Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-30
U1L TEE HUFFNdy DEAD.

ss Huffman, it is hardly to be expected
zzthat thought can frame itself into words
suited TO an expression of the feeling:
asthat crowd the heart. The loss of such
ska man is irreparable; others have passed
gSaway and their places have been filed
gsbut the place Walter Huffman occupied
5Ewill be vacant, when, it may be, he i:
6kremembered no more. There has been
Emo enterprise, business or social, to
(which he has not lent his influence and
SslIberally forwarded by his means. Al
Fsways in the vanguard of progress, For'
shWorth to-day owes much of its advance
sSto this master mind who, with ken
ssfar exceeding that of common men, saw
I possibilities and possessed the courage to
Breach out for them.
u The loss OF such a man is not circum-
sscribed by the circle of his friends and
ssrelatives. The effect reaches out in
E2every direction, and a check is felt
s4wherever enterprise within the state has
9known his quickening touch. Fort Worth
unjust grieve for him as for man who
Fever carried nearest his heart her best
$Sand truest interest. No plan that looked
ssto her advancement was ever presented
sztO him in vain. His name was upon
Ssevery list, and any one approaching him
ssfor any purpose of development was sure
.Sof consideration, and il the plan ac-
.8corded with his judgment, of active and
..Ivaluable support. While a man of strong
sconvictions, he did not inease himself in
shis fellow workers. and by gentleness
.Sand sound argument often overcame
astrong opposition. The voice of philan-
ssthrophy within his hearing never sounded
gin vain; so ready to attend was he, that
GIT seemed as if his ear was ever turned
iSto catch the call, and his hand as
isready TO respond. Whatever pre-
,gsented itself, whether churches, schools
For charitable institutions, all alike, re-
sceived his lavish contributions. His pri-
svate benevolences were not heralded, for
.sclaim, or to allow others to proclaim, the
sgood his right hand had wrought. There
Eis, however, for him in this city tablets
Gin many heart sanctuaries commemora-
lstive of kiudnesses of which he took no
'snote. Tears to-day will gather in eyes
,sthat some act of his in the past had
scaused TO brighten, and signs will be
.3breathed for him whose gentle tones and
generous deeds have helped to lift a,
sburden from breasts now aching at the
athought that he is with us no more.
s THE GAZETTE to-day mourns not only
sthe loss of its head, on whose clear
Il Judgment and steady hand so much
shinged, but it mourRs a friend, a counsel
slOr, IN whose company there was untold
Satisfaction. There is no man Connected
swIth the business that does not feel Mr..
Huffman death a personal loss
gHis very presence begat confidence
sand his urbanity of manner created har-
smony from most incongruous elements.
sNo perplexity arose that defed his solu-I
Stion, and though unused to the businessl
when assuming control, many of the new
land taking features of the paper are the
4 coinage of his clear brain.
As friend we cannot speak of him !!
1.-THE wound is too recent to be exposed toI
Sthe view of even the most considerable
blessed is the man who has oneI
Friend and we were blessed. MOI
5cloud was too dense on the horizon fori
Ibis SenialitY to penetrate, no detractingI
swords of weight sufficient to change his
gestimate; tried and true was he, and weE
have lost our friend-we cannot say
smore.
4 A large circle stand with bowed heads
saud aching hearts in the presence of So
sgrest a bereavement, but what shall bel
said of the aged father and mother who,
Gin what seems a violation of natural
Flaw, are called upon to mourn a son, to-
whom they righttully looked as the stay
and support of their latter years. With
sthe Overlooking cup of their sorrow Isl
mingled bitter draught his sister s grief /
smust supply; herself q widow, where I
Twin she turn for that brotherly devotion
sou which she could rely? Sad, inexpres-
Ssibly more sad than ell such bersave
srnent, is that of the family. devote az
swife, whose loving attention has followed
4 him through all his illness, two lovely
young daughters just merging into wo-
manhood, q younger daughter and twos
2sons are to-day fatherless-a word which I
says all. The precincts of the home are
too sacred for even loving friend to en-E
tier. What Walter Huffman was as bu-
,siness associate, friend and neighbor, heE
was pre-eminently more 80 in the home 4
ITO see him ut his best was to see him the
sceuter toward which his loving family
was attracted, and to see there mani s
Tested that happy confidence which can
,only unite q family bound together byTs
bonds of love.
To-day eyes blinded with tears cans
only see white shaft-broken ere the
lcapital is placed, work unfinished, grand +
purpose stayed, a home invaded and :;
death triumphant. But to his wife and e
children Walter A. Huffman has left an