JULY 27, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



195 



The late E. H. Hunt. 



OBITUARY. 



E. H. Hunt. 



Elisha Hubbard Hunt, the well 

 known wholesale florist of Chicago, 

 died last Tuesday morning, July 25, 

 at his residence in Park Ridge, 111., 

 aged 41 years. Mr. Hunt had been 

 suffering from lung trouble for the 

 past two years, and since last Novem- 

 ber had been in New Mexico and Colo- 

 rado, where it was hoped the climate 

 would prove beneficial. He appeared 

 to be progressing favorably and hopes 

 were entertained of his restoration to 

 health, but of late he failed rapidly 

 and death came to him Tuesday morn- 

 ing at his home in Park Ridge, to 

 which he had returned from Denver 

 only last Friday. 



Mr. Hunt was born in Loda, 111., 

 Jan. 5, 1858, but when he was very 

 young his parents returned to the old 

 home in Sunderland, Mass. Here he 

 was educated, finishing with a course 

 at the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College at Amherst, and in 1877 he 

 came to Chicago to take a position 

 with the late Myron A. Hunt. Later 

 he was in the employ of J. C. Vaughan 

 and in 1889 purchased the wholesale 

 cut flower department of the latter's 

 business, thus coming into possession 

 of the oldest established wholesale 



cut flower commission business in the 

 west. Afterward he added seeds and 

 a full line of florists' supplies and suc- 

 ceeded in building up a large business. 



Mr. Hunt was a man of the strictest 

 integrity, whose word was always as 

 good as his bond, and his business 

 methods won for him the respect and 

 good will of all. His reputation as a 

 man of honor in all his relations was 

 of the highest. He made friendships 

 less readily than some, though always 

 genial and ever gentlemanly, but was 

 exceedingly loyal to his friends when 

 once admitted to that relationship. 

 Of a somewhat retiring disposition 

 he found more enjoyment at his fire- 

 side than in more public places and 

 was not so frequently seen in trade 

 gatherings as those who knew him 

 best would wish, but in any movement 

 for the general good his support, both 

 moral and financial, could always be 

 depended upon. 



A good man has gone in his early 

 prime. We have lost one who could 

 not well be spared, for the world was 

 better for his having lived. By his 

 wish his mortal remains were taken 

 to the old Massachusetts home, and 

 he will sleep beside his fathers. May 

 he rest well. 



The business that he had built up 

 will by his wish be continued by Mrs. 



Hunt upon the lines marked out by 

 him in the past, the full staff of em- 

 ployees being retained. And his 

 death will have no noticeable effect in 

 this direction, as during his long ill- 

 ness the management of the business 

 had devolved almost entirely upon 

 his staff, headed by his step-son, Mr. 

 Chas. Dickinson. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Picnic. 



The event of the season among the 

 craft and their friends came off at 

 Priesters Park, near Belleville. 111., on 

 Thursday, July 20, it being the sixth 

 annual picnic of the St. Louis Florists' 

 Club. Two special cars which were 

 in waiting at the east end of the big 

 bridge started at 10 a. m. and about 

 100 florists, with their wives, children 

 and sweethearts, were on board, and 

 the afternoon cars brought about as 

 many more. 



The committee of arrangements, 

 consisting of J. W. Kunz, Julius Koe- 

 nig, Jr., and F. W. Ude, Jr., had every- 

 thing in readiness for a good time. 

 The jubilee singers and cake walkers, 

 who have always been one of the feat- 

 ures of the picnic, were again with us 

 and gave us delightful music for the 

 dancing, which was participated in by 

 the younger ones. After dinner the 

 first event was a 100-yard dash for 

 young men not over 19, which was 

 won by young Halstedt, son of Dr. 

 Halstedt, of Belleville; a fine knife 

 was the prize. Bud Kunz had all the 

 best of it in the 50-yard run for boys; 

 the prize was a League ball. Miss L. 

 Weber won the 50-yard run for young 

 ladies,; the prize a beautiful fan. Miss 

 Juengel also won a fan by winning the 

 50-yard dash for girls. Mrs. Horn won 

 a silk umbrella for being the best run- 

 ner in the fat ladies' race; weight not 

 given. Ladies' race, any class, fat, 

 lean, tall, or short, was won by Mrs. 

 Kraft; the prize a set of gold buttons. 

 Fred Ammann had everything his own 

 way in the fat man's race, a fine walk- 

 ing cane being the prize. The last 

 event on the program was the most 

 exciting, it being the tug of war. The 

 teams were selected by John Kunz and 

 J. J. Beneke, they being captains. On 

 Kunz's team were Robert Beyer, J. 

 Koenig, Charles Juengel, E. W. Guy 

 and Dr. Halstedt. Beneke's team was 

 composed of all heavy weights: Max 

 Herzog, C. A. Kuehn, C. C. Sanders, 

 F. H. Weber and F. J. Fillmore. Ca- 

 rew, Sanders and F. C. Weber acted 

 as referees. After a hard pull, to the 

 great surprise of all Kunz's team won. 

 The prize was a box of cigars, which 

 the winning team generously divided 

 with the losers. The rest of the day 

 was spent dancing, boating, shooting, 

 and bowling. At 9 p. m. the cars were 

 in waiting and everybody went home 

 with a smile, and not one could be 

 found who did not have a good time. 



The Market. 



Trade conditions are still unchanged. 

 First-class stock still sells, especially 



