Daily Republican., 1880-06-22
LEANDER r. RIDDLE.

:, ,. ID. Rigg-The Funeral 0bse
! quies.
We have been requested by many {
the friends Of the late Leander +. Rid
I die to re-publish several articles in re
r lation to his death and funeral an
also the address Of Rev. J. D. Rigg, de
livered standing by the side Of tn
: oasket that contained the remains @
his friend. We gladly consent to tn
request, for the deceased was one t
whom the highest praise was eminent,
due, and whom to honor was no abase
, Tment TO the highest in the land. Tn
life and death Of Mr.. Riddle are so fall,
treated on in the memorial Of J. D
Rigg that we will not refer to them
but will leave that for Mr.. Rigg to d,
III his own beautiful and pathetic man
ner.
| The fureral Of the Hon. Laander F
Riddle took place on Saturday after
noon, the 18th instant. By / O'Clock
the pleasant grounds about Mr.. Riddles
late home were sprinkled with his
friends and neighbsrs assembled to pay
their last respects TO his meisory,
Among the strangers present wers John
20. Staep, Superintendent Of General
Pattersos's mills at Chester; Abraham
BlSklsJ, the weli.krown manufacturer
OF that city; J, schofsld, Of the house
Of William Young & Co., New York
city; Mr.. Mcclure, of the firm Of J. J.
Hunter & Co., of Hestonville, and Ham
ilten Maxwell, of Conshohocken. Be-
sides these many Of the principal bust
ness men Of this city and large num-
her of Mr.. Riddles late employees we're
in attendance.
The Rev. 7. L. TompkinGon, pastor
Of Mt. Salem II. E. Church, opened the
services at the house with prayer. The
Rev. c. F. Sheppard, late pastor OF the
same church, then read selection from
the scriptures. and Immediately after.
ward the Rev. J. D. Rigg made the
following address:
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH or LEAEDER F. RID
A mingled stream OF sadness and
pleasure makes it's way through our
hearts to-day, as We stand about the
casket holding the remains Of our
friend. Sadness, that we all have been
called upon to part with one whose stay
with US was so fondly desired, and
so fervently prayed for, and pleasure
in the thought, that nipped by the
winds .untimely blast" he did not live
and labor without making us to fsel
tn at the world is better for his having
lived.
Our poor words are but an inadequate
struggle TO represent the deep emotion
that fills our hearts, as we meet to bear
to the tomb one whose useful activities
were an inspiration to all who knew
him,
The writer first met him in his pleas
ant home in the spring OF '6S, and dur
ing all the twelve years since passed, |
no shadow of cause has ever presented |
itself to lead us tS note aught in him
but the cultured, christian gentleman,
3 most devoted son, and tender and
afectionate brother.
His early life was marked by foudest
ilial regard, no society being so desira.
bic to him as that OF his parents and
sister. Submission to parental restraint
vas never task, but always his great
pleasure. His sorrowing mother finds
,Omfort in frequent reference to his
ond and deep devotion to her, dating
rom earliest consciousness, and con-
inning to the day and hour of bis
ieath; among his last words on earth
being desires "to live to see Mother and
Tsnnie."
He stood apart from the children Of
lis time in his disrelish for play, and
lis love for books. Even in childhood
le thought the time given to play was
brown away; g trait that marked, to a
,rest degree, his whole life. J.
His career as an Academic is well
,nowu to some who are here to-day,
VhoGe association with him In the same
tudy- halls, and rscitstions, prompt
hem to tributes Of highest regard.
hey can tell you Of his keen percep.
ion, of bis vigorous grasp Of, and tens-
ious hold upon, all problems submitted !,
0 him. They can testify TO his high
landing as a student, Of the desirable
1883 Of his society, and the enviable !
in which he was held by hiB !.
!assmates and mentors.
As q child, loving and obsdient: as a :
rother, thoughtful and tender; as a stu. :.
emit, induetrious, conscientious, sue =
sssful; as a companion, genial and :
enerous. Returning f5em College when =,
wenty years Of age, no became identi- {
ed with the large and growing bust. :
1858 of his father, and soon evinoed a :!
of it's intricate details, which
,r fifteen years has contributed to its
rowth and permanenca, in so much
hat he WAS peer OF the highest in cir
les of business. q
We rarely find a mind 30 thoroughly "
terary 10 Its native tendencies, and 6
0 fully stored with the fruits OF liter
ry research, that has any special love f
Or business, or qualification for bust Il
ess life; yet his mird was both litera- "
y and commercial In striking degree. t
This fact gave him ready access to
Ten of letters and circles oftrsde alike. Il
Lis devotion to business was often sub y
oct of remark. Excellence of produo'
lon was his ideal. His dignified de- c
,eanor toward his employees, and his q
are for their com fort were features OF t
Ia lifa not easilv forpOEten, Ia
In private life, he was singnlsrly v
and agreeable. His famil !
arity with Literature, his free and J
Iatural use of chasts and elegant Ian a
mana hia Alb nrre nca of dashv drass q