Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-03-27

His mind vas Of that p%eeulisr cast bal asked
only Tor As4r nUcs, and hence bis extreme
canton was sometim . mistaken for timidity.
He was not a brilliant, snowy man, but he
was Of that class who're common, practical
sense never failed him, and took hold OF alb
stuse questions and gathered tie vital points
in them as certainly. II not IS rapidly, "a
Others. he was an houost man, and IN bis
s,rnas,es with adverse fortune, be never
.weryed a hair's breadth from the path that
honor marked out aud no better citizen, no
truer friend, or kinder neigbbos over lived.
/ But however excellent no was an honest pub
le officer. as q true and steadtast friend and
wortby citizen, the ehiei excellence Of the
m.n's character was only known TO thoss
who were familiar with bis home life and
domestic relations. ,It was as husband and
father that his virtues shone most c1nsplcu-
ously. The writor knows whereof he speaks,
when be says that no more devoted husband
or aiIectionAte, loving father ever lived.
Soon after bic marriage be, with his wife,
Joined The Cumberland Presbyterian church
! at Mt. Vernon, in Cooper county. In his
religion he made no pre!enses; be STOOD not
on the street corners, With sanctimonious
%faco, thSt no mlght'b be seen OF men, nor said
long prayers in the public places to be beard
| OF men, nor thanked & ID ever that he WIS.,
not as other men; bu. he lovei religion, do
ing right as be saw the right, honoring God
in his life, and teaching others more example
than ptecsp. the way Of life aud how TO walk
10 II.
God WAS good 10 him that he spared him
TO devote 30 many years Of toll and labor and
care TO The rearing aud educating his children
and fitting them for the responsibilities OF life;
AID 4. vas . comflrt At last TO him to realize
that he had not labored in vain; that when he
looked for tky last time upon heg who had
shared bis sorrows and his joys for half q cen
Jury, and the pledges Of thsl7 love all com
Portable In lite Alling the stations Of honored
mothers, he could 90 to his anaI res, ali th'
more cherriuil, and wait q happy reunion
IN the 2pirt land.
HE daughters, mrs. Clark, MrS. MeMillir
and Mr.. Kennedy were summoned BY tele
graph IRON widely separated homes 10 th,
'FN1Aho VI buoll " iHE 'hNuFEt III ~ I
Pope and their mo,her, made the iamill
|, circle complete. WHAT this faithful vile ant
loving daughters could do. they did, to soolhl
the dying hours Ut him for whom they hsI
an almost ldOlatrous love; and having don
sll, they SAID when the hour Of separation
r Gould no longer b. DELAYED, HSrheri ''Tn.
+ viii, not mine, he DONE Mr.. Mcmillan an
d, MIR. Pops, san.in-iaws OF deceased, were asst
uous IN their attentlons to the good ma
dying; svmpathizlng with their wives In tn
great affection which Wa. about 10 be resliI
I'd, and comforting them as far rs comtOl
en- he gwen under sucn n bereavement.
. Rev Peter Il y. a minister ofthe Cumbei
= lard Presbyterian church, hearing OF ID
f, Judges illness, came from hishOme IN Satin
county 10 Say farewell 10 the friend uf b
youth, and 10 administer the cancellations
sSvo. sos VIZ pass 80 SnS BY hia tsiends ~
neigbbor. during his lines. and now that /
| is gone they are all Ia nOst sincere symp,
y Inv with his bereaved wife and caildfen.-
q JEFF. City Tribune.