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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20
Thus sleep in death seventeen dead
Presidents OF the United States.
THE OLD MOTHER.

She sits in the sunlight, and as the
beams fall upon her silver hair, they
light 1t up with radiant glory. Her
hands are clasped upon her lap, her
face is placid and kindly, her manners
gentle and serene. Nostormy passions
agitate her heart, no words OF rancor
fall from her lips, no unholy ambition
sways her life. She dwells in the
courts of peace and the heaven to which
the angels are waiting to welcome her
has thrown around her even here, an
atmosphere both OF beauty and OF love.
She has in her long journey through
life, gathered up many beautiful bios
SONS to weave IN her chaplet, One by
one the roses have faded, and few are
now left in her garland Of life. He to
whom she gave her heart and hand in
the sunny days of her girlhood fell long
ago by the wayside,
"wearied with the march Of life"
She shared his prosperity and his ad-
versity, and either way she was salts
fed, because in the sunlight and the
shadow she knew he was near She
looks back now, far, far down into the
dark cave of time, and she sees no
gloomy shadow cast by her upon the
love which was her joy aud herstrength.
She cannot recall one unkind word she
uttered, or remember frown that she
ever wore. Glad is the old mother to
think of this, and to know that what
ever sorrow came TO the husbands
heart none ever came through her.
Thechildren, too, have dropped away
from her side only u few remain TO
comfort and to cheer her Death, the
reaper, has moved down some of the
brightest blossoms in her living wreath,
and the young, the strong, and the brave
have preceded her to the "silent land"
Well, this was Gods will, and it must
be hers SO she bows her head in res
ignation. Absence has carried others
far away oceans roll between and
mountains intervene, and the places
that knew them in the home know
them no more. Thus il is that one by
one, they have dropped off leaving the
household wreath almost bare.
She utters no complaint, the old
mother; she knows that these things
como not by chance, but are decreed
by One who "doeth all things well.'
She knows that they who have length
of days must have many sorrows and
see countless changes. She does not
cloud the present by regrets Tor the
past she accepts whatever sunshine is
vonchsafcd her, and sends not her
heart out yearningly after what has
left her path.
She Is cheerful, serene, and content.
cd, and her heart gIows with love and
mells with pity towards all humanity.
She is as full Of sympathy as n rose is
full of perfume her words arc rcpleto
with the wisdom gathered IRON the
experience and observation OF many
years, and in learning humanity her
knowledge has taught her pity and
charity. not harshness and condemna.
ton. For her children there burns be-
tore the shrine of her heart perpetual
lamp of love which never loses one
drop of oil. Brighter and purer grows
the fame, lighting up the darkest nook
of home. No cold winds from the
shores Of Indifference can make the
fame even flicker; absence cannot dim
the glory crime itself has no power
IN Ieaaen tho nndvinp livht of the old
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THE ENDLESS PROCESSION.
ny FRANK ! O,rAnsoS.

Down the vista of the ages.
Saints and SINNERS, fools and sagcs
Marching onward, slow aud sOl,mn,
Go. IL never ending column;
Here the honest, here the knave;
with rhythmic step sublime.
To the grave,
Like The rolling Of a river,
Going on aud on for ever,
Never refting. never staying,
Never for an Instant str aying,
Peer aud peasant, lord aud slave,
Equals soon to mix and mingle
10 the gave.
Duty cannot, nor can pleasure,
For a moment break the measure;
They are marching on TO doom,
They are moving to the tomb,
All the coward. all the brave,
Sopn to level all distinction
In the grave,
Since tho morning Of creation,
Without break or termination,
LvtT on the iinc is moving,
All tho loved and all the loving,
All that mothers ever gave
On TO silence aud to slumber
In the grave.
Here no bribe the bond caa weaken,
Here no substitute Is taken;
Zach ono for hmseli--no other,
Son nor fathers no, nor brother;
Al.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20

The latest novelty is barometer
handkerchief" The design printed on
IL represents man with an umbrella
In fine weather the umbrella Is blue,
in changeablc weather gray and in
rainy weather white. The secret lies
in printing this design in chloride Of
cobalt but the first washing removes
this sensitive chemical, and destroys
the barometric properties.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20

A brainless young noodle stopped a
grutf old merchant on the street, and
said ~ have thought "Have
you r said the merchant, an go
right of and hunt up a reporter and
tell him about the accident" And as
the old man started of, the young fcl-
low was 40 amazed that he couldn't
think OF what ho thought.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20

A correspondent tells us that the
teachers Of this district met at Kyler-
town, on Saturday, November %. Mr..
S. d. Bailey was elected President, and
Miss Ella Fulton Secretary. The teach
ers present were Ella Ardery, Ella
Fulton, S d, Bailey, Clarence Forcey
and G. W. Emigh. A programme was
taken up and the subjects thereon vol.
unfairly discussed Before adjourning,
officers for next meeting were elected,
and a programme of exercises adopt
cd. The II Teeling was held at Kyler-
town, on November 10th. At this
writing no reports of the proceedings
have been received.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20

ward chambers contain the remains OF
Lincoln's two sons who died IN youth (;
those TO the east are reserved for Mrs.
Lincoln and her son Robert.
On the night of November 6, 1876,
gang Of burglars broke into the Cata-
comb, and were at work smashing the
sarcophagus, with view TO carry
away the corpse and holding it to ran
som, when the officers, already appris.
cd of their design, came upon them and
made them prisoners.
The monument over Andrew John
sons grave was unveiled lately. 1t
stands on the summit of a lofty, cone
shaped eminencc half a mile southwest
of the town Of Greenville, Tenn, on q
spot selected by himself, from whence
the eye can see every roof Of the little
town that nestles under its waving
green trees and look far across one OF
the tairest views in Upper Fast Ten
ncssee TO the Ciinch Mountain or Smoky
Mountain. The monument is of marble
upon base Of granite % feet by feet.
From piers on each side OF the graves
whore lie side by side the President
and his wife, who survived him less
than SIX months, springs granite arch
Of thirteen stones, beneath which the
graves covered with white pebbles,
may be seen, and upon which rests the
monument proper. On the plinth, OF
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EDUCATIONAL.
INSTITUTE MEETISG-EIouTH DISTRICT,

tAOmmuulcateQsl
The teachers of Lawrence and Law
renee Independent districts met al
Centre school. house, on Saturday, No.
vembcr 9th, and organized by electing
A. r. Read President, and W. G. Pentz
Secretary, After some preliminary
deliberations il was agreed to hold the
next meeting at Centre school house,
on Saturday, November Both, com
mencing al II o'clock The Execu-
tive Committee reported the following
programme for an afternoon and eve
ming session, which was adopted.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Address Of welcome, W. c. Pentz
geography of man. ]. f. Spackman
methods Of teaching history. W. r.
Tate penmanship, and how to teach
it, W. S. Port; primary and ad-
vanced reading, ID. N. Greer; how "a
teach written arithmetic, W. X Nc
ClOskey methods Of teaching compo
siuon, A. r. Read methods of teach
ing grammar, Jane Shaw; alphabet
different methods, W. T. Spackman,
TUE NIGHT SESSION
will consist of addresses, discussions,
readings and essays. The opening ad-
dress will be delivered by Leander
Dcnning, director Of the district. Es-
says will be read by Misses Annie Read
and Sadie r. Mccoy. Select orations
will be delivered by Woods r. Nc.
Closlsy and d. S. Lansberry. An orig.
inal oration by Mr.. A. Ross Read. Sc
lect reading by W. T, Spackman. A
suitable question Tor debate has been
chosen, and will be discussed on the
affirmative by W. G. Pentz and Lean
der Denning, and on the negative by
W. S. Port and A. r. Read. An insti
tute paper will be edited and read by
W. G. Pentz. The scholars OF CentrC
school will have the room suitable dec
Grated, and the people Of the district
will give the teachers and all who may
attend, hearty welcome,
W. C. PESTz, Sec'y.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20

eThc region" said q writer dcscrib-
ing tho home OF James Madison, Mont.
pcIicr, four miles from Orange, Va,
lis one whore nature has shed In great
beauty tho soiicst picteresque Of, bill
and dale, forest md RladcP diAdmit-
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and with the remainder eked out with
something from the contingent fund.
Governor Henry A. Wise built the
Monroe monument of his own motion
and without any authority.
John Tyler sleeps alone in the cx.
treme southeastern corner of his sec.
ton, which is neither inclosed nor
curhed. Mrs. Tyler, in speaking of
her husbands grave, always declares
that she expects the commonwealth to
erect there monument worthy of it
and him, Maury's grave, alike un.
marked, is in an adjoining section
north south is the section Of General
Joseph r. Anderson Close by, in the
circle, are the tombs Of Monroe, of
William Allen, ono Of Jefferson Davis
bondsmen; of DR.. Lawrence Roane
Warren, tho eminent physician and
philanthropist; of James NJ. Mason.
the Confederate Rpvoy; Of John NJ.
Daniel, Of the Enquirer Of Mrs. Elvi-
ra A. Bruce Miss CabelD, whose first
husband was Patrick Henry, Jr., and
of Little joe" Jefferson Davis son,
killed in Richmond during the war by
a fall. Not far away sleep $4,000
Confederate soldiers, ronnd tall pyr'
,.mida monument Of rough granite
blocks, among them j. Il. B. Stuart,
Pickett, of Gettysburg fame, and, A.
p. Hill, and there, too, are the ashes
OF Henry A. Wise and oiThos. kltchie,
OF the Enquirer "the rather oil the
Democracy
James hnoX FOLK retlreu from lhe
Presidency March 4, 1913 ne rehcned
his home IN nashville early IN May,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20

A happy mother Of male twins on.
Enthusiastically refers 70 her treasures MS
her "sweet boy and boy
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20

One of the pleasing features Of the
schools of Bradford township, is the
handsomely decorated schoolrooms
With but two exceptions we found the
rooms furnished with wrca,hs, notices,
and attractive pictures, all the work
Of the teacher in charge.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20

Lincoln, born in log hut, is buried
under towering pile of marble gran
ito and bronze. Oak Ridge Cemetery,
mile and half north Of Springfield,
ILL.,, contains ninety seven acres Of high,
broken land clad with a luxuriant turf
and thickly dotted with trees.
The building the monument was be-
gun by Mr.. LIncOln's most intimate
friends of Springfield among them the
venerable John T, Stuart, his legal pre-
ceptor, aiterward his partner, and to
the associations funds came contribu-
tions from every part Of the United
States From the centre rises the shalt,
II feet square at the base and 8 at the
top, SO feet inches from the ground,
with winding staircase within.
Shields Of polished granite, bearing the
names of tho States and liuked by two
bands OF like material, cncircle the
square three feet below its edge. On
the pcdestal-, at tho corners, are hero
ic groups in bronze, representing the
naval and three branches of the militia.
ry service. Seven feet above them, on
the southern side OF the shalt, on O
pedestal whcreon the national coat-of
arms is carved, stands the statue Of
Lincoln. In the block below tho cs-
cutcheon is the inscription in letters ol
polished granite
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20
EDUCATIONAL BRIEFS.

On page 1879, of Caldwel's new
County Atlas, ia picture Of the first
schooIhousein the county, built in 1908
on ground now occupied by McCluro'r
graveyard, in Pike township, Hugh
Hall, teacher. Then on page l96 Is
picture of the Leonard Graded
School building, in Clearfeld, built in
1874. The march Of progress is clear.
~ seen in the contrast
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20

win directors, at their next meet.
ing, arrange to send delegate to the
Directors Convention on Tuesday Of
institute week, A programme for that
day has been printed in connection
with teachers programme. 1t Is hop.
ed that every Board in the county will
arrange TO send one member, at least,
to represent them in the affairs OF that
day
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20

"Choosc some unirequented vale in
the cpark, whore is no sound TO break
the stiffness but brook that bubhlng
winds among the woods no mark OF
human shape that has been tbcre, un-
less the skeleton of some poor wretch
who sought that place out to despair
and dis in. Let Il be among ancient
and venerable oaks intorspersed with
gloomy evergreens. Appropriate one.
half to the use OF my family the other
TO strangers, servants, &c. Let the
exit look upon small and distant part
of the blue mountains"
Thus wrote Jefferson on the ny.leaf
Of an old book Of accounts for l741.
His grave Is in thick growth OF
woods, few hundred yards TO the
right OF the embowercd road leading
from Charlottesville, Va, up TO Month
cello. The spot is US lonesome as soil.
tary could desire; tho "ancient and
venerable oaks are there, and soIta-
ry "evergrecn," whose murmur alone,
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20

A granite stone and few hickory
poles whereon on festival occasions
when her great son ruled the United
States the sleepy village of Kinder
hook, in Columbia county. would hang
out rejoicing hags-thesc are all that
recall to resident or stranger Martin
Van Buren,,
The Presidents grave is in tho CEN
tro Of the plot; above II rises plain
granite shalt, fifteen feet high, with
out u particle of carving or ornamen-
tation About halt way up, upon one
iace Is the following inscription in large
black letters:
MARrIg VAS BusES,
With President Of the United statos,
Born December 5, 1852.
Died July "a, 1862.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20

The teachers of Lancaster county,
Pa, held their annual institute last
week. 1t is reported as a very sue.
cesslul meeting, there being over 400
teachers present.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20

A Pittsburg school teacher had just
taught her scholars to say either aud
"nitbcr," and "fcnancc," when she died.
No ono can tell when their life'a work
will be cut short.
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GRl YES or TnE fRESLDENTS

Congress having granted an appro.
priation for the erection OF monu-
ment over the tomb of Jefferson, and q
similar appropriation being sought for
that Of Taylor, it occurred to the New
York Ij'orU 10 prepare and publish an
article descriptive Of the places where
the seventeen deceased Presidents of
the United States repose and very
! interesting account it is.
The grave of the first and greatest
of the Presidents is that which needs
the briofest description, so familiar is
every American with the scene aud
story Of Mount Vernon. The vault,
which was built in obedience to the
provisions OF Wasbington's will, is a
roomy brick vault, with an arched
root, very simple in design and con.
struc,ion, and so substantial as to
promise to endure for another century
Through an iron gate tho two sarcop.
hagi are seen on u marble tablet in its
arch is the inscription;
Within this Enclosure rests the Remains Of
GtSgnAL GEoeoE wAsurScroS.
The cofIins, which lie in the open
veslbulc Of the vault proper, are OF
Pennsylvania marble; that of Wash
ington bears an American shield, the
other but two words-"Martha Wash.
ington.' a few feet behind them Is
the vault door, bearing the inscription;
81 am the resurrection aud the life he
that belevcth in me, though he were
dead, yet shall be live" A
Two Presidents, father and son,
sleep side by side beneath the Unitari.
an Church Of Quincy, Mass. On its
site the parade ground in the centre
OF the town, near the old Adams home
stead, wooden church was built in
1874, where John Adams worshipped
regularly. At his death, in 1926, his
son, then President, obtained from the
Supervisors Of the new church then in
contemplation deed to "a portion Of
the soil in the cellar situated under
the porch, and containing fourteen feet
in length md tonr,een t,,,t in breadth }"
,';,S E,ns,,, 20 aa,v ,ah,,,s and nh;tn
or, insc,iy,ions ,o the walls of The
cGhyrcb G When ,be new church was
oor"nla,ed ~ 1909 a,ld Inn Adam,
hody wss rsmovsd IN i,s crvnt from
,he Z. nile vanl, in tSe cemnydrv ins,
ACROSS y ,5e street 'TId,bsr aka was
,a,cn his sa,,'s hode = low months ac
,er his dso,b IN isIa Their wives
ros, asi,h ,hem "
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The ashes of William Henry Harri-
son, the great Wing chieftain and hero
Of tho frontier war, the occupant for
only month of the chair to which he
was elevated in fantastic and pictur.
esque campaign that will never be for.
gotten, rcpose, with those of his wife
and children, in a plain brick vault on
the summit Of hilock at North Bend,
Ohio, a small cluster of houses on the
indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette
Railroad, fifteen miles west OF Cincin-
natl. A fiat stone at the height OF
about two and half feet from the
ground roofs the brick work of the
vault; q recent item announced that
the young men OF the vicinity found it
II handy card table for Sunday amusc.
ment in mild weather, and that IL was
iavorito seat OF lovers o evenings,
A thick underground covers the hill
lock, and few small evergreens clus-
ter near the tomb. 1t does not bear u
letter of inscription. But ashort time
ago it was put in order by Harrison's
son, John Scott Harrison, who himself
died and was unearthed to serve us a
sub ect in Cincinnati dissccting-room.
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just ten yards east of Monroo's bird.
cage grave, in lair Hollywood Gene.
terry, Richmond, Virginia, is turled
mound. N
Not stono is there to tell that be.
meath lics the body of John Tyler.
The cx-presdcni, then a member of
the Confederate House, died at tho
Ballard House, in Richmond, at mid.
night, Of Friday, January IL, 1862.
The State Assembly, then also in ses'
sion, adopted resolutions Of "sorrow
for the death of great and good
man" and instructed the Governor TO
"causc suitable monument TO be
erected to his memory" Like trib.
utes were paid TO the Confederate
Congress, and on the 2lst q remarka.
bic procession, including the President
and Cabinet, the Governor, State Off
GERS and both Houses Of the General
Assembly, the Mayor, city officials and
Common Council, the military corps,
civic societies, and ci,izens generally,
bore Tylers remains TO Hollywood.
Bishop Johns conducted the services /;
Toombs and Beverly Douglass were
among the pail bearers. The grave was
filled In, and John Tyler was--iorgot-
ten. f f
Curously enough, though the Leg.
islaturc directed that the body should
bo laid near that Of Monroe, it was not
laid in the section belonging 10 the
State, but in an exterior segment Of
the Presidential Circle, purchased by
Mra. Tyler. Curiously enough though
the resolution above quoted is still up.
on the States records, neither Gov
crnor Letcher nor any Of bis success.
ors ever thought of carrying il out
And curiously enough, while Tyler, "a
whom the State dccrecd q monument
sleeps In bis own grave at the foot Of a
magnolia tree, Monroe rests under 0
memorial which tho State paid for
though II never ordered IL. The Log
Islaturo appropriated "s2 900, or &C
much OF II as might bc necessary" iol
the removal OF Monroes romans from
New York 70 Richmond. Only small
portion Of the money was expended
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tance is gained by small and plain
iron gate on the east side, with plate
inscribed, Madison, 1920" Four
graves are within the enclosure. Over
one OF them, u well.defned and neatly
turled mound, rises to height of
twenty feet from pedestal Of four
pieces, slender and graceful obellsk,
bearing in large, plain, sunsen letters
near the base, this inscription;
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-11-20

E,even miles from Nashville, on the
pretty Lebanon pike, from which a
broad carriage drive between tall
spreading cedars conducts, is the Her
mltage, II two storled house Of brick
with porticos supported by Corinthian
pillars.
In a corner of the garden, eighty
yards from tho dwelling, lie the great
President and his wife, under II mas
sivc monument Of Tennessee lime.
stone.
In the centre OF the platform is a
pyramid resting on square on the
LETT is u stone just over the body OF the
President, with this inscription:
GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON,
Born March lj 1867.
Died June s, lsi5,
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FRANkLis PmncE,
Born November q. 1901,
Died October :, 1869.

Buchanan died at Whcatland, on the
LIST OF June, 1868, His grave is in
Woodward Hill Cemetery, on a bluff
in the southeastern part of the city,
around which creops the beautiful Con.
cstoga
On the end of the die, facing the
main avenue is the word buchanan =
on the side iacing the chapel is the iol-
lowing inscription
Here rests the remains Of
jaws BrcnASAS
Fiftee nth Prcsiden, Of the Unltel States.
Dom ia Franklin coauly, Pa, April %, 1871
Died a, Washington June l, 1868.
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Zachary Taylor's body now occupies
its third grave and soon will tind fin.
al resting-placc in II fourth. II was
irst placed in the cemetery at Wash
ington, and thence removed to the Tay.
lor homestead, five miles back Of Lou
isvillc, KY, whence few months ago
II was taken to Cave Hill Cemetery,
at Louisville. The old family burial
ground had in years OF neglect gone to
complete ruin, the rotten palings had
crumbled away or been laid PROSTATE
by storms or breachy cattle, and weeds
aud rank grass were matted over the
sunken mounds, when Taylor's ncph-
ew, Richard Taylor, removed the bones
OF his distinguished relative TO Cave
Hill, where their present resting-place
is indicated by plain slab OF white mar
Bile In the course OF time they will
be taken to the Frankfort, where over
them the State will cast an appropriate
monument.