Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-02-16
IN NJ E M o I A NJ.

"Our county has sustained a loss, which
merits more than casual mention Or a passing
t'ibute to his memory"
These words so patent 70 the death OF The
late DR.. Robert Ferguson, appeared in the
columns Of the TINES nearly four years aGo
aud now the ready hand that gave them FOL m
lies 30 ever motionless in cold mys,e. ous
death; and that manly sympathetic heat III II
stretched forth in admiring recognition OF ii
lie pure, now Iesrs at the end of its world Y
mission beneath IL tear-staned and reveenced
mound. From this we 'ecogriZ. Ia its author
| The late Hon. John W. Mitchell, and it becomes
now our sad duty in his owu memory to repeat
| this beautiful tribute dedicated to II pure aud
manly friendship. His mind was sngularly
calm, even capacious, and exact he was maj
If rare intelligence and master of well chosen
profession.
His high never Swe"vlng sense of justice,
MS perfect freedom from and disdain for any
hing that savored of dupliciiy, hypocrisy or
[tvoritlSm and his aversion to anything that
esembled corrup ion, untitled BIN for Amer
can politics while lack of this justice in
'e'sonal affairs always to his own depriva-
uon together with a certain amount of egois-
! tic anbitios and rare humility; seemed TO
cause that display of personal preferences
which tends so largely 10 the formation OF ia
iividual enthusiasm All who knew him
| owed him; not aoCe foT the IKE al truth and
justice which he himss. 50 rcvered; but also
because OF his hume 'ous deeds oil hsnevolence
dispersed throughout The entire circle OF his
,Cquainiances. lie was So universal in his
| humanilies so restricting in his Judgments as
| % his own shor -comings. his mind emit ely
| Tree from vanity OF any kind, modest and
retiring that: as mas oeen said Of the late Geo
L. Marsh he seemed almost impersoual. lie
Shrank from anything resembling pc sona ad-
mlrailon with the seusitiyeneSS Of \ pure and
| modest woman, and in his daily intercourse he
was as gentle and loving as ANY woman; all
bis dealings with the world dii not seem TO
lessen hi. unworldiness. aud he eided life be
as he eommencei ii; seemingly slow to com
prehetd guilt OF treachcry IN any one. He had
he greatest respect Tor the opinions OF those
who differed from himself aud with him any
unialrnesS Of discussion was impossible In
this Law oue OF the secrets % his success in his
proirsstoa, Tor no one could dIf-r from him ;
however slightly, without regretting the di Her
cnce and wishing 10 go over 10 his side. lu-
dred his only falling appeared TO lie physically
Tor TO the very las. his nini sc ned imbued
with immortal Chillh nod his attention never
Ragged, nor has appreciation of passing evsais
his voice bsvtuIr indisiiact but only As his
physical forces yielded so m.gn nimous and
rspeie ~iIh al, tina, is good snd great WAS his
character, thai it would require long and
omplete review o his life that be VAS aud
what lie aId, 10 enable our community 10
se~ii-s sh'i great man II has lost. aad then
Il III he seeu thar wifh all his intellectual
gr"atn.ss his moral diguitr was greater still.
indest one reuit rot contemplate his quiet
PLACID features snt know his manly Christian
heart, without tegns ashamed o. oass owa
moral imp~rfrey,oH. HIS MAS life OF sxplary
virtue sui ,a',sritv aud in these he left glor-
los sNsapls The rud Of his Hes labor has
ronr, h. has embarked on = vorsge 10 that
distant coan ~ to aoss bogru his eyes have
h.ea 50 o'lca turned