Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-04

~ Monday evening, DC.
tht tober 80, 1888, at night
WI fall. He oresthsd lis
" 7 last as the day vert
~ ou', and his life passed
| l. out IS calmly as that
night came in, and as that day died. He
died IS be had lived, 3 calm, pescefn.
life, except when occupied in the early
part OF 1t by moving scenes Of food and
field that, mad We space to recount,
would he novel and interesting to the
youth OF the present day and exceedingly
instructive. The writer Will grasp fe
of the flying moments from the present
now, thst ever envelopes US by urgent
need of keeping pace with the
rapid march Of events which he,
with the frontier heroes, hsys
given the best portion Of their
lives, TO make possible sad pleasant for
US. say, will grasp few moments to
iecSll those men and those days and fix
them in memory, for they are ouch days
IS this repu olic, this grsnd coufeders-
tion Of ststeF, will never see sgsiD, and
ouch SIS the world will never agaiu ex-
per!erce, for the last OF sll the available
space on this earth's surface has been
seiz ed by Dsggett and the Texas heroes,
who with his kindred ia the regiments Of
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Masse-
cnusetts snd Nav York, marched TO tn
grand plazs OF our sister repu die on the
west ana opened the nall doors Of thst
lsst race OF the AZss cs-.he MonteZnmGs
which led the way to California, New
Mexico and the golden shores Of the Pa
eff.
He was born on the extreme eastern
part Of this continent in tina Dominion OF
Canada, and began with the Dsggett fam
lily to traverse the continent, even to the
uttermost pkrt, and even beyond, as we
have seen. in Mexico. He first set led
with his fathers household. spd Q mem,
Der CT it, in the state Of New York; then
By the 2 ant Of this republic fer merito-
rious services against the mother couu-
try, chiefly st the battle Of Queenstown
Heights, the home of the father and
founder Of the ismily-this veteran father
settled on pension lsnds On the Ws0ssh
In Indians. Here crew up Charles BIg-
gers Dsggett and Ephrism, his brother,
who has lzteIy gone to the spirit land be
fore him, and Henry, another brother,
and sister Helen, Mrs. Mckee,
who Jet survive him here
on5j the confines Of that bourne
whence no traveller returns, When he
turned his eyes 30 the republic OF Texas
some time in the forties, he took out CT 5
family 10 Illinois helpmeet unto him
who hiss indeed helped him ell the days
of his long life, even unto the end, and
| yet survives hin ct their beautiful home
overlooking the town they have helped TO
rear from fort in the early flities to its
present population numbering into the
| thousands. This OLD couple were once
as young as any OF US, but time has dealt
very kindly with them, for they have lived
ss they wished to die, in a msnner that
our American poet enloined On ell Of US to
$50 live that when the summons came to
| Join that innumeraole throng," he might
fold his martial closk around him as q
soldier and lay him down 10 pleasant
dreams. BE was three score years
and ten and nearly seven bay md this, the
time allotted in the sacred text as the ter
minus Of Sl our journeys. He WAS so
mild and calm in MS latter days. living
the life Of peace and cOntentment that
more OF US should strive to initiate, that
he doubtless would have had extended
the lines OF bis journey here yet farther,
but for certain silment Of his vital Or
gan5 that were induced by his exposure
In his Mexican csmpaign-probsbly by
the relic Of poison administered by the
mad spirits Of the capital CT the for
eign country while he snd
the 10000 were csmped there,
He WAS ever noted for certain way Of
making haste slowly-wss never in 8
hurry about anything he did, but ever did
things after 8 fashion to make sure Of
what he did-ior the we'll fixed condition
- Lob ~ lfa g., ha
efectual habit he had Of doing things
we'll. His brother Ephrism WAS wont to
| Jest at q certain incident Of his life illu5-
| trating his slowness under trying dlfh;ul.
| ties by relating how he found him ones
on his way to Shreveport when they lived
| In the good cid county Of Shelby about
the time Of the regulators and modera-
tors-on his way with load Of cotton.
The wagon WAS on top Of tbs cotton in
the middle Of the road upturned
and all out ct gear. A storm was
brewing-a heavy cloud hung ever
him and his outfls, but he W calm
IS May morning-wss quietly preparing
to strike fire and cook dinner. The
| Spanish have provero that ell things
| come to him who waits. Uncle Charley
has waited long and well; his cattle have
|
ell married or grown up past their teens
in life, and he died at time when the
fullness Of his life WAS rounded by 5
| period of contented rest In his mind and
| body. Though he has gone for the past,
years as one who suffered much fxsm6
constant ailment within, yet he hxs borne
| 1t calmly without fretful nerves. or csp.s
tious spirit till the last SUMMONS csHes
and then he passed out quickiA,< almost
before his friends could know 1t. WeRh
he came to this county his ranch plsesfn
the Wlchitas WAS then an unknown Isnd
or known only to the red man or the white
captive With him. Now SO fast has sci
euce trodden upon the heels Of the print
tive days that the lightning informed q
friend at Wichita to carry the news to his
son Johr, forty. five miles sway from
there, in camp, to come st once, and 4
O'Clock In the morning found John on the
| way TO the train, and O'Clock tina. night
| found him in the death chamber, more
than 200 miles from his stirling place.
Last summer s longing for the esrly
| days Of his childhood came over him, for
he saw that his days were fast deciding
to the wessera hof ION Of lie, and taking
his good wife With him and Chsrley, they
VISITED Erie, Penn and there WAS present
{YS She stated gatherings OF the Daggett
Family that had spFesd from the extreme
east Of the continent IN every state near
ly, roth sud northwest, even IS far on.
as Montana, Texas being repre-
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