The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-09-14


under the the seal Of this court to the
family of the deceased.
Resolved, That as a further mark
of our regard for the deceased, that
the court be requested to adjourn
until tomorrow morning, and not to
hold any session of the court for the
remainder of the day.
CHAs. 3. HoGG,
JOHN. r. BELLER,
w. R. QUINN,
GEO. PoEFENBARGER,
Committee.
After presenting the above resolu-
tions, Mr.. Hogg said:
e In YOUR HONOR PlEAsE;-Eh That
these resolutions should be supple
mented with some short observations,
it seems to me the occasion demands.
When human being that has
reached mature years passes away,
there goes from our sight an indi-
yiduality upon which we shall never
look again upon the shores of time.
This is quite a solemn thought, and
bids us pause In LIES busy career and
amidst its engrossing cares and per
pIexities, and ask whence comes this
wonderful personality and whittier
doth it go, which we observe too, even
in all the works of nature
The answer is found In the Revela.
lions of God to his creature man, and
1T is there alone that we may with GER
tainty find it.
AS there is no human life without
its own history whether sealed or
open. so there is no human life with
out. it's lesson.
That which most impressed me in
the life and character of Maj. Tomlin-
son was his real honesty and generos-
fty.
He had been q successful lawyer,
and at one time WAS in the happy en-
Ioyment of competent estate, but
his friendship and generosity led him
into quick-sands of suretyship and
theseg and some Unforeseen misfor-
tunes embarrassed him greatly and to
make good his promises and keep his
word and honor sacred and unsu1l1ed
he laid at the disposal of those to
whom he was under obligation, the
last of the accommodations of a life
time.
He laid upon the altar of duty the
sacrificial offerings of an honest and
upright man.
What a monument he thus builded
for himself in the fullness of his yearsI
Would you exchange it for "all the
wealth of Ormus or the Ind3"
All The finer and better feelings of
our nature admonish us to answer with
a manly and emphatic s.no.''
All ages and nations have paid trib-
ute to individual and national hon
.esty and integrity, from the time of
the giIded vices of the stately Babylon
down to our own times; and though
we are in hot pursuit of material
wealth and prosperity, and a striving
for the fleeing baubIes of worldly glo-
ry, yetweloye to pause admidst these
stirring scenes. and as we look upon
one of Gods noblest works, point to
some passing felIowzbeing and say,
There goes an honest man.
But there is another important les
son to be learned from the life of our
departed friend, and that is what may
be achieved by close application to
study and the pursuit of a chosen pro-
5fession1 with the single purpose of
making it a success.
He was born in adversely, without
those surroundings and superior ads
vantages that influence and wealth
nearly always command.
Coming from Girclevilie, O., in early
manhood. he engaged for while in
the pursuit of his trade-that of sad
die and harness making.
But his great heart and strong mind
painted and yearned for broader en-
ployment, and so he began the study
OF law without the aid of teacher
delY1ng all alone into that science
which employs In its theory the mob
lest faculties of the soul and exerts In
its practice the cardinal virtues of the
heart
How well he did his work. his rapid
promotion at the bar IN after years
distinctly shows. He filed many po-
sitions of honor and trust to which
the partially of his fellow cftizens by
their suhrages summoned.
In no Office of the many which he
held did he ever quail in the hour of
trial or boast IN the days of his tTi-
1Ipph
But he is gone, to take his place at
another and higher Bar to which the
highest intellectual capacities. or the
dazzling honors Of royal state, willnot
secure access, unless united with the
virtue OF q Christian character.
In the death of our late friend we
are reminded of a fact which we all
Know, and Tint IS that our day must