The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-09-10
The Ncmsat uarcr!,llI.

sermon viii be preached.
The Ncwsas iIaycr!,til.
HAvfElll.I, Mass, Sept. 7-Th
news oi The death of John q. Whittier
was received hero with universal fc l.
ings of sadness and regret. Tho city
hail Toll WIS stuck ciplltv-fonr times
ut O'Clock MS indicating the ngc o,
The deceased, and flags OH lie public
buildings and school houses were dis
PLAYED at hnlf mast us tokens of re
spcct for the dead poet
Jaha Grcclc.f Mhit,ier. the Quaker
bn,d ANA poet WAS 10 II III Hnvcrhill
Mass. December II. lSi HIS parent:
were members of The Society OF friends,
and III thi faith the chiia en were reared
Throughout his long life Whittier hai
alwuy, been true TO HE teachings of Iii
boyhuod days and the speech aud g,,rb oi
this sect were wc.l-iuown cl;r;c ,erstics
The .athc. had been n farmer in moderate
circumstance, and Ill early years of the
young poet were PASSED "pan the fam
a Twelve weeks cnnr - at tic di>tri,i
school each wintcr WAS the only training
he received until he was - year
of age, when with money earned at -
mnkiug, h. TOOK n :x months cou:sc ~
thc Have hi!i academy Accui dug O ih'
>ia .u:trd OF En> lnr lie Mas G!licientiS
lrarned To be himself II teacher, ano
during the iollowin: winter, that OF ISIS
~ lie was ma -tcr of tho district school .
West bury Will the money received
FOX his service. young Whittier followed
mn with IL school term OF six months in tht
Hnverhill academy, this ending lis com,s S,
IL. s:uoo'.
Iii, ! tc AIRY instiact, We're developed
,n ly, if not inhorn w nil. wo king on his
I iutb !n a lr,,r
that fail, to the lot of II New England
farmer boy, he contribute nLouy.
nous verses TO the ".so.tS Corner"
of w J. Garrison. Free ess, then
publl>hel in Newhusyport Inth cail8
wo !, OF Whi,tir Gnr,i-on saw ihc prom
i.e OF genius and he gave such encourage
| mcnt to the poet in cm iyo as served IL
| spur him on to u. eater ctlnrts, q wt,L'
and Ia ting fricnaship spr;tng up brtwcrI
the two as i; rcsu of TIN, ca ly iu,imac".
: and to Garrison III large par, j. due the
tonic pa taken by Whittier in the anti.
Slave. sn s,''aitly atyyslEiinull slEiinlmsnl and ysp>,
some rf his early poems wcrc rc:E*l'i E*li tNallses,,
/ Ii death ot Wl.t.icr's father in is,
proved a >ctbaclt TO young Whit,ic-'s rs
4 pira.iops i,c wis left practically til.
head of the hou ,ciold aud for five yea
lie car. led on the work of the farm. IL,
could be seen dauy going about Iii, wof's
1
keeping mp his lille AIRY work a op
po,u,,i:y would permit He so,.ah
an outlet fors his work in NIL difcc
/ ii ms, and i'll the current issues OF Ill,
/ Yankee nna the New England Maaaz,n,
OF those ycnr. many SPECIMENS OF hi:
wees may be found. lie had become iii,
cdi;o. of the American Manufactures
published i'll Boston in IS 8, II Il yea
! lnter succeeded Georg. . pienii,s "a
editor of ,hc Haverhiil G fzrttc. 81.
mon,hs later Mr. Whittier tco.s rditor;,
charge OF the New England Weekly Rc
, view, publ ,hed ii Hartford VIII .ch pos i
tion he he'd until ls3. bn:;ng ali llii
time lie cur led on thu work of t In III
coYtInt,irgl ut this until Is 8. when he wa
sent tie general court from Haverhill
The nholi,ioni~is were nct.vciy 1T worl
during this period in sowing the seeds o
an'-slavc,x nnd in John tieeeplenf VII
tier they found willing and an hc,iv,
ally. he became p ononnccd in his view
and in lS3 ! the American Ants-Slavcry so
cety elected him it secretary. From IS
to Is . he lived in Philadelphia, c.i,n.
the Philadelphia Freeman, the mos, rad
ical paper published Mt that time I,
those years the unfolding OF snehn stand
nrd and the publication Of such pri,,
cplcs a. the Freeman was found
up II required not only II mo-.
bn' physical cou age, and ,li
Viii tier p assessed in {; g gset de-. &C .
VIC ont did the oppo ,i'ion be oin NIX,
the printing otlitc was tac,tcl aud bu Ire,
ii OH " Mhtticr faced fanatics who woul
snve gloried In the dcu'h of Me vun /,
hmau who poured hot hot iutn tbcl
detensc> From hiiadorl,in White
re urned to the state lis birth, ,akiuI
up his re sidcucc in Amc >hury, whc c III
has since lived continuously. with the on
exception OF six months passed in Lowe.
: Mass, us editor of the Mildic,ex : tuud
ard
During all his years Whittier las ncvc
teen idle. He hns been the aut.,o
of many books besides hi
poetic contribution, to "A me iran lite =;
turc His first real literary pro,luc,io
to be published in book form wnS =. Ii
Legends OF New England" in pose al
verse, published in 1891, F.om ;hat dat
down to the comp aton of Iii, p. ohnr,
and those of his sister. which fiji Sev.,
large volumes. issued in 1891. LIS work
have followed Mt intervals of fr. III one
five years. ''St. Gregory, tuc t an
Other Poems'' was the last wors of nm
magnitude aside from the supervision ,
his complete works.
In one of his poems, known prnbabl
TO nearly every schooluov in the coun'r,
he has given to the wo Id n picture of ,h,
happy, cheerful life which be knew rs
boy. his poem begins:
Blessings on thee, little man--
Barefoot boy with checks OF tan
For many years he received little or !,
encouragement to pursue his literary J,
bors. He was n poor boy without influcu,
= such us would command the attention .
those who might aid him in his work, an,
Notwithstanding the + iendship of Carr
son, he met with such pnuln5 rebuEs tn.
he was several times on the eve of < vim
up his line of work for one that hcld o,
more Inducements i'll u financial way b;
mis- long years of unremitiag toll brongl
him she love and gratitude of n natio
and the fame due 10 eat lite
ary genius. His latter years we
passed in peace and comfort. su
rounded by old friends, living modest
on the fruits of his labors with the pc
Whitticr's labors in behalf of the emanc
patton of the slaves was Sufficient TO gai
for him tue everlasting Z ntitmle OF
people During ali the stormy yea
which preceded the war of the rcbellic
his voice and his pen were active in u
negro's behalf When the mob in I'hi
dolphin Ind succeeded in hushing I!
.. Pennsylvania Freeman by sackng al,
burning the office the dauntless youl
poet continued his crusade by travcl,
pnny with Joseph Surge. the L.
lish reformer, delivering abu
tion lectures. Many of ,hc pocn
written by him during those yea's la
slavery Us the motif and 10 doubt ii
sentiments he ins,iiIcd in The heart,
the northern people did much to haste
the conflict which resulted in the owe
throw of slavery, During the tim,. of IL
service as secretary OF the Anti Slave,
society, he wrote that touching fl. eve
Of the slnve mother 10 her ,lauglitc
which contains this verse:
Gone, gone--sold aud gone
o the rice swamp dark and lone.
From Virsinin's liiisanl waters.
Woe Is me, my t,olcn daughters.
Opinions as 10 Whittiers POEM. diff
There hnye been critics who held that Ii