Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-19
EULoeY GIVEN or
DR.. PATRICK H. HARTMAN
Delivered by John ]. Cookery at Spe-
eis Meeting of SodaIity.

At special meeting of st. Joseph
sodallty and Literary association held
Sunday afternoon in their rooms the
following eulogy of the late DR.. P. II.
Hartman, a beloved member of the
Sodality, was delivered by ]. J. Cork
cry:
MIR. Chairman and Brother Members:
1t Is sad duty that l have imposed
upon myself today, to pay some little
tribute to a departed friend / was one
of the first friends to greet DIR. Harri-
man when ne came to Norwich. more
than 25 years ago, and today regard
1t as one of the greatest privileges of
my life to have known such a man so
long and so we'll
DR.. Hartman received his early edu-
cation in the common schools of Mas
sachusetts-sch that have no su-
perior in the broad land of ours; later
he graduated from one Of the leading
colleges of that state. and then on
such a firm foundation he built his
knowledge Of medicine, and settled
here in Norwich to do his life's work.
To those of us who were destined to
be his early friends and companions,
his coming had been heralded. We
were told that those of US who won
his friendship would prize it highly,
and that he was the very soul Of hon
| or. Today l feel as if | had almost
seen into that soul Of honor. Or. Har-
riman had charaster that might walk
| the world and distribute itself as a
blessing to mankind.
If his ambition had been to acquire
wealth, he could have attained it rap
idly: if il We're his ambition to gain
( high political preferment, he could
( have attained it readily But his am
d I, IL, L. fa1f
men, and though he has been taken
from us at the time of his greatest
usefulness, let no one say that his life
was not a success. He had climbed
! life's rugged hill almost to the summit,
and though he fell far short of the
! three score and ten that is frequently
! allotted to man, and though it seems
! to us that he was taken away all too
| soon, still we are not keeping the ac-
counts. The Great Master of the uni
verse is keeping the records. 1t Is
ours to hope that He closed DIR. Harri-
mans account when the balance was
on the right side. In the years to come
we will miss him. We will miss his
genial presence, we will miss his kind
" greeting. He will be missed in the
! lodge room; he will be missed at the
town and city meetings; he will be
| missed in the homes of the sick and
| suffering; and most of all he will be
missed at his own Preside, that he
made so attractive to those he loved
The death of such a man causes us tC
pause and wonder and ask the ques-
tion-Why? But reason as we will, nc
one can answer to our questioning
Yet somewhere in that far off distant
land there are mothers-mothers who
taught us to lisp a prayer in child
hoods days. If they could give an
swer to our questioning thy would
say TT is Gods WILL and that is al
that we can know concerning the stu
pendous mystery of death.
For some time the rugged health
which marked his early years had de-
serted him, but he fought the grin
nonster-Death-w courage and
perslstency, and during all the time hi
discharged his public duties and al
personal and social obligations with {
bright and cheerful spirit Surely i
can be said Of DR.. P. H. Hartman che
wore the white flower Of a blamelesi
life"
Tear filled eyes as Mr.. Cookery SPOKE
testified to the deep feeling felt by
the Sodality members for their de-
parted brother.