114 IN MEMORIAM. 



much to build up that particular branch of 



their business, for which he was by nature 



and education so well qualified ; but it was 



not to be, and during December he left 



.them to engage in a similar business with 



his friend Mr. George B. Appleton, also long 



and favorably known as being connected with 



the same house. 



No words of sympathy, however tenderly 



expressed ; no words which we can utter, no 



tears which we may shed, can restore to its 



completeness that once so happy, now so 



desolate home ; but to her who waits in 



sadness may come to* soften the asperity of 



the blow the sad yet feeble consolation that 



the departed loved one will be mourned in 



many a household throughout our land. 



Truly, — 



" God moves in a mysterious way, 

 His wonders to perform." 



■ — ^G. W. S., in Forest and Stream, Jan., 1883. 



