The Newtown bee., 1896-07-24
Town T0plcs.
William Hamilton Gibson.

, William Hamilton Gibson. . DISTINGUISHED ARTIST. DUTH0R AND LEG
 TUREa.
 DIES sI pbENGN FROM AiorLENY AT HIS
 SUMMER HOME AT wAsUlNGTON. A
 MAN IN THE FOREMOST RANK OF ART
 AND LETTERS. "A NATIVE or NEW
 rowN.-shETcu oF HIS INTERESTING
 uAHEEK.-rIIE Fl NERAL ON SUNDAY. . The friends of William Hamilton Gib-
 snn the distinguished artist, author and
 lecturer, were shocked when they read in their Friday morning paper the news
 of his sudden passing away at
 his summer horne at Washington, Litch- hold counry. Itappcars thag Mr Gibson
 he'd left his homo carly in the evening to Eo after his ruqU ut tho poerohico, which
 IS in cho storr of church, Ford & Go. on
 Washington Green. Coming out Of the sr4jn rotTqncr hn f0uad <. C. Baker and
 ". C E iuauad~, and h" sat dpwu with
 ghrru. Iutrr t. jr uunD,r Y;s~ Increased .Ly Roy U. NJ. Turuer and tha:.'- Prin-
 d..
 NrNta~on appeared to be ill lNr,]Irut
 eyult= aud hcalGh, and for au hour these
 grHrlmru ruj"ycda social hour together.
 N- GjbsoY GaaUy turned 10 Mr Baker,
 who s4t u"xt to bim, aod asked bin f he Urufic"l aaytLiug psrrcllar about his
 ro1yp~-atioa. Ilo said Iii voice seemed thick. and tht. hc couldn't prtiruIatr luiuIy. X hool, ha had in h5s hand l Gr..up"d {. tho floor several time, and hc
 seemed uIul''c ru retain hold If it. Ash-| |tJ f ho felt i'll, h" said tHMt he did, and I-u1La-te3 that hy should walk Jo tine res l N!.url of l)r FUH His f.ie9Gs prevail ! l.t upon hial tu remain quiet, and one of r1rj, uun.hcr hurr.i jpr medical ujd. Dr. Ford ald E.ruu soyH arrived, and tH ;.iI ill their power for u.pir patient. \ Wagun WAS soon Grsusbt to the door, sDj AIr Gibson ~as placed in 8 chair in
 .., wagon, hat hv1urr they haG reached i l,~ hNutful horar, "Fh" Sur~c-," Il i .rl c'..cd 0r.athuR. aJd upon hi~ 1 f jrads vho had accompanied him wa- .arnNH tG" tack uf hrs aGirg the sad news 1 .n :Is beloved }ylte and ch.drun. Ir 4pYrar. that N2 lftb ou nd been il l t.nor health for some moutlS, 4ad had 1 "rr" warned ny his physician tooyrC- @a-k Ijo -enued ,o f4vca "rraon.t.ou
 .l, r. n.3 ~ra u-.r, far t.. rtcll~ 1!
 ~j.... tr Had cnui.vu [" ap 0c,ua ,o sr.-uJ in Wellington lis belief ;ha- his 1. 'u1" Dn earth w4a eGnr-.
 WHuum Uu.atltun Gibson va- born it ! 1audy Hook, October :. I~1u. His fath- | TT, Eimuud r. il. Gibsou, died in I~C>. 1
 vhilc hl, mother p"sscd away in l~93. l dr |,.hFon ia sugv vrd by a wife, who rsa Emma l.. Blanchard. rud two -tns, | ". Hamilton and D4ua. Four brothers, ! Iauupd r, H., rharlro D. T.. Henry E., ! uJoart T., aud g si--cr Nrs Juliet < ! Nuh,,, al-o survive him.
 The most vivid rccoutctions of the boy Iood of Mir Gibson are associated with ,he u'uou- Guunery school Ut Wa>hj@g~ for. where hr paid c0 scores to his tor ncutor7, fbe older boys, by drawing CAT itaurae If tAum. n- nunn, the tamous ma-ter. gusucd of complaints If the car- gAturre h4 declaring them "c4pifal like uas~r~." Nj my y"sre aft"rwArd. when ,ha sting of r.rl} vo, n.rt had been for gottcn, the pupils of Mir Gibson's time joinnd in the publication of memorial of Mir t,uuu, entitled Master of the Gun-t uy-y." which Mir Gibson iuustratcd and edited. 10 illustrate the influence this famous teacher had upon the life of Gib- -oa and other pupils we have only to re- fer to the beautifully written introduc tiuu to this book, ''Ihe Master of the Gunnlry." which by tine way WAS from , Nr GibsoD $ pen, Wequotc a few lines Tuluemuu.Iy of this dear foster father of , cag 1unh we, his rprcr,ul pwule, would 5 lI n4 uar flowers ol grateful uihulo in t vl,nun ol many ottrriuE-, tn}tl for their unity aud harmony rely alone upon the golIcn tie 2 ,vlunh btnI7 ther0. T. is u book, iu a ~ruso, N .nopj author or cIitor IL uni4nc and in , .trtptJyv instance of a syndicate ut authors, , roou rho rJltor oftnc others uauu5cripts and , l' Tn perfect nccold, the illustrator alone cN l , rupt from vl"t-octiou.
 To many of the Gunnely hoys, who SAW tu.il master only through the Iuuitrd vision , oi youth, these written words will certainly ! prove a revelation of his inner life, yyhilc to the general rcHlnl- the friends of AIr Gum could command mo grnndcr view of his char, st,ter, Herein n" has revealed Inc portrait of Il= true self a~ u- nearest friend never could uuy, pUrtrlycd il, and it is the portrait of al noble, spiritual nature, which, even to us who were drawn most closely 10 hIm, rubukes the kind, -J estimate ol our youth and wins our re ncwcd rcvcrauce and love.
 As a boy William Hamilton was said to be full of fun, and had fondness for gathering bugs of all description. How fortunate it was that he should be throwr 1 in contact with 8 student of Nature, like MT Gum, was shown in the career of Nil Gibson, which must have been strongly influenced by his beloved teacher. In. deed, MT Gibson in this same introduce tiOn already referred to says:
 As an element in that companiouship my present task was certainly incomplete with out a brief ailuaion to n striking characterta- tic of Mir Gum which is perhaps too slightly dwelt upon in our pages-his love of Nature for in the ranks of the seers of Nature he real ized to the full that di5criminatiYe test ofl conceived by the poet of Walden, who claimed thai 1t required "a special dis pensation ot Providence to be a walker" Those walks with MT Gum, the rides, the quest for the first anemones or arbutus; the woodland strolls, when the taintesu perfume brought its recognition of an unseen presence among the sblossoming herbage, when the yer aIaft