The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-04-29
JOEL 7. HART.
Reflections Upon the Failure of the Prop
ositlon to Mark Ills Grave,

Reflection. Upon the Failure of tho Prop.
ositiOn to Mark Ills Grave
strangers sang our sculptor's praises,
In rare flowers his tomb was dressed,
Hut meath bluegrass sod aud daisies,
We have brought him home to rest"
10 run the lines which Mrs, Rosa
Nertncr Jeffrey pcnned IN honor of Ken
tucky's only great sculptor, and which
were read to the throng that gathered tn
do him honor one June day nearly five
years ago, ut the spot where his dust had
been laid away in the lovely Gods Acre
nj Frankfort.
1t was an inspiring sight Blue skies
were overhead, and far down below
wound the cleaning river, All the glory
of Kentucky June burst from tree and
bush aud grccnsward, caroled in the
song Of birds aud riotcd in the fragrance
of countless flowers Far away was the
town with its prose of life; up there
where the party had gathered was only
the poetry and restfulncss of death. The
tall old trees whispered Of peace rs they
rustled their branches in the wooing
murmur of the nodding bluegrass. A
wandcrcr has been brought home Ia rest
after weary labors in II breeze aud peace
was in the breath Of the honcysuckle
aud in the shimforcign land. He had
sought fame and had won IL, and the
sod that gave him forth obscure and un'
known, took him back again full of fame
and Of honor. Upon the spot where lies
the dust Of so many of the distinguished
dead of our Commonwealth, mn illustri-
Gus company had gathered "a witness
the ceremonies with which he was laid
AWAY in an honored tomb. The Cover
nor and State officials were there and
eminent men and women from every
part Of the Commonwealth, and songs
were sung and poems read and addresses
delivered, in honor of the homecoming
for mn eternal rest, of the Stonc-cuttcr
of Clark county.
of recent events, all that solemn scene
seems mockcry. Mrs. Jcilrcy's poem
needs revision. We did not bring Joel
+. Hart "homc to rest we brought
his dust back from Italy that we might
thrust it away into mn unmarked grave
and give the world proof how little we
are capable Of approaching anything in
the way Of great achievements, unless 1t
has political side u il, or boasts II ped
igrcc and fast record. We went To the
expense Of sending across the ocean for
the remains of man of whom We think
too little To now complete the work 10y
marking the place of his burial with n
suitable grave stone,
Ii is significant that in one OF the adj
Il cssrs delivered nt the intcrmcnt OF
lIarts remains 1T Frankfort, reference
was made to the disintcrmcnt, 10y the re-
stored BourhonS in France, of the bones
of Rousseau aud Noltnirc from their
resting place in the Pantheon, that they
might be dumped into mn unmarked pit
in m open field, rs II mark OF royal hat
red and contempt, Tho case was cited
then ~ n contrast IL may bc more fifty
cited now as u parallel. We have taken
the bones Of joel I, Hart from m hon
orcd grave in land that loved, nppre
: cintcd and honored him-irom Italy, th,
Pantheon Of Art-and have dumped then
, into mn unmarked grave, 81 10 give Ia nj
mankind token of our contempt fol
nrt, and of our sordid, niggardly spirit
Morgan" in Owensboro Inquirer.
4 nine ycarold boy, In knee brecchcs
walked into the Wyandotto Nationa
Bank, nj Kansas City, Kansas, the othe
day and asked the teller II he had an,