Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-06-21
er. win, ani indomitable perseverance

~ iitNu EtiCcsutS 10 our view.
Thousands of fertile farms. millions
OF happy homes, whose lights sinctillate
and shine DER the land like bright re-
Elections OF he starry hosts above, now
dot the Landscape. that in your younger
days and nine, presented wilderness
OF unlnhabind and almost undiscovered
country God, indeed, moves in a
mysterious way his wonders to
perform, and in no age or country,
since time began, has the Divine will
been SO clearly manifest in the advance
ment and deviation of the human race,
as we now BEHOLD in this free and en-
Eghtened nation, in the development OF
its industries, in the PRONUNCIATION OF
the principles of Christianity, in the un-
sealing Of the great truths of science,
in the means.used to secure the final and
triumphant restoration of man to that
high estate he occupied at the beginning,
when the stars sang together and the
sons of God shouted for joy
You and |, Gear friends, shall not wit
ness this final accomplishment. We
are moving OIL like the emigrant with
his tented team across the great plains
--on-slowly but surely, ever on, to that
undiscovered country from whose
bourne no traveller returns Our wearied
limbs, our fatering steps and failing
vision, our faded cheeks and frosted
hair, all remind us that the time is not
afar of when the old settlers here as
sembled will leave their mirth and their
employment and lay them down in theil
last sleep. God grant it be to meet
again ON farer shores beyond the
bounds of time. And still, the cav
will laugh when we are gone; the busy
crowd press On to mingle in the strife
for power AMI place among men. Old
settlers will come, from out the ranks
OF youth, TO all our vacant place; and
here, IN future years, tell DER, like
crippled soldiers from the field of strife,
the story of their struggles. Turn back
with me for q few moments more and
read one rage, one brief but silent
pace III the history of your own society.
C;.H the roll that all may hear Many
are the absent ones who hear not the
voice OF Jour. secretary. Sound falls not
upon the dull. cold ear of death. LIGHT
beams nolupon the lack luster eve that
moulders n the grave.
Addison Burr, a name familiar to you
all, responds not here. Though he
ranked not lmong the early settlers, and
but Il few Years of the early part of his
lie was spent among us-his earnest
words and works his deep abiding in
terest In tie welfare and advancement OF
Grant county institutions, his earnest
and untiriig efforts for the comfort and
well being Of his fellowman-h words
OF wisdom M your courts and counsel
all entitle his cherished memory to be
spoken here with reverence and affec-
ton. He is gone but not forgotten.
Yet call again the ever lessening roll.
Barber is gone, he is not here These
walls no more resound to the pleasant
melody OF ais voice, no more you listen
to the worCs of wisdom with which he
was won't to entertain your annual
gatherings. As you 90 out from the
court house and traverse the streets of
the little dty of Lancaster which he
cherished III his youth and which loved
and honored him in his maturer years,
you meet linn not in all its walks But
the grasp of his friendly hand, the
kindly expression of his countenance,
the genial greeting he extended to all
classes, whether rich or poor, of high or
low degree his large and manly form
and noble bearing, the generosity and
liberality If his gifts to all public enter
prises, the deep and intelligent interest
he took in the welfare and elevation of
the state and nation, are rich legacies
OF memory and which we who knew
him well will ever cherish in our Utmost
hearts. Already the hand of affection
is rearing ligh a costly monument over
his moulda'ing ashes, just tribute OF
respect from the living to the dead.
He needs itnot, the bright lustre of a
noble life will continue to shine when
the names which wealth and power
have inscribed upon the tablets of
granite have crumbled and faded for
ever.
The name and fame of j. Allen Bar
Der are perpetuated in his benevolence,
IN his charities, in his manly virtues, in
that spirit OF goodwill and kindness
which he boie towards all mankind,
and which went out in warm feeling.
earnest words and deeds, towards the
old settlers of Grant county. The life
of such a maa as j. Allen Barber is
builded from youth to manhood, from
manhood to cd age, upon the eternal
principles of Justice and truth-more
beautiful thanmarble shaft or granite
monolith, more enduring than the maui
solemn of princes the mighty pyramids
whose silence snd grandeur alone attest
to the wealth and greatness of their
long-forgotten architects.
Other names there are, illustrious
names of men ind women, who respond
not to the call Of the living, names whose
mention recalls many tear of fond
regret and many Il tribute of grateful
memory. Moe of these cherished
names designed to mention upon this
occasion, but the brief time allotted me
in preparing tbs cursory article forbids
the pleasing task. Their memory and
usefulness in life still have warm
place in your hearts and mine, and al
though their pames have been tram
scribed from the registers of. earth 70
the register OF heaven, they are with us
still. They will go with us through this
life, be with US ut its close, and in that
inconceivable scene of solemnity which
lies beyond we hope again to meet
them, gathered with the good and gen.
tie of earth, the loved companions of
our earthly pilgrimage, on the bright
shoi les of immortality.