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Trihntc Of Respect.
"ThC EOOI dc NTst,
And They whose hearts arc dry as summer

"Thc good de first.
And they whose hearts arc "F' Us '"'
dust
Hurn to the socket"
The black angel of death has just Vlsl-
ted u community and taken us its prey
into Paradise the spirit Of ono who had 4
welcome place i'll tho hearts OF all VINO
knew linn. Welcome, because he pos
sessed SO many manly and worthy traits
of character, that were you to sec
port1aycd n sketch Of all his virtues and
artings in lie that WAS very short you
would uppo that the hand OF the Gu
logist had peincd nothing but en-
conliums on pages swept by the wanc ot
The magician.
In the ceremonies OF sorrow and in tho
expression of honor to the dead the
downcast faces and moistcned eyes De-
spoke tho emotions OF the heart IN IAN
,rlagc moro expressive anu truthful IMAM
can he ovinccu by words, now strongly
the deceased was united with chords u
love and friendship to thch hearts OF US an.
lie had no faults for the hostile hand OF
the carping critic 10 unveil, but even the
laudations of q friendly culogist could
not cXaggcratc the beauties OF MS hople
nature. .
There is no dark stain on the name OF
him who has Just left us that might have
elected the desire of his friends thai the
mantle of charity should be cast over his
grave. For bis department III life fore
stalled any such necessity.
1t is exceedingly gratifying to me that
my first tribute of respect III THIS manner
should be to tho memory OF ono so justly
deserving.
1t was my good fortune to know the
deceased for many years, and l can say
Of him as I can not say OF any other per-
son Of my acquaintance, that 40 llot DC
licve he had an enemy. In the language
of the poet: "Nonc knew him but 10
love linn. Nor named him but TO
praise" On the evening of the second
inst, the b~lue-pctcr was holsteo, al"
at S o'clock the immortal spirit vi MT. a.
j. Chalmers sailed on invisible wings 10
paradise, there to await tho bugle blast
OF tho arch-angcl Gabriel, when INC
good will bo presented with Immortal
crowns, and will join tho host oil angels
around tho snowy white throne OF TIC
great I Am.
The slow dull attack of typhoid fever
which bcsot Mr.. Chalmers for several
weeks proved that his youthful form was
not equal to it's poisonous influence, II
that the sickle OF time is notthrust among
lllOIldlS W lS1p llCtC1S ~ AilS to>tS va
grass, but cuts down the young and strong
as well.
The Abbevillo Rifles and Silver Cornct
Band Of which he was respectively q
member escorted the remains Of the de-
ceased from the family residence to the
Methodist Church on tho morning of the
fourth instant, followed by a very large
crowd of relatives and friends, when the
burial service was road thence the re-
mains were carried to the cemetery at
Long Cane and there inferred.
The crowd Of syinpathizing friends was
moro numerous than was over seen on
any similar occasion in Abbeville.
When each one of us realize that we
shall not SEQ his manly form nor hear
his genial voice again, Il shuddcr invol-
UNFAIRLY steals over MS, for we know that
his loss is not that of his family, alone,
but is most %gricvously felt by the whole
community.
Peace be with his ashes.
T.. r. G..