, 1874-07-11

his shoulders, whlte and iloecy, giving hta
faco almoat sanity oxrresa,on. He came
ofWn s r. wocaa% meet nj anu Mss
took pohncrslon Of NY oompnnlon' anu 'mme-
v1s.A-via NY VENERABLE nosr.
Father Dixon" This IN nncommon1y hot
weather. JuHt look as that garden. Ny vog-
otablca will NIL he bnrnod up."
i" Yoa hnr{'y ,1as!, think q working any at your
Father D.-"1 work every day. I planted
TINT gnlilc1, and take caro- Of It, and pr,no Ito
t!lo '. w.oMl; but then do tthnss in Winter"
l." At % years OF ago. Do yon uao an Ak ?"
Father D.. Yos. I went about five years
ago and bought buck and saw. / saved for
Fortunately. some one stole tito saw that night
and noyor Eaw 1t again" (sming).
- 1nn traVol occasionally, do you not"
Father D:-"oh. yos havc boon IN Chtcago
sinco tho Fire, to Wat ny grsnal'aaRtter Itis
York, ton: and, when thero / Walked nut on
what used to bo FAR street, now Fulton.
uscti to know A1r. colgate-Wiia.n Colgate-
aixty-old yenrs ogo, when frat lived in Now
Yolk City. Wo wero middng young men then,
and wo formed
THE FIRST AsfEnrcAN n1NLE SOCIETY
for tho distribution Of bibles without note or
commont. Henry johnson was Vice.Prosaent:
William Colgate was secretary and Treasurer
each church. They llad Diblo Societies 10 I'm.
gland md Scotland then, anil VIC had l,eard Of
thoH but thero woro mono IN America VOL,
when WAS on Fulton strcot tho last timo wns
little shop. nna anw aplendla grcAt establish
! ,ncnt with William Colgase's name on, but he waa
tlend two yearsi he lived to be an old
man. I n,nlo myae1f known to his
, nephew. who was very kind, and gave mo bis
| fathers papers mud reninued mo Of 4 taot haa
| forgotten. TINT / was one Of the ofiicors Of tho
] Diblo Society myself"
| L." Wl.a. do ynu think, Mr.. Dixon, Of the
! lt1eaa md theories Of tl,o prosont time ? Arc
yon interested in tho Theological fssuos Of tie
day, md do you believe in splntnalinm 2"
Father D." No. do not bol,evo in Spirit
ualisn, in any way. do not care to talk about
religion Mt III. lhavo but ono bol1of, md III at
t. tho Sa asGnS sna 10 Ga 2,59do1 on' f0anod GU
T." What do you think OF tho women OF to.
dag-tl,e snffragiHts. and tho Cr''satlora, and
the women who aro doing work TINT only mon
did in your day z"
| I am not Interested In them. l neyor do any
Thing tl,at prevents my sleeping we'll. But can
aay this : For sixty ycara have never tasted
liquor and, after Bn1oking abonrfifty years,
| GAVE UP MY rlpE.
I uaod to a,oke ali tic time. Sec how black
| my teeth arc. frat 1oaTned to Bmoko to help
| me- to digeat corn-brcad. Thoro wero no pipes
or tobacco sold III 1llinos than, but bought n
pioce Of plug from q Kentuclian. mud the doctor
| told nao how to mike a ,plpo ont Of corll~cob. I
got to be such smoker that, five yearA ago, I
| asked myRelf, 'Am maator of bRbit, or u habit
nlaster Of mo? smoked snntach-leayes for Il
,yitilo, and then Btoppod altogether. mud never
want to anoko, or have tho least deairo for IT,
I.-"l}o yuu find your memory faittng, or iave
you no trouble III recalling scenes OF tho past p
| Father D.--"I can remolnher tile children !
used to go to school with oigltg.avo years ago,
aud can evou rocall tho middle lettorH Of thair
| i4.sk ttvf&1 1,nfSr yaof
Isn't that siugular?"
! I-"IIavo yo,1 my children liying?"
Father n.-'No. ] hayo
| nUnIED TEN soSs AND DAUGHTERS;
but have eleven grandchildren and nineteen
great. grandchildren. I remember hoaring my
motl,or say that, whom T was born, my mother
tpok mo to my groat-grcat-g t-grandmotheft who
was 105 ycars old. She laid Mo in tho old la!y'a
1ap WHO l"oked at mo a 1nomont. and then
could have said: 'Arlse daughter, and 80 to
daughter has daugitor.'"
Hero our interview ended. Tho old gont.a'
man is full Of pleasant ronlinlacenses Of the
Bluok Hawk War, Of tho untrodden prairlaa oi
Illinois, OF queer. quaint characters whose lite
no shall navor seo ngain, and Of times that be.
long to history. Ha IL navar garrulola or per
soual, but il clleery and hopeful, apd enjoys
doaconding about hi,n,-,never speaks OF tht
wife Of hia youth, dead these many years. mol
Of tho ton children gone before him. With no
frniteaa complsioinga or Bsd forobodings, ht
nva,ss chsorfully tho higher law
Only waiting till tho shadows
| Araa ttttle l1nGer groWn.
PERSONAL. NOTES.
Jnmeg A. uawloy, Grand HIastor of til
Masons, bus & fine homo and interesting
family here He lat tle cornerstone Of til,
presented with & silver trowel suitably Inscribed
IT, 3, S.iies, who flonrla[cs OIL the Board OF Trad
III Chicago, l,aa III elegant home aud haudsona.t
wife here. Judge EnBtace, ono of tho p,oni
bon-viyant, hos charming, hospitab1e homg,
here. Col. U.ley, OF Canal glory, follows Presi
, dent GYant'h early occupation hero. jaime
Camp, who will 60 down to pnatcrity az !loldlu
the longest term OF Office ever known undey ta'
or any other government, is Postmaster. Thor
arc more tlun tho usual number Of representa-
; live rpen for q town OF thia size. The Dixie
,, Herald, edited by Ben Shaw, rich aud good loo';
, lug, is the able Napubtican paper. The St
IL tho Democratic organ, and is faithful to til
: best interests Of its party.
; 1 cu,uot lny MY pen aside without touching Of
O sad, sad l,haAa of Dixon HISTORY. allnd
with intlosoribablo anguish of hoast to tue awfr
! calamity Of ....
!. that took one membor from axty different fam
!, lilies, and plunged not oa]y the tow',. but tl
Nllolo stato.--I might almost say tho whol
conntry,-into mourning. It liz useless now t
| 0hE Wl11EH {Aul$ IL WAH4 IL III kAu 1ALo ~ XIII
| tl.nt the whole structure hung on q few broke
! bands OF iron standing away tron the alor
anl making tue whole structure unBafe FOR ind
, viJ.al use. We know that, Oh that bright Sal
. batA,-sIuy 4, 1873,-200 pooplc stood upon th'
fatal bridge to Witness the ceremony Of baI
! tia,n performed in the stream below. On til.
- morning, two lit1te childron-aged ono 8 YEAR
: mud the other went out, hanl In han'
stopping for a moment to Say, " Kiss .
: good-by, Mamma and, for three awf
= days, tho mother watched on the bank: waltz
= for Il tho aca to give up itB dead" We kno
~ ~ tint fair young girls put tho last f,niahil
= touches to their frat spring-toEets. and, tres
- aud lovely, with their innocent hearts httun.
to Nature md God, won't out to meet tholr tloat
10 and wero brought buck, with emleless faces ~
" closed eyes, to tie brcakng hearts Of those vi
~ loved them. MotAers wllo were 80 1nllcs, noed
~ Observation-Disclosures awful holocaust
=, death Whose ianlt waa it 7 Il waB the fal
- Of oyory nun who helped to build tho bridge.
+ + whu oyor crossetl it, It was
! THE AWFUL, nErKLESH HTUr1DITY
~ TINT 1laa for its rule, "Wlat III oycrybo1y's bu
~ ~ ncss IL nobody's bunincas,' ana whose wnte
y. ~ word Is death. In many river there would ha
- bae1l sonla chance for those doomed 0nes; l.
Nock 1iiyer, like tho majority OF Western riyo
has cruel, crafty unaercnrlant, tint viii nos
~ lot itB victim 80 alye. Only ono short wee! |
Il fore, your respected townHnal., the Hon. !.
"a ;" Arnold, Ind come hore with lls laolizod boy w
"a Wan drowned while trying ploasure-loat, allnt