The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-03-30
Sergeant uasen,s Treatments.


A Washington correspondent draws . strik-
ing contrast Of the crimes and treatment Of
Guiteau and Sergeant Mason. He says: The
harshness Of Sergeant Mason's punishment
seems to daily excite comment. There is
much discussion Of the fact that the punish-
ment meted out to him is in two features more
severe than could have been inflicted upon
Guiteau had General Garieldf finally reoo7oreds
lessly crippled for life. In case Of recovery
Guiteau could have only been tried for assault
with intent to kill, which is the same charge
upon which Mason was tried, and the extent
of Guiteau's sentence would have been
imprisonment for eight years. Mason, in
addition to this, was fined to the extent
Of the forfeiture Of all pay due, and
was dismissed from his position in the army.
The point made by Mrs. Mason, in q late letter,
in comparing Mason's imprisonment in most
uncomfortable cell for several months, where
he was entirely excluded from visitors, and the
treatment received by Guiteau, who had one
cell for bedroom and another for reception
room, where he has been allowed to receive
many hundred visitors, has attracted much at
tention and excited very general sympathy"
Death OF Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, probably the
most distinguished Of all American poets, died
at his home, in Cambridge, Mass, March "a, at
3:15 p. m, at the advanced age of seventy-fve
years. He had been ailing for several days, but
the immediate cause Of his death was peritoni-
ties. Mr.. Longfellow was born in Portland,
Maine, February a., 1907, and when only
air al fad 81 doiu
College. While yet student he wrote some
poems which betrayed the genius Of the future
great man. Among them are "Hymn Of the
Morayian Nuns" ''Woods in Winter" and
''Sunrise on the BILLS. They were fugitiyepoem
then, but they soon attracted attention to then
author, SO that only year afterward gradua,
ton, and while yet beardless boy, he accepted
3 Professorship of Modern Languages and
| Literature in the College from which he hat
| graduated. He availed himself of the privilege
| granted by the College Of foreign study, how
ever, and from 1926 to 1929 studied successivel!
in France, Spain, Italy and Germany. In 1s3,
| he succeeded George Ticknor as Professor O
Modern Languages and Belles-LettIes il
Harvard University, which position he hels
for seventeen years. 1t was during th,
| period that "The Spanish Studentn ant
| "EVangel1ne" were written. HIS "Song
Hiawatha" and "Courtship of Miles Stand
ish" appeared respectively in 1855 and 1858
The "New England Tragedies" appeared il
1868, and the "Divine Tragedy" in 1872. Hi
translation Of Dantes Diuind Conmedid rank
as almost classic Bis mental strength neye
seemed to w1nc, his Inst efforts bein
equal to those made at an age when mos
men are believed to have reached thei
| prime. That whatever he wrote wa
sought after and greedily devoured is al
tested by the fact that, Of all America
writer's, Mr.. Longfellow commanded tn
highest price for his compositions. Interes
in his poetry never tagged. As man, non
were ever more genial. At his antique home
Cambridge doubly dear to Americans in that
had once been occupied by Washington, he re
ceived everybody with . cordial welcome
Guests never left the stately old mansion witt
out breathing blessing upon the white-haire
old man who had ceased from his labor Ion
enough to entertain them. The "footprints O
the sands of time" left by Longfellow will nc
soon be washed away.