Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser., 1845-08-02

y. ,;einity ~ the 25th ulf., JoHx
hsrsrli, Of this city, 10 the 27th year
n. ~;tv ON Wednesday last, WiLrIAM
IN child Of William and Susan 8.
,Iiss., aged IS months.
...,, pleasant, on the morning Of the 2Sth
fsS1ERT H. youngest child Of Samuel and
\ - n;ekey, aged thirteen months.
.ra. here on earth, the Saviour said, I
80. little children come; s
Tah blessings he will crown the head
Msseh, in an eternal home.
:. r.,t Madison on the 26th ult., after =
y, ;isness of ten days, in the 26tfl year Of
-. Wx. E. Mason, Attorney at Law.
-. elssy Of young men is their strength;
i ,he teauiy Of old men is the gray head" !
!. ~. s,rsling instance Of the mysterious
-. AZ an overruling providence, the glory
scsue nan has been most suddenly cut
The vieor Of youth, that yesterday vas
-. "a eore perfect and settled manhood,
s.s - - the strong tree whose roots ard
s'v ss''s.,N tbe whr'wind has uptorn and pros
49, "a The earth-the tree perisheth when Il
ss !. ssIlss-sAe vigor aud strength Of the young
-. wasieth in the grave.
80, be said in truth that the subject Of this
80 carried with him to the grave fewer
-. ,hnn ussst young men who have been SO
-, s.skered to the sgreat harvest Of death -
~ 80 sooa example Of brief career ofunnsuai
'.,;sv survive he grave, il IS to be hoped that
:. ;naueace Of spotiess and well spent life,
-, 81 BE sen In the emulation and imitation
*, msnv virtues Of the deceased. OF re.
.,;os and rsodest nature, his habits were sim
i. md his intercourse with the world unobtru-
=. and iaolensive. Although his acknowl-
.Irsl talents had on many occasions command
4 he ,rplause Of his fellow men, he seemed to
vaAdssw from displays where the ostentatious
and vain would court the popular favor. His
in,esrisy was stern and unyieliing, and his
h;fkialness to his friends controlled their most
,Sseticnaie regard. Industrious and persever-
iue IN bis profession, he had gained an enviable
r,out,fion At the bar. Of which ne was an ack.
powledeed ornament and honor. In fact it may
e truly said that no young man Of his age in
cu Territory promised greater usefulness al d
sniuenee .. jurist. HIS faults were few, and
sf,hat impu.sive character, that his friends for
sv;ng them, gladly forgot the frailties Of high
nature, knowing that the stern integrity Of his
high heart could not when reflection succeeded
se capable Of wrong. II he had enemies, they
were Unknown to the writer Of this feeble trib-
ute % bic worth. Entertaining the most high
minded and honorable views Of the excellency
ofsa honest name, he disar,ned the envieus and
detrsctive Of their usual weapons-in fact his
faultless intercourse with the world silenced
even slansier itself, and taint Of calumny had
never soiled the freshness of his young and well
sarsed fame He has gone down to an early
rave carrying with him the affections Of all
xae valsed modest worth, and appreciate gen.
ercus and noble natures.
Mr. Mason was the only child Of respecta able
psrssfs, whom he left in his native town in New
Iosk 10 lS4I. The hearth and home Of hi.
Tou'h is frsiv made ies,late and childless. Or
lis parents this darkiing dsspensation of provi.
'ence will fall most gr,evousIy.
He marricd inthis place in the winter If 1S43
nd leaves behind young wife and an infan
sughter. To them we trust that the unfaiins
n'mises Of our Heavenly Father may Prov
me consolation and solace in an event 50 ar
'et'ng anc Erievous. The sympathies Of friends
zperience has taught US. cannot heal tae hear
I'D himself hath bruised. He who has prom
i<f to be Father to the fatherless and III,
frength and support of the widow will shelter
Iith this kindly protection, those He hath des.
lated in this dispensafion.