AMONG the eminent persons deceased during the past week we have to notice
Mr. Arthur Ward, the author of the very elegant treatise on the penny
whistle. Mr. Ward was rather above the middle height, inclined to be
stout, and had lost a considerable portion of his hair. Mr. Ward did not
wear spectacles, as asserted by a careless and misinformed contemporary.
Mr. Ward was a man of great humour and talent; many of his sayings will
be treasured up as household words among his acquaintance, for instance,
“Lor!” “Oh, ah!” “Sech is life.” “That’s cheerful.” “He’s a lively
man is Mr. . . . ” His manners were affable and agreeable, and his
playful gambols exhibited an agility scarcely to be expected from a man
of his stature. On Thursday last Mr. Ward was dining off beef-steak pie
when a bit of gristle, unfortunately causing him to cough, brought on a
fit of apoplexy, the progress of which no medical assistance was able to
arrest. It is understood that the funeral arrangements have been
entrusted to our very respectable fellow-townsman Mr. Smith, and will
take place on Monday.