Show A BRIGHT AND NOBLE SPIRIT though the writer la Is speaking of his hie brothers brother the son BOD of his bis own father and mother he be knows that tens of thousands will affirm his words when he says that abraham hoagland Hoagla od cannon was one of the brightest and noblest spirits that ever moved among the earths Inba bitante his years yeara were lar too few to lot let his bis greatness great ot of heart and soul and mind become fully still anil widely known but 1 i those who knew him intimately and could read the auguries au guries of his bia natura and character foresaw in him a man so 0 o good and great as aa to deserve a place among the first of those who were born to bless their kind his nature was always sweet and amiable his heart was always tender and responsive his sympathies for all mankind were boundless his love and reverence for his bis father ana I 1 for his bis mother in hex lifetime she to is new some years dec deceased eseed wert were traits UJ which tools eels the strong eft and deepest emotions his attach jaent ont corble for bis parents his bis regard for tbell wishes and obedience to their counsels were fro a his earliest year marked traits of a noble soul sou for his brothers and sisters he always felt aad no by outward demeanor showed a love that was a type of an boleo alon tion ought to be in IB his own household and in his bis bearing towards his wives and chil childrous drons he was most loving tender and solicitous ever patient and ever aver cheerful coming as near to the 1 fulfillment of all that Is required of a husband and father as an the weakness ot of mortality eon can come only the famil family y of such a man can know what such a man sol is and what to Is signi signified fiel by his bis departure from this world to his intimate associates and em aloyes his bin manner was simplicity IV courtesy and kindness all comb loeu and to all with whom he be came in contact whether they hey were kinsmen klo amen coreligionist or strangers be showed by his deportment that every act of his hi life was sought to be conformed to those high and clear convictions of right that so bis bin lufty lofty aloo the writer cahnt express the 0 brotherly affection that has been disrupted or the loss he has baa sustained though the older elder by two years be leaned upon him who has gone gonrand gonea and od in the counsel and sympathy that were ever steely freely given has found a safe sup port the loss lose can never be repaired a meeting in and for eternity shall take place |