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Show H TWO GOOD MEN GONEI fl In the death by nccldont of Hon. H Scth Taft representative from Wayne H county nnd Clinton D. Leigh, a nows- H paper man and a gentleman, both tho H law and tho chronicles liavo lost good H representatives. H Wliow know Mr Taft know him to H lovo him for his likeable qualities; H loved him if Intlmato and moro than M liked If It woro only nn acqunlntance- H ship. Ills was a nature that smiled H on everything, a uaturo that looked E for tho good In man and exhaled much H of his own. Ills was a cheery smile, H ho had a hand clasp of fraternity nnd H good fellowship, His poor wlfo and H fnthcrlcss babos may know that their M loss Is sharod by communities, that H their sorrow Is echoed In tho hearts H o( Uioe," ha know hl,ro best pnd. iH thoso who know him but little. H In tho death of Mr Leigh, the sor- H rowing wlfo to whom Is extended H tho grief or n community and that of M his co-laborers may know that tho H loss docs not fall on her alone. To H nnyono who know Mr, Leigh, courtc- H ous, chivalrous, an honor to his pro. j fosslon nnd to his community, his H absence will bo felt An epitome of H his character may be given in tho ro- H marks inndo by a man who knew M him only In passing "I hnvo seen Mr, H LcIku often, but only to pas him. M I hnvo always admired him for the H loving and doforentlal way In which M ho treated his children nnd wife. H A man who oxtonds such unfailing H courtesy to his life's companion to- H gether with lovo nnd the lovo that bo H gave his little ones could never bo, H nnd never wan, an ovll man." The H outpouring of friends to pay their H last respects to Mr Leigh, was tho H boat Indication of his worth, nnd of H tho void ho left behind when ho 1 May God, In Ills Inflnlto mercy H spread comfort over the liouso of H thoso who sorrow at the going of H thoso two good men; may Ho give H solace to tho aching hearts, and may B Ho Implant dcop In their being the words Ho bo graciously vouchsafes: "Weep not, for there Is joy In Henv- |