104 CHARLES ANTHONY GOESSMANN 



band and father, his chief delight was in his home. It 

 was interesting to witness his childlike pleasure in his 

 beautiful grounds, in the trees and shrubs all 

 selected and planted by him with excellent taste. In 

 tending and caring for them he found abundant relax- 

 ation and recreation. 



Deeply religious from his youth, the contemplation 

 of Nature, no less than the sublime teaching of Scrip- 

 ture, inspired him with true devotion. He spent much 

 time in meditation and the study of the Bible. He 

 greatly admired the works of Faber and Newman, and 

 their writings formed part of his daily reading. Born 

 a Catholic, the faith of his fathers, he lived and died 

 a devout member of the Church. It was largely 

 through the joint and persistent efforts of Dr. Goess- 

 mann and his devoted wife that a Roman Catholic 

 church was built and maintained in Amherst. 



He was taken ill on the 23rd of August. He lingered 

 until the 1st of September, retaining his mental facul- 

 ties clearly until the last, serene in his beautiful and 

 firm faith, and soon after noon of that day passed 

 quietly away. On the 5th of September he was buried 

 from St. Bridget's Church, and his remains lie in the 

 little cemetery at Plainville. 



An impressive and most appropriate service in 

 memory of Dr. Goessmann was held in the chapel of 

 the Massachusetts Agricultural College on Wednesday 

 morning, October 12, at which addresses were made 

 by President Butterfield, Professor Chandler of 

 Columbia University, President Stone of Purdue Uni- 

 versity, and Professor Wellington of Amherst. The 



