The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-03-05

and generosity oil your social habits, II
ia painful because 1t Is precedent to the
severance Of those warm social ties which
were formed upon your advent among
US, and have grown stronger and harder
to break with each succeeding day, On
behalf Of these Cihzeas | present you
with this set OF silver, 1t Is presented as
q token not merely Of regard and respect,
but friendship,
Bolingbroke oncesald, "a long nOyi-
tate Of acquaintance should preCede the
vows OF friendship" Be assured, sir,
that our acquaintance with you has been
such that we have NO fears in making q
public protestation OF these VOWS.
"Friendship," said Lord Clarendon,
"hath the skill and observation OF the best
physician; the diligence and vigilance Of
the best nurses, and the tenderness and
patience OF the best mother" Our ieel'
ings towards you partake OF all these
qualities. Friends will match all your lie
and acts with discerning skill and obser'
walton; with untiring vigilance and dill
gence; and with Tenderness and patience
which is only surpassed In one other re-
lation OF life,
II was Cicero, l believe, who first made
an observation on friendship, which
has since become m adage, "Friendship
improves happiness and abates misery
by the doubling OF our Joy and the diVid'
ing Of our grief" What day NAV bring
forth no man knoweth, Into the secrets o.
the dim future we all shrink from peering
Whatever Of Joy may tall TO your lot In
the years to come will, we are sure, be
doubled, multiplied and intensified by the
reflection that 1t Is shared by hundreds o.
other hearts. And should the All wis
one in His insCrutable wisdom send t
you any SORROW or grief many willing
hearts will divide, mitigate and alleviate
It's pangs,
Please accept this gift in the spirit II
which II Ia offered, May your future be ~
bright and spotless as the polished surface
OF these pieces. We will long remember
your many acts OF kindness, friendship
and hospitality. What you have been Il
ua and done for US will never be forgotten
1.-THE monarch may forget the crown
That on his head an hour has been,
The bridegroom may Jorge! the bride
Twas made bis welded vile yestOreOn,
The mother may forget the child
That AmllOa sac HW0euy on her knee,
But I'll remember the GlencAiTn
And n that thou hat bs.n 10 me-"
Again permit us to say farewell, Oul
best wishes follow you wherever you may
60.
May peace, plenty and prosperity evel
inhabit your dwelling place.
Governor Mathews was deeply moved
by the proof OF the esteem and. regard o
the citizens and bis friends, and alter HI
had collected his thoughts he replied In
the following handsome manner:
GOV. MATHEWS REPLY.
SENATOR WooDs:-I can but express my
sincere thanks for this unexpected anC
most agreeable manifestation Of persona
regard.
The kind words which you have uset
in delivering to me this beautiful presen
although dolngm much more than jus
tiCe-have deeply moved me.
When came to Wheeling four year
ago, was stranger, personally, to almos
all OF her citizens. The constant kindness
and generous hospitality bestowed by thu
people OF this city, irrespective OF party
upon me and mine, have been not only
the compensation for the troubles anC
anxielieS Of official life, but are foremos
In my heart as the most precious OF III
memories. They have given me an abidlni
and permanent interest In all that con
Germs the prosperity OF this city and Thu
welfare Of her people.
And now IS my term oil office has closed
and the trusts with which have beer
honored are about to be assumed by my
successor and ! am about to find home
elsewhere, and there resume the duties o.
private citizen, l can, without beinI
misunderstood, speak "lrom the fulness o.
the heart"
During my residence here l have mol
been unobservant Of tho material and so
cjal interests Of this city. The ability and
energy with which her vast enterprises
are conducted, the sterling integrity and
Commendable esprit de corps OF her business
men, her public spirit and enlarged char
| lily, and the high standard OF propriety
Intelligence and refinement which char
aGterize her society are unsurpassed In
any city within the limits Of the Union:
Here, the thrift and industry Of the
North happily blending with the genor.
oslty aud hospitality Of the old Dominion
have resulted In society Conservatively
progressive, wealthy without ostentation
Intelligent without pedantry, hospitable
without prodlgality, quietly upright and
pure without being pharisaiCal or prndish.
No more desirable residence can be
found than In such city and amongst
such people. To my personal friends,
whose adoption / have 30 fully tried and
whom would "grapple to my soul with
locks oil steel, )" who from the beginning TO
the end, 'in sunshine and In storm"
have sustained me by their encourage.
ment and confidence 80 freely given,
have not words to express the emotions
which swell up at this moment. u
The handsome token, so beautiful in
itself, coming, not from political, but per-
sonal friends Of all political parties, Is be.
You'd all value TO me-to be associated
forever with The most pleasing incident Of
my life and regarded By my family 90 a
priceless herltsge. But ! iorbear, for
"The heart fuls most when the lips move
not. And the eye speaks q gentle good
bye" ~. Hf lH.a
The set ia OF six pieces and salyer.
Each piece contains the monogram IN, y
beautifully engraved. In the center Of
the salver Is the following inscription:
Presented 10
dovEREoR HENRY NJ. MATHEWS,
...-. March !, ISL. .ls.r, bly,.
The Governor Is Justly proud OF hil
present, and lesls very grateful for the
kind remembrance OF his friends.
..n THE BALL, .a.iR