Litchfield enquirer., 1877-03-29
and of the Glaseow Natural History so-

and of the Glasgow Natural History So- Eciety in. 1867.
 l Batst these honors came to him empty handed, and were in no sense an adequate recognition of his great services. Many of his Ediscoveries have become 4acts of history, buk 3 large proportion pf them can never be known, His specimens were sent to others to be named, but many of them were never afterward heard of. This was particularly the case with his shrlmps insects, zoophytes, corals, sponges, sea- slues, worms, tunlcata or ieathern-bag lmollusks, foasilG and plants Had any one, he says, taken pity on me in time (as has sometimes been done with others), and raised me from the dirt, might have -besn xbis tonamemy own specimens, and thereby made my own discoveries known myself: "sTeHs had xanother difaculty to edhtend with besides his want of meana When he published what he had observed with his own eyes, and not in books through the eyes of others, his statements were oftensdieGsedHed byFnatnFalists of recognized standing; and it was only when his observations were confirmed by oth- CTS, and could no longer be disputed. that his discoveries were acknowledged. Some feeble and unavailing efforts were made at one time to obtain for him salaried position in a museum of natural. history. He was, indeed, curator of the Banf Mu- scum, on salary of two guineas a year, increased few years since to four gum -eas, and more recently made little high CT. But with this exception, Thomas Edward has received no pecuniary com pensation for his services as naturalist. There are hundreds of names on the pen- sion list far less deserving than his.
 2 Old age has come prematurely upon him. No longer able to prosecute his Researches, he has gone back to the shoe makers bench, after an unsuccessful at- tempt to maintain his family by the less Slaborious work of photographer, still cheerful, although no longer sustained by hope, and happy in the affection of his wife and children; and the respect Of aH who knew him. In worldly AenSe. .his life has been failure.~ He says himself, ''I dinna think there1l be sic feel [fooll as me for mony>a lang year to come!' Yet his life has not been unhappy. He had always some worthy object to pursue He enjoyed the adventure, the chase, the Capture, and often the triumph of discoy- cry. He was always happy in his home. His children were virtuouslY and well. There was no better conducted family III Banff. When his wife was asked what she thought of his wanderings about at night, she, replied. }ti''Weel, he took such an interest in beasts that I didna com pleen. Shoe-makers were then a very } dr6nKen sci, but his sbeasta akeepit him frae them. My mans been sober man all his life, and he never negleckit his wark. Sac let him be-"
 We can not better conclude this sketch of his career thar. with his own cheerful though touching words, written in June, 1875:''As last and only remaining source fof subsIstence], I betook myself to my old and time -honored friend, 8 friend of fifty years standing, who has never yet forsaken me, nor grefesed help to ny body. when weary, nor rest to my limbs when tired-lny we'll worn cobbler' $ stool. AND HERE AM STILL on the old boards, doing what little I can, with the aid ol my well-worn kit, to maintain myself and my family, with the certainty that instead of my getting the better of the lapstone and leather, they will very soon get the better of me. Although am now like beast tethered to his pasturage, with a portion of my faculties somewhat impair cd, can still appreciate and admire as much as ever the beauties and wonders of nature, as exhibited in the incompatible works of our adorable Creator"