Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-02-07

the writer 3. B. c.
DIED. at his residence near Cooksville.
Howard county, on Saturday, the lh ult.
of pneumonia, Dr.. AUGUSTUS RIGGS, in
the 10th year of his age.
The death Of this eminent physician and up
right citizen has called forth universal express
| sions Of sorrow and regret from our whole
community. Taken away so suddenly from
the sphere of his labors and from among the
people by whom he was so honored and re-
vered, bis demise has cast gloom of sadness
over many q household whose members are
living and grateful witnesses to his kindly
skill and successful ministrations.
1t was the good fortune of the writer in bis
early professional life to be thrown in con-
slant intercourse with Dr. Riggs, then also
young man, and it is with melancholy pea
sure that he here calls to mind and attests his.
unaffected courtesy, his genial manner, his'
manIiness, his pride in his profession, and his
great skill as a physician. During an unin-
terrupted association Of more than forty years,
he never saw these qualities fail 10 manifest
themselves and impress themselves upon all
who were thrown in contact with him, pro-
fessionally or otherwise.
In consultation his demeanor was at once
modest and independent. His opinions were
given with fsankness and an emphasis that
showed they were the result of grave refcc-
tion while his courteous bearing towards
those Of his brother practitioners who differed
with him was always apparent. To young
physicians he was especially kind and cour-
teous, often with the consideratc delicacy that
was one of his special characteristics, placing
his own valuable suggestions before them
as though they were their own, and cordially
fayoring them with the results of his long ex-
perience and extensive range of medical know
ledge. He was an earnest student, and his
mind possessed the rare faculty of Immediate
ly dgesting what he read, which was at once
stored away and retained for future use and
application. In all the modern discoveries in
his science he kept pace with the age in which
he lived, and was ever ready to sanction with
alacrity any departure frem long-established
but successfully controverted theories. He
was in short an honor and an ornament to his
profession, and in his passing away we feel
that we have lost one of the most dseful, most
skilful, aud most esteemed of our fraternity
Those other noble qualities of mind and
heart which endeared him to those among
whom he lived and labored for more than for
ty-Gve years, will dwell long and deep in
their remcmbrances, and his name will ever be
uttered BY them with feelings Of venerated
affection and regret. But his neighbors who
so revered and respected him, will know him
no more His form will never rise here again,
his voice will not be heard, nor his expressive
countenance be seen He is dead. The sod
rests upon his once manly form, now as cold
and ifeless as itself bat his memory will ever
be fresh in the hearts of the people with whom
| he lived and among whom he moved, and who
will always cherish the recollection of his
many virtues.
Seek not 10 change his mortal doom,
But lay him gently in the tomb
% Go search the land of living men,
Where shall we find his like again?''
w. W. W.
IN MEMORIAM
Gone from the front of the battle;
Gone from the thick of the strife;
A noble warrior, on Duty's field
Has yielded up his life
a soldier, as true as nobly brave
AS ever armor wore,
Though his boodless victories none record
And his side no sabre wore.
In weakness or strength the heroic will
His failing frame sustained,
In his fight with the last great Enemy,
Who myriad victims claimed.
In luxurys home, or the poor man hut,
lie faced disease and fought
Risking daily his noble life for ours,
To save, his only thought
Shall we sing the triumphs of the brave,
And forget the bravest of all,
Who dared " old shapes of foul disease,
That strong mans hearts aPpal2
No honor the hero, who fights with death,
Who comforts the distressed,
Who has saved, not slain, his hundreds,
And given his life for the rest
L'INooSSUE.
| DEATH OF DR.. RIGGS.
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