THE LATE MR MACPHERSON.

Shannon News, 20 March 1925, Page 3

THE LATE MR MACPHERSON.

At the memorial service to the late Mi A. Macpnersoa, in ins duuress, Rev. A- E- Stewart, mane reieience 10 the deceased's residence in uns district ior the past 40 yeags, ana the position he held as a rngiuy esteemed ana much respected member of uns community., “in the history of our townsmp our deceased hrotner was one .ot£ the few remaining links vviui the past,” continued tne speaker. “His death, which we aif deplore, nut winch, was not altogether unexpected, takes us back to tne old pioneering nays when a mere handful of venturesome souls pitched tueir tents amidst the clearing of fallen logs in the mosquito iniested area on which tins township now stands. Those were strenuous days, days of wearisome toil with little coniiort, days, in which tiie hardihood and determination and all that is. best in our Celtic and Saxon ancestry came to the topand triumphed oiver’ (he forces of Nature. With the others, the late Mr Macpherson took liis share in hewing out homes for themselves and their families from the primeval bush and began laying the foundations of this township, which to-day is by no means the least in importance in our young Dominion. That our late brother won and made good, and was thus enabled to spend the latter years of his life in semi-retirement, is much to his credit. Sometimes we are inclined to grant those old pioneers but ttardy recognition—yet we owe them mucin Though a Scot, his admiration and love for the land of his adoption were deep and true, and to these beautiful wind-swept ocean lapped islands, lying as a gem in the great pacific, lie brought with him the sound traditions he had inherited and the faith in which he was nurtured. To our church he was. a great benefactor, and, though he may have saved in pence, when the call was urgent he gave in pounds. To Mrs Macpherson, his deal* wife, the partner of his joys an<j sharer of his sorrows for nearly 50 years, we extend our deep and heartfelt sympathy and pray that the God of all comfort may be with her in her loneliness and sustain her in the far spent evening of her days.