The Newtown bee., 1896-07-17
SAMUEL CL PECK.

On Saturday, June I3, just across the MrXjcrp border, in a train hurrying north ward, there passed away Samuel Clarke pccE, g young man N hose strong. upright Hfe the world could i'll afford to lose. Suddenly se,zaa with apI eudicftis, he determined, az on previous accession. to 8 3ek surgical lreaGinn0L in Boston. and 1ta-Igd on his houe~G5d journey in a special ear under the care of 8 surgeon and a nurse. Before the American line vas reached he had succumbed to the disease, which developed rapidly and un- cxpcctediY. Some hcurs before thcend he was conscious that he WAS fatod to die, and he died 4s he had ljvtd. bravcIy.
 His death has ctu-cd dnrp g.isf hrr- ever he was known, from Boston t0 the Gulf of Mexico. Net oftea do men of 30 command such uniycraal respect and eve as did hc. That hn has been for several years past inc trusted rcprasent4- tive iu Mexico of the General Electric Company tes5ifcs to his unique bu sincse qualifications lie went from the Insti- ute of Technology into the Thomson Houston Company ard rapidly rose to he top of tho ladder.
 But something more dur4 bIe than busi- ne5a sbiIity was his. Cou1iJcd }ei;hita.as a noble, pur2, Christian cbaJac1.r. Ill., courtesy was sOmethile deeper than 5euecr of convcuti5nal poIileneas: It was the natural eXpre sion of d thought aH,rt f-,y,n kr ,,o-,,-, IT., rr1-,,,r 0us to fault. He sought for and canned success only co share 1t wi.h otl~rs. His industry and vigor led him t. assume responsibilities from which older men would have sh-unk. Ard whatever his burden. the sun ,hiue was always dauC- ing in his heart and shinng from his face. Whcmsoever he met, he gladden. Ad. Many feel that H .cA his d,'ath a ray of light, which can never he r"kiDdlcd, has been plotted from their lives.
 Much might be said about his high sense Of honor, his devotion to duty, his loyalty to principle and those other at taiuments and cudOwmcnt5 of soul which belonged to him, but let one word further suffice. The dazzle of his worldly sue cess, won IS it was in country where morals are proverbially lax and religion uttle el but form, did not scduce his soul from its deeply rooted love for his God and his ( hurch. Ole recent Easter D4y, with his heavrsful. of memories, he and a companion, after availiug them selves of such meagre religious privileges 4s were possible welt out into the woods TO comp|ate their deyotious. There, with uncovered heads, in Gods lcafy temple, trey sarg a fa voriye hymn;
 "Thv strife i- o'cr, the battle done;
 The victory of life i5 won;
 The song of triumph has begun.
 AucWiaE'' Now inc shares in some measure the vic tory of his Muster.
 He had everything to make life desir- able; devoted family, wife whose bridal veil had scarce been removed, wide circle of anectionate friends, to say nothing of his business prospects. But when undiscriminating death came to call him, he responded without murmur or cry of alarm, amidst circumstances most distressing and desolate.
 Of him may it be said as of Arthur Hallam-
 ''TAy leaf has perished in the green,
 But somewhere, out Of human view,
 Whnpe'er thy hands are set to lo
 Is wrought with tumult of acclaim"
 -IC. II. E. i'll Boston Transcript.