The tri-weekly standard., 1866-06-14
Died:

In this CITY, on the 18th inst, at O'Clock
A. M, PAUL, eldest son of P. F. and Annie n.
Faison, aged one year and eleven months
"Suffer little children to come unto me and
forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom Of
God"
rw We are requested to give notice that the
funeral will take place from the Episcopal Church
on the 18th inst, at clock, P. M.
At his residence in Wake County, on the 5th
inst, SETH JONES, Esq, in the S2d year of his
age.
The deceased had attained ripe old age in the
County of his birth, in which he was much re-
spected and honored, and departed surrounded
by an affectionate family, and by friends who
sympathize with them in their afiiction. Seth
Jones was the son of Nathaniel Jones, of White
Plains, Wake County. He was the last of several
brothers who were well known in this County,
and who, in their day and generation, were very
useful US citizens and as honored public servants,
and respected and esteemed by their neighbors.
The deceased had frequently served the people
of Wake County in the State Legislature. He
was always true to his pledges and principles
He was O useful and respected member of that
body at time when our best public men con-
Quoted the administration of the State govern
ment; when promises by public men, if made
sparingly, were seldom violated; when profes-
sions of economy and of devotion to popular
rights, were not lightly uttered for the purpose
of securing political success; and when the stern
virtues that characterized our revolutionary an
cestors were still exerting benefcent influence
on the public service. But Mr.. Jones devoted
his energies for the most partsto agriculture and
it's kindred sciences. 1t was observed by Dean
Swift that sshe who made two blades of grass
grow where only one had grown before, was more
| useful to society than the whole race of mere
politicians" Mr.. Jones, as practical farmer,
prospered and grew rich on land by no means
fertile in its natural condition and by his patient
industry, his enterprise, his excellent discrimlna
tion and his attention to his blooded stock, and
his fruits of various kinds, placed himself, though
not versed in chemistry, in knowledge of soils
| acquired from books, at the head OF the farmers
| of his County. He was, we believe, the earliest
raiser of blooded cattle in this part of the State
He exceled in the variety and lusciousness of his
fruits He was also grower of cotton on large
| scale, for the most part on land enriched by
| iudeious application of fertilizers And in these
respects as well in others, without ostentation
or any affectation of superior information in his
! calling, he set an example which the present
! generation of young men would do well to follow
| But it was in his hospitable mansion, surround
ed by his aniable family, that his character mani
tested itself in its most attractive features. be
seemed never to know that he had done enough,
in his positive, good humored, but not obtrusiVe
manner, to make his guests feel themselves al
home. The writer of this, who knew him long
and well, cherishes the. most agreeable recoliec-
tions of his steady friendship through every
change. He was an honest man and patriot
He served his generation faithfully, and rests IN
hope His afflicted family, and his friends IN
various parts of the State, viii always cherish
fondly the recollection of his good qualities as
man and his sterling worth as citizen.