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fee to aid. So he was buried with the W. C. T. U. white ribbon on his 

 breast. 



The last words he uttered that could be distinguished were : " It is 

 better — to be — in a place — and suffer wrong — than to do wrong." 



The Funeral. — The last rites were paid to his mortal remains on Thurs- 

 day, January 10. It was a historic day in Pasadena. The tabernacle was well 

 filled — about 2000 people in attendance. The exercises were conducted by 

 Rev. R. H. Hartley, pastor of the Friends church. The great choristry was 

 filled with singers who sang appropriate hymns with a fervor and pathos as 

 if the very spirit of the Browns had woven itself into heavenly music. 



Prayer was offered by Rev. Dr. Bresee, pastor of the M. E. Church, which 

 went to the heart of the historic occasion and was an uplift of soul in all 

 noble aspirations. Remarks were made by Rev. Mr. Hartley ; also by Rev. 

 D. D. Hill, pastor of the Congregational church ; Rev. E. L. Conger, pastor 

 of the Universalist church ; Col. George Woodford, the gospel temperance 

 evangelist ; and by H. N. Rust, a life-long friend and neighbor of John 

 Brown and his family. 



The city trustees, who are all old-time republicans, attended in a body 

 and took seats on the platform, as a token of respect for the memory of John 

 Brown and his sons. 



The students of the Pasadena Academy attended in a body. And mem- 

 bers of the G. A. R. and Sons of Veterans who could leave their business 

 places attended the funeral. 



On conclusion of the services the casket was removed to the corridor 

 and the face cover removed. Then the vast audience passed out in columns 

 by each aisle on each side of the bier and thus all had an opportunity to 

 view the face of Owen Brown. It was perfectly natural — a little paler than 

 in life, and looked as though he was only lying asleep. 



The bier was covered with floral emblems and tokens of love. A cross, 

 a wreath, and boquets, composed of calla lillies, roses, violets, marguerites, 

 sweet elyssum, geraniums, smilax, and feather palms. 



Relatives Present. ^ — ^Jason Brown, brother of the deceased. 



Ruth Brown Thompson, sister of the deceased, with her husband, 

 Henry Thompson and their youngest daughter, Mamie. Mr. Thompson 

 was one of John Brown's soldiers in Kansas. 



Mrs. Grace Simmons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, with her 

 husband and son, who reside at L,as Casitas. 



Mrs. Town, (another daughter) with her husband and son, who also 

 reside at Las Casitas. 



Mrs. Hand, from Wellington, Ohio, a sister of John Brown, aunt to 

 the deceased, and now visiting her daughter in Los Angeles, formerly Mrs. 

 Hood of Pasadena. 



Mrs. Hopson, cousin of the deceased, from Sacramento. 



Mrs. Ouinn, a cousin, from Saratoga Springs, N. Y. 



The Pall Bearers. — It is quite remarkable that there should be 

 found in Pasadena so many men who were associated with John Brown in 

 his mighty work, which up-heaved the nation and proved the entering 

 wedge for the overthrow of slavery, thirty years ago. In charge of the 

 pall bearers was H. N. Rust, president of the Pasadena Library Associa- 

 tion, who was an old-time friend and neighbor of the John Brown family 

 at East Hampton, Massachusetts, and also for many years in this city. 



