Mohave County miner., 1883-11-25
DIED.

HARDY.-In Mineral Park, A. T.. on Sun
 day. November 18th, at about noon
 Wooster NJ. Hardy, nephew of Hon. W
 Il. Hardy, aged about 38 years.
 The funeral took place last Monday after noon, the services being held in the Cour House and conducted by Judge Blakely. Tn, funeral was very largely attended and all places of business in town were closed out of respect to the deceased. In his remarks at the funeral Judge Blakely paid the fol | lowing tribute to the deceased:
 The last day of the earthly pilgrimage ot our brother Wooster Hardy has closed l Yesterday evening was the brightest and the best Sabbath evening he has ever known; he was free from pain and the sorrows and trials and tribulations of this world; he had scarcely reached life's meridian when he was summoned home. Dying of consumption he bore all his suffering, and it was severe towards the close, with composure; he was man who could stand alone and be content; he feared no evil. Out of the hard marble of life, the brief joys and many sorrows. the smiles and tears, he had hewn himself the beautiful statue of tranquility.
 He was never strong UT robust, and was early threatened with the disease which finally terminated his life, and his physician advised change Of climate. Following this advice he came to California in 1862, he be- ing at that time about IT years old. Two years later, i'll company with his uncle Capt. Wm. H. H lrdy, he settled and assisted to build up the town of HardyviIle and did much to give this portion of Arizona name and plafs on the map of the world.
 Here his health improved and he engaged in the mercantile business, in which he showed himself master, He was a man of keel insight and slgacity. never Hurried. and possessed of good natural talent for that or any other ieLitimate business pursuit. He was a man of the strictest mercantile honor and anything that one gentleman can right fully expscr from another in trade could always be expected from him.
 He was twice elected Treasurer of the cornty and showed himself an honest and cap .ble public servant. He knew the value Of integrity il all business matters and was ev9r guided by the highest principles n everything pert timing thereto.
 He was in active mercantile life for two years in Prescott. bat re!plned to Hardy vile as the climate there was mJre cangen- i4l to him. In social life he was not man who expcc.ed too much of people. He had ! keen di-carnment of the infinite imper- fections of humanity and did not alway~ nave tle tmpst patieDce with them. Yet
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 t is fr' sY i5lig 7e31rsI vAa could rely 9pnn it ir every emergency and his friends gre true 4s steel to him.
 Of his reiigOus life can say but little. indeed it is very little that any of us can say for eaca other in this respect, we aIl lead lives from which the eye of the world is shut out, and only he who made us can tell what are the motives and aspirations of the heart. By their fruits only can you tell said the great Teacher and judged by this standard our friend has made good record. He has fought n good fight. He was brought up to pray. his mother being a pious woman and member of tue Metho- dist Church, and many of his ancestors were Quakers, a society that has dono much to establish justice and good viii among man.