Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-06-13

brated Last Fourth.
 tCopyrisht, 1891, by Edgar v. Nye.l
 Below I give death notice appearing in Denver paper. The party referred 10 leaves quite d squad of children. and besides being a well known and beloved member of a secret organization had killed two men fn an unguarded moment during the early days:
 Cronin-Thi. morning. at S:l5. R. C. Cronin, al 2lj Curtis street. aged SS years. Funeral at residence, 10 be announced later, under auspices Of Lodge 59 II. of c.
 There Is enc more that Is missing,
 There Is one more that Is gone,
 And from the earth was taken
 Thursday just at dawn.
 There Is a vacant chair at the table
 Alongside his own sweet wife.
 Though gone, he's not forgotten
 By the friends that knew him through life,
 And yet he leaves behind him
 Two girls and q baby boy.
 How the wife and husband worshiped them,
 For they were their pride and joy!
 But now he's gone. God bless him!
 Pray his soul rest overhead.
 Though mourners he leaves behind him,
 Dinky Cronin now Is dead.
 By a Brother H. of Q. Obituary poetry certainly offers a wide field for the amateur poet. While we are on this subject I would like very much. if there be no objection, to insert a verse which recently furnished in re- turn for weeks board where 1 was trout fishing at the time and sorely in need of means:
 Babcock-At 2:3O a. m. of the S}d inst, Vine gar Bitters, eldest son of Hiram and Pearlne BabcOCk of Buck Forest, near Caesars Head. Funeral tomorrow at the picnic grove at the Falls All are cordially invited. Oh, Ninney, you have went away, For malignant typhoid fever had came to stay. And our sad souls has the impression That your family will make a procession
 Reaching over )a of G mile. What could bs pleaSenter, sweet child, Than a procession over A of mild? Or who could falrer funeral apOlnt Than one that would be over ]s hour passing a
 given point:
 The writer wishes you bon voyage to a future
 state
 And will bon voyage others at the same rate. You are doubtless aware that 400 years ago this entire checkered country was covered with red men. and now they are driven back to the king TOW. A few more moves only remain. I tried to jump q red man once. He was on my nine. l found myself skunked.
 Four hundred years ago the streets were unPavod. You had no city debt or watcrwurkS.
 Four hundred years ago in this coun- try there was not a single pair of sus- pcnders Now everybody wears them male an female.
 Then America had no refinement, no knowledge of geography. They hardly knew where they were at. Now the country is filled with beautiful, refined homes. where one can stay during the lecture season and be safe.
 Four hundred years ago solitary horseman might have been seen.
 The Indian was ever ignorant and un- tidy. He was not refined. He did not know the joy of hunting the aniseed bag. have q large stone adz at home, made by one of the Indians of York state-a Tammany Indian. It is 6 Mohawk swatter. very crude. No evidences of brains about 1t except on the back. There there are few, but do not know whose they are.
 As you all know, Columbus had much trouble in discovering America. not only in the matter of money. but he was also discouraged by the press. The papers said it would not succeed and threw cold