The Meeker herald., 1891-12-12
HERE LIVED A GENIUS.
JOHN PATTERSON. A POOR
SCOTCH WEAVER.
He Carved on tn. cum OF His native
Town y Remarkable H-pr.sents-
ton OF Lord hy ron's Pris-
onsr of Chill On.

John Patterson had genius and big
family. And he was poor. 1t was y
bad mixture. lie couldn't hourish
both genius ard tho big family ana pe.
Ing humane man and irresponsible
for the existence OF the former and re-
sponsiblo for tho presence OF the lat
ter he cheer!ully and manfully faced
his parental obligations and told gem
ius to take back seat Pity It's,
twas SO; although We have less roa-
son To complain than We should have
had had the humble John passed away
without leaving any evidence OF his
wonderful natural abilities And
Dysar,-dear old Dysart-would have
been poorer by far. writes H. q. j.
In tho Chicago Herald.
The waters OF tho German sea dash
into the Firth OF Forth. sweep round
Ia. little bay on the shore OF which
nestles the auld bursh town. kls, is
feet and roll back into tho ocean.
Towering near the water edgo il tho
greatest object OF interest in tho town
tho ruin OF the once famous cnthe-
drnl OF ST Seris. |: Is n monument,
to tho architectural glory OF u PARKWAY
past Tho grea, blocks OF masonry.
worn by Tho caasnlcss grind OF time.
the massive walls and tho remarkable
arches tell OF IN ngo by no means do
void o! architectural tfiumphs Iioar.
slhntlng tombstones Ito between tho
ruins and tho sea Tho place Is
neglected. tho once magnificent siruc-
iuro Is now pigeon ro0si whore the
!.a,harsd possessions Of Lord HOsslyn
bill and COO. tho table stones aro oyar-
grown with thick. long erass and tho
visitor, 10 this Gods ncrc" Aru tho
town boys who play 'hldo and seoG. ="
Il spy" and other games among tho
,ombs and gather blackberrics tina.
grow wh.r.
Tho rude forufaih.rs Of III. hamlet sleep
i, was to such n place that tho star
tina, rules our lucklcss lot" sent John
Patterson 10 preside nj n handloom
and weave bed ticking and table linen.
|; mus, have been nn ncridcn, that
brought him Into possession OF n copy
O. Byron's poems, for time. wore bard.
and 1; VAS only by long and trying
labor tina, no kept the porridgs POI:
vol nllod. While waiting ono DAY
for now web ho turned - the "frls.
oHer OF Ch.!!on." aud herr Ia wha, he
read:
And thea III. Sigh b. would suppress
Ut fainiins natures f.pt!un.s,
yorp slowly drawn. Errv less aud !er,,
tll.t.n'd Lu; coaii not hear.
cali'd. for I va, wild With fear
know twas hopeless, hui my dread
woald no, 10 thus aifaouishgig
eaii'd. mud thought heard sound.
hurt my chain with one strong iogni /,
rushed 10 him. found him not;
osly s,irT-i In thi. llae. spot,
oaly lived. I only drew
Tho accas,sd ht-a,h o. dungeon dew;
III, last. tho sole III. d-nrr.; lIak
u.s~c-n mo and tho eternal bfink.
wh,rh bound the To my falling race
Was broken la ihis fatal place.
John Patterson coulint sleep tina:
night Ito walked tho floor like man
dcmcnird. Early next morning hs
LEI, tho hous, with hammer and
ehlr.l In his poke, aud milo -as. Of
tho town he attacked the rcd sandstone
elf. Bu, III, section on which he
worked gave way and ho hal 10 jump
for dear lilo Nothing dArn;ai no
20, TO work on another portion Of tho
rcd rock. Night after Night whom tho
days labor was finished no was a. his
fayori,c resort cutting. carving Dor
ing and .crnpinc. surrounded by gap
ing crowd. OF his fellow townsmon.
Al .a., after long an1 patient labor
tho finishing iouchc. woru given nnd
tho work was complete. There wa,
no unwilling. no speech making. no
banquet. John Patterson cast low
Ing glanco n; his pc, work. II, his
Guilty pipe slowed away his hammer
and ch.scl and wen, homo 10 weave
bed ticking and table linen that tho
hungry stomachs o! his wcans might,
DO allcI. Bu, tho work remains and
will endure long after Byron's famous
poem Is forgotten.
/, IL to common sioncmnson that
Scotland owes ono OF it, best statues
Of Sir Walter Scott; IL Is 10 plain John
Patterson. tho Dysnrt handioom wouv-
or that We AFRO indebted for Tho Man
in tho Rock Some day-thc sooner
the bct;or-'ho Saul Burgh' may tear
down tho Victoria Jubilee lamp tina;
stands In tho center OF tho town end
on tho site erect 20 tho honor OF John
Patterson. hnndloom weaver and sculp-
tor u fitting monument. And whom
that day arrives none will moro will.
ingly assist ihnn tho Dysnrt l1ddios
now resident In Chicago.
EDUCATION NEEDED.