Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-24
IN MEMORY OF oRvlLLg 0. PYLE.
Once arisen, his soul doth speed
The course OF endless time.
Ascending ever and ever
To meet the source sublime.

Ascending ever and ever I
To meet the source sublime
So long ago AS 1858 Oryille Dewey.
an uncle of Admiral Dewey, was an
author of such excellence that some
OF his work had found its way into
school readers; and 1t was because OF
their admiration for this writer that
the parents of son born to them
June %, 1858. in Columbian county.
Ohio. named that son Oryille Dewey |
pyle.
Obituaries are written of the phi |
lanthropist, the statesman. the edu- |
Gator. the military hero and the mas
ter of finance Orville pyle was too
gentle in his nature to have achieved
distinction in the profession of legal
lied murder. and too busy looking
after sick friends or the neighbor who
needed his advice or help. to become
a master of finance. In any Of the
other callings he might have excelled.
But IT. is none Of these we would make
the crown gem in this tribute to his
memory. What he was to the public
means not so much. but what had he
done with the most sacred obligation
made to little Flora Wilkinson, the Is
year-old daughter of Major and Mrs.
Mahlon Wilkinson, which he made to
her thirty-four years ago in Mt. Pleas
ant, Iowa, when as a school boy OF
twenty. and with little of this worlds
goods. and no practical knowledge of
lie. he took this petted daughter "f
luxury to be his wife? Had You seon
her tender care and vigilance at his
bedside during the four months OF his
dreadful illness; had you seen her At
his bier caressing tie cold hands and
closed eyes. from which she conid
never again read the meaning OF life,
Won would have been answered.
In 1875 Oryille Pyle with his little
family and n number of other rcla-
lives emigrated to Colorado, having
FIRST settled in Wet Mountain valley,
from which place they removed to
Pennington, ~ NJ, in 1878. At rhat
time Animas City was the nearest
postoffice and there were ver5 lew
white families in the Pennington
country. where the hardships and deE-
gers from the murderous utes were
such as to weld an indissoluble tie OF
there thirty years ago that first
learned that Kind hearts were more
than coronets' and that Orville PYLE
had one of them, and it was there
first saw cherished package Of let
ters tied with blue ribbon, which
gave me faith in human consistency.
and set at naught the old fallacy of
loves fight from poverty; fo.'' these
Young people. neither of whom had
learned the rewards of industry he
fore their marriage, had spent an in
heritance and We're receiving theis
first practical lessons in life. Bme they
had not forgotten the old songs they
used to sing; and the privations of .he
border and danger of massacre seem
ed to hold little terror for them. for
the god of Eros seemed lowering ever
closer with his protecting wings.
recalled to my sick friend one day
not long ago, when all We're in rem
iniscent mood, the letters tied with
blue ribbon, and suggested their re
reading as remedy for his weary
mind Immediately the look of pain
vanished and halo seemed to fall
about his face as he replied, Al we
have them yet; yes, yes we hav"
them yeti" and he looked into the
anxious eyes of his patient wife just
aa had seen him do thirty years ago.
They were still sweethearts. For This
the name OF Orville Pyle should he i'm
mortal
Orville Pyle taught the first school
In Pennington, n. NJ. from which
place they moved to Dolores, Colo, in
1883 at the time the Pennington coun-
try was rent with civil war between
the ranchmen and cowboys. For TWEEN
tA one years he has served as Justice
ol the peace in Dolores, and has held
the offices of police magistrate and
town clerk since the towns incorpora-
ton. He was also a member of the
school board. He was Democrat at
ali times, and attended as a delegate
every Democratic convention but one
II, his county, and for years has been
sent as delegate to the state con
vention. At the time of his death
he was county chairman of the state
central Democratic committee. He
was past grand master OF the X. p.
lodge and a member of the Elks.
Woodmen Pythian Sisters and WON
er of Woodcraft.
The deceased adhered to the Qua
ker faith OF his childhood, but lent
his sweet tenor voice to all denominf-
tions. having been extremely broad in
his religious views.