Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-11-11
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hFA DEDIc-lToRY FRAZER.
Rev. DR.. A. Mayer, Rabbi OF the He
brew congregation OF this city, then OIL
Tered the following dedicatory prayer:
"A good name is better than precious
oil lie who gains il his memory will
never be etiaced, for good name lasts
beyond the grave" This much can be
said oil our much esteemed fellow-citi-
zen, James W. Paxton, Esq, who has
generously donated this beautiful foun-
tain to our city, which We are going TO
inauglrate to-day.
By this magnificent gilt the esteemed
! donor has created for himself an envia-
bic monument-onc that will justly
cause him 10 be held in grateful remem-
brance by the citizens Of Wheeling, all
of whom, doubt not, would be glad 10
express their sense Of obligation To Mr..
Paxton for his thOughtfulness on their
behalf. We hope that the Lord. our
common father, will bless him and take
out OF his hand the cup Of bitterness
whereof he has been compelled to drink.
| May it be that no more in his lifetime
shall he be afflicted in his household.
This gift, We feel confident, will
prompt other noble minded men to fol-
low Mr.. Paxton's example. We pray
that it may appeal 10 the generous APP
peal to the generous impulse OF many
OF them, causing them TO put forth well
filled hand i'll support OF some deserving
charity in our midst.
As we now dedicate this work OF art
| ~ an ornament 10 the city-aS an eduCa-
tor OF the eyes and the souls ofour popu-
latiOn-let us invoke the Almighty that
water may flow ont OF this fountain for
generations to come, to revive the
fatigued and resusCitate the weary, and
thus teach men to seek the water that
flows from the fountain OF eternal saliva
ton
After the prayer, kramer's band rem
dered more music.
Mayor Sweeney then pronounced the
formal dedication in words as follows,
the water being turned on the fountain
at the same time by VIM. Hare:
do now, by order and authority ii
the Council OF the City OF Wheeling, de-
clare that this fountain shall be known
aS the Paxton Fountain" and that it
is formally acceptcdby the said city, and
dedicated forever 10 the Use and pleas
ure OF the inhabitants thereof.
The materials of which this work is
constructed are Indicative of durability;
its artistic design is suggestive ofbeauty,
and its flowing waters are typical Of
purity. Mayitlong remain rs an inspit-
alton OF strength, beauty and purity TO
all those Tor whose benetititiS now dedi-
Gated.
POET LEGATIONS ODE.
Following the Mayor, camethe reading
in mastery way OF the ode, by VIM.
Leighton, Jr, which was written by
that gentleman for the occasion.
In mad career
Are dancing here
The spirits Of the water;
Quaint shapes appear 10 laugh and jeer
As down the bright droI patter.
In hollow way
Beneath the clay,
Their tinkling feet have run,
To greet the day with frOlic play,
UPeaping 10 the sun.
These elves have feel
OhiO'> bed
To grace our jubilee,
To gayly "Trip with fairy tread
And caper airly.
Do they not cry,
As forth they hy:
Thanks to the one who gave
This cleaning stairway 10 the sky,
And winged the shining wave"
Here cunning Art
Hath done her part,
Obedicnt 10 the WILL
And generous thought of his large heart,
Who gave Ia us her skill.
And brautys queen,
Herself, i >ecn-
Greek Venus, the divine,
Half-hid by screen of falling sheen,
\ Veil Of crystalline.
- pure and white
The waters bright
In crystal streams OutpOur,
Their ,pnrkIc, write, in words oi light,
This legend cvcrmOrc:
VINO stops 10 drink
Upon the brink
OF DER overlooking brm,
Need never think his lip should shrink
From what We pour for him
'.
No poison foul
l. in our bowl
To madden heart and brain.
No wicked hnnc Ia Kill III" SOUL
And ill eACh sense with pain.
Fly from the charms,
Ana balclni harms
Found mnidcnng cups that cling,
To soothing Gains and healing balms
That our pure waters bring,
Ii we may count
This noble FUunt
such lesson unto all,
Long may its sparkling waters mount
Till FOlly's weakest thnll,
Clr,lnSed OF the stain
OF sin and pain.
Shall bless his h0nOrcd name
Whose thli>nHn hath burst hi> chain.
Redeemed lille from shame,
Following the rcadingo of the ode, came
Hon. j. Hanson Good who, in an elo-
qucnt and impressive manner, delivered
the following
ADDRESS:
Mr.. PRESIDENT, LADIES AND GENTLE
MEN-The presence OF many people here
to-day bears witness to their ap; rccia-
ton Of the gift that has been rendered 10
our city, This day, this occasion, with
its ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, is one long
TO be remembered, and the man or wO-
man who now secs it, or the child who
wonders in its bewilderment a. it gazes
upon the scene, will recur to it in future
wears as one of the pleasing episodes OF
an earlier life, when both old and young,
rich and poor, came forth in unison OF
purpose to do honor to the man who had
honored them.
The good deed OF the public bcnefac-
tor dies not with the body OF its dOer.
There is a sentiment born of the act that
lives and passes from decrepid man to
buoyant youth, and old man to youth
again, from memory to memory, long
down the corridors of time. So with the
gift that is crowned appropriately to-
dav. When the eyes that now see it,
the tongues that now speak OF it, and
all who are here to applaud and appre-
ciate it. are alike in the forgotten past
consigned, there will still survive an eye
to see. an ear to hear, and as many more
to reproduce the unforgotten act that
NAV teach the future by a past
example. \ public ornament is pub
-. I 4. /.