Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-03-18
FoR his BRorHEWs SAKE.


The governor psrioncd John Br.sbcn,
a penienhary coavic,. today. He was
srni Up from B'arboa for hftccn years
iof forgery. ,nd had ten vet % serve
Oar reader. are familiar With ths history
o. this case. and the humane aciioa Of
BIZ exoeiioncy Nil be generally COM
meniei. -lraalfri KyD loonlH
Tread ,hi. Little paragraph and my
mind wcai back sN year.. kaew
Joha Brsben Aai a,,o knew his bfo;h-
sf loseph lwas familiar With ,hs De-
tail, % the action that Pl,cci John Br.'-
bea IN a ielon's ceh aad ros when The
sad affair j. bfoagh, % miai 50 windy !
ma., ~tis 8, o4'. fof aeycf bsiore di4 !
meet IN prose or Peo,ry. Ia r,Al hie % 10
nance. greater hero than PLATA. mat
tsr-of-faci Iohn Brlsbea
Tie Brsbsns came o. god stock. |
think the grcai-graadia;her q my hero
omigra,ed il keaiacky when hea,oas
station. bciweea ihe Presea, ciiy ot Mays
vile aad The historic ola ,o~n Of Wash
ing,on. was ,he principal ssiilcmea' on
,he dark aal bloody groaad. Tie
came from upper Psnnsy lyaaia and losai-
sd aboa, tive miles from The Oaio n,er'
oa Limestone creek Tie was an iudus-
,iilas. s,r9ng-,imbed.hon-hearied Old fsl-
low. and In few years bis surrounding.
we're o the most comfortable description.
Oas of hs soas. Elsarl Br.sben. once
represented Keaiacky Ia the federal con-
grcs.. think be Wa the grandiaihef
of John and Joseph Busben. Ihci'
fathers name vas samuel. Ald be died
when they we're little children. leaving
bis wiios an sxesliAnt blae.grass farm
and a saug h,ile fortune in stocks, bonds
ana moiigagcs. The widow remained a
widow until Der death. M- samuel
Brisbea was a good woman, Ana she
iiol.zsd her tsin boys. Like most twins
The brcthsrs resemblsd each ether IN 4
striking marnsr. and eyen intimate &C.
quaintances could no; tel them apart
Ba, although the physical rssemblanc'
sas - sirong there was great dlssimilar-
isy in the disposition Of the twins. Jo-
seph Bnsbea vas surley and morose
sometimes cunning and revengefal H'
w.s wi,hAl a dreamer aad eathasiAsi I
mAn vel learned ia books, brilliant
fro,hy tAlksr when be choose 70 Be socia
BE lwhich wAs seldom. = splendic
horseman. IN excellent shot. John Bris'
ben. on the oontzry, was cheerful and
bright. honorable and fofgiving H'
was a mAn o. high moral principle. IN
tenssly practical Aad me,hodieAl. cared
/ little for books. and. although be said
bat little. wGs a splendid companion
lie was q poor horseman, and don
think be ever sh0, a gun in bis life III
saw nothing of the poetry u life. ard Al
for sport. he sajoyed himself oaly when
hard At work, He loved his brO'her,An'
when boys together. suffered Panishmea'
many times. and aneomPlainiagly. iha
'Jodie- might ~ scot free. HIS hf
vas therefore one ooastah, sacrifice. bu
the object Of thi. loving alteration mad'
bat shabby returns for this unsslksh de
votion.
They were twenty years old when ,hei
mother died very suddenly. JOsePl
made a great P'e,enss of srief, and va
80 hystsrisAl At the grave iha, be had &
Be led away.
John. on the contrary. never demon
s,ra,ive, took the great affection with hi
customary ooolness. lie sAid bu, ltd
and she'd no tears.
The property lsft to the boys was con
siderable. The day they were twenty
one yesrs cid the trustees met and had
settlement. There was the blue
gra. farm valued ., 1000. an
slOO,OO in well invested sseuriiie
Which could Be turned into money. 10
sPh demanded a division
"Yoa can take the farm, Jack" h
aid. IL ~ss never cut out for fArmei