The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-06-21

Wait awhile from busy strife.
What Is travail, what Is Life
Save so far a. men do we'll?
Halt We, till We break Thu spell
That hangs DER ~ g kpel;
Pause We, while Gods Morrow meets
Us face TO face and thus repeats
DUST TO DUST, AND ASH TO ASH.
Better far than great, we mourn;
Dearer far than chief is borne
To the grave our State would claim, IN
Long our pine-bound, lone CONAN. IN
There are those who win no fame, "a y
Modest, simple, sweet and true, IAN
All that God thinks just and due. l0AM
Tho DUST BE DUST AND ASHES ASH. Pm
noble troop from out the spheres,
:. Where, through the long snd weary ye-iye
Nor intrigue, scheme nor struggle rife
Can cloud the Nations onward HE
Is with rs now. All, whst Btrifel ,lvl
Yet what a long continuous light
Breaks from that far ancestral height. At
FROM DUST THAT'S DUST And ASH THAT'S AZ
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Within those veins so seddsa now,
Beneath that stelid face aud brow,
Once flowed the blood OF JEFFERSON
Once lived the loyal thought Of one
Who. has from princely ages won
A courtly, princely, glorious name;
WHILE DUST rs DUST AND Asa 10 ASH.
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And through those stray and ashen trcsseS,
There fingered once the fond earesses
or Washington and Martha fair
OF lafayette, the DKBoNArR-
or kinsman Randolph's jealous care;
While in that early noble court
A boy made joyous, gleefil sport
Or DUST THAT'S DUST AND AsHEs ASH
4Et ~ VI a7E4
To-day we pass him to his rest,
A well-spent life his truest crest.
In this he best ennobles those
From whom his gracious lineage flows
Christian freeman only knows
How manhood Is Its own reward,
And what the words mean o'er the sward-
DUsT TO DUST AND ASH TosAsH-n
While yet in life Mr.. Eppes selected hymn vhIeA
he wished sung at his funeral and he also selected
the spot where he desired tie mortal part tohe
buried. Under the large live oak. among theiof.
ange trees planted BY bis own hand, they laid hin
to rest.L Under the cooling shade where In His b
bad 90 frequently sought rest he:lieS protected b.
the same boughs thai protected him then Ths
record OF his life IL the most hitting monummt to
his memory.-O Orlando reporter. 49, r44fs
From q Communication of Mr. Charles W. Ward.
of Maitland, Fla, to Tas CAis rAsGn Of june Ish,
We take the following cxtacts:
"Mr. Eppes was born In 1901, In Virginia, shortly
after Mr. Jefferson as elected TO the Presiaeacy.
He spent part of his earliest boyhood with the
President during his second term in Washington,
and was one Of that distinguished household, wen
within his recollection, when Adams and Madison
were frequenters of the executive mansion Later,
and after Mr. Jefferson had retired upon Nh stAts
slant Companion N Of bis Srsnds sSsr Who cossassi
his education with minute and loving care. wheA
any one may understand who has read Nr. lsDtAae
Life OF Thomas Jefferson The relations between
khaH 49, ~ka-
ing. They belong to that age sunhspPily gone ey
when It was manly for men o bo Ike W0m@ y
their gentle and demonstrstiSe affection for ens
another. His mother had before him ABSORBED %
great statesman bis MANUSCRIPT letters to herrs
are All of.homdy , dealt i6r hfr guidance Ill1s
too. from out the midst Of the most momentons o.
that have ever crowded public man."
Mr. YederPon'a WARM and devoted interest y tse
hters saresr b ~ gF!ndso6 = 1ost bs.ae1.Ig
uD 70 the Ss1y tsresSoIa y s s.,: 3.
grandsires hove for the little boy never foune
reason to abate. In 1916 he writes him: Il ssn4
you Greek grammar, my der Francis, The oe.
knaWtss she uss q schools. But VIZ =,
yourself to be useful and distinguished member
Of your country, you must remember that thb ca
never be without uniting merl with your ieafsins-
6aonss :ss geo nature
of those With whom We i've And on whoee es.een
our happiness depends- New 70 safer tholGns g
be harbofed In your mind v AlcA you woula nos
avow openly. Above all thirEs, and ct al timess
practice yourself in good huEaor This, Of alI y.
man qualities, IL the most smiAble and endearingT
society," Later on, In 1922, he writes the nssls
boy now man, Ia The same ftrain Of intelieas1.
training though now The advice 10 graduated % W
brain. It is all about his studies In the field o.
DWELL educated persou lhohld be eniire4 ~
sAt hfth6 opefatiens Of tie HUNKS mind %
He 11r1c 81 netapAysics Aas been Owen. 1NfS
three books on this subject-Locke1s Essay Q. u
Human Understanding,' Tncl . Elements o y.
ology,' and Stewards 'Philos 3pky Of the be-
Mud Rut what . pleassnttr reading ~
which close letter TO his graudsdn not long -
the hritsrs dsaiA J: tina lAAnkfulnsss Jon -
hear; buf &c tender feeoiieciioss which SD g
affections to ron are such = viii forever ese :.
everything can do for you, a. Tie comfort @ ~
life e that you win deserve ft 10 my prayer, ~
your life may be distinguished By lie worn. -
TIE assurance Of my constant and aaectionate ~
Miss Randolph, his arst wife, va sIstsr q - !.
James H. Psndolph, The present Rupsrintndns =
the state Insane Asylum at ChAttahoocAes - =.
shore are two surviving sistefs now rtsdsns -.
JAG ksonvilIe- -Mrs. Lucy Beverly PHkhln ana =
Mary Page Randolph. The Win Of Mr. 10 ~ =
Craig, and her brother, Mr.. n. v. Kppes' %. y.
this county, are the only SURVIVING children o -
deceased In this county.