The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-07-22
SILVERED
By the Frost Of Years,
The Head Of Mr. a. s Busssy
NOw sleeps on the Dream
less Pillow OF the Great
Mother.


tary eatsrsd upon the march 10
eternity just \ decade sooner than
Mr.. Busy, but A. human life niss
even faster than yearz he OutstriP- /
Ped the old centenary = little over
. milestone and half. He enter
"a Iifss areas = year later than
Abraham Lincoln, chAries Darwin
and William EEart Gladstone
Lincoln passed away over twenty
years ago, the great scientist has
been dad sixteen years, and ''The
Grand Old Man fell On sleep only
= few weeks gone Mr.. Bussey en-
tered life in \ historic period; God
allowed him To leave IL in the most
historic era since -the morning
stars sang together"
II was in romantic -Ole virgin-
Ia" On the 18th Of June, 1910, that
the silver curtain q existence Wss|
lifted and life flooded the Earthly
tabernaelsg o. the gOOdIy patriarch
Who has fallen BY the way. The
soil upon which the -FAther Of his
County and the sage Of Month
cello first planted their feet i Ne
nOUned for It's potency in prOdue-
ing length Of life. So i LOUIS.
Mr.. Rsssey was in the full yigOr u
manhood when he came to this
place, being but thirty-twO years
o. age. For more than half = cen
tury he resided here. He saw the
little town when IL Was too young
To bOast o. its beantifal shade ines
Before the evening shades closed
about him, he enjoyed their com
fort in sunshine and shadow He
saw them plantsd-perhaps plant
I'd many Of them himself. As he
leaned upon the staff Of years,
gradually descending into the
quiet valley, they stretched forth
their cool branches to shade the
pathway. When the grim reaper
came, he had the distinction Of BE-
ing the Oldest citizen q our town
Fifty-siK years Is = fairly long Pc
riOd o. life in itself. bat Mr.. Bias
sey lived in Louisa three seOrs
years minus four. He knew much
u the early history u the state
and country, and could relate many
interesting incidents concerning
their primitive growth
Mr.. Bussey Vas barred sixty
ysars, one month and one day from
the date q his marriage On Jun
; 18th, ISIS, he was married 10 Mis-
Christina Miller, Mo wss born il
wurtenburE, Germany, in ISIS, ans
, came 10 America AZ ave years 0
I age Mr.- Bussey i nov in he
| eigthy-thIrd year. Seven ekllarsI
were born to Mr.. and Mrs BUssey
two girls and i've boys the young
st u whom i Dr. J. e. Busssy, 0
this place
In 1876 Mr.. Bussey joined tn
Masonic Lodge, and was : membe
: q that august order until death
> He vas buried with Masonic hon
E Ors BY App-rson Lodge and a feV
7 members u VInsOa Lodge from
the NJ =. Church, Of which he "a
- . member. The services At tn
church and grave we've oOnduete'
!. By Revs- Davenport and Reid
= Considering the fact that the
A were born in difienent oOuntrie;
4 that one came frOm bsyOndthe -
n that they lived happily together Il
sixty long years. one naturail
thinks o. Mr.. and Mrs. Bussey
ae reads thsse masical lines frOl
R5bert Browning:
n -Tw0 shall b barn the whale MID
II w0rid apart,
And speak IN difieEs=s saRgues Al
,, have No thOught
IL Zach q the others bling and I
NJ he'd;
= And these Ger unknown seas
unknown lands
Shall erOss, eseAping Wneek, dei!
ing death;
y And all uncOnseiO0sly, shaPe eve'
- act
- And bend each wandering fO1tSt,
!. % this one end
That one day. Out u darkness. tn
shall MEET
,r And read lifs's meaning in -.
others eyS
N As her earthly days gradual
u l<ngthen into the daEa a the -
!, nal morning, may she Who %
came to q distant country 10 me
= him also have the Joy q meetil
him in that still mOre dista
~ country; where lilies meanings =
Interpreted by Him who said.
a am the way. the Truth, and I
life F.F. 5
On Amer an Hines. Of about "a