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TYRUS HIMES. 53
settled in life, and a number of grand-children, survive to mourn the loss of an
aged and honored parent and ancestor. Among his children are several of
Washington's best citizens. His eldest son is better known than the deceased
father; worthy and enterprising as he is, he but imitates some of the most marked
characteristics of his deceased parent. The Pioneers ar d old settlers are again
reminded, that they, who carried American settlement to the shores of the Pacific
are one by one passing away.
Tyrus Himes was an affectionate husband, the tender and loving parent, the
steadfast friend. This feeble tribute, to the memory of an exemplary man and
good citizen, by one who knew him welF for a quarter of a century, cannot more
fittingly close than by adopting 'the words of an admirer and grateful friend of
the deceased,one who had been the recipient of hi good offics, had lived for
a time one of his household, who had the opportunity to learn his inner life, to
see his many noble traits, and knowing him and them, loved his deceased friend
end reveres his memory.
And in a letter to Mr. Himes' son, I wrote: ' I deeply sympathize with you
in your loss. It was to me, like the losing of and elder brother. I had no
friend whom I esteemed higher, and none who, to the same extent, possessed
roy confidence. While a thud might see much in a parent to admire, it is for a
stranger to see and appreciate those qualities, shown in every-day life, which
are the natural outgrowth of a comprehensive mind and an innate goodness of
of heart. Your father, as a friend to a stranger, was a gem so rare that it is seldoin
to bernet with. Such qualities comprehend what I call practical Christianity."