Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-09-08
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER,
The Qaukcr Poet, Passes Peacefully away
at Hampton Falls. New Hampshire.


AMEsBURY, Mass, September 5.-Ames-
bury is saddened town to-day. The news
OF the death of John q. Whittier, poet
friend and citizen. has brought grief 10
every heart The last few days were full
of anxiety, but the hope had ever held
sway with the people here that they might
once again see the beloved form on tho
streets OF Amesbury; but that passed and
the tolling bells re-echoes the grief in
many heart.
Yesterday morning the report OF his con-
dition was such as 10 give hope that tho
stricken poet might recover, but later in
the day be began TO fail and soon became
unconscious. His last conscious utterance
was one OF recognition Of his niece. Mrs.
Samuel l.. Pickard, who lived with him
marriage. Mrs. Pickard asked him
during the afternoon il he
knew her. He replied YES, have
known you oil the time, and Immediately
lapsed into Inconsistencies, in which state
be remained until $50 this morning, when
he passed quietly away. His end was
peaceful and apparently painless, like ono
falling asleep, fitting close for such
life.
A dispatch from Hayerhill, Mass, says:
The news Of the death OF john G.. Whit
feeling Of sadness ana regret The City
Hall bell was struck 81 times at O'clock,
as indicating the age OF the deceased. aud
flags on the public buildings and school
houses are displayed az half-mast as tokens
Of respect for the dead poet.
John Greenleaf Whittier was bornsat
Haverhill. Mass, December :, 1897. Until
the ageo OF Is he worked on farm aud oc-
casionally as a shoemaker. In lS25 he en-
tered school Of the Society OF Friends,
OF which he was member. aud 10 1899
went 10 Boston as editor OF tho american
Manufacturer, and In the following year be-
came editor OF the N,IC England Weekly Re-
uiclC, published at Haliford, Conn. He ed
tied the Memoir and Remains OF
his predecessor, but Ia lsSs r.
turned To Haverhill 20 edit Nthe
HdUerhiH Gazette, and work upon his farm.
He remained there till 1896, being twice tho
representative OF Haverhill IN the General
Assembly, or Legislature OF tho state. IN
1886 he became one OF the secretaries OF tho
American Ant-Slavery Association, aud
soon after removed TO Philadelphia, whore
ne edited for four years the 1'ennsglrdntG
Freeman, an anti-slGvery paper In 1910 no
re turned 10 Massachusetts, and settled at
Amesbury, where he has since resided,
being for some years corresponding editor
OF the National IRA. published At Washing
ton.
Mr.. Whittier's best known works are
Legends OF New England, In Prose aud
Verse; 1881; "Moll Pitcher a poem,
1888; "Mogg Megone," poem, 1886; BAL
lads,n ls3S; Lays OF Ny Home, and Other
Poems lS43: "rhe Stranger In Lcryill,h
(prose essays), lS45; "Supernaturalism IN
New England" 1917; Leaves From Mar
garet Smiths Journal - 1919; "The Voices
OF Freedom" lS49; "Old Portraits and
Modern Sketches" 1869; "Songs OF La
Dor; ana Other POEMS" 1850; Tho
Chapel OF tho Hermits, aud
other Poem," 1853; "A Sabbath Verse"
1853: Literary Recrcations and Misce-
lanies." 1854; "The Panorama" 1855;
Home Ballads and Poems, 1850; In
War Time, ard other Poems" 1858; ma
tonal Lyrics" 9 vols, 1855 63;f "Snow.
bound: Winter Idyl." 1860; "Maud Null
ler," illustrated, 1865; "The Tent on tho
Beach," 1861; among tho Hills aud other
Poems" 1868; Ballads OF New England y
1870; "Miram and other POEMS" 1870;
"Child-Liie," 1871: "The Pennsylvania
Pilgrim and other POEMS lS12.