Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-03-24
The Death Of Senator taitescne,r.

Des MONIES, on Thursday last, OF
Judge Arad Hitchcock, of Usage
came to us with the shock of a pei.
! sona) bereavement. An acquaintance
of twenty years with Judge Hitch.
cock, and intimate association with
him in the vicissitudes and ilcidents
of pioneer experience in Mitchell
county, commencing in 1856, gives
the writer of this article right to
know something of his genuine worth
and nobility of character, and to re.
alize in some degree the heavy loss
which not only his immediate rela-
tives but the community in which he
made his h ,me, and to whose up.
building he contributed more than
any other man, has sustained in his
death.
Judge Hitchcock was in many re-
spects remarkable man. The ma
tive shewdness and untiring energy
of the New England character
was in him enlarged and inten.
sified. His capacity for business, his
unerring Judgment and sagacity, his
self-reliant nature that seemed to
need no aid from without, and an in.
domitable courage aud perseverance,
that knew no obstacle and acknowl-
edged no defeat, were the wonder
and admiration of all who knew him,
and naturally gave him the place, to
which, however, he never aspired.
that of leader in the community. He
had the executive capacity in a large
degree. He was never at fault in his
knowledge of men, and he never
failed to leave upon everything he
undertook the impress of his indom.
table activity and will. In all his
varied contact with his fellow men,
he preserved the reputation of a just
and strictly honest man. The pur-
suit of wealth never warped his just
ice or left stain upon his honorable
record. He was benevolent, though
not ostentatiously SO. He had no pa
tience with the drones Of society, but
many an honest poor man has reason
to mourn him as a benefactor. He
was liberal promoter of all enter
prises calculated to build up the pros
perity of the community, and institu-
tons calculated to advance moral and
educational interests. These always
found in him a firm and discriminate
ing friend. And in these regards,
Usage and Mitchell county, that have
grown I'D under his eye, owe more of
their development and prosperity to
his wise counsels and liberal hand
than to any other citizen.
Personally, Judge Hitchcock was
a quiet, undemonstrative, unassuming
man. Though not given to many
words, his manners were by no
means repellant. He was utterly
indifferent to artificial distinction in
society, treating all alike with a gen
ial courtesy aud consideration that
marks the true gentleman. He was
social in his tastes, and in his quiet,
undemonstrative way, but with gen
uine relish, took part in all enter
prises and gatherings of 4 social
nature. His ripe Judgment and APP
proachable manners made him much
sought after rs counsellor, in mat
tiers of private as well as pnblic inter-
est; and his advice was always val
liable.
Though never seeker after politl-
cal honors, Judge Hitchcock was
with great unanimity selected at the
last election to represent his district
in the upper branch of the Legisla-
ture. He had in a marked degree
the qualities essential for wise and
judicious legislator, and had he
lived, would have amply justified the
confidence reposed in him by his
constituents. They, IN common with
the whole state, have reason to regret
the dispensation that deprives the
public counsels of services SO valua-
BILE. Judge Hitchcock was Ga years
of age, and leaves a wife and two
married daughters, to whom, in their
hour of affection, we tender our
heartfelt sympathy.