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DEATH OF IR, OSBORN. .-

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DEATH OF IR, OSBORN. A NOTABLE CAREER. brief announcement of Hh>e> death of Mr T. G. Osbom,M-A., J.P., Colwyn Bay. whioh ^PPoaned exclusively in the "Pioneesr" last I ur«diay morningt aau&od a painful sensation* artioularly in OoJwyn Bay and neighbourhood. a.yo pofomnoe waa made m these J Unuig (xj that Mr Osborn was to re- tim from the head-mastership of Rydal Moont OQiWwvl r, *wi oi boptember next. Little did one then cipate fee. tragically sudden final change ■qh wag to follow thus soon. Mr Osborn was > four years of the promised age, it is roK. '?Ut' he had not been bleesed with health for several years. his fraondij -fondly his .that lino,re wore many years yet leift for 20YI1, t of the rest which lie tiad so ly eam«J- vsit fT a [rKndly l"athier tHi&n a professional, Wedni^' Dr. Lord, hie medical attendant, on ill afternoon. Mr Osborn resumed work s study whore ho remained industriously ° midnight. He eventually retired to thr' aPPa-i,witJy in his usual health, but after aWa °.r four houre' sleep he woke. and passed Osbo n°s"t immediately in the presence of Mr» Cn,rn. M(1 one of the daughters. The deceased (W rviy,ed by a widow, two eons (Mr G. F. A. wi Q, Mr J. D. Osborn), and five daughters 1 whom the deepest sympathy prevails, JV EARLY LIFE. ploxn in September. 1343, Mr T. G. Osborn Itoo' ? 6011 'aLe Mr Joihn Osborn. of u> '?r ancI St- Austell's. He was educated ^Vv Collage, Sheffield, and Trinity Col- a ^'a«nbnd!ge. Though jiut recovering from jn at the time he was tenth wrangler Hr t°, a71 was elected a Fellow in 1872. Ilis boqt Anient waa at Durham School, but he Kin1 there to take up the boadmas.ter.ship of ^Agiswood and Woodlhouse Grove School. This jy)^a^°TtK"nt waa originally regarded as a beni- ^ry °ne only, but so woll did the occupant t'"° oflioe suit one another that they remairt- gr ^seveied for nineteen years, a period of Of Progri- in the history of Kmg.-rwood and Jgo^'Wld service by Mr Otsborn. Then, in ptyj^ afteir a visit to Oolwyn La.y. whoee future (j02c,'Jrt>je lie was one of the fir^t to foresee, he tor! c~'t;i'1 i^h a new high okky orepara- jv > school for boys there, believing it to be an ,K'tua-tion for Iadh an institution in [point of ■v^e- j' .1 afid general convenience to the large and toftl)'V P0Pu'ation in tSie Midlands, whence he Pod to draw mo.-it of hi pupils. lit(]°W ^-vt'ka' Moiuit School progxea-ed from a .j0 fsumily gatiiering of fifteen boys to ite pre- ^intnanding position was narrated at Ù h in the. ''Pioneer" of a fortnight ago. U<^y'ar the brijliani, headship of Mr Otbom the IP j,e proved so successful that for many bio,1S wat> scarcely a pause between the rna-l0n a hammer aa be struggled to ^^r»die aocxwnniocLatdon foT tihe ever-growing" pupils. To-day there remains aa a tinrr^^ monument to the memory of the diia- found-or of IlydaJ Mount an CKtensi^e ftok?''°S,i11g gwu() of buildings geaiea-ally re- ItaTi'j' 116 on° °^ t^ie '3ed^ equi{)) xxl and mo»t K-^igdom. Still, 'ruitful ajid eflective tihan a memorial of r. however, iti the lasting infl-uenoo left by Oibarn uj>on the lives and fortunes of faais ^uu^ablc scholars. "The cultivation of a stajidard of lile, wrote the late Mr James a (Mr Osborn s; vetoe.m.Il eoilleague), "holds a?°l plaee in the aim and hope ot the school. aU the n.ual aacfe to its attainmesat axe e>m- ^'iod at llvdal Mount. But [>erha.j« above all (jt? direct efforts to inspire a lofty ideal of -rLstlUn life must be plaioed the pervasive in °f the high oharaober and powerfiri per- headniaster liixnself. This is tthe bv ^l^eiPow {>aid to the deoeased in all sincerity "old Iwys" to a man. I'lierc were in Mj tr n the qualities of an Arnoid in winning I 'n twr ^nfidenoe and regard of hig pupils, and ev-eould Lx; mare eloquent than the many Divnf nCe,s shown during the la.it few days of tlie j^Jpund sorrow with whioh the boys have that tlietir distinguished "head" has loft e,l» for all time. DISTINGUISHED OLD BOYS. Ar Mr Orslxun's former pupils may be 1)4 g^nt»oned Dr. Walker, higlh master of St. Paul's «.r t'ie. Prty,ent Senior Inspector of Second- j^y ad'ucatioi) in England Mr G. F- A. Osbom, 0r' • the decefiised's eldest son (eight Wrangler hj. year at Gambtridge); Mr F. T. Dixon, tlm,e ,a^r° W £ « appointed to an Indian h i p Mr S. S. Allen. seventeentii wrangler his year at C.'ambridge; Dr. M. L. Hine, who Jul^'ahlislMd a brilliant reputation at tHie j .'oiti.esex Ilobpital, IxmKi>n; and Mr T. E. j_ddiar>d Jameu, F.R-I.B.A-, Ix)ndon, an old j, n';svv(H)d boy, Who, by the way- carried out Vr arohi teeture of <eirLain sections of tlie Rvdal ai«unt buildings. (J"1 early day;, the Ivcndon matriculation lifis jj0*1 a favourite examination in the school* part-- Pa-rM3 a 'O a riiversity course an-d y Iwcaute, in its oldtor forrtu it oonsti tuted I exeeJent leaving examination. The succetss- lJ. cand'dateis in this may be oounted by HJe .tn& hefoie the honours exhibition were "inue-J not a few of fcltem fell to Rvdal y u,1t boy«. I he general high level a.ttained oy {k 8 tliay be inferred from t:he fact that for i ca rkL- and lile of the school the Ox-ford Locals beieai tlie t-ctt, and af tflie hundreds who U cj passed th<-se exaininatkxns several liave had tionour of b: ing plaoed Grot in the Kingdom 111 Particular soibjeots. rJ IVo. years ago, the sdliool passed into the biu,<¥iS1<Jin Weakly an Methodist Glinroh. K. ^^ougih the majority of the boys are natural- 4 rv ^yan f«i-rentage there ha6 a 1 \ays Ix.en ^^iderable proj/ortion of other Nonconformist ^ocil' as An"1,oan 'a^s aooommo<i'atcd at the Oos At;) reported a fortnight ago, Mr G. F. A. tji *"T1' h-iti been liio father's chieif a^is>tant n ^or s'evofaJ .veans, was recently ap- 6ClKK^' governors to succeed the -t-aoixj OI1 re t reiiiein t. j HIS PUBLIC DUTIES. of '*} a^<fition to hio onerous duties ag heaflma=ibeT val v, Mount- Mr Osborn rendered mudh public service particularly as a magis- iusti ediieal ioiiist. He waa appointed a in ]Rai fc':<2 fK*ao° for the county of Denbigh an<] ever since t'lien he has been one of taw fa'th.ful and able adniin-'strators of the a W ill Cohvyn l'itv. He was for several years 1 1 1 v 'li °f Council of the Univeuaity Col- (Jti Ba.noor. 3-nd of the Governing Body of tlie of Wales. a& well as of the Central shni^'r' •' an^ a .fn^mbsr of tlie Denbigh- of Committee. Though essentially t0 p,|'?t,'nn^r din poison. Mr Osborn never failed ft At. Plaoc,?! ^y portion, and his charming a.j,v.. ,ar' splendid optimism, and high character voU/5-ens,unsd ^or him an army ol sincere- de- if, 'nends- lie was a s'aundh Conservative Vut I!evcr took an active part in mat- I poli,tioal. ApM-t from his school, Inain ^fw^i vouj's were directed to the further- e. ot reJigK>us work. He was an eloquent taj-,j ,ieir attacl.ed to the Wesleyan Chinroli, a steward., a member of several oonnexional a word. he had filled all the offices l'á. n to a lay member of the Wes-leyan body. a r born's death has deprived C-ohvyn Bay of 1'.at and good ntan, w/hose memory will be ■•'ed for verv maaiv years. 7 THE FUNERAL. Ti interment took [Jaoe on Saturday in the ^dnllo Parish Church buriaJ ground. ^Ue|l noon a l)Ublic .memorial service waa con- ■Waa atl St. Jolin's Wesleyan Church. Tlwyre tHa.tW + larffc ai''<:TKlanoo of the townspeople, a^es' (\()unoJlloN. and representatives of "U-i public bodies, poiioe "old boys" of V1"V ^ount- :i "d Ouhers. 1,&l ,front pews were occupied by th-e ioDow- qo ohief nivournersMns Oclx>rn (wid- w), Mr iL. A. 031born (son), Mr J. W. Osborn (acm), Jdhn Osborn (brother). Mr C. p. West Ci<v "in"'awl- Mrs Bretlierton (daughter). Mrs ^x>ni (dia.ug'hter-in-law). Miss Osborn, I^r,' Y" Osborn and Mis D. Osborn (daughters), Ji^i_ l1". Breil^rrtjon (son-in-law). Rev. F. J. trjjjff (-^upt. of the Colwyn Bay Wesley an dis- Drs. Lord and Nuttall (deoeased's medical fthH Sante); R^v- w- Foster, Rev. W. Elderkm, '-ov. H. W. Ha worth. W following governors of tlie sdhool also at- ( Mr J. L. Barker (obairman of tilie Sir Harry Reidhel (principal of the <ion?i ^'alos Univ<sity College); Mr F. Mao- 'H. ii Simpson, Mr A. Firth Mir E- ta,fyj *opwood, and Mr C. H. Mitchell (secre- -Y,i I '"agistratee in attendance included:—Mr (chairman), Rev. Thomas Parry Dr. ^Trr>,« WilJiariB, Messrs J. W. IUyne^. J. George IVvan, T. J. Williams. Keynolds, David Gamble (chairman of the tUu, -1' ,5ay Council), Edward Williams (chair- V'Hli i U,><* Conway Rural District Council). •I'fcjj; '!t> Clerics to the Oolwyn Bay and Conway t*oim "«la'ties Amphlott and Mr James r respectively). sohoitors were reprcKen'.ed by Mr T- H. I'tr. tJ ^rn^rc' Lucas, and Mr F. Nunn. ii <0>V- ^ohjfi lidwarda (oliairman of the CV>1- r Authority, and pastor of the (i- Presbyterian Church), Rev. Thos. Lloyd ^Congregational). and Rev. William S represented the Free Ghuroh of tibe town. of the town. Amon,g murmtous otheys pnemant vem: -Dr. Roiand Rogers, organist of Bangior CafchedmL and musio master at Rydal Mount; Mr 'David Lewis, Eadonogl- %zpt- Bera& ford, Sergt. Thomaa and a poese of poiioe; Mr W. Jones (N.P. Banic), Mr W. Jonas (N. and S. Wales Bank), Cbunciliotrs Hugh DavSes and Dr. Comax Wood, Old Colwyn OorunoiRora Win. Daviee, Clare, Purtfy, and S. Jones; Dr. H-vit4 Rhos-on-Sea; Mr J. L. Hunt. Mr M. Wynne Lloyd Mr F. A. Dew (horn. aeo. to the Oohryn Bay Club), Mr Pryoo Wkkunuk Mr Stanley Wood. M.A.. (headmaster, Drnglewood Sohool, Oolwyn Bay), Memrs Jeilm Jonee, W. Wilkinscm. T. Iloman, J. W. Thomas. F. J. Hoknes (clerk to the Colwyn Bay Education Authority), R- Moreton Pritciliard, Rhyl; Mr W. Jaxakscm Mr Tucker, and Mr Savage (from the office of the Clerk to the Justices). "Old boys" were present in a strong body. As the coffin was borne into the church the congregation sang one of the deceased's favour- ite hymns, "Jesu, Lover of my Soul," Mr T. J. Linekar accompanying en the organ. The preliminary part of the service was con- ducted by the Rev. Dr. 1-1. B. Workman, of the Westminster Training College, the Rev. J. IIorna.brook, pres'ident-elect of the Wesleyan oonferenoe, and the HBY. T. Gand Hartley* of Liverpool- chairman of the North Wales Wear levan Metliodisfc district. A STRIKING EULOGY. Hie address was delivered by the Rev. F. W. Macdlonald, ex-president of tllie Wesleyan Con- ference. He said it was with very distinct sor- row that, they found themselves assembled there that d"y. Ixxs than four days before Mr Osborn iva6 apparently in his usiial health, with no SigIlú of imponiling change, still lees for the greatest change of all. It was true he was no loniger young, but it was equally true that he was not old. He had before him the prospect ot" the labour of life being lightened. Arrange- ments had been made gratifying to Icun as a father and 145 one who had cherished with the deepest affection the interests of the school over which he presidled, and the prospect was fair for the mellon cvenbide of' life. &ekkml had a man mote richly deserved, if one might so s-peak, a calm and gracious eventide than he. and he possessed many of the qualifications for enjoying it--a well-stared mind, a large experience, a character ripened and matured both in matters of human knowledge and understanding, and m those that were highest and holiest. lie would have been in a position in which he would trtiil find it possible to exercise his great gifts' and' beautiful c'laaraoter to the service of God and II)im. But God ha.d d'itipoeed otherwise, "It is not for us to know the times nor the season which the Father has set in His own authority." Imtsad of the even-tide to whioh he looked for- ward Cod had given him tihe nwr'ning—without the pain and the shadow known to some of thern when man's work below was done. I had seen fit to say "Come." and "he rose and went." In Mr Geiboa-n, as the root of character, there was a steady and aewured faith which had glided him through life. From a child1 ho "knew Holy Scripture;" from his youth up he had feared God. His oarlv vows were kept through life- 11 iiS faith broadened and deepened with years, a.nd in that faithi he labouied and 9ie.dl Mr Oiborn's posiLon in relation to the Christian Church was a Aery helpful and fruitful one. He combined' as few men had been ab!o to com- bine, dovotion and fidelity to church; lie Conl- bined fidelity to 100<11 interests with a devotion to those larger inteicsts of his church. Ho shared in its counsels and in all good works could always be relied upon. Mr Osborn was PRE-EMINENTLY A SCHOOLMASTER, a great schoolmaster, one of those to whom Iris profession disclosed itself to him in its noblest aapccts. To him it was a culling of God. He accepted and took its burdtms and discipline t,h.-mu-gla lile; be gave hinnwif to it in its Divine&t asipeot. Theie was liardly auny C'tfnstian ministry to bo com,ps.ix>d with that of the wise and thoughtful teaohinig of tilie young. Mr Osborn's memorial ooiild ne'ver be localised. It was to be found to-day in hundreds of lives in aJI departments of society. He had a great and widely scattered ooiwlitucney of his "old bore. Some of them were located in the T'O- motest parts of the British Empire. There were many who would learn in the oouroa of a post or two that their old mastw—tihe "head" as they loved to call him—had gone, and' they would think kindly and reverently of hian; would turn to one -no&,or with anecdote and reminiscence of tlie old days at historic Kings- wood or in much-loved Rydal Mount, for he was much loved as tlieir teadlier, guardian, and friend. Suoh men were not produced at any time in great numbers. Thoy were God's best gifts to His Uhuroh a.nd to a Christian com- munity. After referring ts> the sxiddonnes^ of "the call," and expreft^ng" a fc-w sentences of symjKithy with tihe bv-cuk-ed family. 1)1. Mac- donald (who had been on uoruis of warm friend- s:hip witli Mr Osiborn for many j-ears). turned in tihe direction of the bier, and, in broken accents, remarked, "Dear friend, thou airt gone; yet a Kttle while and we sliall rrieet aigaiii." As the body was onee more boine to the hearse, the congregation rose, and the organ pented out the imjH-cswive strains of the "Dead March." The burial afterwards took place privately at LtandriJlo. The Itcv. F. W. Macdonald oflicda- ted, and the cihiaf mourners present were Mr G. F. A. Obborn and Mr J. W. Oshorn (.seens). and the Rov. J. Osborn (brother). The funeraJ arrangements were carried out by Meters J. Dickem and ;en»- THE MAGISTRA'lES' TRIBUTE. At the Police Court earlier in the day, Mr Kneesihaw, the senior magistrate, stated that t.he town and Beneh had s'tustained a great loss in the sudden- dleath of their esteemed- colleague Mr T. G. Osborn. Mr Cfeborn had given bhe court valuable assistance in the magis-terial work. He was of modest anl retiring d'ijqxjsdtLon, and, his character and ablit-les, would have made him a. prominent personality in any place in which he resided, and his removal would be deeply felt by all. He was one of tihe pioneers of the place, and the school he founded there had become one of the well-known institutions of the land. In concluding, Mr Knoeslhaw nsoved that the clerk be instructed to convey the sincere condolence of the court to Mr Osborn's widow and family. Mr Amphlett, the clerk. said lie deelrecl to associate himself witih tihe vote. of condolence. Mr Francis Nunn aJso joined in tihe expression on beibalf of the Bar. Mr Cfeborn's was a most lovable aharaoter, he said, not only amongst his family and friendls, but with all with whom he came in contact. Sujxerintendent Beresford, for the police, hav- i.n ako spoken. The Chairman announced that tihe funeral of Mr Osborn was about to take place, and the magistrates present pr(I-A,,d to attend the I funeral service. The court would tlierefore be adjourned until one o'clock. PULPIT INFERENCES. Rüieronc-e., to the death of Mr Oaborn were made at moat of the churches tn Uolwyn Bay on Sunday. At the English Wesleyan Churohes, special sermons were preached, bearing indirectly upon the loss which the connexion has sustained through tihe death of Mr O-iborn. Dr. Workman oooupicd tie pulpit at St. John'e in the morning, and proaohed a touching sermon on tlie wonfe "I heard a voioe from Heaven saying, blessed are they that die in the Lord, for they do rest from their labours." In tilie evening, the Rev. F. J. Biggs, pastor of the church, preached, selecting has text from St. Peter i. dealing with "the inheritance incor- ruptible." The Nantyglyn Church was draped: in mourn- ing, tlh-e late Mr Osborn having been treasurer of the ohurdh trust, and the Rev. T. E. Free- man preached from the text, John ii. 35-36, "Jesus Wept. Them said the Jews- 'Behold how he loved him-'

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