Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-04-28
t Commercial Gazette
OBITUARY.

III. W, n. helll VINO formerly
lived in the town of Crofton passed,
few days since, from the land of the
diving into the land of the living
beyond. ] knew him so much-so
long-so intimately-so well-in
boyhood the warp aud woof of our
lives were so interwoven that in
manhood | loved him as havei in the
seliislncss of my heart loved but few
men. lie was one of the few men
that knew well and | am free to
say he was one of the most lovable
men ever met. never knew a
man who had lcsa bitterness in his
heart; who was more ready to over
look the shortcomings Of his fellow
men-more ready TO forget and
forgive lie was Coils nOblest work
AN honest man-in my opinion no
amount of money could have bought
him; nay not all the tleeting hon0rs
this world can bestow could have
swerved him from the path of recli-
tude. lie was generous to u fault,
his heart was as open as day TO melt
ing charity. No palsied hand ever
shook itself from his sight untitled
no urn of charity went from him
without penny IN it-no ragged
beggar went away uncl0thed or
hungry from his door. Asa physician
in tho early days of his practice, be-
fore disease moved aud planed its
way through his ever DELICATE frame
he went not only where The rich aud
naughty called in The mansions
of the rich but into the humble huts
of the poor where squallid poverty
sat like some grim and ghoslly de-
mon eXulting oyer 4 he surrounding
ruin. Money or no money where
ever pain could be lessened--a tear
driGd-a pulse quicFened, Or Lip
moistened he was ever ready 10 go
As neighbor he was ever kind and
Il acOm'nodaling-nothing lie owel-
however much lie may have loved il
was too good for his friends. Taxi
him in all the stations and relation;
of life from consulting with his broth
er physicians around the dying
bedside of his fellow mortal TO Tho
following of his trusted dogs over
his own sunny pastures aud ht
was every inch a man. lie
may have Qike the rest
of us) done foolish thing
but never a mean one. For years h'
suffered with something akin to con
sumption and he was too good ply
sician not to know the end was no
far away. Yet lie fought ON ant
bravely on and succeeded in driving
back the grim monster for years. TIL,
longer live-the more am tosset
about by the storms of adversely an(
washed by the waves of disappoint
ment-the less care to live, the les
| fear to die, the less hideous tn
coffin and the grave appear TO me
Nay, verify jostled about by the rud
rough world, crowded out here an,
there until feel there IS nothing lef
for me but tuncless harp, some
times think how sweet II would be t
be laid away TO sleep forever amon
the ashes of all ! ever loved au
cherished on earth but to him witt
such bright prospects, with his bos
ON filled with such glorious dream
D and lofty ambitions, with such
sunny home, loving wife and pratt
ling little ones, so well armed am
equipped aud nerved to fight life
battle, with so many oppOrtuniii
to do good and to write his nam
away up yonder where the "laur'
4 highest waves its branch of livin
! green" How hard it must hav
!; been for him to die amid all this,
!, become unconscious, TO pass into tll
u unseen world all alone, oh how coul
!, Heaven be so cruel WhV COulu No