The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-30
WORTHY
OF Emulation
His Life.
RE SPECTED BY ALL,
Caleb Wallis Work viii
Continue in Life.

connection with The Spy, and all of
whom were glad to know him as a
friend.
On the evening of May IS, 1887, about
$50 of the oldest and most honored of
Worcester's citizens met in the parlors
of the Lincoln House to celebrate the
50th anniversary Of Mr. Wallis connec-
ton with the press of Worcester coun-
ty. 1t was one of the most remarkable
gatherings ever held in this city, rep
resenting those longest and most close
| ly identified with its varied interests.
1t included men from all walks of life,
from the pulpit, bench, bar medical
faculty, trade and the shop, comprising
an array of veterans'in experience and
the venerable in years seldom if ever
before seen together here.
Some of those present were Hon.
George +. Hoar, Hon. w. w. Rice,
Hon. Francis II. Dewey, Judge P.
Emory Aldrich, ex-Mayor Charles b.
Pratt Gen. A. B. r. Sprague Stephen
Salisbury, Alderman James II. Mellen,
William 5. Barton, Samuel S. Green,
Capt. John S. Baldwin, Gen. Josiah
Pickett, Frank p. Goulding, Harvey b.
Wilder, John H. Jewett, Freeman
Brown, Senator e. B. Crane, ex-Rep-
resentative Eugene NJ Moriarty, Post
master ]. Evarts Greene and many
others.
A large number of those who We're
present then have died, but those who
are alive now are still constant in their
praise of Mr.. Wall.
Senator Hoar, in speaking of Mr..
Wallis work to Spy man yesterday,
said:
When I came to Worcester, just af-
ter the great campaign of 1S4S Mr..
Wall became one of my earliest friends
There were many free sellers in Wor-
cester then, but they We're not counted
among the best society of the city.
The tie that bound the younger men
of the movement was strong, tender
and affectionate, and l think it would
be impossible to find an occasion since
then when Caleb A. Wall and / have
met upon the street without q hearty
and cordial greeting.
Mr.. Wall has been the senior repre-
sentative of the press in Worcester. 1
| feel that few of us who do not go
| abroad appreciate how much we owe
our press. In this city this great burn
ing and shining light has shone pure.
And say, as have said before, that
the man who@can belong to that great
| profession and resist the temptation to
! sensationalisnl, falsehood, low, petty
scandal and malice, is entitled more
| than any to be counted the first citi-
zen of any community. 1t IS a great
function to lead men in the paths of
purity.
/ To this great profession Mr. Wall has
devoted, not always in the most CON
spicuous place, his life for 80 years.
While connected with The Spy he gave
to that journal great deal of the
quality to which its influence is due.
AS the Bath footman said to Mr.. We'll
Ter, You can always taste the chaly-
beate f1avof in it, .
Ex-Mayor Henry A. Marsh said: 81
am sure | am voicing the opinion of
every citizen of Worcester, who knew
| the man, when I say that his was a
most useful and generally praiseworthy
| career Every one speaks with favor
able comment of his uniform life and
Jealous work for the welfare of the
| community"
| He was staunch abolitionist, and
his views carried special weight with a
| large following of the citizens of Wor-
ceSter years ago, especially in the farm
4 ing districts, where the residents We're
| ever ready to respond to. his call. He
| was a man positive in his convictions
and lover of all that redounded to the
good of the community.
81 have been very much impressed
by his zeal in matters Of research, par
| ticularly in connection with his location
| of people and places figuring in the
early days of Worcester. His work en-
| titled "reminiscences of Worcester
| consider an invaluable work.
Ellis was modest but conspicuously
useful life, deserving of the respect and
esteem of the entire community.
Nathaniel Paine, treasurer of the Am
erican Antiquarian Society, said: "I
| have known Mr. Wall for many years
as a citizen of esteem, although I was
not intimately acquainted | cohsid-
| cred him a good and useful man, IN a
historical way especially He has col
lected data regarding the early history
/ of Worcester and compiled it in more
compact form than has ever been at
| tempted by any other man.
II consider his "reminiscences of
| Worcester a most useful and valuable
book. He was a hard worker and de-
serving of the respect Of the entire com
| munity."
General A. B. r. sprague, former
mayor, and a personal friend of Mr..
Wall, for a period covering so years,
spoke last evening concerning the life
of the veteran newspaper man. There
| were things about the life of Caleb
Wall" said General Sprague, (which
cannot fail to receive the endorsement
of the people in every walk of life. He
D6Q the makeup OIL one WHO WAS QSS-
tined to make a man of the world, and
| that he succeeded is evident. MIR. Wall
was one who was particularly devoted
/ to those things in the study of nature
| or historical events; he was method
cal and accurate; in politics, he was a
prominent and efficient worker in his
| day for the abolitionist party. and in
all the spheres of his existence he was
a model man.
| "All of us have read with no small
1 amount of interest his "reminiscences
/ of Worcester and this work alone
| shows the value of the man. I have
| known him, admired his work, and can
| say with the other citizens, that | re-
| greet his death. In his line of work, he
| was a marvel his newspaper career,
| covering, as it did, more than half a
| century of continual gctlvity, and his
name as an antiquarian. bring forth a
genius certainly unequaled in Worces-
| ter. and one of which the city may well
be proud.
teresting way last evening concerning
tho life and work of MIR. Wall. Their
( long acquaintance had served to
strengthen the ties which bind men
more closely together, and the general
felt the loss of his old friend deeply.
He said:
| II have known him many years, and
considered him man we all should adj
mire. His object in life was of char
acter to which he was particularly
adapted and his success is truly evil
dent
"He was a man Of great ability, in
his wav, quaint and singular, one for
whom we had a high respect. and a
man of high principle in every way.
His unqnestioned ability and accuracy
Imado for him a name which was con-