Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-10-03

lO,iny bcu aud willing hands,
ubicb Ng,S eviprocated by a gal.
lant lal aivalross man. Ills
'd,aissi' ss;sd through life, and
lave, Ike o.. ntiuenee, right on be,
yoaJ BE-, 3, ia.
ll- v4s man Of decidedly
ma>yul,nr denotes, with a mos,
viSv.ou, - 'Siqae aud lion like
voice, vh.s n his sympa,hies he
Was a. ;euj : As a girl. lie could
Iessancs q At he disapprOved with
a s',rn q, !enGnciStion, aud yet
portray .a, ovc of the Creator in
'crrus mo>' gentle, pathetic, and
t.eco,uing Probably no man in
Vermont, his day, made a more
derP or = ing impression on his
denomlHagt n than did Nc. Tabor.
Original iu bought and expression
he moved ! people with great in.
aaCnce ~ er to the middle aud
more cots rvative aud consistent
loc;riuss o. MS church, especially
@ the b.s fits and necessities Of
rcPruiau =. the expectation of a
reasonable punishment, and the
resirllu.ns afaence Of such belief,
~ well TO the bright hopes
which kect the souls of men from
despair, lie formulated much
sb,ch he 1 ought to have existed
VA too inl finite conceptions
lie Ma either a rccluSc, nor a
msa OF he world. lie never
shrank fro, the duties Of a citizen
nor soucH' prcferment. In 1860
he Was nrS i to represent his town
,Concor,N the Legislature, owing
TO the pcu, ncy here OF n matter
of croa, in or,ance TO his constitu-
cuts, lie ommenced by gaining
the respect md esteem OF his oppo.
meats uts he retained through
lie. lie On became one Of the
art men IA he House, and especially
one of IL Irongcst debaters. lie
never had lsc to do with polite;
,as 1t occur TO the writer now ex
-cpl to W., and express his opinion
n a COOL 'izen always should.
~ a l.. y, active, enterprising
man he kl) d the minds of many
His cn,rc was admirable. Hi'
gcma. pre-, nee enlivenei all: III,
inspired a affection, heightened
and ip,cus cd by respect. But The
exercise @! all his manly qualitie,
have cease: and We stand around
Q
has grave wed into silence and
submissions Ga power before which
the s,. Jrg, It man is turned TO dust
As we met ally follow him from al
animated c, to the great darkness.
Mat even vershadows our under
standing. !, seems 10 us like going
out from bright sunlit day
and froH all the animated
SQUADS II duced by man and
nature, "a, the cold, damp and
darkness Of anight hushcd to abso
Lutte siirnc, So still; oh how still
And here we stand crying with
voices that tartle us in tho dread
Stiffness: " Vi what shall the morn
ing be! Through what deep
mysteries hall kindred hearts he
reunited" But before the fiery
dar's Of Sc, n and pride, faith never
retreats. , always has aud Away,
will RENAL above the dead and
snid the d ing, But TO him how
vain are the utteranccs of the
living O, I emotions move hin,
not; and ~ should be controlled
aud dircc, ID with reference "a
ourselves icnc. Then, paying a
last sad Il, butte Of respect to hi,
! memory, lC' US turn from the grave
to live eur title time, thankful tina,
teavCn h. vouchsafed to us in
enduring rm rich memories oil
MIN who Ems to be going along
With us YET
' Nor iuIthsI sck his merits TO disclose,
ur draW hls Z lltiss from their dread abode
There they = 60 In trembling hopes rcposoI
Tbs 5o-om OF Father aud his God"
ON. n.