American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-12-13
LlS,Asraa, 60. o,t.,1lsh, '55.

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Mo,rW WoRsuipEULB BaoruEa: ,,4 - =
I have the honor 10 acknowlsd 70 ths
receipt Of your communication ofAagust
last. request:n ms to furnish you with
some appropriate notice Of The Masoaic llf;
sql character Of oar late .lanlsn.sd NJ w.
NJ T. Kreiier. in order to It's pres ,nts.ion
to the Fraternity of Ohio, through the
Gsanl Lodge ofthe SAFE" i'-..St,
3 have delayed until thislate period to
do so, not because ths task is nos con zen
ial one. and in entire harmony with my
feelings, but bectuso the physical debility
incident to my own shattered health has
been the hindrance.;. Lam sorry, there
fore. that some one elss, bettor capscitat-
cd, had not been selected to,sxecu.s7 the
task. Under more fayoring circumstan-
ces. Iwould have consi lered it to be part
of the du,y you had imposed upon mo, to
have traced in his actions the progress
an1 gradual development of those format
tive principles, which woull have intelli-
gibly i'm parted model and standard less.
ons unto others, and to have sketched a
rapid daguerreotype likeness Of him, both
asa man and Mason, ,coneen rating in the
,portraiture some Of those beautiful moral
fsatures which particularized him. while
living, and which associate his memory SO
pleasantly in llour hearts, now that he is
dead. s-w i,.> ntE r5.'s 's--s - ,,'i7,a'
H ! can not, therefore, promise 5you more
than ajsjaps compilation in simple form Of
Soms Of the historical incidents of his life.
1 have leirnei that he was born ID Hunt.
in ,ton.. Huntington county, Pennsylvania,
in tn. m 1nth Of November, A. D. 1898,
aad Chat owing to a painful family dispen-
sation, ho WAS thrown upon the wotli and
his own. resources, at an early ags. In
this rough but testing school Of discipline
hsdoubslesS acquired those habits OF, SO If
reliance, Of ofenorgy, patience, and persever-
.ance which characterized him through
life. Isuppose thatm my, thousands SINH.
larly circums.ancsd have livedglikel him,
to,rogard such early trials as the greatest
ofEbsuefactions. Bitternessin tile bud is
necessary 70 elaborate fragrance for the
blossom, a1dsvaluesin the fruit When
only fifteen years Of aags, rtogethsr with a
younger brother. he crossed the then al
auSh observation-disclosures 1AtlOBll"utoop Vue hOOb,
and sought the home of a relative who re-
sided in the county Of fSsneca, and in the
vicinity Of the present, town Of ,Tifin, in
this State $50 ;..5 ;5ssaaa ,l,s'Y W r
At that carly period the whole Of north
ern Ohio was little better than JTohtiss tsr-
rit0ry. The cabin Of the white settler was
frequently built in sight ofthe Indian wig
wan, and without any figure Of speech,
the smokes OF their hearth frss may be
said, as they rose, to have mingled and
surled into ons. We can readily perceive
how, among such 8 people. any one Of ;apti
tude would quickly learn the accomplish
msnts of semi-civilized lfe.e to 1wieid an
axe and shoots rife. and become physic-
ally educated for the brave trials and stir
ring Sdyentures Of pioneer society; but it is
more difficult to see how it could furnish
materials. for educated and professional
lirs, Our, Brother acknowledged the
strange fascination existing in the manly
freedom aud wild sxcitements of this man
nsr ofliying and its commanding Influence
ever his feelings, but he had very differ
Oht social ends in view. His culminating