Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-23
VALE.
W. F. Patterson, Coed and Useful Citizen
Cut Off in the Prime of His Manhood.

| W. +. PATTERSON. COCO ana USeluI IltiZen
Cut Off in the Prime of His Manhood
On Sunday evening, the 18th of Sep
TENDER, w. f. Patterson breathed his
last at his home in this city. For months
previous he had sought by change of
scene and climate to regain his health,
which had so suddenly given away in the
summer of 1888. But all to no avail.
| The ravages of that dread disease, con-
sumption, had made such inrOads upon
his constitution that it became evident to
his friends on his recent return
from the Panhandle, that he could not
last much longer. This fact he did not
conceal from himself, and it was his wish
that he might die amid the scenes of his
| labors and triumphs in this city that he
so ardeutly loved. He had grown with
her growth, had strengthened with her
strength; here it was that he had worked
with his own characteristic energy and
zeal for her upbuilding and his own.
And so it was fitting that his death hour
should come to him here, surrounded by
his dear ones, in the city loved by him
with such passionate devotion.
The large concourse of friends who fol-
lowed his bier TO its final resting place,
| betokened how much Fort Worth loved
she mourn the untimely taking off of
such noble spirits as Joe Tatum and B.
c. Evans and w. F. Patterson, for out
of such materials has her prosperity been
wrought.
w. Patterson, or 'Wint' as MS
friends knew him, was possessed OF a
manly and noble character. Earnest,
plucky ,self-reliant, he rose by sheer merit
without the adventurous aids OF birth or
fortune from poverty to fill useful
and honored position in society.
Beginning life, ss [ have heard, in the
humble employment of washing bottles
for DR.. Powell III this city, he applied
himself with tireless energy to every en-
terprise he engaged in until at last he es-
tablished for himself a recognized posi-
ton of leadership in the business and
social world Gifted with splendid bust
ness capacity, he was the ImpersonatiOn
of nervous energy. The handsome es-
tate accumulated by him i'll the
brief span of his life tells the mar
velous story of his activity and success.
When we reflect upon the results he might
have accomplished if length OF days had
been vouchsafed to him, results of which
the achievements crowded into his short
busy life were but q prophecy, we can
appreciate the magnitude of his loss.
There was no steTner friend, no more
honorable foe. The friends he had whose
adoption he had tried he grappled to him
with hooks of steel. Naturally OF broad
gagged, liberal views, he sought the fell
lowship of kindred spirits, and was at
home in the company of enterprising and
pro gressive men His face was ever
turned towards the rising sun. He
looked TO the future, not the past. In
the temple of progress he was high
priest. InactiOn with. HIM was not to be
thought of, and stagnation was worse
than death.
Honorable in his intercourse with his
fellowmen, he was ambitious to better
his own condition and that of his race.
HIS sense of duty was strongly developed,
his convictions of right main-springs of
action. Thus equipped his citizenship
was of the highest and best type.
He was ever found fighting on the side of
principle and right, and the blows he
dealt were felt and feared by his enemies.
His deep and conscientious love for that
which was right in law and in morals,
coupled with courage high and reso-
lutte, led him to take advanced ground in
any movement which III his judgment
promised relief for existing evils or ele-
walton for his fellow men. 1t was due to
this trait of'his character that he espoused
with such signal zeal the cause of
prohibition, and always waged
war against the pernicious in
fluences of the saloon and the
gambling hell. In an age yielding COM
pacent homage to successful vice i'll all
It's protean forms, such a character
stands out in bold relief, full of the sug-
gestions of true manhood.
He is gone from among US His sun
went down at MONDAY. The busy,
restless brain has ceased to throb; the
generous, manly heart has stilled its
beating. The young, pushing and sue
cessful man of business; the progressive
and public spirited citizen the devoted
husband. AL all is gone save the record
of his useful life and noble nature,
which is craven upon our
hearts, will live while memory holds her
sway. M
The sorrow of an entire community
cannot tighten the load of grief 5sfl1Rt
weighs upon the soul of the noble, de-
voted woman whose life was linked with !
his. 1 would not profaue with words
this holy grief for earth behOldss no
tenderer spectacle.
Through tie rifed clouds of this sorrow
may the sunlight of God s eternal mercy
shine, bringing consolation and peace to
the anguisked soul. ~ L. CARLoCK.
septembeESI, 1881
Diseases fall aasssy prey, to ''Chas. Alff's
Germ ExterminsteF Scld by s. P. Tucker,