Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-10-09

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again by the new made noblemen. AZ
late hour he was driven to his lcdgs
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Remarks Of Judge Temple in
Presenting Go the Chancery
Court the Resolutions Passed
BY the bar In Memory of avery
Meriwether.
At meeting of the bar Of Memphis,
held on the 18th day oil July. 1888, Tor
the formulating their expression Of
the loss sustained in the demise OF
Avery Meriwether. who died on the
22nd Of the same month, | was delega-
ted to present the preamble and reso-
lutions which | hold in my hand at
that time adopted to the Honorable
Court.
Though shall not attempt any
critical analysis Of his prominent at.
tributes or seek 10 color with more
fervid establishment the portrayal
accurately drawn by those who were
more familiar and better acquainted
with him than myself, may be par
doned the obtrusion of a few | trust
not inappropriate observations as
tribute to departed worth.
| Although it is an axiom all that live
must die, passing through nature from
the blind cave Of endless night to
infinite eternity. When death assails
and arrests those who, in the winter
OF manhood, have reaped in their
varied pursuits the harvest sheaves OF
the highest honOrs and usefulness,
and it may be celebrity. whose sun
illumining their lives with the radi
ance Of the ingenious Attachments Of
| the intrepid, philanthropic and truly
good, sets in the shoreless ocean Of
the mysterious hereafter to rise and
shine no more upon the earth, the
heart is subdued with sorrow and
clouded with grief. How much is
this sorrow intensifod-this MOURN
ing sadness augnented-when those
whose perspective CLOVIS with brilliant
prospects are .prematurely snatched
away IN beauty 5 Dloom'
Oh, what a shadow Ger the heart is lang ,
" 1onos p'''s 'u' ''4u''~ Vi '"' iO''U '"u
Such was the memorable fate Of
Avery i. Meriwether, the sub
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Bscame SF IN fo up ,5S erowniSs Sope
The pillar Of a peoples hope,
The center Of a world 8 desire
AS the sturdy, oak the monarch OF
the forest, robed with the habillments
OF dense green and outrageous ioiiage
Is by the unexpected llghtnlngs hash
shlvered into shred and It's regal po'
tency assigned to the tomo OF the cap
uiets. AS the beautiful Hover, the
queen OF the pasture IN when ~ as
perses It's fragrance, Is py an uutimeiy
frost denuded OF It's ioyellness and
lett to whitening decay, SO was
the fall o. TINS young man
90 ne had enjoyed the autumn o. me-
grievlous shock TO ms intimate
friends and professional brethren, ana
the more especially Is II an over
whelmlng bereavement and oppressive
calamity to MS loving parents, 70
whom he was said to be most devoted,
and VINO ioreshadoWe1 10 them asolaee
IN their declining years whose lnttel'
lectual etulgenoe rsdlated their boz
SONS with the realization OF their
most cherished anticipatl9ns' IN the
Kaleidoscope OF respondent hopes
when, concret as JeWeis 10 the caske'
OF love tnere Is not one tnat CLEANS
with as bright a SHINE whose Deams SO
penetrate the innermost Teeesses OF
the parental heaIt as me aneetl9n ol
dutiial son, iull oroed Win the llght
OF such morals, virtues ana extensive
knowledge as papoply. him WITH a
suitable armor 70 cnivalrously ana
wisely perform MS partl9 the arena o.
the liVlnggives promise OF ATTAINING the
loitest attitudes TO when iapaaDle
ambition, aspires, and adapted MN 70
become the cynosure Of the social cir,
cle ior the enJoymeat Of raIlopal
pleasures. But never again WIN MS
moving form be seen IN the drama Of
human affairs lis spirit mas winged
us night IRON It's ran tapernacle 70
dwell, we would IAN believe, 10 the
mansions Of me better iand oil the
pure ana the blessed NotWlthstand-
ihs Nis .upeeIiul WHY, spaIAiinB eye,
/ genial smile. scynullaung converse
and faoile and trenohant men have
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minister consultation To his grief