Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-05-17
Nasby.-Decease Of Elder Gavitt.
A Touching Obituary.


PosF OFFS, CoEFEDRTr K RoADs,0
(Which is in the Stait nv Kentuclyl
May 2, 1857
A bite hez fallen DER my soul. Ny eyes,
albeit unused to the meltiu mood, hev dis
titled nothin but tears for twelve hours. A
Piller has fallenl In the meettn house there
is a vacant pew, and a chair at BascOI1 S Is
without a setter. Last mite at precisely nine
p, NJ, Elder ABIMILECK C3AvTTT departed
this life, aged 63 years and some odd months.
1 weep ez write Ihe Elder WuN shuIC
out jest ez the flowers NV spring wuz cum1n
Jest CZ the weather WuZ gittln warm
enough to go barefooted-jest when it wuzn' Z
nessary to bother about gittin fire wood or
be concerned about feedin the stoclc-lesC, IN
fact, when men begin to enter upon SIX
months of enjoyment. Why WIZ he taken 2
Exc ansers. The ways NV Providence Is IN
slzrootable.
Elder GAVITT Wuz native NV North lNar-
ltny, Wich Stait he left in the blush Nv early
manhood, iist after he wuz married. Wat
he left North Karliny for, never Wuz able
to assertane precisely, but hey understood
that IL Wuz suthin in connection win q
smolEe-hOnse and the hams wien did hang
therein He Wuz in Whlg naoerh1ooa- 1--
wuz a Whig-ther was sum hams mist the
| rinds wuz found in his spoSsession--W mig IN 1-
| tolerance and persekOOshen. Upon sich
site evidence he was adiudged guilty NV
| theft, and Wuz ANONYMOUSLY rid on rtlel
/ and ordered to leave the country In twenty
/ four hours, wich he did, driftin nat rally %
Kentucky. Thank Heaven for Sicn out
RACES But for sien henI1ckyr henIy ; w MooG ,N, IiTe ~
/ ed unsettled to this day.
Elder GAvIrT wuz alluz Democrat nv
/ the strictest sect. He voted for JACKsoN' and
] reglerly for every Democratic candidate
| sence. He didn't read very much indeed,
! ef i remember right, he CoOdent do it at All
and wuz, cOnskently, stedfast in his faith,
| He Wazn't shook about, and driven hither
! and yOn by every wind, but remained thro
/ life fast in the groove into which he he'd bin
! originally sOt. His pOlitiltle creed wuz
made up NV this one idee, to-wit; Hatrtd
| NV Moo England. He hattd Moo England
| becoz Moo England hatid whisEey, wich he
! coOden't git along without and slavery, NY
Wtch he he'd a hundred n1ggerS. he NoteJ
| agin Moo England all his life reglerlyi and
| eH many times on each eleClzshen day eE he
| Good, without risk.
! My acquaintance with the deceest COM
\ mcnSt about three years ago. 10 WuH az ms
I house i stOpt on my advent into these parts,
1 TheI Wuz no need NV formal introducizshens
| --ther wuz already bond atWeen us wien
| knit our souls together. His eyes % 10 liz
| onto my nose, lighted up with q smile, and
| ez 1 gazed on hizzen / felt indeed that he
! wuz Indeed man and brother. He gave
] me whereof to eat and to drink and to make
] merry, and with him 1 tarrted till NglE reg,
] lerly Installed pOster Nv the church. and
/ thereby reglcrly pervtded for.
The cause NV the Elders death WuE q bro
/ ken heart. He wuz an ardent Confedrit
! and manfully bore up under the reverses NV
| the war. His courage WuH mistaken doOriu
/ the repeated successes nv the Fedr0l armies
/ and even when emancipation deprived him
| NV mis- slaves, he still he'd faith that, even
| choonlly, all wood be well. I'VE may be
beeten now Wuz his constant remark
''but the Northern Dimocrlsy are all right
and thro them Wen set cOnkerP Conhdin