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died was ultimately pronounced to be gen.
une Small Pox.--A gainst this formidable
malady, he considered himself as project
ed, having been yaccinated in childhood,
Uphappily, however, he never placed MS.
exemption from danger beyond all reason,
able doubt, by causing himself. to be vac.
cinated q second time. To avoid the dan,
gers Of contagion, and for other more co..
gent reasons, the remains of Professor IL.
were laid in the grave at midnight. He
who had comforted many 4 weeping
throng; he who poured forth dev,oolut sup.
pllcations at many a scene of domestic
sorrow, was consigned 10 his grave, amid
the, Stiffness and the gloom of midnight
followed bp no mourning group, and hall
lowed by no voice OF prayer - -
Professor K was soextensively known
and so highly respected, that = ycursory,
notice Of such passages Of his. life as may
serve to illustrate his character, would
seem to. be no more than, deeorous re-.
Spouse to public expectation. This is all.
which shall attempt To other hands
must be confded the grateful task of per-,
petuating, 10 a less perishable record, The.
memory Of his name and virtues - =. - -.
Mr.. Knowles was born in Providence,
in the month July. 1898 He was the.
second son of Mr.. Edward knowles, a
respectable mechanic, and worthy man;
At the earl age, of twelve years, he was,
left, in consequence of the, death of his.
father, to the care of his mother, who vet
lives to rejoice that her maternal solicit.
udes have been rewarded by such a SON.
and to mourn in meek submission that
the light of his presence is Withdrawn.
from her forever. The elements of, his
English education he received at the First
District School in this city. While q pu-y
pill, he was remarkable for diligence and
exemplary conduct; and he generally,
distanced his juvenile competitors for the
suPeriorities of, cholarship. I ..:fes..-t3
Soon after his fathers decease, he was
placed by his surviving parent I'M the
printing Office ofthe late John Garter, ESQ.,
a Printer and a gentleman ofzthe old
school, and at that time Editor of the,
Providence Gazette. Young knowles
was notslow in1aequiring knowledge Of
the mystic art, aud have reason to know
that his unwayering fidelity and his ready,
apprehension of his. duties commended,
him to the best regards Of his venerable
superior. Even while an humble appren.1.
t1ce, he made numerous contributions in
prose and poetry to the newspapers of the
day. SeVeraFof his juvenile productions,
transcribed by his brother in order to avoid
detection, were sentsto4he office in which
he was employed, and published in the
Gazette - 1oun g1<. eajoyed,a insesecret,a
the satisfaction OF hearing his first fruits
of AUTHORSHIP warmly commended by CONF
petent judges, andsby them ascribed5 to-
some oft4he practised writers ofthe dav.s
After the deathof Mr. Garter, he remain,
ed for short time insthe Office of the Ga
zette. and continued&to~ write frequently
for. its columns ~s'rse 49, ~ -,
At the age Of twenty, he was engaged
by the Proprietor of the Rhode Island
American to~become' the Foreman ofahiss
printing office The duties of this sta
ton, which demanded, IN an especial man.
ner nanliness and gravity of department.
he discharged to the entire satisfaction of
his employer. On attaining his majority.
in July, 1919, Mr.. K became co.editor Of
the American In thiscapacity, he con-
tributed his full contingent to the columns
of: that Journal His articles, though un-E
avoidabfy written in haste, We're chaste.s
manly, and sometimes elegant always
moderate in their tone and truIy eohser4z
vative in their tendency. He wrote with
extraordinary facility, and sometimes emf
bodied his thoughts without the interver-
ton of either pen, ink or paper Onones
occasion, stood by his side, and saw him
1 III
with as much rapidity as he could select .
the types and adjust them The Article
thus COMPOSED was so distinguished Tor
vigor of thought and beauty. Of express
ion, that it was transcribed into the coll 3
umns of the National Gazette, then edited 1
by our celebrated countrynlan,a Robert &,
Walsh, Esq: ~ : ,..@ =. ,<Es.a' s,..A..: g.
Although Mr.. K always expressed a
profound reverence for religion and for re- ,s
ligious institutions, yetait is not believed
that he felt the necessity of any deep per-
sonal interest in the subject, till he had
reached The age of manhood At this Pc
Rod, his deeply meditative spirit was ex- -
cItedto a deyout and humble contempla-
ton of his duties and des,inies as an i'm
mortal being of his condition as sim r
4nerjin the sight of God, and of the gra- p
ciols plan Of reconciliation offered to eve-z.,
fry .penitert in the Gospel OF Jesus Christ .
4 It falls not within the scope of an ifnper- +
fleet sketch like the present, to dwell. with
on the change which his re- y
liicious opinions and feelings tunderwent. "a
3Deriving his notions of truth and of duy 4
ffrom the Bible, he always preserved a..
! chastened sobrietyin his manifestations