The south Kentuckian., 1883-01-09
OBITUARY.

HSShuS ~ LlIHhuclhtOWu, III JNlN Ol
1881, one Of their number, who was
present on that ocoasiOn and partici-
pated in the exercises of the session.
has laid his earthly armor down and
has gone TO join the noble army Of
saints in that land where shines one
eternal day.
The death of Prof. Noble Butler,
which occurred February 18th, 1882 =,
removed lrom Kentucky Que of her
ATTEST educators and most respected
citizens.
During the past forty years he did
much. very much, toward improving
the literary taste not only OF Louis
vile but OF the State ut Urge, and o.
the adjacent States. lie WAS well
and iavorably known throughout the
whole country rs teacher aud author
Of late years his slender. fOrm was
sOlncwhai bent by aye, but though he
WAS past the allotted three score and
len lie looked much younger, His
pleasant cheeriulneSs, retiring mod
esty aud gcnile tunnHcrs gave him IA
grace which scemad more Nppr0pri.
ate to younger man than TO one
whose pupils were widely scattered
abroad us teachers.
lie was born in Washington coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, july l7lh, 1919, a
lincal descendant OF those English
who, as colOnists, came with Viii
liam Penn to America. His great
grandfather, Noble Butler, came from
Bristol, England. His father, Jona'
than Butler, who was n merchant and
farmer, moved West in 1917 and 10.
Gated near Madison, jefferson county,
Indiana The school OF the district
was held in log house, aud here the
subject of our sketch was daily
mailiculatea.. Ills progress was
rapid aud he entered hanover Col.
legp, whence, after graduation, he
went TO Harvard University, was
there graduated nj the aye of twenty
six, aud by the unanimous vote Of
his class and Of the faculty, was
chosen val6lictoriau. lie returned
TO Hanover College where he occu-
pied the chair of Greek and Latin
Tor three yelrs, reiigning to accept Il
similar position III the Old Univcrsi.
~ OF Luni,viilc IN 1899, since which
time nmIii his death his residence was
continuously in LDusville.
Shortly after lie removed to Louis.
vile thu pub ishiug house Of Morton
& Griswold, now John p. Morton Il
Co, desir.ng to issue II series OF
school text books, employed him to
prepare them. Ills first book was
" Buffers Practical Grammar" which
became very popular in Kentucky
aud throughout the South aud West
That book gave tho present names to
the lenses OF the English verb. In
1874 his Critical Grammar was pub.
lisned aud was immediately accepted
as q valuable discussion OF the prin.
ciples OF the English language. II
was at osco recognized as aulhori
ty," aud il to-day in most OF .he
normal schools of the United States
either rs text or reference book, and
hundreds OF years will pass ere any
author will write a text book upou
this subject without previously ac-
qnainling himself with tho contents
of " Buffers Practical and Critical
Grammar" lie also edited a revis.
ion OF GDodrich's series OF readers
which were then published as . Dat
lor's Gondrich's Readers" and after
wards prepared scriea Of his own
entitled "h4rilcr's RcAders," which
are every where popular aud are con-
siherel to be among the most care.
fully edited and valuable school
books in tho United States. lie
wrote "A Thsory of the IIebre W
Tenses," which has been incorporated
in the la,c edition of N0rdheimer's
Hebrew Grammar.
Ills last publication was Buffers
Revised Practical Grammar Issued in
1879. Besides all this work. he en-
tered successfully into the field OF
general literature. Iio wrote critical
accounts OF various poets and also
produced some poems Of excellence
These poems and his prose essays
have beeu collected together aSd is.
sued in volume entitled "Butlcr'
Miscellany"
lilo had the degrees Of A, ", (Ilsr.
vard) aud LII. d. illanover). lie
was diligcn, worker, careful in-
vestlgator in natural science, n faith.
fu teacher, and of him ii might be
said :" he died in the harness." as up
to the second week preceding his
death he received his pupils in pri
vate study, among whom were sever.
nj teachers of the public schools
lIc himself was a student almost to
the last. lie had an almos, complete
knowledge of the text OF Shakespeare
and was good authority on any qnes
ton in reference to the poets inien
tions.
With him studied our Miss Mary
Anderson, tho actress, of whom W.
all delight TO boast.
The education of Prof. Butler was
many sided, indeed almost universal
in its scope, There were fow sub.
jccts upon which he had not definite
ideas and reliable knowledge. His
place in public life was of its owl
kind, not easily 10 be filled by ano,h
| or.
We feel that we have lost a friend
and n leader, and his memory will
always remain fresh and green il
our hearts.
PnEs-Why be troubled with then
when the great English Pile Remedy
is within reach? Use Thor!on,s All
healing salve and be relieved at once
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