DEATH OF NORMAN DEWAR

(Mr Norman Dewar, commission merchant, a native of Glengarry, Canada
who had been assisting Captain McCabe as commissary of the Memphis
Relief Committee, died of yellow fever after three days illness A
brave and gentle nature, he was loved by a host of friends and will
long be remembered as among the noblest of the band of gallant men who
during this fearful epidemic died at the post of duty)


Far away from stricken Memphis
Came the tidings sad and sure
That among the many fallen,
Fell the clansman Norman Dewar

There are eyes unused to weeping
With the tears of sorrow dim,
Hearts with nature's anguish heaving,
Yet 'tis wrong to weep for him

None who fell in glorious battle,
In the shock of meeting steel,
Fell more bravely, died more nobly
More like son of true Lochiel

When the cry arose in Memphis
That the yellow death had come,
When the rich in fear were fleeing,
And the poor with terror dumb,