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DIED, at his residence in Staunton ON ,rh,..t,.
morning last. after protracted and painful illness
he bore with all that forttude which Christian
tiou alone can impart. Mr. JOHN CARROLL, in the
The deceased laid claim to any of those peculiar
attributes OF the mind which qualify their Cr
conspicuous place in public estimation his modest
ASPIRATIONS were confined to earnest desire "to do
has duty in that state Of life in which il pleased God N
place him ); and in this position he eminenty sue
cessiu IN all that rvet the attachment Of
friends aud ncghbors No man has ever beer called
from the unobtrusve walks of private life whose loss
WIN DC more sincerely felt and regretted by all who
At a special communication of Stanton Lodge No. 10.
held at the N1ason's Hail. Thursday, November 18th
A l.. 5S46, A d. 1876, the death of our worthy and
beloved brother JOHN CARROLL, p. NJ, Of this Lodge
was Observation-Disclosures the following resolution
was adopted
Resolved, That Brothers C. III. Lewis J. D. limbo.
den and Chesley Kinney, be and hereby appointed
committee to prepare preamble aud resolutions,
suitable TO the OCCASION and report to the Lodge to-
morrow.
Alta special Communication of Stanntou Lodge No.
ID, held at the Mason's Hall OH Friday, November
18th, A: L. $40, A. ID. lS46,
kt. w. Brother Char les II. Lewis, from the COM
mittee appointed yesterday, reported a preamble aud
resolutions which he preiaced with tho following elo
qnent and appropriate remarks
"When some proud son of returns to earth il
IS meet that his should be committed their
final resting place with call the FORMS modes, shows of
SNic', 30 10 inc splenulu pageantry OF
countereited sorrow-therc is proprcty in the scene
which closes the drama of life Of folly and pride, by
an exhibition of the affinity of vanity with dust And
100, when from the humber walks of life, the kind
neghbor-the sincere friend-the afcctionate husband
and fond father is called away he is accompanied to the
tomb by those who bear about them the liable
evidences that they shave that tcithin which passeth
show"
I need not tell YOU, Worshpful, and nv brethren.
that as 4 ncighbor John Carroll kind-that as a
friend he sncerc-that he aiivctonate hus-
band-a fond fa'her-'hs whole community in which
he was born and raised, and which his life spent
wi b,ar aiiectionate testimony to all this But there
other aud peculiar which he stood 10 us
oil these 1t becomes me, and yet can scarcely trust
myself spcak:how these relations stained by
him, let the records Of this Lodge proclaim and vet
they cannot tell how often that hand, cold in death
was the first TO put forth the willing tribute the
lief OF suffering and disrcssa tribute, which like the
widows mite, was more precious in the sight of the
Supreme Architect of the Universe than rich mems
the wasted frame OF langushng brother, whilst from
his lips came whispered words of comfort and good
that "there is something the echo of these walls
which speaks to our hearts with eloquence to which
human tongue aspire-and beside which, euloey
may well be dumb, tor il is vain.
''Go TO your scuptured tombs VIC great
In a the tinsel trash Of state
But by thy honest tomb wait
thou man of WORTH
To weep the aye best fellows fate
Fer lay in EARTH
The following preamble and resolutions were then
submitted and adopted
Ou DSioNcu protEcr, tnc WOTshlplul JOhn Carroll,
Past Master OF this Lodge, having been called by the
Grand Master OF the Universe from his labours
while bow in humble submission the decree of an
advise and most merciful Providence, deem it en-
irely consistent with character Masons and as
men, to drop the tear Of sympathy and regret the
grave of departed excellence.
we consider IT sacred duty, here, in the courts of
this earthly tabernacle, where have so often held
sweet intercourse with friend and brother to ex-
press our deep of the loss sustained by this Lodge
the masonic fraternity and our whole community,
In his deahto convey TO his afflicted family the
ance Of our heartfelt coincidence and testify by the
honors pay his mortal remains the affectionate
remembrance with which cherish his memory
therefore
Resolved, That we will accompany in solemn pro-
cession the remains OF beloved brother the grave
and inter il with Masonic honours.
Resolved, That we will each of us Grape the
left arm for thirty days-not merely a formal badge
of mourning but outward sign of the real
which in our hearts.
Resolved That the Secretary be instructed to pre-
sent our bcreaved sister and family with copy Of the
foregoing preamble and accompany ing resolutions.
Resolved, That copy Of these proceedings be fur
nIshed tor publication in the newspapers printed i'm
stanton. An extract from the minutes,
Teste,
JAMES +. PATTERSON, Scc'ry of
Staunton Lodge, No. ID.