Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-12-07

in IA, '7s and 's2. He has held
many other positions of honor and
trust. and viii be greatly missed by
the public. He was a member of the
Board Of the Insane Asylum, also of
the Board of Hardin College, Senior
Warden of the Knights Templar Of
Missouri, Superintendent OF the Bap-
tfst Sunday School, (and every schol-
ar loved hm,) Master Workmen Of
the A, o. U. WIS and many other
trusts were in his hands, which we
can ~notlrecall at this time. He was
perfectly devoted to his family. His
life was insured for about $4,000 in
the various orders of Masonry, and
A.. O. u. WIS.
At this time we feel inadequate to
write such a tribute to the memory of
the departed rs would please even%his
most lukewarm friend. A personal
friend Of ours, and also of the de-
ceased, has favored us with the fol-
lowing, which is as touching as it is
true: Z
A TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO THE DEPARTED.
Seldom has it occurred in the his
tory of Audrain county that the death
of one of its citizens has caused snch
general lamentation and sorrow as
now broods over this community be-
cause of the death of James Carroll,
who on Hast Saturday was laid away
to rest in our city cemetery.
In rejecting owe our great loss.
our memories naturally carry us back
and we contemplate him Is living.
He came to this country to make his
home more than a quarter of q century
ago, and, living here all that time,
he has by his upright conduct and
warm-hearted generosity and kind
ness won a place in the hearts of this
people that will withstand time with
its effacing touch. He was always
among the first to further every pub
lie enterprise in which the county at
large was interested and to be bene-
fitted. He unsparlngly bestowed his
efforts in the direction of the further.
ance Of religion, education and every
thing that tended toward a higher
development of society. He was first
in the church, in the school and in
the benevolent society. He dispensed
his charity with a liberality that comes
within the pale, both in letter and
spirit, of the doctrines sent forth unto
the world from the Mount. No per-
son deserving and needy ever asked
James Carroll for a favor and was
refused. His hand stood o%utstretch'
ed to the widow, the orphan, the
poor, the needy. Go where you will
there you find some fact, some healeG
up sore, or pain allayed, that attest:
that this good man has lived in thi!
community, and dealt out his kind
ness and generosity. Respected by
all, he was the friend of everybody
everybody his friend. In his deaf!
every young man in Mexico, depending
upon his own efforts and struggling
for a start in business, lost a persona
friend and material assistance. Now
he is with us no more. We can thinl
Of him as he was, and in this sal
hour remember him as a man o
many good quaiities, good deeds ant
few faults. Doubtless, he had hi
faults. To be hcrlan, is to be i'm
perfect. But to pass Judgment upol
' those faults and imperfections, is n
duty, no rightof ours.
: "Who made the heart, tits He alone de
cidedly "a try us:
: He knows each chord, its various tone,
7 Each spring its various bias"
Mexico, Audrain county will mis-
: James Carroll. Long will he have
: green spot in the memories of on
; people. Long will the light that h
has set be kept alive in our hearts
= Our grief is not of a day. In th
language of the poet of his ow
! native country-
sIt is not the tear at this moment shed,
When the cold turf has just been lai
DER him, Il
Is That can tell how beloved was the frien
that's fed,
Or how deep in cur hearts we deplol
Is him.
y TITS the teal through many a long d.
wept;
TITS llfe's whole path DER shaded;
TITS the n remembrance, fOndly kept,
When all lighter griefs have faded"
This generation shall have passe
away before the name of James Ca
roll shall be forgotten, and when h
to name shall no longer be spoken /
$ . men, and the marble that marks h
resting place shall have crumbled
the dust, duty, truth and right WI
continue to speak to the wor
~ through such men as he was.
Home Club Dance at the Windsor.
= The home club dance at the Win,