Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-04-19
H. C. JEROME.
IVuio Ituiyi
T.. B. M'CORMIC.

DEAR FRIEND MARIuS Il am now in what is
called New Discovery, near Portland Mills, Park
County, Indiana. 1 have come all the way out
here, to see, and assist in taking care of Henry c..
Jerome, n particular friend. lie was well known
by quite a large circle of anti-slavery friends in
Portage county, Ohio, and is now numbered with
the silent dead. The circumstances attending his
sickness and death are very touching. l have
been strolling over the little farm that he had re-
Gently purchased for his mother and himself. 1t is
pleasantly situated on a public road, and within
sight of his humble cottage stands the frame of n
school-house that he commenced to build, bnt was
not able to finish. His father died several years
ago, and ever since then, he has been as n father
to his younger brothers and sisters, and the exhi-
bition Of love and affection between the surviving
members of the family, is really e~levating and
touching. They never mention his name only with
a feeling Of love that approaches to veneration.-
Tears moisten their eyes, love softens their voice,
and every smile ends with a sigh. lie was a hard
working young man, toilipg early and late, he
succeeded in gaining property enough to buy so
acres of land. His two younger sisters are now
planting shrubs and flowers in front of their little
cottage. l must state that he had been married
but a few months.
l have been looking over IIenry's memorandum
and find that he has recorded nearly all of our
Temperance, Anti Slavery, Woman's rights meet
ings, &C., &c. | will make q quotation. Nearly
every page breaths the same spirit of reform.
'IIore we saw a man Of about ~forty-fve, and a
woman of about the same age, and two young wo-
men, one about seventeen the other perhaps TWEEN
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oldest girl, and the child was of as fair complex
ion as a great many that have seen whose pa
rents were free. Yet she was a slave, doomed to
drag out a life of Indebtedness and wo. The old
man sat all day long, with his head buried in his
hands, unless disturbed by ONE person. What
his reflections were | cannot tell, but this | know,
that there was sorrow depicted in his cOuntenancc.
when | had an opportunity, | asked him if he was
suited with his condition, and he spoke not neither
gave he any sign, any farther than a piercing look
into my coultenance as if to search the honesty of
my mind. Poor man, he dare not trust me, and
| blame him not, for they are so frequently betray-
ed, that they know not when to trust to any per-
son, and had he trusted to me | could have done
him no good at that time, more than to have direc-
ted him to have made his escape at the first oppor-
tunity. When we arrived at Cincinnati, they took
one boat, and we another, and I know not where
they wont, or whittier they were bound, but l had
to exclaim, o, God, shall thine image be bought
and sold in Slavery"
Henry was a man Of commanding personal ap-
pearance, and possessed of a very kind and gener-
Gus nature. lie has often pressed my hand and
treated me with all a brothers love, and tenderness,
and the genuine nobleness Of his nature, beauti-
fully contrasted with the common actions of man.
kind. In fact, he was in the vanguard of every
benevolent effort, and so intimately was | connec-
ted with him, that this earth has lost a great meas
ure of its attractions for me; SO kindly wtu aid he
assist me when ever | needed his assistance, either
when l was struggling against poverty, or against
the stubborn conservatism of public sentiment
with regard to slavery, he used to put his manly
hand on my shoulder, and say, "Never mind Jo-
seph, don't be too harsh, always keep the spirit of
uppermost in your mind" lie occupied quite
a prominent position in tie Rootstown Anti-SIa,
very league, and we were all the sharers of his
holy influence. But the dear family have lost
what they never can gain in this world.
Believe me to be your friend and brother, in
every thing that tends to make man more kind and
afectionate. JOSEPH HEIGHTON.