News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-12-23
Dutha W. Shaw.

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of interest to many OF our readers
from the Manila, Iowa, Republican OF
December 4 -
Dutha W. Shaw was born Nov. 9th,
1853, at Stowe. VT, where he re-
manned until 1875. From there he
came west, settling in Denison, Iowa.
There he was employed in the Craw-
ford County Bank until about1 1888.
During the fall of 1880 he was united
in marriage to Eta l.. McCutchan.
In 1888 he entered into a partnership
purchasing the Bank of Manila, now
| the Manila Natl. Bank, where he re-
manned until his demise. The direct
cause of his death was nervous pros
tration. He leaves widow, Eta L..
Shaw, and son and daughter, Floyd
E. and Hazel l.. Shaw, brother,
Leslie M. Shaw, and stepmOther,
Susan A. Shaw. His passing away
was a steady sinking TO the eternal
sleep. His age at death was so years
and % days.
The following is a character sketch
delivered by Rev. Mr.. Stephen at the
close of the funeral discourse, which
is here reproduced as near as possible,
without the aid of a stenographer,
and which has the approval of all
who have gotten near enough to the
deceased to understand and kown his
real nature and disposition -
Following is my estimate of Mr.. Shaw's
life, as far as have been able to feel its pulse;
and learn from those who knew him best-I
am candid to say he was not without his
faults Who is? But there were many ele-
ments of strength in his character:
l. He was a man of marked individuality
and uncommon intellectual powers. He had
mind OF his own, knew whath believed and
why he believed it. He was set in his convlc-
tions; and must have felt as Shakespeare said
when he uttered these words,
my mind to me kingdom is.
Such perfect joy therein find;
AS doth exceed all other bliss
That God or nature has resigned"
He had strength of intellect enough to make
success OF almost any calling IN life.
2. His veracty in the common business
transactions OF life was unmpeachable. In
this respect he had keen sense of honor.
and his word was his unsullied bond Sooner
Nuuh So bdCh Ou HIS worn, he WOulu suutT
personal sacrifice and great inconvenience.
Many soul, struggling with the temporal
burdens of lite, has found in his word and
kindness Panacea for their sorrows.
B. He was special friend to the poor and
had sympathetic and warm heart for those
who were in any sorrow. 1t was not an I'M
common thing for him to send some suitable
| gift to the home where sickness and sorrow
and death had come. There we're some silent
ministries to the poor and needy in his life,
| that will not be overlooked by the Great
| Judge in the final reckoning
4. His affection for his own children was OF
! intense and extraordinary nature and may
! or may not, under trying circumstances have
| led him to err in judgement. His life and
| soul were wrapped up in their future welfare
Someone has said that more i'll are wrought
| for want of thought than for the want of
| heart" If mistakes OF human frailty marked
his life along this line, it was surely from this
cause. And it is aquestiOn whether he should
| be more praised or blamed.
5. He was sincere friend of the children.
| He gored in their friendship, he loved them,
and was beloved by them in return. With so
much love and affection for the children our
| friend and brother, in the brotherhood OF
men, was not without some elements of man.
| hood.
6. Such was the constitution of his nature
| that he formed strong friendships They were
| DIS tenacious ana l0UeHSe IN bnHU OF Damon
and Pytbias or as that of David and iona
| than, aud he stood by his friends with an IN
| swtrvjng fdei y, and be knewsno abatement
| of in crest in them. He was at their shrine in
veal or woe, and so was not without his
| friends.
7. In the closing days of his life it was my
privilege to have three private and personal
| interviews with him relative to his religious
| life and future hopes, on each occasion he was
respectful, reYerential and deeply interest, d,
and on the last occasion, when he was con.
| scious. he requested me to otf4r prayer wit b
| him. How far he placed himself on the mercy
and in the hands of God / do not pretend to
| know. | am not in a position to determine
what spiritual relationship NAV be made TO
| exist between a soul and its Maker at the
| point of death, this is the prerogative of God
only. But this much know that some tunes
a soul tou ches the hem of the Garment of it's
Lord by the hand of faith, when even the
wisest disciple is not aware of the TACT We
leave his future in the hands of just God
who never makes any miscarriage of justice
Shall not the judge of the earth do right :?
Concerning these matters we have to say in
the words of the text, Now we know in part.
but then shall we know as also weare known ,
SO 10 closing this talk we earnestly commend
the kindred and friends of the deceased, to
the tender care and consultations of the Cos
pei of our Lord Jesus Christ