Show A FRIEND LEAVES US elder robert aveson who took his hie departure this morning for england on it a miss mission ion is a friend and associate with whom the NEWS cannot part in silence it is something like twenty tour four years since he entered this establishment lish ment as a compositor good printers printer such as he is have been and are in demand and flatter flattering log offers have frequently been made him to induce him to transfer his bis allegiance to other offices to all such persuasion he turned an unwilling ear he stayed with his first friend and love and in sunshine no DO readier than in in times of trouble no low legs than in times of high prosperity be has baa ever been faithful willing and efficient in the duty allotted to him twenty years ago the writer af these lines played the part of devil to him as foreman anu and yielded the oust omry service ot apprentice with no more alacrity than might have been expected from a proprietors prie tors le son whose heart was lose less upon his bis business than upon the ball contests on arsenal hill bill but robert was patient in grievance wise in admonition and ready to extend forgive ness nese he be neither swore at nor bullied his men and all respected him this much of mention is in due him now that ht he has left us for a season may he be blessed and prospered exceedingly in the new and broader field he be is about to enter |