Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-04-26

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selectnan. Acknowledgements the
town iwO years in succession IN the state
Legislature, aud was Judge Of Probate
two terms.-and County Commissioner
two years In al ihese trusts il Is be-
/ lieved he ever acquitted hsmselfvith faith
( falaess and honor. In one thing he came
to be overmatched. There, even, bis ma
tive sagasity did no, fOrsake him; bat alr'
ii did not prove equal to the emer-
gcnoe.
At the funeral Of Mr.. Riddle, on the
2lst inst. Rev. Mr.. DOugherty made the
following remarks:
ave are gathered, friends, to do for
ueighbOr that act of kindness which must
be the last. He has done many for US,
and ours. refer not now, TO the many
Offices he has first and last, filed in the
town, and for the town. These will re.
eeive due notice in q more extended way.
No, refer now to the acts Of kindness,
aud sympathy to which he ever stood ready
when any of our people were 10 trouble.
From all this now removed. forever. There
he sleeps, and there he can do no work.
There, is no device, no work. no knOwl-
edee, no wisdom Feel. * 10. Here he
was noted for all these. He was. indeed
a worker; but now that is at an end. He
was deviser; but all plans are suspended.
knowledge he had. He was 4 clear sight
ed man, and it was in part, for this
reason, that in the past, ifany Of his
fellow.townsmen, or if men from abroad
needed the accurate Detective, he was
promptly visited. Wisdom, too, he had ;
and it was only in one thing that this for
him. Nay, it did not fOrsake him there
it only proved imperative. But all is over
now and none of these qualities will he
exercise any more. When, therefore, Se
lay him away in the grave, we may be
admonished ourselves to work while il is
day. We have done well, therefore, in
that We have gathered, now, at the house
of mourning where from the sad events of
the occasion we MAJ learn wisdom.
Here, too. have we an opportunity Of
expressing sympathy to these the bereaved
companion, and cildren of our kind friend.
That is beautiful instinct in human
nature that spontaneously FEELS for chill
dren left without father, and with the
widow, bsreit of him TO whose best welfare
she had devoted her life. In this, however,
il is grateful to know that God is before.
hand with US. "A father TO the father.
less, aud judge to the widow is God" Ps.
xviii, 81 1t is blessed to think that this
is ever true to the widow who trusts in
God.
The deceased was the friend Of us all.
To the very children engaged in their
sports around him, he was kind aud con-
,iderate. How have seen him take the .
little ones up in his affectiOuatc arms and .
,aress and fondle them. Varied in his
ways of showing it, he was equally afec-
iiOnate to society. Men who from what.
ever cause, differed in judgement with
him will all say he was man Of rare
qualities of heart.
II is pleasant to know that the family
of our friend is so favOrably conditioned.
"A mother. judicious and devoted to her
with one vet to lean on, in whose
prudent oversight of the youger
ones Of the house, the fa,her't last wish
for his dear little daughter will be real
ned.
To you fathers this is an instructive
As it is to the father GOd COM
nits the interests of the household, it is
to be expected he will guard their limo
cenee, protect their rights aud redress
their wrongs. 1t Is, therefore, the duty
Of every father to do all in his power to
keep himself in such state of health and
habits as Will best sabssrve the great iu-
'erests Of bis companion aud his children
Ii is sOlenanly enioined upon Us as fathers
to bring up our households Alright. What
ever interferes with this, we are to avoid
even to the cutting Of of ; right hand
Hrde RErl,.