The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-09-02

family are nviled TO attend. 80. =
PATRICK COUNTY, VA, August %, 1881.
The rude aarfn Of desth is always IN unwelcOme
visitor in The family circle. When man eminent
FOR his goodness aud pie1y dies there IA greatllm-
entatiou 10 all the caInD OF Israeli When ruler falls
the natisn mourn. When a man noten IN any Of
the walks OF life Is borne away by the relentless arm
Of death, their friends aud admirers vie with each
other In the tribute OF praise for the decea,ed, and
In many instai ces laud the virtues hat they could
not perceive while living. and after death, by out.
ward demonstrations Of s0i row and paReanify,
yainly end'svOr 10 mitigate the pangs OF gTtef,
ana with tender expressions OF sympathy soothe
the bleeding nerrt and heal the wound Ilst steals
life away; but when the quiet. unOb'rusive citizen,
no fyer u'cful and popular In bis own sphere OF
llife-howeyer much loved and priLed by his own
circle of Kindred aud friends-when such sn one
falls In the grcat battle Of fe the ranks soon close
up and the columns pass on, and tie liitl~ rlpplR
that has sporied us brief season The surface OF
the great will psss away, and all seem calm
| tnrbed. All such Is RE. Man Is grass He
lives out his few years and passes away. ana Inc
places that oncs knew him wall know him no more
| forever. friendships fdnsest AND tsnderest ana
strongest Ties viii all soon be forgotten, but there
are loving and confdug hearts that cannot give up
the dear ones. and how tenderly and sacredlY they
will cherish each Osk of preference every word or
Affection, and every token OF love. and death oao
left IN their sad hearts an aching void that this
world can never tiL such have been our reflections
IN contemplating the early DEAN OF our Young
| friend JAMES Z. TkTUM,late OF This county: end
have had 10 bid the spifit OF skepticism 70 back
"a we have asl ed Durfeyes why was not Q man less
| u.s. full tsken IN his placer Why should one so
Young so full OF promise, so useful TO the
| community, end so priced In his own happy
| family, be taken in The tpringume OF ltfs
ynen 90 many could he better spared. ard those,
| too who are on The very verge OF he grave. This
| is A MYSTERIOUS sflction-One we cannot now CONF
prehend: but Faith tells us that IL was sent for snne
wise and good purpofe. aud that We mus, not cora.
plain at the lnsCru'able nrVyidence OF merclful
God; and Christianity offers cOpfort 10 the bereayed
| aad speaks words OF cnter TO the bruised hearts.
All we can do Is try and IN uAte the virtues OF the
| deceased, and con mend them as worthy OF lmiia,
! ton by The rising generation, lie was model
| man-modest. unoDtrusve. aud courteous; In habits
| In duslriOus, carefull aud temperate When Qaue
yOuth he gave promise Of The traits OF bis ch<rac'
Ter that made him the Successful business man. 4he
pOtular cuzen, anf The beloved sou. broroer, hu .
! band father ana friend Aasi for all our hopes.
| He has been cut down in the bloom Of life, and AL
the bright visions Of his you'g wife lie wi hered and
blflshted forever; and bis dear little children have
| been made orphans, and will never know me worth
OF fathers care, or the strength OF his Affection.
james belobg-d 10 one OF our most ancient and re-
KDectsble families. He was the ton OF Captain Ed
ward Ta,um. OF Patrick county; was In tn thirty
four wear Of his wne he died-On the 2Sth daN
| OF NAV. 1881. HIS death wac ctused bs bilious
/ fever After q prOTacied Illness Of about two week
I bis disease assumed typhoid FEVER and be fed The
| ssin OF our most successful physicians.
| ITO our hereayed friends, In this their hIst gTea
sorrow. We offer assurances OF our tendcgest sym
/ paihy and commt nd them 10 God and ask 10 prayer
| that lie will
- Cover their defescsless hesda with the shadow q
His wlDg.n .flrt -.
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