Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-09-07
A JUST TRIBUTE
Words Of Appreciation Of the Late
J. Manchester Haynes.

tdltOrS OF the kennebec Journal:
An unbrOken friendship from our
boyhOOd years with that citizen of Au-
| gusta whose loss the city justly de-
plores, leads me to express my graft
| ficatiOn at the estimate given by both
the biographical sketch and the editO-
rial in todays Journal. of the charac-
| ter, qualities and lifewOrk of j. Man.
chester Haynes. Thinking of him and
| looking back over the long period to the
| beginning of our friendship, the forms
| and faces of those who were his asso-
| ciates when life was new, and to whom
the mutual bond of friendship was dear.
come wildly before me. Many of them
have gone before to the eternal silence.
| Those who remain will learn with no
| common sorrow of the loss of their
| friend and will receive your words of
app eciation and commentator with
grateful and unqualified approval.
They are but few among the host of
| friends attached to him through aSsO-
citation in the many. varied, and impor-
| tant activities which occupied his life
| to fullness of labor and accomplish
| mont few men have equaled. and those
who were privileged in later years to
enjoy his society in the more intimate
| relations of ncighbOrly and friendly in
| terc purse. He was proud of his State
/ and city. AS they hOnorcd him for
| faithful and noble service. so will they
| feel Il corresponding sense of loss at
| the death of their loved son and citizen
| at 4 time when life seemed to promise
years If continued honor and useful
| ness. His associates in great business
enterprises VIII sadly miss his genial
presence and the strength and wisdom
| of his CounSelS. The community Of his
home will long remember with affec-
| tionatc regard one who was so en-
deared by his warm interest in its life
and concerns.
But the life itself is more than the
| work. "InteSer vitae. sceleriSque pu-
rus may we'll be applied to him.
Wilderness and uprightness. regard for
truth. honor and justice and the cbli-
gatons they impose. high ideals and
aims. steadfastnesS of purpose and the
self-respect that naturally spring from
such qualities. marked his character
from his youth.
A catholic breadth and aptitude were
evinced in his pursuits and accomplish
merits. in his work and the employ
ments of his leisure. Public and BUSH
ness duties were performed with all the
care. energy and cOnstancy required
for their successful fulfillment. He
would have been equally successful in
other vacations than that to which
he specially addressed himself. His
was the poetic temperament. that
Of the seer and the prophet. which, pro-
jecting its vision along the line of
causes to effects, is SO often the pioneer
lof great successes in the practical world
as well as in that of the imagination.
The cares of business never SO wholly
engrossed his attention as to withhold
him from the Indulgence of his schol-
arly tastes. He was not only reader
of books, but also a competent and ap-
preciative critic of thought and express
sion. He was fond too of "the proper
study of mankind and sought to know
man and his ways under his various
conditions and environments. In his
travels he avoided the beaten paths and
mingled with the people that ne might
better learn their characteristics, their
pecuiarities of thought and modes OF
living.
Nature had no more loving and con-
slant devotee. He looked upon his
broad reaches Of forest lands with other
eyes than those Of a proprietor seeking
to mea sure the wealth they contained.
He loved to live in their solemn depths,
TO feel the ennoblng inspirations ana
to drink in the joys and civilizations
they hold for the forest-lOver. All the
aspects and mysteries of nature We're
the objects of his keen enjoyment his
close observation and study. The
grandeur Of mountains and forest
sweeps. the midnight stiffness of will
derness lakes, the sound of the wind
lamong the pines. the music of running
waters, the odorous breath of woodland
aisles- all awoke ardent response in his
heart ana soul and ministered to his
delight
People attracted to him by his strong
personal magnetism became attached
through the charms of his courteous
manner, his unfeigned interest in them