New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-06
A FINE TRIBUTE TO COLONEL PERKINS
RESOLUTION OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE NOR
WITCH AND WORCESTER RAILROAD.


WITCH AND WORCESTER RAILROAD.
Worcester. Mass. Aug. (specIaD.-Thc full board
Of directors Of the Norwich and Worcester RAILROAD
will visit Norwich to- morrow and present the treas
urer of the corporation with handsomely cngrosseu
copy OF the following resolutions, which were adop"u
at the board meeting yesterday:
George l. Perkins was elected treasurer OF this
corporation January 81 1882 and has hela the once
for period of nearly City years This length OF service
IS in itself uncommon, II not quite without prce
dent, as TO deserve honorable recognition But we ON
clally note here fact much remarkable, faSt
unique In the history Of corporations or business ch
tcrprises OF any kind namely that Colonel PERKINS,
our treasurer, to-day completes the one-hunurcu,n
year OF his lfc and is stl In active service, WIN
mental and physical powers fully adequate 10 thp
prompt and efficient discharge OF his duties Ins
long and useful life has covered period OF INC
worlds history most remarkable for political indus
trial. social and scientific progress Almost precisely
contemporary with his birth the origin OF our
National Constitution. which gave us form OF gov
eminent under and thru IN which the people Oh inc
United States have enjoyed unexamped growth ana
prosperity. 49,.
"In HIS infancy began those tremendous commissions
In France which so greatly Influenced the subsequent
history of Europe and of mankind. When his HE
began the steam engine scarcely recognized a. ue
great industrial force Of the future the factory sys-
tenn was not yet established in Great Britain lie Is
almost as old as the daily newspaper Napoleon "as
only nineteen years older than he Daniel "eps'cr
was six years older. Byron was Dorm I'D 'ho s""'
year In Colonel Pcrkinss infancy the power loom
came into being. In his youth he was a passense,
on the trial trip CT Fultons steamboat nc was v.
middle age when the first steam railway was openco
| for traffic, and elderly when the masneuc "io
| graph was proved fit FOR practical use
In every corner OF the world where men i've ,ne
conditions of human life have. been moro radically
changed in his time by the progress OF knowledge anu
its application to tho than In all the previous
centuries since the Christian His age, hereIoro
| which measured by years is surprising oecauso -
| unusual II computed by the sum OF mans achle'e
ments and progress within that period, Is more ana
| ing and seems ht to be reckoned by cycles rather
| than by years rs life worth livngp ask those u
whom the world seems evil Not every life perhaps
That lfo which physical corruption makes joyless 'c
,,sl4 and hancful 70 Others NAV we'll worthless
| or worse Even that life prolonged far beyond th'
usual term whose closing years are impotont aio
vacant NAV seem tar from enviable. But In th'
presence OF our venerable friend the cynic ana i'
pessimist stand abashed. In his aspect arc no Vsu'
tokens of decay In bis serene afternoon u os n !,
shades have yet darkencd 10 evening" OF % ~
exertiOn bodily health and cheerful Pety no htS ~
pleasant still and his usefulness continues anu ~
creases as daily, with his advancing age ne DcGoio
| moro cons picuous a. example OF those NF'uo'
| which adorn life and make It happy, r.,oa,
As directors of the Norwich and Worcester hal,ros,
corporatlon we regard the most agrecabe Oh ou
official duties congratulate our valued iriona ar
faithful fellow servant Coonel fernSI uL an,
ginning OF the second century OF ME % ~,
useful life express our hgn appfccI"uuIHI VI a~
wisdom integrity, diligence and accuracy "n hb ad
distinguished his service with US ana Vi "a =,
| vancing years have brought no abatcmehl' anu y
assure him of wish that his sirene'h may % i
TO the continued performance Oh ms ugS az" and mn
the late evening OF his days may be pcaceim anu III
couded blessed with health sopnaneSs OF p s a
the firm faith IN God which has Oceh Ins suPPoi' "
| sOlacO the trials OF lOO years"