The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-09-30

/ srian burying ground on tomorrow, Thursday
lat o'clock.
''Green be the turf above thee,
Friend of our early days;
None knew thee but to love thee,
None named thee but to praise"
Mr.. William Stone and John Roney made
{very narrow escape Both of them, however
Sustained severe injuries. The right foot of til,
former caught and the instep bone broken
Mr.. Roney also had one of his feet badly bruised
From the Hollidays6urg Standard.
At Hollidaysburg, Blair county, on the 27tF
inst, the Hon. GEORGE r. McFARLANE, agec
sabout 46 years.
About the year 1886 he came to Huntingdon
scounty to reside, and subsequently took up hi.
residence in Hollidaysburg, where he lived til
the hour of his DEATH hOnored, beloved and re
4spected by all who knew him, for his virtues
his goodness, and his greatness. GEORGE Il
I sMcFARLASE was no ordinary man; for if there
ais such thing in this world as to be great hC
was truly great. because he truly good.
The writer of this tribute TO his memory en-
sjoyed the honor and pleasure of his acquaint
] lance since the year 1898, and he knows that hC
2is but ecnoing the universal sentiment ofall who
knew Judge McFAELANE when he says, that a.
Ia citizen, man, husband, and Il father, TIE
edeceased has left behind superior, and but
efew If any equals.
81 industrious Dy nature, he loved TO labor witt
ehis own hands, up to the hour of his untimely
Edeath for it was by habits of industry and the
Epossession Of rare business qualifications thai
Che rose from comparative poverty to be the pos
ssessor of sufficient of this worlds goods to make
shimself and family comfortable through u long
Fife.
Il Judge MCFARLAND was blessed by his Crea
{ Etor with mental endowments of the first order
(which by application and perseverance he had
!. Iphf n Ttt1S ma in hin
Sthe light and life of the community in which he
slived AS public speaker he among the
first class in the State Of fPennsylvania-always
zexhibted an intimate and accurate knowledge
sof his subject, with lively yet argumentative
Sstyle of delivery, which charmed whilst it in.
ksuucted all who heard him.
As writer he was ready, argumentative and
Eforcible and when the occasion required it he
scould wieid pen whose sarcastic expressions
znever fell short of the object they aimed at
Judge MCFARLAND was well known not only
Throughout Pennsylvania, his native State, but
lin many States of the Union, for his talents his
sbenevolence and his many virtues.
To the immediate community in which he liv-
sed, his loss viii be felt most severely; for he
WAS foremost i'll every enterprise that had for it
sobject the prosperity of the town, or the comfor
sand happiness of his neighbors. Possessed OF
the kindest heart that ever beat in human bo
5sOm, the poor and destitute were objects upon
eWnOHl ne llNfSileu Dlucn OF MS substance, VIII
sa willingness that proved that to do an act OF
Z kindness TOR neighbor, or relieve the distress
ses of fellow creature, afforded his big heart
I the liveiest qualification
1 But in no relation of life did the excellences
Sof the deceased exhibit themselves in such bean
Etiful harmony with all that is good and great il
sife, than in the relations of Husband and Fa
ther
4 Here his virtues, his benevolence, his good
! mess, shone preemnently and it is to them. whc
Eevent, to mourn the loss of the fondest husband
md doting father, that the decease of Judge
/ sMcFARLANE is a loss which is irreparable
d 1t may be truly said of Judge MCFARLANE
THAT man lives greatly,
sWhate'er his fate or fame VIII 0 greatly dies:
! High flushed with hope, when heroes shall des
pair.
4 Among the last words he ever uttered. were
20 am not afraid to die He knew and felt thai
] he had led life which was blameless, with his
heart full of love for his fellow men, at peace
with the world he felt no fear but like chris
/ tan hero, died trusting in his Maker
'-Great God how could thy vengeance light
] So bitterly so bright
How could the hand that gave such charms
Blast them again
! But he is gone The insatiate archer. death.
struck him down in the midst of his usefulness
and left community in tears. His memory
Twill be cherished by those who knew him. whilst
the record of his life will form beacon to guide
those in the path of duty, who seek tie emulate
the virtues of the good and the great