Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-11-02

the years Of separation. He loved,
honored and entirely appreciated her.
and on his arm she leaned as she went
down into the dark valley. In return
she had stamped upon HIS nature hee
courage, charity and reverence, and so
inevitably to the words of the Church.
prayers and praises learned at her
knee. he turned with Joy and thanks
giving as the peace Of death fell gently
upon hds unclouded vision.
Orville inherited the strong traits Of
his parents. His business career, while
not covering long period, was in
every respect eminently successful and
marked by high character.
While the Spragues were CARRYING On
their extensive cotton and lumber
operations in this section of the State.
and when Mr.. Orville Dewey Lam
bard was here on trip from Califor-
mia, at the solicitation of Governor
Sprague he accepted the control ana
management Of the Coburn Land Com
pany, and remained with them about
year. until their great failure oc-
Cured.
After the death of his mother he
spent five years abroad, living in Lon
don and Paris. He was with his sister
Mrs. Julia Johnson, when she died in
Paris on the 25th of October 1892 and
lovingly brought her body to Augusta
where she was buried a few weeks
after her death.
In 1892 Orville returned to Augusta
and made this city his home. His
father. in his last years, turned his at
tention to agricultural pursuits. and
purchased the Hartwell farm on the
East side of the river. Orville took I'D
this last work Of his father, and en-
tered into the conducting of the Lam
bard farm with the same energy and
zeal and love which his father dis
played, not for the purpose of gain, but
from love Of employment.
He died, October rs. at the residence
of his niece. Mrs. Lucius L. Hubbard,
at Cambridge, Mass, the daughter OF
his brother. Charles Allen, who was
one Of the most princely men that ever
lived, and who was admired and wor-
shipped by his brother, Orville. He
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two sisters, Mrs. William L. Armitage,
the widow of the late Bishop Armitage |
of Wisconsin, who was for many years |
the rector of ST. Marks church in this |
city, and Mrs. Henry p Baldwin, the |
widow Of the late Governor Baldwin of |
Michigan, and many of his nieces. 1t
was singular coincidence that he
died on the same day, at the same
hour, that his sister, Julia, breathed
her last, five years before. r& i
Drvi1le Dewey Lambard was rared
character. Possessing a rugged in
tegrity, blessed with health and
strength until his last illness. filled
with sentiment, the strength of whose
touched his heart and
bfoadened his mind with delicious'
humor that always saw the bright ana +
the ridiculous side of life. not tinged
with envy or malice. With sturdy,
Unborn love of home, with
deep filiai tenderness and love Of family;
with an attachment for the friendships
of life, which is rarely equalled and
never surpassed, he lived life of
tranquility and abiding rectitude. In
early life he became a member of the
Episcopal church, and at the time of
his death was a vestryman Of ST.
Marks.
Like all men he had his disappoint-
ments, his griefs, his burdens, but he
bore them himself. No one shared
them with him for no one ever knew
them. Those who were privileged to
enjoy his friendship and his acquaint-
ance, always found his presence full
of sunshine. of enjoyment and of help
fulness, and his death will be mourned
by all who knew him. His life was
stained by no meanness, or fear or
subserviency. There is no limit to the