Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-09-01
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CAREER SOME OF HIS WORKS.
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Hazel Green. Wis. Aug. l9.-In an
unmarked grave IN the beautiful little
cemetery here sleeps the poet Percival
No imposing SHAFT If granite towers
above the grass covered mounds not
even so much AS a modest marble slab
has been reared there
L was ON the quiet afternoon that /
visited the sacred spot Ipe tai grass
waved gracefully beneath the gentle
touch Of the cool wind and me grand
oid native trees WhIch nave staod sentl-
mel ~ we solemn CITY 81 me deah Ior
ears rose maJrstieaiiN 90 ~ sldes
OVethtaV lew heecA c'oud9 II "el
lazl4' WINE Tie Shaio" OF summer
DAY chased ehch olher ~ quick success
sion across the great li-ids 81 golden
gram NV theN were los. Z" view on the
brow OF distant MI ne s'liiuess was
broken oni8 10y the fustIn2 81 the leaves
ana me shrlI note q an impairment
songster WHO, perching himseli blgh On
The hmo OF a nelghborin@ tree, threw
his head bewltchingiy To one side aud
upon fathomlng my thoughts.
There was nothing about the mound
on whlch looked to distinguish II from
great many others which were scat
tered beneath the shade OF those great
trees YET IL covered the bones oil one OF
me sweetest singers ana most remark
aole men OF The present century. All
about were fading tablets which told OF
me trends who sleep IN neighborlng
dus5' nut IN VAIN dld search Tor the
name oil The great poei. geologtst and
scholar
James Gates Pereiyal was born IN
kenslngton parish, in the town of Der
lin, Conn. as be quantity expressed it. I
ION Tuesday afternoon. Sept l5,l195 "
His last days were passed IN this village /
where, according 70 his own expressed /
wish, his remains were laid To rest.
The sad so lied poet traced his des-
cent ON MS father side 10 James Per I
civa', who, about l1Q6 moved from I
Barnstaole, Massachusetts colony, TO +
East Haddam. Conn. there being we'd +
ded to the daughter of the celebrated /
preacher John Robinson In England /
the family may be directly traced 10
.
James Gates Perciya's boyhood DAYS T
were passed IN this quiet eddy out of
the busy current of worldly life, whtre
he early became noted for his precocity /
rs we'll rs his quiet, unassuminc de-
meauor At this time he lived. accord
ing to the words of an intimate friend,
in world Of his own an ideal world
He manifested vpry little interest re
sprcting the real world of mankind I
He apparently was content to study .
and dream. ms cast Of mind being high /
~ imaginative.
In January. 1905, the poets father .
died. and shortly atterward he and his F
brother were placed under the charge I
Of An uncle. the Rev. Seth Har. who I
kept aprivate boarding school al Hemp I
stead. l. l. Pcrcival remained here n
year when he was placed under the /
tuition Of the Rey. Israel B Woodward I
oi " "ic"lt. a town 'aJae'nt TO hen>lnS-
ION. ihroee ne "S3ln ieiafoeu 10
heiups'tae, 'n' IL We uoT'hg ms sec
oud slaS Uefe lhat ~ wrote ms hrs' +
poem IN li'' cary aa' omn 81 lolV ne F
'ateIe" H. u menu per 81 lhe IeShinah T
class "' la'e' sraau''iuS from thal
ios4lu''oh WIZ bon'tI>. y mas since f
Peeh lha'illalael oN soide q hln adnlf- F
etS 'hal ne was ihe creates, Schoiat
mat was ever graduated from a.e II
seemed Impossible Tor MN 70 FORGET |
any lulbS taat m te5d ~ saw lis
memory WIS lluiN maiEetous James
hassei Lo"eI SPEAKS OF 'he wonderful
Eo"erS Oh ms memory IN 70 uhe OF
essaNs Whlen ne had PAQt'shea 10 - /,