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Show DENNIS EICHNOR. H The death of Dennis C. Eichnor is a great pub H lie misfortune, a mighty private sorrow to all his H hosts of friends. A very true man was Mr. Etch- H nor, true to every trust, conscientious in every act H and steadily growing in wisdom and in the estl- R mation of his fellow men. H The most marked trait in his character was, H perhaps, his absolute sincerity his devotion to H duty. He was slow to reach a conclusion, but, H when once reached, It was certain that he bad H weighed every phase of the question and bad H reached what he believed to be an honest jiulg- H ment, and then his courage never faltered; hq H was willing to maintain his belief against the H world if necessary. H He had none bub high motives, he belUned H that what a man honestly had he must honest!) H earn, and he believed that the capacity to work H was all that was needed. " H He was making his way. With every New H Year's day he stood higher in the estimation of H his fellow men than he had on the previous annl- H versary; he was more and more trusted, more and H more relied upon. H In private life he was the upright citizen, the H perfect neighbor, the cherished friend. In his do- H mestic life he 'was all in all to wife and children H Hope painted for himi pictures of Increasing H influence and high honors, all to be honestly H earned, so that when they came no reproach could rest against them. He looked forward to long years of love and work, and his physical I fi ame supplemented the fair promise. To be thus I cut down in the very meridian of his mental and physical strength, just at the age when the juflg I ment of men is maturing and when the mistakes B of youth are no longer repeated; when life seemed B perfect in the respect of his fellow men and in B the charm and peace of his home, was Indeed fl most pitiable and it leaves his memory covered H with the grief and unavailing regrets of all the host who called him friend. In his late home the desolation is complete; I to wife and children the blow is overwhelming H May their comfort be that the husband and fa ther performed his life work in a manly, honest and high way, and that his death was a great sorrow to the community as well as to themsehes |