Show I BEN RICH A very true man was Ben Rich ich down deep avery a avery avery very true American When his friendship was fully given it became a part of his religion This trait in his life caused many sorrows to be heaped upon him by those who vho not knowing the depths of that friendship misconstrued what he did and ascribed it to another cause His labors during the past sixteen years have been incessant incessant incessant inces inces- sant and hard but he met all his duties with singular devotion and if t the je way sometimes seemed hard he never murmured his courage never faltered his faith never gJ grow ow cold He lIe toiled without once faltering and literally died ed edin in harness He Pie earned from his Ills people their full esteem and gratitude and his memory should be bea beI a most ost sacred one to them I |