The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1893-01-04
The Late j. n. Dingman.


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Jasper II. Dingman was porn in Fifth
Town, Prince Edward county, Canada,
April II, 1912, and died in Tionesta, Pa,
Dec. "a, 1892.
The people have had another lesson Of
the uncertainty of life and the certainty
of death, and have been moved to feelings
of deep so PROV and regret. One ofour best
and most respected citizens has gone t.
that bourne from whence no traveller re-
turns" Mr.. Dingman moved to Titus
vile, Pa, in 1865, where he engaged in
the mercantile business till 1874, when he
located in Forest county and engaged in
the stave and lumber business with MIR.
j. IL. Derickson until 1888. when the firm
was mutually dissolved. Since then he
has been in partnership with Mr.. \. H..
Dale in the lumber business. He was al
ways very attentive to his work, a man OF
fine business capacity, and hence success
full.
He was an active member of the NJ. f..
Church, leader of the choir, Superinten-
dent of the Sabbath school, an energetic
worker for the temperance cause Presi.
dent Of the Epworth League, a member
of the r. T, Oft, and l. o. o. F. All
these societies will sadly mourn the loss
they have sustained. He was conscien-
tious in all this work, and labor for the
Great Master was his chief end. Al a
worker in the Sabbath School he had few
equals, and his school has sustained an
irreparable loss. The last work of his
life was for the Sabbath School, in pre-.
airing for the celebration of Christmas.
On he eve of his death he began and Lart-
ly completed a large transparent star, on
which the word jesus in large letters
was written. This star, although unfin-
ished, shows his last thoughts were OF
Jesus, the star of his hope, and his last
act was an effort to place that great light
before his school nd point the scholar to
the Savior.
Mr.. Dingman's health, until about three
wears ago, when he suffered a severe at
TACK of sickness, had been good. He rail-
led from this illness and kept in activ,
business until Tuesday preceding his
death, when he was forced to keep to his
room. No immediate danger was appre-
hended until Friday evening, when his
physicians told him he could live but a
short time. He calmly received the in
formation, and was perfectly willing to go
into the hands of his God. Shortly efor.
death he talked with his family, gave his
boys good advice how to live and meet
him beyond. where parting is no more.
Among his last words were, ''Tell my
friends all to meet me in Heaven"
The interment took place in Riverside
Cemetery, on the morning of Dec. 9th,
after which the friends returned to the NJ.
e. Church, where appropriate services
We're conducted by Rev. Rankin, assisted
by Revs. ~Rumberger, Small and Hillard.
The floral tributes, the last tokens Of
respect of the societies of which the de-
ceased was a member. were varied, elab-
crate n most bea 'tiful. The Euworth
League placed upon the casket the en-
blemso of its society-a Grecian cross, in
pink roses and ferns, with the letters 'E.
L." gracefully wrought of immortelles
Iying in relief on the cross. This beauti-
fully illustrated how patiently the depart
ed had borne the cross of life, always
keeping the cross of Christ above all
others.
The tribute of the Sabbath School, was
a column of white roses, carnations and
ferns, with letters an. z. S. S." in blue
immortelles IN its base. This silent
voice spoke volumes. He was the great
column or support of the Sabbath School.
Also, the column is broken! who can
fill his place in the School? The blue
immortelles-everlasting-is n beautiful
cymbol of the immortal life beyond the
blue veil to which he for IL years pointed
the school.
The !. o. q. L. sent a large wreath of
roses, ferns, &c, with tho three links and
letters 81. o. o. f." made of imm0rtelles.
rhis is e~mblematical of the pure rrinci-
Piles of b%rotherly love taught in the order.
The token Of the Royal Templars
was a wreath of roses, hycianths. carna-
tons, etc., with the letters "R. II. Oft"
in immortelles The w. C. II. u, OF
which he was an honorary member, gave
a large bouquet of white roses tied with a
magnificent white ribbon, the emblem of
the society and a cymbOl of purity. One
"fthe great pleasures of the deceased was
work for the cause of temperance. file
never failed to speak a good word or put
his shoulder to the wheel when opportu-
nifty offered. These flowers speak more
than thep pen. They o will wither and
die, but their recollections will never
fade. So with life-it is short and soon
passes, but the that men do lives after
them as an oasis TO brighten the desert
of life.
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