THE MINNESOTA 



HORTICULTURIST. 



VOL. 3S. JANUARY, 1907. No. S. 



Ii^ jyTenjorian^. 



ORVILLE M. LORD, MINNESOTA CITY, MINN. 



Died July 21, 1906, aged 80 Years. 



My father, Orville Morell Lord, was born in the town of China, 



Wyoming Co., New York, April 20, 1826, and died at Minnesota 



City, Minn., July 21, 1906. While in failing health for three 



years .or more, he had a great desire to live until he passed his 



eightieth birthday. Very soon after his last ilhiess came on, 



^""and we knew our beloved father would soon leave us for the life be- 



1^ yond. He sometimes remarked that his days of usefulness were 



over, and he longed for rest. Though a great sufferer from heart 



Ni trouble for twelve weeks, he was patient and uncomplaining, as 



v^i we had known him to be from our childhood. 



^ A few days before his death, he said to me, "I have lived a 

 long life, and have tried to live well, to do my best. As bright 

 ^and beautiful as the light is of earth, I shail see a far more glor- 

 Crious light over there, and soon, I hope. Nothing counts in this 

 ^\:,life but truth and doing right. I have tried to do right." 



Character is the life we live, the expression of our thoughts 

 in words and acts. The above is an index to my father's 

 ^real character. He Avas a man honored among men be- 

 cause of his practical knowledge of things worth knowing which 

 : are helpful to the world as well as to nearby friends and neighbors. 

 _' His mind was stored with useful knowledge from good reading. 

 ^ipThough naturally reserved, and not a "great talker," he was ever 

 iv.ready to answer questions on almost any subject of general in- 

 terest concerning the. home,; the ^ sttite;; Pr na'tion. He was a man 

 of whom his neighbor's ot -more* than fiity years association can say, 

 "There never was a more honorable', jusVahd honest man to deal 

 with in a business wqyVna?! Mr. Lord.''' ■ Not only his three sons, 

 but any young man may wz\\ "}\cno\]' ^i^c'h a life and will do well 



