The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-23
One more Unfortunate

With feelings Of regret wo ANNOUNCE
the death Of Hon. ] j. Talbot, which oc-
CURED at Elkhart, Indiana, September 2.
Many Of our readers from Kentucky nnd
Indiana will remember this gifted man.
During the war Mr. Talbot was rector Of
st. Paul's church, Louisville, Ky. When
Gen. Nelson was killed BY Gen. JEFF c.
Davis, he delivered the funeral oration.
From the pulpit he went to the Louis.
vile bar aud for some time con mandod
large and lucrative practice. The Elk
hart Review says: Tho immediate
cause OF his death was inflammation Of the
stomach and congestion of tho brain Ha
came here, ns is already known to our
readers, to struggle against relapse iulo
intempcrancc. II is probable none can
know or imagine the ferceness of tho lsht
which he waged during the last illness
with bis appetite for drink, aud it would
be selfish friend who could wish him
back for the prolongation Of suFerirga
which were sure to endure while life
lasted. He was happily triumphant, how.
ever, at the last, and be died with tho
most divine hope Of blissfu favor" His
sad fate is told by himself in the follow
ing pathetic extract from q lecture deliv.
cred in Indianapolis short time prsYiou5
to bis death.
But now the struggle i over, I can
survey tho field and measure the losses.
| had position, high and holy. This dc.
mon toro from around me tho robes of my
sacred Office and sent me forth churehless
and goddess, very Kissing tyword among
men. After had business large and Ia.
crativc and my voice in all large courts
was heard pleading for justice, mercy and
the right. But the dust gathered upon
my unopened books, and no football cross
ed the threshold Of the drynkard's ofice.
[ had money, ample for ell necessities,
but it took wings and went to feel the
colfers of the devils which possessed nc.
| had home adorned with all that
wealth and the most exquisite taste could
suggest. This devil crossed its threshold
and the light faded from its chambers;
the fire went out on the holiest of altare,
and leading me through its portals, ,dispari
walked with her, and sorrow and anguish
fingered within. had children beauti.
ful, to me at least, as a dream Of the
morning, and they had so entWined them.
selves around their fathers heart that no
matter whero it might wander, ever it
came back to them on the bright wings of
a fathers undying love. His destroyer
took their hands in his and led them. I
bad wife whose charms Of mind and
person were such that to see her vas to
remember, and to know her was TO love.
For thirteen years wo walked
the rugged path oflife together rei7;cing
10 its sunshine and sorrowing 10 its shade.
This internal monster couldn't spare me
even this. | had q mother, who FOR long
long years had not left her chair q vic.
tim of suffering and disease, and her
choicest delight was in the reflection that
the lessons which she had taught at her
knee had taken root in the heart Of her
youngest born, and that he was useful t.
his fellows and an honor to her who Dor.
him. But the thundcrbolt reached even
there, and there it did its most cruel
work. Other days may cure all bui this.
Ah ne ; Dcyer a word Of reproach from
her lips only tender caress; cnly
shadow Of great and uuspokcn grief gath.
cred over the dear old face only trenh
ling hand laid more lovingly on my head
only closer cliuging to the cross; only .
moro piteous appeal to heaven if her cup
at last were not full. And while her bog
iaved in his wild dolirium two thoasaua
miles away, the plying angels pushed tho
golden gates ajar, and the mother oi the
druDkard entered into rest
"Aud thus stand, clergyman with.
out cure, barrister without bti.f or
business; father without q child; a has
band without wife; son wishou,
parent; man with scarcely freud
soul without hope-all swallowed - "a
the maelstrom Of drink"
Mr.. Talbot was an eloquent orator ald
aud an able writer. He was constant
contributor to the first magazines 1i the
country. Seven years ago Mr.. Tslbsl
wrote q series of articles fer tho Galaxy,
in reply to Mrs Harriet Beccher Stoves
abuse of Byron, which created quite
sensation at the time. Six years ago Mr..
Talbot worked for and with the writer on
the New Albany (Iad.) Ledger Standard,
when we first discovered his worth ard
good qualities, aud realized the pos cr. re.
quired by such natures to abstain ltom
the use Of strong drink. Poor jerry
| Talhot has nasse6 nMaY. RsnniescSt i,l