Milford chronicle., 1892-01-29
FREpERIcA.

EEtGOGItACt1. M
On Saturday evening last the e y
about ? o'clock this community
startled by the surprising announcemen
that its most prominent citizen, ex-Gof
ernor John W. Hall, was dead. It wa
generally known that he was confined e
his room by sickness, but until within
verv few hours of his death was it known
that he was in a condition from which
there was very grave doubt as to recovery,
and no one was then perhaps apprehen-
sive that his life was encompassed by
only few brief hours. His illness was
Of exactly one weeks duration and was
presumably the result Of an attack Of a
nephriiical nature, to which disease there
had existed more or less of a functional
inclination with. however no previous
extreme development of what appeared
to be a latent tendency. About Que
o'clock on the afternoon of the day Of
his death one of his sons inf rmed me
that he thought his father was improving
and because Of this assuring intelligence
the news of his decease was the more
startling, aud harder to realize.
On Thursday evening previous to his
sickness he attended prayer meeting led
BY Rev. DR.. Caldwell, and was asked by
the Dlctor in the course of the exercises
to talk littlen He at once arose in
the pew in which he sat and declared
that every day was to him day Of
thanksgiving to Almighty God, and after |
continuing his remarks for few moments /
closed with expressing the wish that he /
might graciOusly be permitted, when his |
final summons should come, to die IN
full possessiun ofhis reason aud faculties.
This wish was providentiallv accorded
him, for only about a half hour or less
before his death he sent his son fer, and
asked that his last will aud testament
4 document drawn, it is said, several
lars ago and never signed, be read in
his hearing. After the reading of two or
hree of the items he urged the reader
% hasten aud soon after uttering this
-equest sank back and expired, his three
children being with, or near by him,
lnder the parental roof.
The estate of the Ex-Governor is large
md varied, and numerous are the esti-
mates that are placed upon the aggre- c
,ate of his earthly treasures. His own
eluctance aud reticeut in giving at any
ime an estimate of his wealth was Que
f his characteristics. On the other hand q,
e was inclined to recount, and speak ,
lore freely of his occasional losses than
f his constant and colossal earnings
Whatever of exhuberance was Inspired
-ithin by the latter was silently enjoyed
! snug and cloistered eservation-what-
YER ofheaviness aud depression followed
le former, was soon dispelled amid re-
ewed effort to repair and strengthen the y
reach made in the already bulging ex- 2
lcquer
From the most reliable opinions based
pom such an inventoried approximation
is possible TO be obtained it w0nld not n
EN- extravagart to value the estate at vi
ree fourths of a million, while maAy &C
hose opinions are entitled to consid -,
alton put it at a round million of dol
rs. His fleet Of sea-going vessels will III
lmber between forty and titty with one
process of construction here at pres
It of the burden of more than eight ca ca
indred tons. The real estate consists y
part, Of about twenty-five farms or
ore, with dwelling houses and lots that
1uld be difficult to enumerate while the ke
and securities are beyond
eculative endeavor
Tue deceased was a mau of great affa-
ity ofn1anner, considerate and respect
alike To all classes of people. He was ria
yer too intently occupied while in the en- @
mpany and converse Of persons of Pi'
bic and social distinction to step
de and extend his friendly grasp to
= poorest and humblest wayfarer. In
n the ties of consauguinity were
ongly marked and it afforded him ex- no
me pleasure to call to his home at u
ted periods his children and grand !
ildren, for whose reunion with himself
made always the most elaborate prep
til II.
rhe town In which he was born and pri
which he lived and died is deeply sem
le of the loss it has sustained by his
noval. The church of his choice and ,
which he has been a member for so 80
my years will greatly bemoan the loss an,
his wise counsel and feel sensibly the No
hdrawal of his regular and unvarying I
ltributions The entire dismember- or
ut Of several large and influential FAM al
S from our midst within the last de- era
le or two verifes the truth of the old per
kim that mutation marks the path sto
human life " Glaucing along the q
social landmarks Of the past and pass
generation one cannot but be inl T
ssed with the thought that while f,cj
ence, art aud letters are making such las
id strides toward higher altitude in feei
scale of advancement, the youthful the
1lic morals of the day are apparently staC
armed and unhorsed. teri
'arental oversight seems to relax year 5-t'
year; manhood in a measure develops etc.
maturely and the youth of their gen 7
ton are fast tending toward a profit =
e, licentious aud vicious manner of On'
ng. 1t would be we'll for the youth T
,ur country to study the early history and
such men as we make the subject of still
weeks letter, compare their oppor-
tiles for preferment aud distinction
hose ofthe youth Of his day and at
same time emulate his example Of y
" rectitude, application, self-reliance
his regard for mortality and virtue,
n at the last, like the grod but per-
lted Aristides yon can stand before
If countrymen and with your face +
mined with truth declare these hands Mil
clean" ANON whi
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