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Soul. and he pitied rather than hated:
his enemies. Upon more than one
©ccasion which we now recall he actu-
ally protected them, so profound was
his belief that they knew not what they
did. He was far more apt, in the over-
Powering love of his joke, to turn his
batteries of fun and humor upon his
triends, and with them enjoy a mild
discomfiture which had neither’ malice
mor sting in it. His most severe pas-
Sages in recent years were with Charles
A. Dana of the Sun. Each knew the
other’s touch and parry, and softened
the hardest blow with the elixir of
acknowledged respect. We shall never
torget the softness of Mr. Dana’s
voice when he referred once in con-
vention lovingly to “Isaac.”
He was of course best known for his
wit, which was as pure and undefiled
as ever sprang from a sweet and cling-
ing nature. It was wit because it was
based upon good humor, which is but
another expression for loving kindness.
It was wit because he hated humbug
and false pretense. .We never knew a
man so intolerant of sham and so little
in control when it confronted him. It
was wit because he loved human beings
in mass and never wearied of watching
them come and go, stumble and fall,
rise and run on, forever working out
the problem of human existence, which
so readily unfolds itself to the calm and
patient student of it. He saw and
knew the seriousness of it all and
chuckled over its amusing phases, often-
times puncturing the false alarm of it
with a delicate and convulsing turn of
the pen. He was not the greatest man
who ever lived, for like the rest of us
he had his weaknesses and limitations,
but there are a few of us who thought
he was one of the sweetest and to
whom his memory will remain an in-
spiration and encouragement. The
world is brighter and lighter for his
having been in it. There will be no
hatchets buried with im. He died at
peace with the world. He had earned
his rest and he has received it.
[From the Hartford Courant.]
Mr. Bromley has been for some time
a iertible sufferer from neuritis, and
although his physicians said that re-
covery was possible, he had not had
much expectation of that himself. Re-
cently he asked to be taken to Norwich,
giving among other reasons for the
change, that it was “nearer the family
lot.” He had been at the Backus
Hospital, where every possible atten-
tion was given him, but nothing could
stop his intense pain, and death comes
to him as relief from suffering that he
has said seemed more than could be
borne. His son, Major Isaac Bromley
of the “Consolidated” road, has his
summer home nearby, and preparations
had been made to take him there as
soon as his condition would justify the
removal. But the hoped-for recovery
did not come, and the sick man’s suffer-
ing has ceased. He has amused and
entertained us and he will be remem-
bered for his wit and humor; but he
has done more and better than this..
He has struck hard and telling blows
for the right, and he has made people
not only smile but also think.
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Mr. Bromley’s Life.
[From the New York Tribune.]
Isaac Hill Bromley was born in Nor-
wich, Conn., on March 6, 1833. He en-
tered Yale College in 1849, but left the
institution at the beginning of the Junior
year. He received the honorary degree
of A.M. from his Alma Mater in 1868.
He studied law and was admitted to
the bar in 1854. He was clerk of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
in 1856 and 1857 and of the State
Senate in 1858. In December of the
latter year he established the Norwich
Morning Bulletin. He served as cap-
tain in the 18th Connecticut Volunteers
in 1862, and was then detailed as pro-
vost-marshal for two years. In 1866
he was a member for Norwich of the
Connecticut Legislature.
In the Spring of 1868 he left the
Norwich Morning Bulletin to become
editor and part proprietor of the
Hartiord - Evening Post, continuing
that relation until 1872, when he dif-
fered with his partners upon political
questions and sold out his interest in
the paper. He was then for a short
time on the editorial staff of the New
York Sun. ae
In February, 1873, he joined the edi-
torial staff of the Tribune, and continued
with this newspaper for ten years. In
1883 he became editor of the Commercial
‘Advertiser, but as he had previously
been appointed a government director
of the Union Pacific Railroad he was
obliged to relinquish his editorial work.
He held this office until 1884, when he
took editorial charge of the Rochester
Post-Express, remaining with that paper
through the Presidential canvass of that
ear.
Then Mr. Bromley again entered the
service of the Union Pacific Railroad,
and was appointed assistant to the presi-
dent, holding that place until October,
1891, when he rejoined the Tribune
staff, and continued in active service as
an editorial writer until a few months
ago.
“He was a member of the Union
League Club and the Loyal Legion of
New York, and of Sedgwick Post No.
1, Grand Army of the Republic of Nor-
wich. His wife, who survives him, was
Miss Adelaide Roath, of Norwich.
Their son, Isaac Bromley, of New
Haven, is advertising agent of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road. A brother, George T. Bromley
of San* Francisco, and a sister, Mrs.
John R. Babcock, of Chicago, survive
him.
Mr. Bromley was one of the best-
known members of the Union League
Club, with which he had been connected
for twenty-one years, having been
elected to membership in 1877. For
the last two years he had been a mem-
ber of the Committee on Political Re-
form. Mr. Bromley often visited the
club-house, where his genial ways and
clever talk made him exceptionally wel-
come. The news of his death reached
the club-house yesterday afternoon, and
the sad intelligence was at once posted
on the bulletin-board. -So many of the
members of the club are out of town
that only a few of them were present
at the club-house yesterday, but among
those who learned of Mr. Bromley’s
death the expression of deep regret was
general.
Chauncey M. Depew, who knew Mr.
Bromley intimately, in speaking of him
last night, said: “I am shocked by the
death of Bromley, ‘Ike,’ as we. Yale
men always affectionately called him.
I have known him intimately for over
a quarter of a century. For forty years
he had been the life and wit of Yale
alumni gatherings. At such meetings
there was a classic flavor to his humor
possessed by no other man in. the
country. His genial personality en-
deared him to those who’ knew and
loved him. Old-time readers of the
Tribune will keenly miss those articles
of Bromley which, with restless ridi-
cule, destroyed the enemy, or with un-
equalled wit and humor, unmasked
frauds and charlatans in politics or so-
ciety. He was a most conscientious
journalist, and no personal relations
interfered with -what--he felt -was a
public duty. He was fond of President
Arthur, and in a social way they im-
mensely enjoyed each other, and he
said to me, in his sort of mournful
manner, one day: ‘I wish Arthur would
not persist in getting in front of my
gun.” It is unfortunate that most of
his work must share the fate of all
contributions to the daily press. I
hope some discriminating friend with
sympathetic spirit will gather his writ-
ings, both prose and poetry, and from
the selections give the world a book.
Such a work, properly edited, would
rescue much which ought to be pre-
served. For neither Charles Lamb nor
Thackeray ever did anything better than
some of these efforts of dear old ‘Ike’
Bromley.”
The funeral services were held on
Sunday, August 14, at the Central Bap-
tist Church of Norwich, and were con-
ducted by the Rev. Leonard Woolsey
Bacon.
The members of the family present
were Mr. Bromley’s widow and his
ohly son, Isaac Bromley, of New
Haven, with his wife and their three
young children. The pallbearers were
six members of Mr. Bromley’s class
at Yale—the Class of
namely, General Edward Harland, of
Norwich;. Henry R. Bond, of New
London; Judge Lynde A. Catlin, of
Pomfret; ex-Lieut.-Governor Henry
C. Robinson, of Hartford; Edmund C.
Stedman and Sherman W. Knevals, of
New York.
The attendance of many prominent
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citizens of Connecticut testified to the
respect in which Mr. Bromley has been
held in this State. Among these were
Senator Hawley, Lieutenant-Governor
Dewell, ex-Lieutenant-Governor Mer-
win, the Hon. N. D. Sperry, Dean
Francis Wayland of the Yale Law
School, Charles H. Clark, editor of the
Hartiord Courant, Colonel Norris G.
[Continued on roth page.]
ELDER SWAN
ON
INSURANCE.
The famous revivalist of Connecticut, of fifty
years ago, conceived of the new fad of
life insurance as a heinous sin, against
which he thundered from the pulpit or
convention platform. It was to him a
sign of a lack of faith, and one of the
“snares of a perverse generation.’ In
one of his sermons he represented John
the Baptist as answering the question as
to where he was going, by replying that
he had rested on the Jewish religious
faith for all these years and yet had been
sorely troubled, and he was now going
to Jerusalem to get his life insured.
Elder Swan pictured the horrible effect
on the new religion if any such illustra-
tion of a lack of faith had been allowed:
This incident is interesting as indicating, even
by a false conception of it, the ethical
side of insurance. As Mr. Woodward
says in his history of “Insurance in
Connecticut,” in quoting this incident:
“Prejudice yielded to enlightened dis-
cussion, and the act condemned by the
good Elder as a sin is now rated one of
the duties.’’ There is no question that
most men reckon life insurance as a
duty, and there is also no doubt that it
may be made a very pleasant and attrac-
tive duty. If you doubt this you may
inquire of the
PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY -
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
JONATHAN B. BUNCE, President.
JOHN M. HOLCOMBE, Vice-Pres.
CHARLES H. LAWRENCE, Sec’y.
YALE’S HOUSEWARMING
Is a process gone through with every
September. A new set of men
are in charge of the undergrad-
uate life, new Freshmen are to
be handled, new officers begin
their work of registration, and
the whole place is opened up
anew.
Many graduates and friends come to
assist in the ceremonies. They
go as by instinct to
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