The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-05-10
LEWIS Il. HERRON.

lifeless body of Lewis II. Heron was
taken from the home Of Judge Newly,
ON West Main street, to the HilIsborO
Cemetery and there inferred. Fitting
words were spoken i'm the house Of
mourning by Rev II. S. FauIconer and
Rev. George Beecher The day was
one of loveliness and beauty, such as
are rare even in our hill country, noted
for its atmospheric charm. a large
aSsembIage of friends indeed. all who
could attend filed the mansion and
grounds in honor Of the deceased, to
pay the last tribute to his worth and
in token of esteem and sympathy for
his kindred. He was much beloved
because Of q blamelesS life. and it was
with sincere sorrow our people knew
of his long suffering. In every house
hold there were those who felt for him
as If he was one Of their own flesh. So
always do the sutferings Of the good
and true appeal to ailectionate hearts.
Mr.. Heron. both on his fathers and
mothers side, belonged to an ancestry
long hunored in our community for
sterling integrity of principle, vigOr-
Gus mentality, and a tenacious adher-
enCe to the right for the rights sake,
and not because of ulteriOr ends. OF
his father the ritter can personally
speak. as he both knew him well and
had ample opportunity to estimate his
character. James Heron was type
of conscientious manhood: learned
without pedantry, thorough in all he
undertook, a student in its perfect
sense who eXemplitied in his own hab-
its of thought and modes of applica-
tion Lord Bacon'S aphOrisms. He
read not to contradict nor to believe,
but to weigh and consider. From
reading he became full man: from
conference a ready man: from writing
an exact man." 1t was delight to be
without benefit. But great as he was
in scholarship, he had higher claims.
He was Christian without bigOtry a
gentleman, a good citizen, a good
neighbur. Such was James Heron,
whose name will not fade from High
land county annals until such annals
shall cease to be. and merit is 70 longer
held in regard. From such ancestry
Lewis II. Heron inherited his traits
Of character, as we'll as a strong physi.
cal constitution which enabled him to
battle for years with lingering and
painful complaint. He was sound OF
mind and body, heroic in atfiiction, but
fought an unequal combat with an in,
sidiOuS fOe-nOw advancing, now ap'
parently retreating, only to return
with renewed vigor to the attack. The
disease came in occult form, paralyzing
nerves and muscleS-creeping step by
step, and finally holding its victim il
a grasp as crushing as that of the Ply
thOn, until a surrender was MADE anC
the long agony over. What our frienC
suffered none but he could tell. We
can not fathom it. His kind and faith
full sisters, and more than brother
Judge Cyrus Newly, can testify to hi
great courage, his fortitude, his cheer
fulness, his patient endurance, as da,
by day they ministered to his ever,
want, and hoped against hope, true
devoted and untiring, until releas
came to their well-beloved kinsman.
Why such things should be we d
not know-we can not tell. Perhap
it is best thatlwe are left in ignorance
Why one should die in moment
flash and all is over
SO like the lightning in the collied night,
Which doth cease to be
Ere one can say 1t lightens-
Andlanother shall pass through year
of agony. !There was never word spoke
or line written by priest or layman-
no set formulas about mysterious prov
licences and other unmeaning (howe,
er well intended) routine expressions
that ever in the past or will ever i
the future reconcile us to the loss {
our friends. The very nature Of tn
caseiprevents it. Only Time, creates
of all CONSIDERS, shall asSuage the grie
Of the hour which will come withou
restraint. Time allays regret, and
it does not bring forgetfulness, me
lows by its touch all bitterness.
Lewis III. Heron is at rest. AS yeal
pass on others of us will go to the sam
abode. We are constantly passing ava
and new comerS take our places in th
accustomed hauntS. They too in the
turn shall follow the well-beaten roa
which began at the gate Of Eden an
ends in an impenetrable mist. Lew
H. Herron'si body lies in our grass
cemetery, among kindred and friend
and where sleep the pioneers of OIL
county amid the nameless dead, your
and old. Around his grave are coun
less hillocks in the city Of tomb
Shall fancy and heart turn often
that desolate sinking Of spirit whe
dear ones were hidden from our sigh
Sometimes in cold and storm or am
the gloom of weeping skies, and the
again in days $50 calm, SO cool, 4
bright, the bridal of the earth al
sky" days clothed in loveliness, an
the green and budding garniture mar
ing the glories of spring. II Is all q
s1sno To thOca hpset with worrie