The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-06-04

;'icrce's 1908 page "E"m::nA Sc:as' A'c';'-
cal Adviser. ILLUSTRATED.
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FARHAR-in St. .Fr:.p2isy;'!1, i;', Hay
80, 1865, at $50 a. i'll. !1ve.l,ie 4. Earrar
a;c,l s. yrs, Il mos and y 1;ys.
JAico tarra,.s death was irom natnia
ea.,ses--;ho gradual wearing away by
tjmc Of a remarkable physique, winch NY
reason of strength had witlis'"oa 'ho I
x..ya.s;,s Of more tlln four sa"r" years
ffg,telic Iii|ls,mr Far!ar was bora !" |
(, c,,;horuo, co,uty Miss, Nny 9, 1877, IT'S
/ ;:.m;,v ever, at silat cayly day was d:stl'''
E,,,;x.,,d fer intellect ANA hiy; brcna'nE',
and I'll. yoath inherited tine n:antal ana
phvsfr+tl powers. l!o WAS for t'r'e years i,
sto..snt al Pennsylvania College, >entA ~
but completed his education at Jefferson
Galley, Adams Co. Miss. He lirst sfA"'eA
lazy IN the oc!sa ufa firm in N"'rhcZ,
comu;ctiny ills. colrscin New Orleans.
yD,ri,.w III. latter period, be resldcd III VAC
4 E,rcnrI, part Of the city, w;ero he ariHif-
'el y thorough knowledge Of The French
,msaage, whiri ever after, Was 10 E'h'
r,t ONLY souvvc Of pleasure but a great
advantage during hi, residence Ill fo'H'"
, ,,,r,r,. lie selected Ei,laiia, Conccfo';'
!. ,9rsh Tn ~ his home ANA the scene OF
his lcra lal,oys hr'.ling npa large r'ac-
!, t;rr. On Nov 3, 1885 lie was H'a'f'cd 10
!, Miss Mary Bullock, u YivginiaH, who sur
yi,1s HIN, and who tErongh s'xfy-ohe
/, 20. NC Of u,ryiel life was ;n,lecda perfect
k l.!p-lnato to her h'u''aMl.
y Z, Ne was appointed jalg. of the dlStr'ct'
then composed OF points C'ppca al"
ro,cor,;;, oarS.ts, for eight yeas. ~
,slo ot the. beginning Of his stto'ih tern
,,c cuovea to roinle Conner, Where nc
rrsj,ls., until 1889 when lie cam" TO -
IL. pr;,,,csvi,Io 10 spend the sunset hours 81
his lie.
d Daring the civil war, though over az;
Cor active service, Acs DIES suinS t"' gu
a lvut sons to Il: Confectionery, liz h'i'ise'
served tl,nt;!: car rs enrolling oHicsr
y n.yt ~ voli,nteer aid to Con l''npah Il
I'll, r,aus- Mississippi dcparSnl'''t, ana L
. ,,,.l:.,. y,ssr Of the war WAS III charge
y !, .r;,ilf 5,st,;wa yor:, sent by Coy. A''c''
re 4, 4, ta,,.,,r.:s ;;, medicines aud other no'e.
e ,,ties iterst,te hospital for sick a't wo""''
.,s',,,l seislicpsn Louisiana.
g. Ii, earlier.yca lie WAS ~ r'"'a'S;'"'
s. IS, ]. pedestrian, walking great distances 4
: !. npnsusy seea,ap lis''me"' IN o"''siA 'S;'''h
hd a,;.rato. Hc would think n'"'l'''s
Isl wal,,jur aroun; !.,o horseshoe winch on
no ,iups False River, and after his removal
I'll. hills, though of advanced age his lea
itJ IL walking were 10 less ramtrk;t'se =
ri, r;a.,uaI cnrtai|msnt in length or ''e'
q tr,mn, marked the oirroachneats OF a.
M. debility, until when his tail ilSN
y, disapneartl from c,v streets aug Fs"e
-, 49, about two gears ago, the realization !"
- horne IN to those who loved 'nn' u
w -, ,,rt,, was indeed looseninG It's ''H'u Up
. the grard Old man.
:, Ills last wears were spent happily no
y. over, tended ny devoted vile a" "'"S
"s' Ger and other r,,l.tiyea. c!ecNd ~ 81
fer versation With a. Few congenial irnn'
" ana always cnlivenod by tue reading
books and newspapers
Ills intellectual life was strong a
~, ~ VIGOROUS to the end, his interest III
~ affairs of the day as Keen 80 that CT :: =
yo,,ugor man. iic was ever close :
dent, lis range comprising every h'f''
rim. ,f,;tcraturs and his Linguistic acN"'
ISL, ,nan.s including ,;ot only Eng''sh Il
ycr, French, bit German and Spanish
So 10 converse with hin, was pflv''
IS well as q pleasure, liz lively 'nse'
N Al topics milking him peculiarly aaa
q, =. allie to the tastes 81 his companion.
leun.> lis Ial,three children, Frederic H''e
wing colonel Of the "a La Rcg. KILLED at
day 49, e,,.,froosno,o Thomas F..
Hck- h''''c VI y" W., III,
lex. lieutenant of Go =. SIKH Ia. gol' nj
ten at'.,ort Republic, and Mr". Robert "a
Sa"- gomery of st. Francisvi'le she '''n'
his children, survive to Inherit TIC I;
oc Of noble father, whose long life IS III
,, ID closely written scroll, upon wi
.tar,, there rests no blot, but presenting IL"
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