Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-08

the work of Kingston Academy for
i've or six years, but classroom in
struction was irksome to Mr.. Beadle.
He longed to be out in the wtrld and
mlngle with men. He resigned his
position and determined to cast his
future in the wilds of the then un-
known West. Accordingly, in 1866,
Mr.. and Mrs. Beadle removed to
Iowa and settled on the old farm in
Alton township. Here they remained
for about fifteen years. Some thirty
five years ago, Mr.. Beadle removed
his family to this place and soon
after he founded the city of Cresco.
Through all these years his life has
been an open book. You who have
known him and loved him, know full
we'll that no eulogium of mine could
add one jot or little of fame to his
honored career. For forty years
and more he has helped hundreds
who came to HIM in the hour of dis.
couragement and despair. He spent
his life in helping men. He poured
forth OF himself for the benefit of
those who had not his mental
acumen; he traced for them the
rugged lines of truth; he gave to all
OF them that came vision and divine
uplift. The word that characterizes
Mr.. Beadle best is helpfulness. The
best creed in this world is not writ
ten creed; it is life creed, Mr.,
Beadle lived his creed. When men
and women talked with him they
always left his presence helped.
They felt that life after all, was
worth living, when they came in
contact with his great soul.
10 know mans real character, to
pass correct judgment on his inner
life-his life of motive, his life of
affection, of devotion to duty-h1s
daily walk and conversation must be
seen, both in prosperity and adversi-
ty. Both prosperity and adversely
try the forces of mans spiritual
nature. Mr.. Beadle has seen both.
His days were not all calm and bright;
often clouds gathered over him and
shrouded him in shadow and dark
ness. But standing within these
shadows he took the measure of the
worlds selfishness; he felt the full
force of many disaster, but through
1t all his integrity and uprightness of
character were never for a moment
under cloud. To applause or to
censure for it's own sake he was stole
ally Indifferent. He preferred the
approval of his own conscience to the
appreciation of mankind, and thus he
travelled steadily along the beaten
and dusty highway of life without
lettering, and so came at last to his
journeys end.
Mr.. Beadle never made money a
god, nor did he become soul-scarred
In the scrabble for wealth. Happy is
this city to have for its founder such
a man. He believed in the ultimate
triumph of goodness; he saw God in
everything and stayed himself on the
divine Father with whom thousand
years are as one day. But he is gone.
This life SO pure, so valuable, so ex-
emplary, so rich in noble achieve
ments, is gone. The scissors of death
has severed the thread that bound
his soul to earth.
What can we say of him? This
he was a man; he was true gentle
man; he was true and strong; he was
gentle, but just.
His life was gentle, and the elements
so miX'd in him. that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, This was a man,p
.Ah! Augustus Beadle! Augustus
Beadle! The memory OF thy sweet
soul is upon US. Thy presence is here
with us-with US, about us, like the
gentle atmosphere. Thou hast not
gone from US; thy courage, thy help
fulness, thine optimistic spirit; they
do still INSPIRE US. We owe thee much
for thou hast helped us much. I'VE
know that the harsh winds of adver-
sity did smite thy ship of life; and for
the great love we bear thee we pledge
ourselves here before thy dust, to
truth, to virtue, to fidelity, to con,
science, and to Jesus Christ, thy
Saviour and our God" o, may thy
sweet presence and thy gentle, trust
full life abide in our hearts, and may
we be able to bend ourselves again
to the burden of life that we NAV in
some measure requite thee for thy
life spent for us. For we remember
that thou didst teach US to say.
''Whate'er betides. Gods love abides-
our God forever more"
True may it be said of our friend as
it was said by the apostle of old. HE
fought a good fight, he finished his
course, he kept the faith.n
Johnson's New Cyclopaedla.
CREsco, Iowa, March 2, 1898
From Prof. L E. A. Ling, Princi-
pie OF Cresco High schools.
Mr. II w r