The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-07-21

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ample 10 hlN children, N which they may
vel hUist II as a heritage. Kind and
sympathetic hia neialh1fs always i0nnd
him y noble patriotism was The ioun1ai
ton ~ biz political creed, and an earnest
catholicism made him conspicuous IN ilie
church " which he died a member An
earnest suuihfUn, when tie armies NJ the
North were dcrolating hia seciion, he
needed no appeal 10 duty, Int sacrificed
his NIL, he he regarded II, upon the altar,
of his country. lie lived 10 sec most d
his old %nciehbore buried IN. last oi ten
worthy citizens. who were all iwcnty
years ago his immediate ~ncighhofa and
friends, had preceded him 10 the tomb
the Giyer has now called for him, also
and at old Fricndshlp Cemetery he Sleep
quietly, now that Elites htful fever h
Der" Another generation, some Of then
n different race, now takes the place o
the n that Ii gone. A new regime pre-
yaile, q different order reigns and viii
continue for years 10 come. The Who'll,
country II transformed and O socia
revolution IL upon us, which mark
an era IN the history Of Southland
Well may We cxclaim, "Whcrc, wher,
are thy men Of might, thy grand II
sonl?" and from the tombs only will III,
silent marble speak, or the new-mad'
{ mound which hides from the living ou
heroic dead Like autumn leaves the,
faded and dropped away some bleeding
on the battlefield, like the storm-riyci
branches Of the giant oak dashed violent
; ~ down, the rest, when the "cruel wa
Is over" endured the harder fate G
wrecked fortunes and ruined homes, Q
| blighted hopes and darkly shadows
lives, the memory Of other days only re
tlccting light upon the bright and Bills
> full past.
The life OF an old citizen like Col. Brf
I han, one who In office regarded his homo
!. and the interests OF bis constituency
his first and only care, who WAS in real
: ty the peoples servant and had n
? selfish ends to serve, should b. held Il
as a model to his countrymen, and III
six SOM he has left to his State car hay
@ no nobler aim than to follow In the foo
prints OF their father, each vieing wit
n the other IN such u career Of uscfulnei
a and u~nsclishness as will bring honor [
= themselves and crown n memory whic
is dear both to his family and bis hos
o Of friends. And may We not all prof
n by the example he has given us, whc
- We remember his genial smile and heart
greeting whenever and wherever he M
Z bis friends, the philosophy with whic
he bore the Ills Of fortune as well ~ h
c tickle smiles, the good report which,
II NJ the relations OF life, marked him
. the perfect gentleman, the honest, mob
= citizen and fearless patriot to the last.
y July 10th, 1888. i. s. W