
Hymn of the Republic" There were
songs which Neal Brown loved to sing
and this was one of them and it was
an Appropriate closing to the beautiful
outdoor service.
At the close the Masons took charge
and the ritualistic service of the or
der at the home and at the grave was
conducted by Past Master S. B. Tobey
assisted by Rev. w. H. Gould.
The services were attended in body
by nearly 200 Masons, about fifty OF
whom were from Merrill, in charge
of W. w. Albers, marshal, also by the
members of the Marathon County Bar
The active pail bearers were JUS
tice NJ. B. Rosenberg of Madison,
Charles ]. Winton of Minneapolis, c.
c. Yawkey, Judge F. E. Bump, ID. G..
Everest and E. B. Thayer of this city
The honorary pail bearers were
Chief Justice John B. Winslow of Mad
ison, Ex-Justice John Barnes of Mil
waukee, Judge G. w. Burnell of Osh-
kosh, B. f. Mcmillan of Mcmillan,
Judge A. H. Reid, Walter Alexander,
A. L. Kreutzer, E. l.. Boehm, B. F. Will
son, M. c. Ewing and Fowler P. Stone.
The services at the grave in Pine
Grove cemetery were very i'm
pressive and were listened to by a
very large number of Borrowing rela-
tives and friends.
Among the notable men present
from various parts of this and ad-
joining states were Chief Justice John
B. Winslow and Justice NJ. B. Rosen-
berry, of Madison; Ex-Justice John
Park, Attorneys w. F.. Owen, T. H.
Hanna, George Nelson and c. H..
Cashin, OF Stevens Point; Judge G. w.
Burnell, of Oshkosh; Emerson Hough,
author, and Graham Harris, attorney
representing the Campfire club of
Chicago; John Gregory, Milwaukee;
Chas. j. and David n. Winton, of Min
neapolis; Ex-Gov. w. H. Upham; E. G..
Pors, E. NJ. Deming and G. d. Ed
wards of Marshfeld; F. ]. Sensen-
brenner, and George and James Berg
strom of Neenah; r. NJ. Hesket of
Chrisholm, Mimi; B. r. Goggins,
Theo. w. Brazeau and Geo. A. Mead of
Grand Rapids; Judge NJ. c. Porter,
Attorneys Geo. Curtis, Jr., r. E. Smith,
John Van Hecke, and Mayor F. J.
Smith, of Merrill; G. w. Buckstaff,
Oshkosh.
There were large numbers in at
tendance from Merrill, Tomahawk,
Stevens Point, Grand Rapids, Amigo
and other nearby cities. most of them
coming by automobiles.
kilograms of coincidence came from
Gov. Philip and many notable men in
all parts of the country.