A LITTLE PREMATURE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 380, 26 June 1889, Page 6

A LITTLE PREMATURE.

* Our heart- is heavy- to-day,' wrote J>h& editor of the • P.urple Springs Enunciator.' ' George weha^ejong^ known and admired, iB?dead.J> flnithe^flusn^ - and- glory of hismanhood, \ when* the future; _ seemed as resplendent as an, angel's dreamy / the rain of.death came, sobbing to the^dftbrv waj of his brilliant career, and the phantom ; , boatman ferried him across the black iiver. Poor George'! This day -there -will.be .weeping in, a little home on the .bill,> whejge a grey-haired mother kisses the col.d browjof her lost one ; where a weeping - wife benxls over the still form and fondles the hands. that were ; \vont to caress her ; whose pretty, children try in vain to coax from the dumb { lipdaloving word-— from whencelovingwprdar . were as a river. It is hard that the misty, twilight of death should^ so soon blot out} the golden glow of the morning ; it is^harcL that the anohem should be broken by a sob^j that the dirge may be commenced; itis^ hard that the dead blades of the grave grassf'" should quiver aver, .feet that, should ,, for ' [.years press the green -verdure, of summer.f Poor George ! Generous, noble and honest ;, charitable, affectionate and true ; a sunbeam in the gloom of humanity ; a, beacon \ gleaming in the blackness of this world, v ( 1 Not alone will your wife and mother^ weep over your grave; scores who have , loved and known you will kneel by your - rosting place in the solemn twilight, and , their tears will tell heaven how they miss you- , ,'' • Later — Our information concerning the death of Mr Sebastopol was wrong. He. was alive and enjoying excellent health! We hope that George will at once call at" this office and pay the 3dols. due us on subscription. His account has been run ning for two years, and as we are greatly in need of money, he will oblige us by making a prompt remittance.'