The Republican journal., 1883-05-17
One Man Among Thousand.
By SARAH G. PERRY.

One Man Among a Thousand.
BY SARAH c. PERRY.
have been irving to copy a study of apricot
blossoms, and am baficd by the abandon and
the dash with which my teacher has thrown the
tender bloom upon the dark tinted paper. A
genuine lmprcsSion>t. she has caught the trick
of nature herself, while | painfully pick out
each rounded petal and count every ,tamen.
All at once am reminded of Il story which |
heard few days ago, and, failing with the ap-
ricot> Will try to draw this other picture-of
a man, also painter, also Il teacher. also Il
preacher. Ills funeral sermon has been preach
ed and his life has been Written-in Sprague' ;
Annals of Clergymen-and his memory dwells
With generation now old. yet his picture came
flesh to me from his daughters lips. do not
undertake to write biography, but, after the
manner of the impreSsiOniStS, to give some as
poets of character unique and pronounced by
Dr. Pond to be ''the most remarkable man he
ever knew or ever heard off,
lie WAS a descendant. this Jonathan Fisher.
| of Blue Hill, Maine. of Anthony Fisher. who
emigraed from England in 1864 and settled in
Dcdham. Mass. Passing by bis honorable an
cestry. the character of his parents and his own
childhood, the small boy of the present day will
be pleased TO hear that between the ages of ten
and fifteen he spent his leisure hours in making
buttons. brooches and wind-mis; and in solv
ing various questions in mathematics. some
1Illies ll"" M upon d Silooih p0af4 Win ii pm
l-ateI ~ constructed Il cioch Whlci was III use
nearly half century and by its alarm walked
nm ever! morning at hNe O'Clock.
l'arH'I> "l 'HG present udN VIII De interest,"
=" " "%'I' 'ii' v htIi ne was nlhVIeth !edia ou
ne taught SchoOl al l'euham Tor thfee collars
iiionth' az ne same tIlle prosecuting ms own
studies and improving his hours of relaxation
by making brd-cagc>, which he turned to some
peyIlilIaif account ,,
Ihc collcSe eludehl OF 1o-day VIII De interest
ed 70 leaf iha' lol me nrSt fNe OF the seven @
HT"I> ih'l nc spent 't tahpIIuSe' '"i'
aII ill> tA go licI,'tlh2 c!o'hlhS, pooks ec
till' uilitV 70 G"o'' Alitf hl> graduation from
l"iNatd, WIN one oi lht HrSi hohofs' ne spent
iliIte HtsrS aS resident @faouate on the Hop
nI t', ,,h,',,rI',,t Ky i;f -n
"li' liVpl'"' III ouSHout III !oh1 !llt, ~
ro" ~ -, ''le liloi NM "itu
keen his ear correct. ana of family wor,hin he
,o.i FROM, . Er,n,I Ip;l,I N'l,;I =. f,,,,,I,,i ~
h., ,,.,,,l % ,,iIIil irIi -
~ r. l.'iNT " l'lliIio9oPhN'l "iPl"pI III "hlch
tin,, yith If .+,,, f -,,iaii -, r0i,,ii
v-Lich im,ro,od ,,a,hinar,, of iottn,;o No No
wrofr mnrn nan thrna thons,nI snrn7on- mi
bv this mean. savrd abnnt Laif tha tin,o ana
h:,If tLa ,,.,,,l,, l, ,,-o,iI ,tI,,-i ho,, ;
cd
Settled ,ninistor. Of t1,i. I,,- ", III Ia intarot
ed to ha.r lhnt hs .,ccn,tnl tho tr.t oIl Lo 1,l
to Blue I'M and continued I,a.to1, of the Com.
etrppationaI church in that Mace for . ,,orioI of
f0rty-oup yaYrS 1-4f-1SD- IN ~ Salrry of S1An
with farm riycn him Inv thc nnrisb. tbat br
reared ! IarGr f,miIyHof nino ,Iiidran" ""end.
ino Ole Son IL rolIrn; WHO har,ma = proSh,te-
rim I,ni-tnl. ,.WIiIn 1nlti,,ntino, Ill ALI Io
wnrM hp ,,lannirr his lnrn,o,l !,nI ~ "
thnuoht wonlJ sfriLe his mimi ho ottod If do,,,
ON - 1,incr of hrrh harl, thnn ~ Satnrd",. n
womb transrihr tbasn thounht. And ,,t
his sermon. vac
Two hnn,lrad ana .ixteon ,,or.oos ,,.aro. Ala
ed to thn rburch Jurinr hiS n,inistr,- 10
wagpd war with Antinom;1nism and lrm;nian-
i,m and Will bad mor.,Is and nvil in nrn,,r
shane, lie krrt = rncord of tha famiIins ~ II,
narisb. of' tbr lrbooI stnina of tbn nliI,Iran
and was thr rovprscoI. of thn t9nnor,I ~ ,,,aII 80
~nritmal atfairS Of fbn tnn.n Wifi ~ a,,',7 ~
hands he erected and manoJ aio,,nnsts throurhl
out tbn toy, t6at ttdi iaIt ,t i a7
loS> anvwhfre in its honnd- uhoh rn.d ~ ~ t..a .'
Or how far, thcv hid totravnI IIn iaynd v"nI ,,n
h1. wind mower hnt 1y mo a,t,,.rt,' ,o,'lI ,r't
feed itsrf or cbon the moI +" ae tU', ~" iio'
Arnhitnctl ond ,,,,no"to,.l 7r'1ii ~ :. ui H..
nr,tor. wau ~ 5nintn ,,';ii M , u,o
ia l,,n, hot bn Lii Ii " W. %
he fr,,n,. ,sL donrs ."i lonati,,ls
nintrG i ~, th ti "',U Nh tnu
fron his f,rn I1o had ",Io "i( ltd0" o'!lLe ti
dnnr. nI nn hurlI ha o,, ,e
adorned With home made naintin@s .'''a ,mono
fbrm onn Of himsnf bniIno IifiIT,,