Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-13

] have realized the poverty OF vo.,
convey thought.
In regard to Joseph o. Smith g..
whose benignant face ! have looL.. ma
the last time while clad in thess ~ aM
ly habiliments.- feel more Ike III
my place in the mourning fannie "a,
Gle than in attempting to put int sa
type the feelings and sentiment. :.
sorrowful heart. ny
Readily do recall that morn..
| thirty-six years ago when fire,
| him in Augusta. Representing
| then did the virgin county whit
since gone forward with such -,
| strides. He had won honors for NJ
| self and his regiment on the G.a
battle, but you never heard him No..
| of that. He was modest and r.,i.s
ITO an extent which seemed almoe,
barrassing to his friends who urged M
candidacy for the various Offices
| which he seemed to glide with ~
little opposition. so popular was 10 i,
50 well fitted for the places. Saw IA.
you will. modesty and true worth y
| win out i'm the long run, whi,a i.
| brassy, the important and the A.,
neering go TO the wall. Mr.. SmIn.
career in the numerous and resno,,'
BILE positions in which he was n,,o-,
by the will of the people, Is a VIVIAN
| Illustration Of that fact.
| = Mr.. Smith was wise in council a..
management. He was conservative
doubtful and unsettled questions ~
aggressive when he knew he was la,
Under a quiet and gentlemanly A.
meanor, he possessed a nature :,
strong and robust as TO enable him !.
| cling to his position and his fris,d,
| though the enemy Of mankind and n
his cohorts of evil might be arravI
| against him. An Interchangeable Reuuh.
lican. he ever sought TO bring his nav,
up from the mists and shadows I'M,
which many Of its camp follower
| would selflshly keep it, into the e.,,
| atmosphere of high principle n,
sat at the feet of the PEERLESS JanayG
| Blaine, the far sighted John l.. Stey4,.
| the bold Hannibal Hamlin and the AL
| tute Lot NJ. Morrill,; and drinking
his politics from these great leader
he shared something Of their greatbss
and success.
| He never forgot his comrades NJ
arms. They We're linked to him by II.
ties of mutual suffering and sacrises
| and throughout his life he was On.
with them in his 'sympathies hopes and
| aspirations.
AS a newspaper man he was essential
| ly safe and sane" not 70 be carried Of
his feet by the waves of sensationalIsn
| or by measures having no solid founds
ton. He was the exponent of clean ami
wholesome journalism. Knowing al
well as did his processes of though
| and action, / don't believe he ever tod
| a position he was sorry ior. or wrote
paragraph he would have stricken frur
the printed page. He Icver needed tn
penitential season which most Of Is |
journalists feel compelled to enter o. |
account of our sins of commission and
omission. He was careful about Whg
ne wrote, but when il appe AIRED in print
il was there to stand. While his sty,
of writing was simple, his editorials
had about them a touch of genuinenes
and robust symmetry which ATTRACTED
and held the-atteatien- Of Ae reader
He was genial. cultured, Christian
gentleman. He was particularly broth. |
erly and friendly to those who were his
intimates. and especially Kind and help
full to those who were struggling win /
the beginnings of their career. He wa
q man of great evennesS Of temper
never allowing an unpleasant or lHs F
patient word to escape his lips. Hewa
man of most perfect self control. and /
it had become a part OF his nature .
take the world as it Is and his own +
things as they came, after dischargg i
duties with patience, honesty aM
fidelity t. The best # his judgment AMI
ability.
But it was in the dear sanctuary
n charming home that my friend ws
at his best, as all true souls are, an
here those qualities of heart and min @
that made him the pcisonificatiOn y
goodness itself were fully develops 81
and appreciated. To the Christian
church of which he was an active men
Der, he was n living example OF he
Christ spirit and purpose, not sstandG
in the community as a critic and douS'
er. but as a joyful and hearty. believe
Heaven had no surprises for this de-
friend. His earthly form. pathetic in
helplessness, had been borne 10 Its
pose in the bosom Of the common mof
er. But when called to the supreme Or
deal of final earthly parting we S
consolmgly reflect that
There is no death. What seems 50
transition;
This life Of mortal breath
Is but suburb of the life elysian
Whose portals we call DEATH
Howard Owen