Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1900-09-12
ARP'S RUMINATION.
Death of Friends Makes the PhilOs.
Opher Sad.
THREE DIED ON THE SAME DAY
Coionels Moore and rlynatt and DIR.
Goetchius- They Were All Good
Friends of His.

poStSniuS-lHey were All NOOC
Friends of His.
Low like a butterfly our thoughts fit
from flower to flower feeding upon the
ever-changing mental foods. some
times they soar to heaven or nestle
among the stars. but their home is here
among our people, our friends and
kindred and the concerns OF our daily
life. Who has not wondered how lie
came TO be thinking of TN : thing or
that and traced ii back to something
wholly irrelevant. but leading on by
shadowy lines But a little while ago
| was sadly thinking about the sudden
death of three more Of my good friends
friends whom | loved and everybody
loved who knew them Mr. Moore. OF
Auburn; Colonel Mynatt. of Atlanta.
and DR.. Goetchius. OF Rome. left Ills on
the same day. They We're good men
and the world was made better by thei,.
presence
! was thinking especially about Dr.
GoetchiuS, the preacher. whose journey
and destination was so suddenly chang
ed. for he had bought his ticket for Tai
lulah Falls. there to spend his vacation.
and was to take the train at ; o'slCck.
He rose from his bed at = and at . he
was dead and his spirit soaring II av-
onward. Then | thought about Mr..
Barbauld's lines that fit 50 we'll:
Life, we have been long together
In pleasant and in cloudy weather.
Tis hard to part when friend are dear.
Perhaps twill cost a sigh or tear
Then steal awaN-giVc little warming;
Choose thine own time.
Say not goodnight. but in scme bright.
er cline
Bid me good morning"
Then | ruminated about that won
derful woman. How she was the first to
write story books for the children and
hymns for the chruch and how her life
was spent in the schoolroom among
the children that she loved And
then recalled that beautiful hymu
hat she wrote:
How bleast the righteous when he
dies.
When sinks the weary soul 10 rest.
How mildly beam the closing eyes.
How gently h-avcs ;he epirinG
breast"
And then thought OF tn word; OF
Balaam, upon which that hymn was
founded. oh, may die the death of
the righteous and may my last end bo
like His. Ard this reminded M Ct
these other words OF Balaam: "Whrt
ha;h Gol wrought2" That was tn
first message sent oV,r telegraph
wire. 1t was sent from Washin-t IN to
'altlmore by Miss Anna Ellsworth. the
laughter OF the commissioner of pat
rnts. She had been very kind to Pro
'essor Morse and he had promised that
ihc should send the first message
his was sent on the oath day Of May
SI4, and two days later the .CcOnd
Message was sent from Baltimore To
raShingtOn. announcing that James X
Polk had been nominated fer presi-
dent ! remember all this for | was in
college then. But still the people wers
iECreduloUs ard waited for the mail
train to br'ng the news. Then
rUminltcd on the hard 1T OF Z cat in
ycAtoIs. and how MOrs spent all OF
his small estate and received but lit;lC
encouragement. being so utterly pOOI
that he had TO so without food 2t tim
for twonty-fGUr hOu :. and how he
pleaded with congress for three year,
in vain for an appropriation 10 heir
him perfect and build q line 10 Balti-
more-and how at the very last Wntn
ne was in despair ana haG given up al
hope. congress did at midnight. on the
lest day of the sCs ion. pass the bill fOI
$50 900 and Anna Ellsworth amt
running to him in delighted has g ana
told him the good new What an ago
d n 81.
years. fCg h had been refused hclu
at home and had been 10 England ard
to France in search Of it and found il
not. New just think OF ii. After he had
built his first lines and his success WIS
established he offered his patient TO the
United states for $lO0 900 and it wa:
refused and hc was constrained to stll
TO private parties. an invention that
soon came TO be worth one hundTc :
millions. But he died fun of years
and full Of hCnOrs. and even France
made him a donation OF 400 900 francs
What a wonderful man-pcrhaps the
greatest all around man that ever lived
for he was a painter OF distinction
and renown. the pupil and the peer 4
Allston and Wet and the City Of
Charleston was his best friend ami IA
tron and has now his portraits q Mon
roe and Lafayette. Ie was a ulptor
an architect. a philosopher and a po
and would have reached the top in n
had he not become 90 absorbed ID
harnessing the lightning As a matter
Of course he was kept iu ljtirDti IN "
eral years and other parties tried to
steal his Invention. but the supreme
court of the United States did finally
affirm everything that he claimed. lie
died in 1872 in his ci%hty-hrst ye4r
Here my thought rejcd for a whiIe
and then returned 70 Dr. Goa. chius and
the MANY other friends who We conn