The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-13

The 0Tse decade Of tho present centu-
~ witnessed . wonderful outburst or
&enlus IN the old state 0f Iassochuse.tts.
reT nearly two CENTURIES that common.
Weenn ha0 been center Of intellectual
acuv!ty and the fruits Of its superior
!eItlnty and culture were suddenly man
l1ested In the birth Of an extraordinary
number Of gifted l,,en and women Who
were destined to make their mark upon
the age and shed .stre upon the fame
OF tnelr country. In the year 1900 RAN
croft. the chief historian Of the United
states, was born In Worcester. In 1902
Seorge Ripley. the founder Of the cele-
DRAFTED Brook Farm experiment and
atterward the literary editor Of The New
York 1ritss1e, began his career at
Greenfield. The following year was no
table for the birth Of Emerson 1T Bos-
ton. But little over . twelvem0nth
passed when Hawthorne was ushered
into life in the neighboring city Of S.
lem, and six months later-December,
l8p4-Garris n, the great philanihro-
Pist and emancipation, first saw the light
In Newl,uryp0Tt. In 1905 llaverhill
gave birth to Whittier, and in 1900 Cam
bridge numbered among the infant pop-
ulatiOn Oliver Wendell Holmes. The
closing year Of the decade was signal
lied by the birth Of Margaret Fuller at
Combridge, Theodore Parker at Lexing-
ton and w. H. Claiming at Boston.
Extending the period one year longer
and the illustriOus names Of Sumner
and Wendell Phillips are added to this
notable list, which for lack Of space
omits many gnperly entitled to admis-
sion. LOnXfell0w, whOse reputation is
as dear to Massachusetts, as any of her
iot HS..b~I k>snA &~r
Portland, Me-, i'm 1907, and removed to
Cambridge at the age Of u, while Al
colt, the teacher and philosopher, who
for years has been the friend and neigh
bOr of Emerson in the village Of Con-
cord, is u native Of Connecticut.
OF this brilliant company, whose tal-
ents and lab0rs have effect d 20 much
for the sdvanc> ment Of American liter
ature and scholarship, . considerable
number yet remain. BancrUft was, up
to = very late date studiously engaged
in finishing the vOlunin0us history he
began over fifty years ago. Aloott, the
oldest of the survivors, IL, at the age Of
81, at the head Of the .iourishing school
of philosophy which meets every sum-
nler ut Concord. Holmes continues In
the practice OF his profess on and Occu-
pies y medical chair in the university ut
Cambridge. The songs of Whittier
ring out now as swcetly as ever. The
fires Of Phillips's oratory have grown in
d. ed dim, yet occasionally he pens .
PHILIPPE which has all Of the old vjgor
and causticity.
For several years past the mental and
physical powers of Emmerson had teen
gradually waning. He who had + "
cred 50 high among his literary peers In
America has eenlel to have less capac-
ity to withstand the decay Of aye than
his hale living c'.temporariss above r.,
ferred to. Whether it IL that be had
tasked his intellect more severely and
neglected to preserve y saving balance
in the activity Of the bOdy and mind. It
has been noted that his memory and
faculty for concentration had for some
time failed him. 1t Is painful to see the
great struck down by death, but 1t Is
more painful to see them overcome by
infirmities; surviving their might, their
individuality and their very selfhood.
Ifany instance the mind could retain
its kindly rule through all the physical
| waste and decline Of multiplying years,
, II might have been hoped In the case OF
Emmerson. He lived - exclusively In
the domain of t',ollght, the spiritual III
| him 50 dominated the material, that II
might be supposed the flesh would tade
away and tie vital spark giveout before
the soul should show weakness IN any
mart. "He IL purely intellectual emit
! tv. !" remarked Hawthorne ~ emerson
. narted from him after IN interview -
the :'Old Ma Sc" when hoth were III
! the prime Of early manhood. ae u
Rremer. in narrating her impressions OF
him while his guest ut Concord. HE
c.res Tor nothing but the mind-al! else
is of NO account" )" was the inward con-
cl,,sion of many q one who found III
rersonal contact with him that It was
the intellectual being almost sOlely tnat
reused his interest. ,
And vet Emerson WAS q gTu..ei
nn,leet and kind ~ he was original ana
profound, and by those who have known
Kim In Any degree he has been equally
rever.d And beloved. The impression
vvhich l,e has produced upon the itefa.
tmre of the age Is only secOnd To that e1-
fa.te ed bv Carlyle. More than any man J,
IN America he has stimulated and
.oomieied ~ thought. He has not been
rackonei \ religious teacher, but ne mas
,ncnl.nte.l in ali his writings the n'&n.
s.t aOrality-and the nloIalities are
::the yeytibxle Of religion" re nas
Qiven the example OF sPotIs ~ 80 ie.;a..
onyaryi1g g aexotIGS ,"s;%St % Of tn; the senio:
anal the seer, and in his analys1s =. suo ~.
enerm'ost eS,e a impulses aud qualities: Who: VIE
ever learned IT him. learned TO venet:t< .et :"
truth above all things, to be reverent .,' - =
ward everything good and grea', he,. ~ :.
honest and earnest, anu F"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
a,,> Wa But Q Chicago Girl.
TT. h.rnened to press the foot Of
young lady VINO o,'t w.s ~ s' street car. Th,
door, ~ eec.nnrs,,sine ee.e,"s aim her brows in ~
sxe-inspiring frown, sjac',ats": n.s" voui; II;
Sa"e1i S.ve ioeked foolish and .poloeised: .o. ."
onr hero va. sac;:li ;..ix" tS he ses Exclaimed