The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-09-14


temporary relief, the king of terrors only
could relieve the king of beasts.
His remains were presented 10 Williams
College. and were duly accepted by the trus
tees, who Intended. after the flesh had been
thoroughly deconposed, to have the skeleton
properly set up and deposited in their muse
nm Of natural history. This remains 10 be
done the process. Of dissoluii"n seems to
progress slowly; the dryness Of the climate is
nnfayorable for acceierating such climax II
We are informed that, from time to time. semi
official committees have repaired to the monnd
for the purpose of examining the relics, and,
&c feasible, of exhnming the bones; but on
displacing the earth until the corpse was
reached, the flesh wss found to be of the con.
sistency Of india rubber. while the eflavinm
was so offensive that they deemed it tinexpedi-I
ent 10 proceed with their investigations. and
rapidly covering the oriice which had been
made, the committee have beaten hasty re-
treat. reported progress, and have begged for
further time before submitting 6-lal report,
Logevity Of Ministers. s
A writer in the New York Obsrrrer. says ::
It ia remarkable fact considering the severe
studies. arduons labors, and intense anxie,ies
of preachers of the gospel, that there is, no
in which men attain 10 SO great
longevity as in the ministry. This appears
from the annals of American clergymen from
the beginning down 10 the present time.
Increase Mather spent sixteen hours day
|in.his studr, preached sixty-seven years, pnb.
lished eighty.fve distinct works. yet lived to
the good old age of eighty Eve. His son.
Cotton Mather. who in one year wroie four
teen hooks and at the time of his death had
published not less than three, hundred and
eighty two works. some Of Them Of huge di-
mensions. lived sixty years SoImon Stod-
dard attained The age of eighiy-six, though
his application 10 study was intense. Samu-
el johnson. of Connections, in lear ing not
inferior 10 the johnson Of ENGLAND. reached
the age of seventy six. Samuel Hopkins.
though he frequently devoted eighteen hours
day to study, died at the good old age of
tlSutN tuTSC- bF. DCtidibN uiCu at tHC dSe VI
seventy two, DR. Charles Chauncey at eighty
two, DIR Smaley at eighty six. Dr. West OF
Stockhridge at eighty four, and DR.. Lathrop
at ninety. es-ss - -
Such longevity among clergymen is by no
means rare. nor is it o be found oaly among the
d;vines of former generation. Daring the
last year there died in New England four min.
listers, graduates of Dartmouth College, and
nearly contemporary, whose united ages exceed
four hundred years The Congregation
Yesr Book for 1859 contains the names OF
thirty 6re: Congregational ministers who died
in 1855. Only two of the centenariaus arc
included in the list, but the average age of the
whole was sixty Eve. Two died at less than
forty years of age. while seventeen-a fraction
less than half-attained the age of seventy
and upwards. ..5..z .-,-
The yenr hook for 1858 contains the names
and ages of twenty five ministers who died du
ring the year preceding. Their average ace
was sixty three. The average, age of thirty
ministers whose deaths are recorded in the
Year Book for 1857 was sixty 6ve; and four
teen of them arrived at three score and ten
A still wider collation. Of facts does not make
a difference in the colclusipa to which We
come. In The American Quarterly Registey
for May, 1884 is a list of New Hampshire
ministers, by Farmer. the distinguished anti
4 lquarian. Twohundred and forty of them hac
|. then deceased, and of these be gives the age
tof-two hundred and thirty. Their average
age was q fractionFover sixty three. OIL,
twenty-ihree of them failed to reach. the ags
of forty. OF what other profession can it b,
said that nine tennis Of those who engage il
! lii pass the age of forty, and that he.averags
| oga Of all its members exceeds sixty
II Practical Remarks :-Honor thy Fathe
in Heaven, by laboring most diligently in hi
e service, and thy days shall be long in the lane
i Gurran ard Erskins.i 81
Curran and Erskine frequently met, an
) must have looked upon each others powe
l. with respect; but the egotism of the Englis
d barrister sometimes shook the Irishman's ph
!. losophy. Grattan's name was mentioned, an
q Erskne casually asked. What he said of hin
,e lselff Said of himself was Curran's astol
,r ished reply. nothing Grattan speak {
himself! Why sir, Grattan is great ma
Sir. the torture could not wiring a syllable
y self praise from Grattan; a team of six hors,
co uld not drag.an opinion of himself out
: him. Like all great men, be knows the streug
u of his reputation. and will never condescer
al to proclaim its march, like the trumpeter
puppet show. Sir. he stands upon natio
al altar, and it is the business of US, inferi
: men. to keep up the fire and incense. Y,
will never see Grattan STOPPING to cit
Il er the one or the other Cutran obje.
:. ed 10 Byron's talking of himself as gre
drawback on his poetry. Any, subjec
i he said. but that eternal one of Sc
am weary of knowing once month t
:. state of any mans hopes or fears, rights
y wrongs. l would as soon read register
the weather, the barometer up TO SO ma
:. inches tomorrow. / feel skepticism all o,
II me at the sight of agonies on paper; thir
!; that come as regular and notorious as the
,hs of the moon. The truth is. bis Iordship wee
in. for the press. and wipes his eyes with {
public. > !, q.
ury SPRAYS OF WISDOM.
'wn 81
baaI The more man is contemplaiive, the m
.;na happy he is, and assmilated to the divine
thle sehce. 5a re- 49, E'