Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1877-01-03
Memorial Meeting Of the Junia.a
Valley Medical Association.

composing physicians of the counties
of Perry. Mifii,n, Juniata. Huntingdon,
Blair and Bedford, was convened in
honor of the memory Of DR.. 2. j..
GREENLEAF, In the Court House in
Mifiiintown, Juuiata county, Pa, De-
cewber Fl, 1876, with Vice President
DR.. I. IL. Van Valzah, of Lewistown,
in the Chair.
On motion of DR.. s. NJ. Ross, of Al
toops, the reading of the minutes Of
the previous meeting was dispensed
with.
The Secretary read the call for this
special meeting, after which DR.. l..
Banks, of Mifiiintown, delivered q
memorial address on the death Of DIR.
p. l.. GREENLEAF, the late lamented
President of the Association, as follows !;
FsllOu members of the Juaiafa Yaiiey
day tor the first time since cur organization,
IN the solemn capacity of a memorial body
The icy hand oil Death has stilied the throb-
bing pulse and cooled the fevered breath of
one OF our Professions brightest lights.
nur esteemed friend and worthy Presi-
dent, DIR. p. l.. GREESLEAF, is dead.
lie was the hrst OF our Association called
to pass through the portals of death the
af hos
strings the cold finger of death has crap
pled-the first whose warm, bounding lie
was chilled by its icy touch; nor was he
one who had the frost OF years upon his
head, or whose limbs were tottering aud
palsied BY the weight of declining age, who
was first called 10 pass through the dark
valley and shadow of death, bat one en-
gagged in an active professional! field of labor,
aud through whose veins the tide of life
danc ed mcrrily.
lie WAS man of pre-eminent professional
merit and genius, widely known and re-
spected in life, and is alike lamented in
death.
He was one whose earnestness in his pro-
fe,siou never tagged. His industry WAS
un;iring. Even in his faiimg health the
ardor of his Zeal forbade him moderate his
10 TIC iBttSufC uiS
but continued TO labor on with that inten-
sity Of his nature until the progress Of his
disease compelled confinement to his room.
He kept himself abreast with the science
and latest theories and appliances of mis-
profession, instituted tor the reliet of suf-
iering humanity. In short he bore the pro-
iessional torch with honor, and laid 1t down
only with his lite.
| despise extolling the dead with falls e
eulOgy, or analyzing character by long
parole OF oyer-drawn features OF the good
they have done or the evils they have
avoided. yei feel that our Medical Asso-
ciation would dc gross injustice to the Dig
nifty of their profession 10 allow such a
merltorious aIh noble professional example
such an intiexible integrity and spotless
moral characterize be passed from our
notice and veilei forever from ouf sight
without adding leaf TO the garland that
decks his tomb.
Pubic men who brook their rivals too
often receive the poorest kind of thanks for
their nobiest deeds, whilst the faults OF the
dead are forgotten, their virtues extoled
and their sins sinothered up by the charity
OF their assOciates-but l am sure the as
sent of those who knew Dr. p. l.. GREEN
LEAF viii bare me out that no such Disguise
Is necessary III recording MS hie,
His personal honor and integrity were so
absoinie That not breath oi Suspicion
rested upon 1t IN The mud OF any man VINO
knew him. rhere WAS ho,hing mean or
jotty or selfish in his nature. He WAS the
soul OF truth. He never had any tricks 10
cover up Ills public aud private lie cor
responded.
VI one thing those VINO Knew MN are
sure, anu 'ndl rs taa' nistots eau his oHe
IA" secret "hieh wiz tarhlsu MS private char
acter or destroy inc commence oi men Ia
hin.
his proless'ohai ProsresS-h's puohc Ca
reer-his private -sSociatlohs-the secret Vi
MS Chamber, may De niide She"n 20 hlah-
Kind. No intrigue nor dlssihuiatioh-ho
aruhce nor seinSh ailti'ioh-ho impure
ihossh' of ac' s"AIi pe iou'ii 'h His
uss ihe-ho acts uis' were io' III. ou.-
grown ol io'.! anu noo'e ha'u'e' HAT
ever ., ever. VA. me "eIu1 ,H'S eo",1 -
iisn'' MS Uie,ii"i, ns' Su'i' oT Sn'ii'u' y,
1, ms 'ilos' iiioues' iieHus Pu' - o'usu.
.nese Nere iiio'ih 'ir'uI' 'ua. enli iiSieu
iii"i WIN io". VI "A''' a. ""u
ne soush' n'' 10 20 eA,'.'v' Il, u'o %
men, iof Nno eah -! 'ia' ne '"'"e"' ,i'ie
hloh'S Q, hilisel 'nah ie uessr'ei 20 nI'e
dVhe. nh"ssu'iicd u uis'i'!, peIs'"a' h"io'
ana iliaiiiuess "ere part ., us VET "a
ture, as II were; oose oi MS oone anu h.sh
oi hi> hesh. ne c"u'u s,'op 10 ho'ioc 'he
uniettered ana 40 AIMS 10 uhe poor "i'i
cheerIui hea'ti anu YET IN sc'e"'Hic rs
search ne was hiaich Tor the pousheu
scholar, ana IN society 50 ~ihd' ahiaoie ana
aiiaole was ms manner l.i.t lie c'ui" suit
himself 10 the most ias'hilous Oh coilpah-
ions.
lie ives strong in his con' n'lctions oil dnty,
but not biased IN ms Judgment, or eSactlnS
IN his requirements OF hen. lie sedulou:-
ly avoided entanSi' ng alliances, and SO IN
struc.!ve ana persuasive was ms mode ci
argument that even those who opposed him
were constrained TO admire his piansioiiity
and earnestne>s.
DR.. p L. GREESLEAF was born at The
Gap" Lancaster county, Pa, on the 10Th
of March, 1890, and came with his parents
and two sisters, who comprised the entire
family, to Juniata comfy III 1859, aud set
tied III tht neishborliood Of ThomPsOntuwn.
In his early iIie he enjoyed none Of the ad-
vantages of family wealth, nor influence OF
pareniare TO give him distinction among