The Van Buren press., 1866-09-07
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In this city, on the morning of the 3lst of
August. GEo. W. NEwLAND aged 80 years.
Death, an unseen monster glidcS about and
among mankind, stopping, now and then. to
Gull their choicest. dearest flowers; sparing
none, but plucking the freshest and fairest
equally with the Oldest and more withercd. 1t
seems to lrye been our painful duty. within
the last year to record the deaths of many
Of our citizens. One by one they are passing
away, and the places that have known thcm
will know them no more forever. One week
ago the feelings of our inhabitants were ap-
paled by the announcement that Mr.. New
land was dead. The shock to every one was
great, all being equally possessed with the
thought that each individual, as well as the
community at large. had lost a friend whose
place could not easily be filed.
Gro. W. NEwLAND was born in Murray
County, Tennessee, in 1897, and moved to Van
Buren in 1913. just ere IL summers had
lightly fallen on his head he came 10 our town.
filed with all the noble determinations of
youth. From that time until his deceasc. a pc
riod of 25 years he was strongly identi-
fled with the interests of our city. No one of
our citizens displayed a greater spirit of en-
terpriSe. or was more Jealous i'm efforts to
advance the interests and prosperity of our
city. We shall miss him as we no more meet
him. genial and kind-hcartcd, among the vast
circle of his friends; we shall miss him as one
of our earliest well-wisherS and supporters;
Xe shall miss him in the thrift and enterprise
which he impaired to the torpid. lethargic
atmosphere of our city; we shall miss the be-
nign effect his presence conferred upon the
circles in which he mingled. Yet while his
death has left a vacant spot in the hearts of
our community, we soace ourselves with the
reflection that he was kind brother, a gener-
ous protector, and loy~l and deplored
friend. lie was buried with Masonic honors
from the Presbyterian Church on Saturday
morning last. He made profession of rclg-
ion and was baptized few days before his
death. "For we know that when this earthly
house Of our tabernacle is dissolved, we have
a house, Il building of God. not made with
hands, eternal and in the heavens"
i>IED-.\t Little Rock. on Wednesday the
18th ult, at the residence of Mr.. G. G.. Scott
aftera short illness, Mr.. SAMUEL W. ABBOTT
Of this city, aged 22ycar,, months, days.
Scarce does the funeral kncll of one deccas-
ed friend die in the distance, ere the restless
air bears to our ears the heart sadenng in
telligcnce that another companion has gone to
people the pale city of the dead. Who is there
among our citizens who fails to remember SAM
TE ABBoTr-his genial and happy disposition
his kind and endcaring department? Posses
sed of extraordinary amiability of character
as well as tenderness ofmanner almost femme
in its manifestations, he was beloved by all
who knew him. Forgetting not the admoni-
ton Remember now thy Creator in the days
of thy youth" he early in life, while scarce six
teen years had tinged lite's spring morn-at
that sunny period when the human heart is
delicately susceptible to noble impressions
when the formation and development of char
acter commences to unfold itsclfin words and
this rosy season, with heart eleva-
ted by boysh hopes and aspirations, and
mind dazzled by the glittering offers of a
gaudy world, he became Christian, and re-
mancd steadfast in his profession. Will the
hearts of those who loved him most and best
are bowed beneath the weight of this bereave-
ment, what JOY must comfort them as they
remember that his spirit has been " borne on
angels wings to heaven He was kindly ca
red for during his sickness by the family of
Mr. Chas G, Scott, at whose residence he clos
ed his eyes, and with that calm tranquility
which the Christian only knows
Bid adicu to all earthly things,
Without n sigh. without moan"