The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1893-08-22
A Good Man Bears His Sorrows
AS Long As He Can
And Then Lays Down the
Burden.
A Noble and Useful Man
Gone.


urday morning that John Samuels
had taken his own life, the community
received shock, such as it has sell
dom experienced. For twenty-eight
years Mr.. Samuels has been closely
and largely identified with the busi-
ness interests of Mt. Sterling. His
long career as business man brought
him into close contact with our people
andehis upright life and generous
deeds won for him place in their
affections, few men are fortunate
enough to secure.
THE PARTICULARS
AS we gather them, seem to indi-
cate that since the loss of his Oldest
son, Frank. who suffered death by
railroad accident, that he has not been
the man he was before, and when the
preseRt financial distress overlook the
country, he appeared to be more un-
n,rved and more solicitions about
the outcome than the situation would
seem to warrant. His business affairs,
which were in probably no worse
ccondition than the majority of those
around him, gave him great distress
Of mind. Kind friends able and will
ing to help bim in any way, finding
hSn in such condition, came to him
with offers of aid; tried to assure
him that his financial condition was
not such as he deemed it. But all
in vain. His family has for nearly
two weeks, kept close watch on him
and all the night before the tragedy
his faithful wife watched him; but
about O'Clock she fell sleep for a
few minutes, thinking he too was
sleeping, and he seized the opportunity
to quietly dress and escape from the
house. The wife soon wakened and
instituted search for him. He had
gone out of the house and was seen
going in the direction of his store by
negro man, others saw him quietly
walking up Main street, but he pro-
ceeded toward the pool near the New
Ms&ket Distillery, where he evidently
for few moments, sat upon the edge
and then made the fatal plunge. The
water of the pool is from six to eight
feet deep, and his body floated around
to ~ supply pipe, which bore it up
where it was found only short time
after he had entered the water by
negro man, who was going to his
work. The alarm was given, but life
was extinct when the body was taken
from the water. The body was re-
moved to Eastin's undertaking rooms,
where Esquire Henry Jones, in the
absence of the Coroner, impaneled a
Jury and held an inquest. The Jury,
after hearing all the evidence, gave a
verdict in accordance with above
fs9ts.
! { The pure, manly, upright life John
Samuels lived among this people, won
for him their esteem as few men have
been fortunate enough to enjoy it,
and the hearts of the people, as one
heart, beat in sympathy with the
bereaved family. tits useless to pile
up adjectives to tell how devoted q
father, how loving husband, how
true friend he was. This commune
ty knew him and loved him. God
chose that he should suffer much, but
no man was oppressed with his sor-
rows. He bore them and showed to
his fellowmen only shining, cheerful
face always. The burden at last
became too heavy, and the mind gave
way under the strain, and God took
him.
riis funeral sermon was preached, on
Sunday afternoon, by his friend, DR..
r. Hiner, of Carrollton, who paid a