Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-04-15
Gen. Thomas-An Interesting Incl
dent of the Late War.

The death of Gen. Geo. H.
Thomas, briefly announced yesterday
was shock to the people of Lonis-
vile universally, whether they liked
the man or sympathized with his
war career ornot. He left us so little
while ago full of manly and quiet Wig
or the man who looked the imperson-
alton of a fifty years longer lease OF
life.
To the readers abroad it may be
necessary to say that Col Watkins
married the daughter of Gen. Rous-
seau about the close of the war
died in New Orleans, and his body
was brought, with that of his distin-
guished ather-in-law, a few months
ago, for interment in our beautiful
cemetery at Cave Hill.
just after the battle Of Nashville,
Col. Watkins, on Gen. Thomas staff,
approached the General with free
cordial manner, as if the request he
was about TO make could not be de-
MED: General, you know I have a
sweetheart, Miss-Rosseua, whom
I have not seen for--months. A
leave Of absence, if you pleas, for
weeks" To the dismay of poor
Watkins, Thomas shrugged his
shoulders. Watkins, seeing that
some intercession was necessary, re-
minded the General of his youth, the
ardor of such years and such attach
ments, and referred to some probable
history of the General in such mat
ters. Gen. Thomas quietly and
soldierly replied: watkins, I've
been there and the truth is that l
too have sweetheart; and have not
seen her for more months than
you have yours for SO many weeks.
And what is more, have been mar
ried to my sweetheart, and went to
see her as much as you do yours, and
it is likely more. But / won't let her
come to camp. A camp is no place
for wife. She is out of her element
and it softens man. And I won't go
to see my wife till my duty is ended
and the war is over. What / will
not do myself I will not allow you
to do. Besides, / have laid to
make in Mississippi and Alabama,
and I decided this morning that you
were the man to lead it. You will
please report at six A.. M.-Louis-
vile Journal.
HARpER's "EAsY CHAIR" ON YVES
LEY HARPER-He was so truly mod
est, he avoided publicity so unos-
tentatiously, that the Easy Chair
almost feels as if it were doing
wrong to mention him here with
praise; SO hard is it to believe that
his eyes will not rest upon these
lines with all the old kind apprecia-
ton. But it is sermon or poem
that none of us can spare, the life
of a man who in very great prosper
ity kept not only the true heart of a
child, but the humble heart that
owned no inferior. We are judged
usually by our public successes by
the esteem of distinguished persons.
But the real test of character is the
feeting of those before whom we
play no part. What does the nurse
in the nursery think of US, Or the
porter in the store, or the butcher
boy? If mans children confide
in him--if all whom he employs at
home and in his business feel that
he is full of thought and sympathy
for them as for brethren-if those
who meet him perceive the charm
of his urbanity, and as they draw
nearer and know him better, honor
and love him more, we may be very
sure that he has the noblest human
qualities. whose influence will be a
possession to us forever.
Such was the friend whom for so
many years IN its little labors upon
these pages the Easy Chair has con-
stanJly seen, and whom it will now
see no more; and as it meditates,
not sadly, but with the sober cheer
fulness which his own serene faith
in the divine order could not bnt
inspire. upon that good life now
ended. it feels how truly
Wesley Harper will always be re-
memhered by those who knew him
well, as among
1.-The wise who so r but never soam."
True to the kindred points of heaven and
HON -
From Horper's Magazine for
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