"Oh death, thou strange mysterious power, seen every day,
yet never understood but by the uncommunicative dead, what art thou?"
"The clouds that gather round the setting sun
Do take a sobering color from an eye,
That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality;
Another race hath been, and other palms are won."

Time speeds away, away, away,
Another hour, another day,
Another month, another year,
Drop from us like the leaflets sear,
Drop like the life blood from our hearts.
The rose bloom from the cheek departs,
The tresses from the temples fall,
The eye grows dim and strange to all.

Time speeds away, away, away,
Like torrent in a stormy day.
He undermines the stately tower
Uproots the tree and snaps the flower
And sweeps from our diffracted breast
The friends that loved, the friends that blessed
And leaves us weeping on the shore
To which they can return no more.

Time speeds away, away, away,
No eagle through the skies of day
No winds along the hill can flee
So swiftly or so smooth as he.
Like fiery steed from stage to stage
He bears us on from youth to age,
Then plunges in the fearful sea
Of fathomless eternity.

The death of Frank H. Long in the hospital at Carroll last Thursday afternoon, January 14, 1909, removes from our community one of our most prominent citizens, a man who has resided here for the past twenty-seven years, and a man who will be sadly missed by all who knew him. He has been a sufferer for five years, and two weeks ago Monday he went to Carroll hoping to obtain relief. He was operated upon and there was every promise of his complete restoration to health until Wednesday of last week when he began to fail. Suffering intensely, he passed away Thursday afternoon. None of his family were present except Mrs. Long.

Mr. Long was born in Owen County, Indiana, March 25, 1858. At the age of seventeen he left there and came to Hardin County, this state. Shortly afterward he moved to Albion, Marshall County, where he was married Sept. 21, 1879, to Miss Rossie Arney. In March 1880, they moved to Crawford County where they resided until coming to Manning in the spring of 1882. Since that time he has lived here on his farm in the north part of town.

Mr. Long was not only well known and well respected here at home, but he was also well known among the stock breeders of the state, and his business affairs brought him in touch with a large number of the leading stock men of the country. He was always known as an honorable and upright man, liberal and charitable in his dealings with his fellows. He united with the Church of Christ at Bethel, Marshall County, in 1877. Upon removing to Manning he became an active worker in the Church of Christ at this place and was faithful to it until his death. For many years he was superintendent of the Sunday school and for the last ten years he has been an elder in that congregation.

For the first, time the family circle has been broken. Six daughters and the wife remain. The funeral service was held Sunday afternoon at the Church of Christ. The church was packed and many could not gain admission. The floral offerings were profuse, and the entire service showed the esteem in which our departed neighbor was held.

The service at the church was simple. Rev. F.A. Heizer, of the Presbyterian Church, offered prayer and the Christian minister, Rev. C. Durant Jones, preached a fitting sermon, taking as his text Psalm 127.1. Following the service at the church the body was taken to the cemetery south of town for burial. At the grave the A.O.U.W., of which Mr. Long was a member, conducted the service.

To say that Mr. Long will be missed by the community is putting it mildly. For or so many years he has lived among us, taking so active a part in business and church affairs, that it will not be easy for another to take his place. Kindly in his dealings with his neighbors, ready to help wherever help was needed, hospitable and zealous in his church work, he made for himself a place in the community and in its affections which is worth striving for.

Those attending the funeral from out of the city were: Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Arney, Albion, Iowa; P.F. Arney and wife, Marshalltown, Iowa; J.L. Weatherly, and wife, Doon, Iowa; E.S. Cronse and wife, Liscomb, Iowa; H.C. Hurd and wife, Pleasantville, Iowa; Albert Mitten, Kirkman, Miss Elizabeth Rinehart, Audubon; Mr. Will Barton, Audubon; Mr. Leonard Fiscus and daughter, Irwin; Mrs. Ellis, Irwin; Mr. Robert Wiley and daughter, Fiscus; Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Arney, Fiscus; Mr. and Mrs. Abe McMurphy, Fiscus; Mr. R.A. Sands, Doon, Iowa; and Mr. Koester, of Manilla.

CARD OF THANKS.
To the various organizations, many friends and neighbors, we wish to extend our sincere thanks and heartfelt appreciation for so kindly assisting in the care of husband and father and for the wide sympathy so sweetly expressed through the beautiful flowers, loving messages and thoughtful service, in our sorrow.
MRS. F.H. LONG AND CHILDREN.

A.O.U.W. Resolutions.
Whereas, The Master of Death passed our sentinel and invaded our chapter and severed a link from our golden chain, summoning from time to eternity Brother F.H. Long,
Resolved, That we acknowledge the wisdom and goodness of our Supreme Grand Master and bow in humble submission; that as a token of our sincere friendship and sympathy in the dark hour of this great affliction, and as a pledge of our fidelity to the memory of our brother and his fatherless children we extend the fraternal right hand of fellowship, and with it the assurance that the great light given of God to man will guide him safely to that spiritual building eternal in the heavens there to dwell in peaceful happiness forever and ever.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of our chapter and that copies be sent the families of our worthy brother.
Committee: B.L JOHNSON. J.F. DETHLEFS, LEE WHEELER.

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