The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-08
OBITUARY..


DANIEL DARRAH.-Died May 9Th, 1879.
az Sm surprised to learn that he was in his list
year" This was an expression frequently heard on
the day The oeath Of Mr.. Darnh was announced.
Well there arc some men who never seem 70 Us 70 b
DID, They retain tleirmenta and ySca vleur Hppar.
emily unImpalred. They are buoyaut and elastic 10
their spirits, th,r step hrm, their heads arc erect
they lake living interest In current events and
they arc Just as genial and OompaulOhable rs they
ever were. The changes that time always brings
about ofwhltene locks and imperfect vision that re-
quires artificial aid, and npSBed experience In tho
work Of life, are 30 gradual that We fall TO perceive
them from day day, aud are no little startled when
We 6nd that the allotted three score and ten yeas
have already passed away. But those men that thus
glide smoothly down the stream Of time, retaining the
freshness Of youth with the gcn,lone Of age, never
seem to grow old. No. our friend d1Os not seem to DO
50 old. No, such people are not bOyih men; but men
who retain the warm SympathieS Of youth, and tenn.
per them with the wisdom Of Year,, and are thus
pleasant companions both for the old and for the
young.
elbow long have known hilns" So long that The
numbering Of the years forces me 10 realize that too
AN growing old. He has been resident Of this city
Of wheeling since 1885, During this time he has been
engaged In various departments Of business, and has
always been regarded as man Of rigid honesty and
integrity. As q business man he always seemed 10
place the interests Of those with whom he was asoc
aed befDre his own, and preferred u meet losses per-
Sonally, rather than they should suffer from them
Had BE- acted on different principle he might have
bat whether we could have said "He was an honest
man." with equal confidence, l. somewhat different
question: No. 1t Is better IS We lay bis body ln the
gave 10 have no room for doubt on that point than
TO b. able 70 speak Of him Is millionaire.
lie became member Of the First Presbyterian
Church Of this city about thlrtyhve years ago. and
remained In the same connection until the Master Of
Life took him hence 10 the Church triumphant 10
heaven. Asa church member, he was always Eolia-
bic, but never dem0nstiatlYe He was Of too dlfh-
dent and retiring disposition to push himself forward
Into prominent position, but was always ready 10
aid those appointed 10 lead In every good work. both
with h9 labor and his money. he studied the things
that make for peace, and things WheFeWlth one may
Ctliiy another. Such men are often more valuable
members Of the Church than others are who seek TO
occupy more prominent posi- IONS for unhAppily the
desire for prominence does not always imply the pos.
session Of the necessary publications
"His family will miss him sadly" Yes. You
have struck the central chord Of his heart Ills iaml-
~ was everything to him, and be was everything 10
them. ThemGn Is 70 DO pltied who Is only proyIder
for bis family and who tnds his heart satisfied away
from hiioyn hearthsiOne. When SUCH man dies his
family will miss him, but the stomach may DO more
deeply affected than the heart. Butts not % here
The ties Of affection were very tenderand very strong
But Is better 10 draw veil over the domestic life Of
friend than attempt to show It's holy Of HOLES 10
the world. 1.-THE heart knoWeth Its own bitterness
and stranger doth not intermeddle with It's Joy"
He Is dead. His children are all married and doing
for themselves. The old home, with all lis halloWed
associations, must be broken up. And the widowed
heart All! we'll; draw down the VEIL for
the bitterness cannot be avoided and the StIapgers
lntermeddling can DO no good. "EYen 80, Father!
for 50 II seems good 10 thy sight"