Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-08-16

years. At Jefferson's urgent request
he visited him at Monticello. Their
meeting is thus described by an eye
witness:
"The lawn on the eastern side Of
the house at Monticello contains not
! quite an acre. On this spot was the
meeting of Jefferson and Lafayette
/ States. The barouehe containing
Lafayette stopped at the edge of this
| lawn. His escort-one hundred and
| twenty mounted men-fOrmed on one
side in a semicircle extending from
the carriage to the house. A crowd
of about two hundred men, who were
drawn together by curiosity to wit
ness the meeting of these two veneru-
BILE men, formed themselves in asemi-
circle on the opposite side As Lafay-
ette descended from the carriage JEFF
fersOn descended the steps from the
portico. The scene that followed was
touching. Jefferson was feeble aud
tottering with ague-Lafayette pre-
maturely lamed and broken in health
by his long confinement in the dun
geon of Olmutz. As they neared each
other their uncertain gait quiekened
itselfinto shuffiing run and exclaim-
ing, 'Ah, Jefferson 'Ah, Lafayettep
they burst into tears as they fell into
each ether's arms. Among the four
hundred men witnessing the. scene
there was not a dry eye-no sound
save an occasional suppressed Sob
The two old men entered the house as
the crowd dispersed in profound ST.
lence."
DECLINING HEALTH.
Early in the spring Of 1926, the
health of Jefferson began to fail. He
told his grandson that he thought he
might last till midsummer. From
that time the decline went on, slowly
but surely, until the oath of June
On that day he wrote to his physician,
DR.. Dunglison, asking him to visit
him, as he twas not so weI.h On the
same day, he wrote letter to Gener-
al Weightman, in reply TO an invita-
ton to attend, at Washington, eele-
bration of the fiftieth anniversary of
the declaration of independence. He
declined the invitation on the score
i'll health. He, as well as others,
knew that the end was at hand. Once
his grandson told him that he thought
there was some improvement in the
symptoms. ''Do not imagine for
moment" was the reply, ''that feel
the smallest solicitude about the re-
suit. I am like an old watch, with a
pinion worn out here and a wheel
there, until I can go no longer" Be
ing aroused from sleep by the name
of clergyman, 81 have no objection
to seeing him,n said Jefferson, las a
kind friend and good neighbOr."-I
His grandson understood from this
that he did not desire the attendance
of the clergyman in his official eapa-
city, having formed his religious
opinions upon mature study and re-
Election.
HIS LAST HOURS.
His parting interview with his
family, on the I'd of July, was calm
she would find in a certain drawer
something intended for her. 1t tproved
70 be these verses:
A ADKATH-BED ADIEU FROM tn. J.ToMR
Lies visions are vanished; Its dreams are
Dear friends OF my bosom, why bathed in
go to my fathers; I welcome the shore
Which crowns all my hopes, or which !
Then farewell, my dear, my loved daughter,
adieui
The last pang OF life is in parting nom you.
Two seraPhs await me. long shrouded in
will bear them your love on my last part !
ing breath.
To his grand children he spoke |
many words of wisdom, the cardinal
points of which were "to pursue vir-
tue, he true and TRUTHFUL One of |
the c1ildren, a lad OF eight years, /
seemed somewhat bewildered. -
"George," said the old patriarch, with |
a smile, "does not understand what |
all this means" Then, when all had |
been said, Jefferson murmured, lOwly /
but audibly, those words which have /
through mems hearts for
eighteen centuries: Lord, now let |
test Thy servant depart in peaee.D
On the next day, Monday, July 8,
his slumbers were evidently those of
dissolution. He slept
until evening, and then awoke, SEEM
ing to think it was morning, saying,
'sIs this the Fourth OF July ?n "It
soon will be" !" was the reply. Then
he sank again to slumber.. At nine
in the evening he was aroused to take
his medicine. mo, doctor, nothing
more" in a clear, distinct voice, and
fell into a disturbed slumber. In his
sleep he sat up in his bed, went thro'
the form of writing, spoke of the
Committee of Safety, and said it ought
10 be warned.
As midnight approached,t the friends
stood watch in hand, hoping for yet
} few minutes of life, so that his death
might be hallowed by akiDg place
On the glorious Fourth. Their pious
wish was granted. At four o'clock in
he morning he spoke in a clear voice,
perfectly conscious Of his wants.
These were his last audible words;
1ut still he lived as the slow hours
wore on. At ten he made some sign,
which his faithful old servant under
itood to indicate desire that his head
ihould be raised. AT eleven he open
ID his eyes and moved his lips. A ]
vet sponge was placed to his mouth /; s
his he sucked with apparent relish. !
This was the last evidence of con- ,
ciousness which he gave. At fifty
minutes past noon he had ceased to
,reathe. so- -E-- .t
All through these hours a similar
Gene had been enacted hundreds of
niles away. On that same day, a few
hours earlier, died John Adams, tho
enior of Jefferson by eight years.
lust half century before, the Deela-
alton of Independence, that immOr-
al document whereof one Of these
wo dying men was the author, and
he other the most elOouent advocate
lad been formally put forth to all flu
ure ages as the cornerstone upon
which was built the structure of the
United States of America.
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