New-York tribune., 1868-09-12
"REcoLLEcmovS or 4 BUSY LIFE"

Ford & Co.. with many additions In the way Oh oA-
tracts from Mr.. Creeley's miscellaneous writings:
NO. INLAND LAST.l-MY DEAD.
al do not wear my heart upon my sleeve" and
shrink from the ObtrusOn of matters purely personal
upon an indifferent public. | have aimed, III the Sc
Iics herewith closed, 10 narTate mainly such facts
and incidents seemed likely to be of use. either IN
Strengthening the young ana pOIUOneSs Tor the pat
to of life OF IN commencing TO their acceptance con
NIcti0ns which / deem sound and important. MY
life has been of arduOus, rarely internitted Ia
bOf-Of efforts 10 achieve other than personal ends
of efforts which have absorbed most of the tlme
which others freely devote TO social intercourse ana
10 hTeside cnJOymtnts. OF those knew ana ONtl ~
youth, a majority have already crossed the @ u"lh
river and VIII not impose even their names Ul dh
unsympathizng world. Among them is my IeIIoWV-
apprentice and lifelong friend, WhO thteI IoS ~
ness died in this city in 1861 NY first partner, al
ready named who was drowned while DatAlng IN
1882 and a young poet of promise who was slowly
yielding to consumption when Inc Uohllgs OF Our
Bull Run disaster snapped short ms thread OF me-
1t would have snapped mne h2d II been hait as
frail as his The faces Of many among the departed
whom bave known and loved come back TO me as
gaze adOwn the vista of my halfcentury of active
life; but | have right to lift the vail which
shTouds and shields their long Typose; will name
but those who part of myself, aud whose loss to
earth has profoundly affected my subsequent career
Since began 10 write these "reminiscences, my
mothers last surviving brother. John WOODBURY. mas
deceased aged IL, leaving the Old WOODBURY. nome
stead understand, TO some among his children; so
has my fathers brother Isaac aged 80 leaving, so
far as 1 know, but of the nine brothers lJ0hhl
still living. My father himself dled ON the lotn Oh
December last aged S6 lie had, for twelve years or
more been a mere wreck, first IN body onlNi but MS
iniirmities ultimately affected his mmd; so that
whom last visited him, year before MS deatn ne
did not recognize till after he had sat by my side
for a full half hour; and he had before asked my
oldest sister, Did you ever know Henry Greeley -
audng to one of her sOns then several years dead.
lie had fitu flashes OF mental recovery; but he had
been so long helpless victim OF hopeless bodily and
mental decay that did not gTeve when learned that
lis spirit had at length shaken off the incumbrance of
It's mortal coil, which had ceased to be an instru
ncnt and remained purely an obstruction OF his
afaAl q r~aar had hppu snpUt
verge of New-England, and ~ in his deliberately
chosen steadily retained Pennsylvania home.
My son. Arthur Young e. Picke', born in March
ISli was tho third Of seven children, whereof q
and daughter. seyerally born In 1888 and 1S2
scarcely opened their eyes to world which they
entered bat to leave Physically, they were remark
able for their striking resemblance IN hair and fea
lures TO their father and mother respectively.
Arthur had points of similarity TO each of MS but
with decided superiority as a whole. TO either. /
looked in vain through Italian galleries. two years
after he was taken from us for any full parallel 10
his dazzling beauty-a beauty not physical merely,
but visby Tadiatlng from the soul His hair was Of
the finest and richest gold the sunshine of pic
ture" never gorihed his equal aud the deilcacy of
his complexion at fixed the attention of ObServ
ers like the late n T. Willis, who had traverSed both
hemisplleres without having his gaze arrested by
any child who could bear IA comparison with this
one. Yet he was not one Of those paragons some
times met with, whose ldlest chatter would edlty
Sunday -SchbO-whO never do or say aught that Pro
pIictY would not sanction and Plety delight ln-but
thoroughly human and endued with a love of play
and mischief which kept him busy and happy the |
livelong day, while rendering him the delight and
admiration of all around him. Ibe arch delicacy |
wherewith he inquinngy suggested, when once told
a story that OveTtaXed his credulity pose tDat
nnt lie ~ was Characteristic of his nature. once
when about three years Old having chanCed TO espy
my watch lying on SOFA as was u-Iessls - 9le % o oo
sudden spring of several feet caught the watch by
the chain whirled 10 around his head, and sent II
whizzing against the chimney snattellhg us lace
into fragments. Pickle, " inquired, rather sadly
chan anglily " how could you do me such injury z
'"Cause | was nervous" he regretfuHy repled
ladies then making part OF our mousse
hold whose nerves source of general as Wcn
ms personal discomfort and this was his attestatoh
There were wiser and deeper sayings treasured as
they fell from hi lips; but l will not repeat them.
Several vet live who remember the graceful gayety
wherewith he charmed admirng circles assembled at
our house aud OF two or three larger gatheIhes Vi
y Sooisl Reform in this city, and at the N A. Ina%1 AN
i'm New Jersey and think some grave selghoIs MIo
re "eCnstomed to help us enjoy our saturday after
ooHs in our rural suburban residence at Turtle BAY
were drawn mther quite as GuGn fl ne Dy Sarets rs
of the son as by their regard tOF MS Ptleh.ts - 80 d
Meantime another daughter was gwen 10 , Us, & anu
otter ak months withdrawn; ana sun anoltl I 90 oU ~
% oet survives; and he had run lar INTO ms sAtn
49, 'yrithont one serious illness. Ills ihotneI ha9
S%oted herself TO him from his brtR, even ncy1ip y1
her intense conservation 70 & to 90 n9rtake of animal
faod or to know that an animal was ever heu ~ D
eaten. had watched and tended hllu WIN @ dDIUi @ s
love till the peTils OF infancy setilcu 4 t R lt e
al. and we had reason TO hope that lhe Hsht VI
our eyes would be spared TO gladden. our remaining
SeaiS Sos otherwise decreed In the Summer OF 1872
tho Asiatic cholera suddenly reappeaTed III our Guy
and the fri ghtened authorities ordered az ~
%r;yen ont of town-that is, above fOrtlet
GrlVen o", home was about Forty ghthSt, though
mo streets had vet been cut through thdU q'l
80 and before we realized our danger Tue atho5
nhere was polluted by the eXhaaliohs Ol i 'o i !
,nnItitude thrust upon ms from the ueHSeiS
lives south of US and the cholera claimed lts NS,ns
INV scores before we were generally a"dlo u iV'
presence. a. ers+ . o++octod NJ I a
IN of the 18th of July, when no medlcai at'sd3hCe
was at hand and our own pt%GP,, % st ,oic s
yifb,n reach avaed nothing to stay the Jury OF tht
endemic to which he succunOed atodt p. III. ol
that day-one of the hottest as well as quite thI
Inmgest have ever known. He was entirely sane
and conscious till near the last; insisting that lac ie
Iitte or no pain and was we'll save that we Kept nm
s,ycItering under clothing that he wanted 70 throw
off as he did, whenever he was permitted. Nheh a
length the struggle ended with his last breath, an'
even his mother was convinced that ms eyes WOu'
meyer again open on the scenes or thls WoIlu kitV
Lat the SUMMER of my life over, that the chi
breath of its Autumn was at hand, ana tliat NY III
turc course must be along the downhll OF Aie'
Yet another son Raphael Uhlandl born TO N
two years afterwaTd who, though more ike IN
father and less like poet than Arthur, was quite q
deserving of parental love- though not so elHnentl
fitted to evoke and command general admiration
He was with mo IN France and switzerland In lh'
Summer Of 1855; spending with his mother ana siste
the previous Winter IN London and that sn9sequeh
in Dresden; returning with them IN May. 90 to fdi
"A victim TO the cToup the ensuing February. wa
absent lectuTing tour when apprlsed OF his dan
RerOus illness and fastened home TO find that h
had died an hour before my arrival. though he hat
hoped aud striyen 10 await my return; he had tul
filled his sixth year and twelve days over WheI
our home was again made desOate by bis death.
Another daughter was born to us four weeks late
who survives; so that have reason TO be gratefu
for two children left to soOhe our decline, as well a
for five who having preceded MS on the long jour
ney await us in the Land OF Souls.
My life has been busy and anxious, but not joyles
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