Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-06

formed for the general purpose of helping .tc
MAINTAIN the peace and dignity of Missouri; Or
J.F +. Hassell, A. G.. Williams and Robert Hale
being his lieutenants. He made a finely drilled
company of it; and when 1t broke up, and its
members went into the war, some OF them CO
pouscd the cause OF the south, and a smaller
number took the other side, they found the in
structisns OF their captain OF value 10 them
The war found him " it'll the widely-extended
BUSINESS OF others and of his own on his hands,
and he thought he could not fairly leave it. His
vile was then living, and some OF his children
small, and to them he felt that he owed his first
thought and rcare. No doubt in drilling and
dlsclplining the Missourians. he could have fill
ed a place that never was exactly filled. When
General Price retrsated from Boonville, he was
SICK on q steamboat lying at the levee, and Capt.
Wilson took him to his house. and had him COM
fortably cared for. Price thought highly of
his military judgment. He invented a cannon
for use inside of entertainments, to perfectly
shelter the sriillerfsts. but would never patent
it, saying he doubted the morality of increasing
the means of destroying human life. Part OF
the idea was aiterwsrd used by o British officer.
His last illness was unexpected, and was oc-
casioned by walking out about shutdown, with
out his overcoat. The day had been warm. and
he incautiously left 1t of. after having worn it
all day. He was always d spare man and many
thought hun delicate, yet he was muscular. and
capable Of great endurance, being unusually
expert in the use of all arms. skillfhl in athletic
exercises, and never having injured himself by
any form of vice.
His family and friends hoped that he would
gradually retire from business. take tho wo rid
easy. and live to q green old age. But he had.
in fla two vQara md a hoIr tI,ot q.
since the death oil his devoted wife. very percep-
tibly broken. The words by which he generally
spoke of her. were the very last he spoke. They
had many times prayed that they might not be
taken at a great interval from each other.
From the age of 2s he was an adherent Of the
christian religion. 1t was with him not some
thing external. but a part of himself. Some
years ago, losing the sight OF one eye. he got a
bible of very large print. and here and there
in 1t are underscOred words and sentences, that
show the high ideals of his life. He was long an
elder in The Presbyterian church here, but later
returned to the Episcopal church, in which his
mother brought him up.
He said that one Of the events OF his life that
most impressed him was when ON unstrapping
his little trunk for the first time 1t West Point.
the first thing that caught his eye was his
mothers small bat wsll-worn bible, put there
for him. She was a woman of strong character
istics. and her son much resembled her, and
was deeply attached to her, his father having
early.
In his last illness he was sick three days be-
before it was known what allied him. and as he
was averse to anything like efeminacy or cod
filing it was hard to approach him about such
things. Finding out he had pneumonia he said,
''That is such a terrible disease, ''but was brave
throughout. AT first 1t was complicated with
%pleurisy. and he suffered intensely, but when
the decline came it was sudden; though never
as gently and peacefully did a zeph yr float by as
his life was breatbed away.
Come then, pure hands, and bear the head
That sleeps or wears the mask of sleep,
And come, whatever loves to weep,
And hear the ritual OF the dead.
All yet. ev'n yet, ii this might be,
/. falling on his faithful heart,
Would breathing through his lips impart
The life that almost dies In me.
That dies not, but endures with pain,
And slowly forms the frmer mind,
TreasurIng the look it cannot dnd,
The words that are not heard again. W..