The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1889-11-01
DIR. W. Il. EFT.
Especial Cor. of STATE CHRoHlcLE.l

| lne morning or Nednesday 10th inst The
people of Chapel Hill We're shocked ia hear
that the life OF DR.. VIM p. Maliett. ior
many years our Oldest and chief physician.
had come to sudden close The town
seemed orphaned. Or Nalett', face and
hgure have been for so many years famIl-
lar on our streets, so identified with the
place and neighborhood so eudeared 10
US, and 50 necessary TO our peace and com
tort that the news of no man 5 death could
have been more unreal, or more unwel-
come.
DR.. Mallett was native Of Fayetteville
and eldest son OF the late Charles Maua.t
OF that place. He Was born in 1919 ke-
| celved his classical education at Trinity
| College, Hartford, Conn, and graduated
in medicine at the Medical school of
Charleston, 5. O., in 1871. The same year
| he married Caroline DeBerniere, fourth
daughter of the late Carlton Walker, Of
New Hanover county, aud for ,enor twelve
| years devoted himself to the practice OF
| his profession IN and around Fayetteville
with great assiduity, and marked success.
His health failing, he was influenced Jy
his brother, the late Col. Ed. Malctt, g.
S. A, who had married and settled near
| Chapel Hill, to move to this more braeilr
air. He brought his family here thirty
two years ago, and with the exception Of
two or three years Ill Raleigh during tho
| CCllpSc Ol lEe y university ana village, mere
| his life has since been spent
The Mallett family has long been con
spicuous one in North Carolina. Their
pedigree and alliances and intermarrlases
| would make an interesting page of our
| genealogical hist ory. Our Dr was by
birth, association and training d gentle
man and a devout Epscopalian of the Old
school, A man of decided character with
strong beliefs and the courage to maintain
| &c
| deliberate, his manners somewhat formal.
This formality, however, would readily
relax i'll congenial company He was a
Conservative by nature, loving the old
paths in church and State and in society
as we'll In his profession, however, he
was on the alert, and nor afraid of new
measures. He read much and 10 the Last
Of his life, and kept his office weil sup
piled with the best medical journals aud
newest books. \ neigh0or vino has ct.icd
on him often at all hours o1 the day aud
night within the pass tc. years, says hast
he never found him idle tie was ALWAYS
reading or writing, always omfloyed.
His diligence, hisu.torma .ou. 4 -nQs.d
Judgment, ana his larg, 2"ell.lca i .a
him a constantly growing reputation III
an assured :1aca among tie foreuos, -
his protests IN thc STATE iic na4er0
/ specially If ny depa;fu l., tut u U,-
WAS cousidot cd eAcyp}iont. Ills p,a
here Wa fol ten years aiol.- -i3r t1;,t
the late Ut. j b. Jones, an. mary pe@ro
preferred him III that dCpa- ~ mt 10 any
physician ever known IN tie community
The confidence felt in his ALI and pru-
dence, the affection evoked is gentle
ness, his quiet sympathy. ani his fine
breeding increased from ar 30 geaI as
his HAIR whiteued and his 81, j. -,te 3, -.aUtr.
i II cl4S-aS loved him and l.r,i . . ....r.
physicians the amount Of Il, c1.,..t g.5-
t!ce was enormous. one of !la
rles said on the day oi his llr,,l 'tFU-n
DR.. Maliett went mo a pC,t ~ j.4 .tILio
he was just much OF a gtl.t aIn+5.. ...s -s
was in rich mans And ONO Of the lat
ter class who had known n.ll a.' .sr
years, but has of late lived in @ l5. ~
city, said that be had had pty-.c ul5
tending his family .here Ii,uli~g
was worth twenty Thousand Il year, hl.i ha
felt no more confidence IN any Il thCm
than he had always felt in Or MaiIDtt.
good and trusted physician has indeed
an enviabe position in a community WltF3
he has grown old in the wI.k of lea.iuE.
No young man can hope to attain II sud-
denly. 1t is the growth of years. C
old DR.. comes to know MS field as wei as
| the farmer knows bis. HE knows ire
| families and their cOuatltuas.-; which Ut
them will succumb easily % 'typhoi0
and which will fight through aul recover;
he knows in what houses diphtherit or
Group may be expected to appear Wlen
they stalk through the country OH thcJr
deadly rounds; he can tell by Just what
| factors nature has differentiated. even.
brothers and sisters and how to the thIld
and fourth generations priz may hc
awarded or penalties eXacted. He who has
studied HEREDITY by the light OF folty
years practise must look on sin and scr
row and suffering with philosophic com
posure. and with a compassionate furbear-
ance akin to that shown by the Great
Physician. He attains by intuition an tn-
sight into their complications. Matthew
Arnold's fine lines upon the great German
sage are not inappicable:
-'He took the suffering human race,
He read each wound, each weak ness clear
And struck mis- finger on the place
And said, THOU AILEsT THERE, AND HERE.
Though his death has taken his friends
and family by surprise, Dr.. Mallett him
self must have been for several years in
expectation of d sudden summons. There
was failure of the heart, and he knew his
condition was precariOus still he attended
as steadily and carefully at his work Il, he
has always done, and the evening before
his death Was driving round town visiting
his patients. He returned home alter
, |
ed the night comfortably and next morn
ing enjoyed his breakfast Amer break
fast the faiuting was renewed and cough
ard oppression of breath speedily folog-
ed which he himself pronounced cong
ton of the lungs, adding quietly, land i.
is making rapid progress. 50 rapid that
by 8 O'Clock a M, al was over. we die
as We live. He was calm, bravo, SELF
possessed in the presence of the a M
my, repreasiog the agitation ot 81
and begging there ahould bs '-uo ct-.ss-
sion" lie zed for tAe p.a ot ls
church, ana made the res. cleaI5
and firmly AND 50 died Wi4 good dc5a
; science, in charity with all neu- and v,sl
; reasonable and holy hope oi the life .
come He was Inferred heI, bear his tWO
brothers, Col. Edward and Lieut. Richard
, Mallett, who were both killed IN the late
war The services were held in the Epla-
copal church by Rev. Mr. Prentiss an un-
usually large assembly being present from
l town and country and accompanying the
hearse to the grave.
Friend after friend departs,
WLo hath not lost d friend.
f G. Z. 5.
HarrisOn's Hopeless Reports.