The Newtown bee., 1894-07-13
In Litchfield County.
. WASHINGTON.
DEATH OF MANLY O'HARA.

Manly O'Hara died, Friday morning, July 6, in his 33d year, of consumption The funeral services were held at the res idenCe of his parents ou Sunday after noon and were very largely attended. A special train was run from Litchfield to enable the many friends of the deceased to pay their last tribute of respect. The services of the Episcopal church were coniucted at the house by Rev Dr Dupee of New Haven. formerly rector of St Johns. and at the grave the beautiful Masonic burial service was conducted by Guy c Ford, chaplain of Rising Sun Lodge. Mir O'Hara had been in poor health for about year previous to his death, but did not withdraw from busi- ness until last November. He t,u w4l5
 to Florida, where he remained until Jan uary. Not improving to any consider able extent in this soft climate, he jour- neyed to Colorado and remained there un- til about the middle of April. At this time the disease had developed to such an extent that there was no longer any mis- taking it's nature. Distinguished special ists in tubercular diseases then advised that he could hope for Eo permanent ben- eft from climatic treatment and that he had better move East to his home just as soon as the weather was mild enough. bCloLC LioNONClS uC to go to Asheville, North Carolina, where many similarly afflicted had been greatly benefited. He reached Asheville about May l, but the climate there did not in the least interrupt the progress of the disease, and on June he started for his home. Such in brief is the brave effort which this young man made to arrest the development of this dreaded tuberculosis which eludes the skill of the physician and brings so many of our young men and women to an early grave. This ef- fort was in keeping with his whole life. There was no middle ground for him to stand on in the active affairs of life. When he had decided upon course of conduct, his abandonment of it followed only when in the last analysis it's imprac- ticability was manifest. He was true to his convictions and though kind and charitable in all his business and social relations, yet he would accept of no com promise. To use his own words, in a let ter to friend, 'I shall discharge my full duty as I understand it, and if 1 err and injustice follow, I shall find consolation in letting the mind which conceived it, bear the full responsibility. The heart which is the home of tenderness and love plays no part either in the conception or perfoI nance of duty" MT O'Hara was DOTH III tUlS LOWu duu HIS WAOiG lllS was spent among it's people. Both his par ents, two sisters and three brothers sur vive him. The older people of the town who had watched him from boyhood up to manhood held him in high esteem, while those of his own years selected him as an example Of the worth which one can attain, by an observance of truth, fairness and Christian duty. The regard which he entertained for his parents, the fidelity of his devotion to them, through all his years, endears his memory to the faltering hearts that fain would call him back to life. He interested himself in the growth and development of the town. There was no step taken during the last few years calculated to improve the so- cial relations of the people hereabouts, | with which he was not identified. His good judgement, foresight and activity | will be greatly missed, but there will re- main the pleasing memory that his life was not in vain.