The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-11-15

Ih1eN - 'o'' vas the benevolent ami
veneroie pr' hehry Cafiett. A man
who pd nearly attained his three score
yearssnd ten' and who was always full
of KID words sympathy and encourage
mentor one and all, rich or poor>shigh
or log OF whatever condition of life. lie
was at OILY physician, but father in
the sex rom lie was possessed of am
pie fsture, and might have retired from
the aduo's duties of his profession, and
passsd hil declining years in ease and
conteDim@t; but no doubt he died as he
would hav preferred to die-in his pro-
fess;on at lhe post of dutv.
mex to fan was tho vo,n~ ,olon,
al al uronisino vo,nr rl,vsi.ia, NJ
q p,ather.Jr lie loyej bis nrofoes;ou
anil died me Of its no5lest AMI ,r,es,
,,,assrs. Eiebt All a.v no won, doinn
-, ,6s ro.d !, bis 49,, MI ~ 49,.
so,fwas pDstrated ~ tho f,.al noison
,r,...e neopk ,.ili -. .uo...,,.. 60.
o.uwifb pAlo uo ia 60. ,s,h
y.rbans
- Of 80.
n lame W -. -. - M, I'm
ssar;-bevoti ,,.a -. -.
hro,her. Dr., FL. ia.
hr,ssn down Ia Ioe, ,g.,, al -.
vo,antarily Into ~. nil, - H., -
toka his stketan h,a,h.s 80 IA
anpealed 10 j.. Rra.,h,rr o,I o,b.rs -
connel his bstber - 1oava ,,irti,r -
he fact thatk. brotbar uas already sicl
that he had, vie and cbildran - s,f.
fer by his dean while ~ have none. no
one /. depeplent upon me ri fan il
viii Be as detailing of 4 drop Of water
in = grand .apd mighty river-at once
LOST and 5000 forgotten" He stood at
hisJpost ebut two weeks when the fatal
fangs of IL fiery dragon snapped his
Young life. To use the words of this no
bic Young an he ''had no one depend
enta on In, but the hearts of all who
love the god and noble will never cease
10 pay trihte to the memory Of his name.
The mes to fall was Or. Hugh L. Pra-
Their. Looted in Missouri in a lucrative
praetice-ln invalid himself--he heard
the efy oanguish in his native county
AMI hastned TO the bedside of his sick
brother lie staid with him until his own
VEINS hadabsorbed the death poison, and
when he eturned home, he returned on
y to di, Hugh Prather was noble
young NAB right and taleuted-with
useful If before him. Ne class him as
home PHYSICIAN, because lis name and
thatof D. Jimmie Farris, is held in the
hearts ofthese people with too much
pride AMI respect, to now acknowledge
that ans other place was their home.
lhese yong men had left here, and were
praetcing their profession across the
river, but our people always regarded
them s. lone people and they no doubt
always regarded this as their real home
Nay Gods mereies be with them.
Iafnext was the old veteran DR.. W. D.
CorbEt, man always remarkable for
nervsand courage. He falscrel-but not
Tor as own personal sagety-but at the
seeuiag powerlessness Of medical knowl-
edgeto do anything to counteraet the
dreaaal seoarge. For six weeks of the
pestisnee, when all the home physicians
we're dead or down. he bat'ied IN the
cause of humanity lie did his duty
nohly but as the pestilenee began to show
soinesigns OF ioosenIns IT'S grasp some
f@nglimmer That the END vas approach
ing AMI that ne m'ght De numoered
amoz the spared the hydra poison IN
iectei MS oiooi anu ne sank TO his long
rest q thelith OF October HIS funeral
eortee consisted OF Dr. Luke z. Black
barnnd Dr.. john Marshall Alexander.
tw2s noble heroes rs we're ever warmed
bJsS5nan hearts 1t was the request Of
Dr!1orbett that the Episcopal service
shod be read al his grave Drs Black
bari and Alexander, equal TO any noble
duFdischarged the solemn wish OF their
de-. cbmrale. There, in that lonely,
desTfe cemetery with more than hun
Dire new made graves Swallowing the
saci so'emnity OF the GRIEF burden
sect these two old men knelt on the
fresearth, with no witnesses but their
Golnd some coIorei grave diggers, and
=DrAaekburn read, slowly and solemaiy.
eve word of that impressive burial
seree. Oh, what picture for the paint
er THESE tao old heroes, bowed by the
gre Of brother who had met danger
ianaeath in the discharge of duty, the
airf desolation and despair marked on
alrst everything, except the bright hope
of lin to whom they knelt, the noble
Al:anter even as he knelt there mrs
IA me aeath chaiice IN ms own VEINS
Ihone lor the other knowing but that
w hours might number them among
I tbsiIest sleepers whose new made graves
we spread around and about them. How
sno ~" nOOi0 ''l' " ''' s'' - ''''
( saei
4 ne week from the burial of DR.. Cor
I be thebrave. fearless DR.. John Marshal
4 4~,nd,r wasla ;J :, his s;Ia,t orave
'pNlc1Fi " 'he sa'ue u'se'9e' Ho''er
Of Roman never surrendered life. He
vs. a min, take him all in all. that had
q. ,,ils He ,~ivod l.;s o,n l;r. on1v
asa pofei u uoihs eood 70 o'heIsi anu
deing life of 50 years, with which
Haven ilessed him, he would at any time
bro saei6eed his existence rather than
-,
sTinN Fo"i manifest uuty' MS was
z Il. a g.. l..