The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1874-03-26

The rule Of death is inexorable az

The rule of death is memorable and
universal. 1t Is enforced in thousand
ways. and there are no exceptions TO its
application. And yet it Is seldom that
when the fat goes forth demanding an
other victim, an entire community Is
plunged into grief This universal sor-
row was witnessed in the death of DIR.
|. F. HARRISGToN, our late honored and
beloved citizen. Ii was universal because
one 50 generous and true, SO useful and
good, and so much beloved, could not
have been longer spared.
On Saturday morning, 2lst inst, at
Il o'clock, he was engaged in his attend
ance on the sick. At u O'Clock he was
seized with sudden severe illness, and his
friend and partner, DR.. Writ johnson,
with other physicians and friends, were
at his bedside At o'clock on the morn
ing of the 23d his spirit had left the
tenement of his noble manhood and had
gone to its final rest. The brave man
who had for others sake so often battled
with the destroyer, himself had become
its victim. He died Of Mcning us and
so steady and remorseless and
vet insidious was its progress that
medical skill could not avail 10 ar
rest it. Calmly he breari.a- his last,
and on Tuesday morning o'clock
with all the ceremonials OF J. With
all the tokens of the VI M and
abiding grief of stricken cor unity,
his remains were tenderly laid away
DR. Harrington was born in 1924 in
Holmes County Mississippi at the old
village of Georgeville, near the site of the
present town of Goodman. The wreck
of the village, has doubtless, long
since passed away, but it is familiar
nameto the neighborhood. His faith
er Mr. Hezekiah Harrington, was man
of rare virtues, strictly upright, benevo-
lent and just and from him
his son now deceased, inherited
those virtues which won for him
place so dear in the hearts of those
who knew him. Born to a comfortable
estate, the son was favored with the adj
vantages of early education which he so
well improved and applied for the good
of others in his after life. He studied
the profession of medicine, and settled
to practice it among the people with whom
he had been reared. His affiuent cir
cumstances enabled him to crafty his
benevolent nature in doing gratuitous
service for the poor.
When the war commenced, he enlisted
among the first, and was captain in the
29th Mississippi Regiment. Soon after,
he was appointed Surgeon in the army,
and continued on duty until the close of
the war 1t left him but the wreck of
large estate, and in 1865, he commenced
life anew with scarcely more than his
profession and his indomitable will to
meet and overcome the trials of life as
his reliance for the support and education
of large family. 1t was at this stage
of his life that he settled in this city
comparatively a stranger.
Our people here know too well to
repeat it, how rapidly he arose to large
practice, and how indispensable his pres
ence was felt by many families
when invaded by disease. He was
ever ready to alleviate the sorrows
of others. From the poor and lowly he
never turned away; nor refused them his
services To the latest moment, he in
dulged his benevolent nature in answer
ing the calls of the needy, and mnistering
to their suffering. He was an attentive
skillful physician. His manners were
cordial, natural and gentle; and in his
intercourse with his fellow-men, his &C
tons were always delicate and honorable
We dare not invade the sacred precincts
of his family circle, of which he was the
prop, the JOY and the light. He leaves
a wife and seven children to mourn the
irreparable loss of a tender and affection
atehusband and father. His spirit has as
cended to its God. His virtues will have
a monument in the hearts of those he has
left behind