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

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He was a great lover of the rod and
reel and the gun, horseback and auto
riding appealed to him; it was by pur-
suing such that he could get closer
in touch with nature. Every trout
stream and every lake of Importance
in northern Wisconsin, in which there
are game fish, and the forests in
habited by deer, knew him well. He
was valued member of the Wausau
Hunting club, which has a retreat on
Lake Laura, Deer Foot Lodge" and
was its big Chief" so called, be-
cause of the interest taken and good
cheer impaired at the annual gather
ings held there.
He was one of the mos, hospitable
of men and became noted as an en-
tertainer at his summer home-"Ar-
cadia-on-Plover." This is located in
a forest on the banks of PloYer,
about ten miles from the city of Wau-
sau, and here he greeted many prom
inent men Of our country, as we'll as
his hosts of friends at home. The
stream is noted for it's beauty and for
its trout fishing.
One thing which will forever en-
dear him to our people is the fact
that through him our cemetery has
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a few shade trees, a dozen years ago,
the grounds were a barren waste.
Tree-growing there by the old pro-
cess-planting about 100, 16 feet apart,
proved a failure. Mr.. Brown was ex-
pert in tree planting and growing. He
volunteered to transform the grounds
into forest and he did so by plant
ing thousands of small pines, hem
locks, spruces, tamaracks and other
trees closely together, all over the
grounds. Nearly 100 per cent lived,
protecting each other until now the
grounds are beautiful to behold
Mr.. Brown was a member of Forest
Lodge, F. and A. NJ, of the Wausau
club, Wausau Country club, Wausau
Rotary club and other societies of our
city.
Mr.. Brown is survived by one sis
ter, Mrs. Mabel Green, and two nieces,
of Newberg, Ore, and an aunt and
uncle who reside in Auburn, N. Y.
Mrs. Green has been at his bed side
for the past five months.
The funeral services were held from
the home on Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock, the Rev. Richard Evans of the
First Methodist church officiating. 1t
| was an ideal afternoon without a
cloud and as warm as a summers
day. This made it possible to hold the
| services in the open. The casket was
| placed beneath the trees at the south
side Of the spacious lawn, and above
| 1T was suspended the stars and stripes,
blanket of roses and ferns covered
| the casket, and about it were beauti-
full floral designs notably from the
Phantom club of Chicago, Wausau Ro-
| tary club and the Masonic fraternity.
On the former, in large gold letters,
on broad white ribbon, was Meal
Brown, Natures Nobleman." Thous-
ands Of people gathered and were
| thus enabled to be present at the SER
| vices.\
Rev. Evans, who had been a warm
| friend Of Mr.. Brown for many years,
and was close to him during his ill
ness, spoke with eloquence of the de-
parted and his high tribute of deceased
found Judgment in every heart present.
| He said in part:
ITO those that have been his guests
that have ridden with him, fished and
hunted with him, sat out and talked
with him in the intimacy of his lodge
on the Plover or in his home, what
a man he was! Originality, homely
| philosophy, genial humor, sterling
common sense, love of books, of nature
and of men-this combination express
ing itself through his person, made
his companionship wonderfully slim
ulating to mind and soul.
And what strength was there!
Rugged is the word that best quail
fies the face, the form, the mind, the
i character. The direct antithesis is the
adjective, 'effeminate' no man was
more conscious of his faults than was
he; but his were the faults of a
| strong man. So were his virtues How
| positive he was. But he had too
much common sense to think that
he could not be mistaken, and to re-
| fuse hearing to the opinion Of an
other. His convictions were cOnVic-
tons; but they were saved from being
fanaticism, by being the fruit of
strong, earnest thinking which was
| first of all and last of all and above
| all, honest.
His ruggedness of body made him
reYel in life. His familiarity with
and love of nature in all her phases
and moods, combined with this virility,
made him love the out-of-doors. He
loved the out-of-doors as a boy loves
the swimmin' hole. He plunged in it,
soaked in it, drank in it at every
pore. -
l need not dwell upon his hospitality
and generosity. These are well known
to many who have experienced them.
What a democrat he was. just said
that effeminacy was the antithesis of
his ruggedness. His type of democ-
racy finds it's antithesis in snobbery.
How foreign was this to his nature.
How he despised any suggestion of it.
Like Abraham Lincoln, he could meet
| a count, ambassador and a plebean
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