Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-03-25

times OF sorrow and trouble. But let US
be careful not to say that because our
late friend was cut OFF in the midst of his
/ humble life purposes, that his work was
unavalling and that with Others he will
soon pass from the memory OF men, for
the dangerous inference too naturally fol-
lows that there is no inducemcnt to or
/ reward tor honest and manly conten-
/ tions in hte's battles. Such use OF the
/ reflection named would disc ourage man
kind and sink the glory OF lite, the light
ot the world and the inspiring and enter
| prlsInS energies OF mankind III a mass OF
inertia and the great living, moving mass
would stop while the dark world would
DC tillru with the dead forms OF men,
women and children. All things should
be considered IN times OF sorrow calmly
and sometimes coldly; but let reason be
kindness and cheertulness, and 10 engen-
der mutual confidence, hope and courage
Care should always be taken not to en-
courage repinlu2s or any Arrangement OF
| providence or chance for the m,stortunes
that come upon us. Accidents are sad
enough without adding to them fancird
aggravations. What will it profit any
living icing to go back with our late
rieud, or to look on his tancied picture
oi neat cottage home, a little weIl-tilled
farm and weedess garden, watered by
natures pureSt fountains and shaded by
trees OF his own pruning, to which he
could retire from the rough and toilsome
lite of woodsman to quiet industry and
nightly repose, and then to arraign that
providence by which he was ground by
cruel wheels just before he reached that
ideal home2 How much we dream and
| little know what might come of dreams
il they became realities The best work
the memory OF individuals can do is to
preserve and initiate their good qualities.
Our late friend was modest, unassumng
honest, faithful and true both to his
| family and in his social and business rela-
tionS. He was undemonstrative but a
very efficient and important factor in the
/ business enterprises with which he was
connected. He had no fractions impu-
SEES, no tawning tear, no envies or rival
/ rles which come so often from extensive
| employment in large enterprises. He
| died without single known enemy. He
was honest, candid and business like.
! He was even peculiar in one respect. In
| stating facts or business conditions he
looked DIT the subject matter absolutely
in the abstract and apparently free from
personal considerations. This made him
naturally and inotfensvely independent !;
absolutely reliable and gave HIM great
influence III the work with which he was
connected. His ideas and expressions OF
them were not polished or cultivated, but
he had crude, broad ard comprehensive
conceptions otjustice and truth and OF an
accurate adjustment OF things so as to
have them right, and in them he was so
quietly, inotfenslvely and apparently un-
consciously uncomprOmising that there
could always be discovered i'll him the
true elements OF a man. He lived and
died in as profound respect and approval
by local business and social sentiment as
any man in his station of life who has
ever lived and died among us. The cir
cumstances OF his death have deeply
stirred the hearts of the whole COM
munity. His death was sudden, violent
and sad; but his sufferings were soon
over. They are of no consequence now
al was on the Sabbath. The neighborS
said this was his Sunday home" 1t
was his Sunday home. A home in which
he will remain in quiet rest. If we weep
for him we shed tears of gratitude for
such an honest, truthful and industrious
life, and such peaceful sleep. But for and
with the living we do shed tears of
| sympathy and sorrow. 1t is unavoirla-
BILE. The loss of life companion, the
father of family of young and depend
ent ones just in the early development OF
numberless little family plans suddenly
taken from their midst stirs every heart
with irresistible grief But kind nature
has an antidote for all that. The heart
of sorrowtul mother is soon absorbed
in the care of and in the hopes and as
pirations of her little ones. How soon
even the deepest grief is ass,milated and
absorbed by new developments aud con-
ditions! While parents are unduly solicit
Gus about the support and welfare of
their children the latter are developing
faculties almost beyond human c0mpre-
hension. They knit SO quickly into bust
ness enterprises and life's relations as to
substitute their own efforts and achieve
ments for those of the parents, take up
the work, assume their places and al
most as soon as spring comes and goes
the wounds Of their young hearts are
healed and all the tolls, anxieties and
Affections of the fathers and mothers
and finally their whole beings are alb.
sorbed and lost in new generation.
G.N.D.