Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-09-07
A SIMPLY OBELISH OF GRANITE DESIGNED
= BY THEGREAT P~ATRIOT.AND .STATES-
IA BEFORE HIS DEATH.
at the Missouri 7
WILL BE ONE OF THE INTERESTING STO
ICAL EXHIBITS ATTHE WORLD'SFAIR ]
AT ST. LOUIS, 1903. ~
Nkins and other eminent Americans

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scription upon the obelisk is the
sunken 1ngures showing the date OF the
birth and Of the, death OF Jefferson.
The shaft proper IS i've and one-half
feet high and rests upon d base three
feet square. 1T had been Clipped
somewhat by relic hunters before its
removal from Virginia. The tablet
is two feet by eighteen inches in size
and of highly polished marble. The
monument stands in azbeantiful grass
plot on the east side OF the quadrangle
OF the university campus. Not far.
from it is the original monument from:
the tomb Of David Barton, the first
United States senator from Missouri,
replaced at Boonville by a handsomer
shaft erected at state expense
|, DIR. E. "A: Allen, head Of the depart
ment Of English in the University of
Missouri, himself a, Virginian, wrote
these verses at the time of the removal
Of the monument of Jefferson from Viz
ginia to Missouri: ~ s@
The granite OF his native hill, I'll.
Mother Of monumental man,
Virginia gave, whose page her Plus
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With undiminished deeds of sword and
pen. N s
More fitting far than molten bronze,
Or polished marble carved by art
This monument of him who broke the
bonds %ES&SS a
That bowed in letters every human
heart,
The column rises in all lands, 3
When sinks the soldier to hissrest;
This cenotaph OF rustic plainness
stands q wi
TO him who gave an empire to the
West i
Not with the blood OF thouands slain.
with children's cry and mothers tears
the statesrnan's Wisdom won this vast
domain q
with gain OF honest toilthrough peace
full years. g II
The highest honors OF this state,
And OF his country came unsought;
II was not this, o men, that made him
great,
OF this Is nothing on the tablet
wrought s
His pen declared his country free,
Equal and free his fellow man,
Freedom in church and state, the right
to- Be, 58 4
f nature wills, the first American.
Ills wellsthe shaft himself devised
Rests here in 1earnings classic shade;
To be her patron was BY him mor'et'
priced
Than all the honors that the :n1sation
paid. # Ss
Q may his spirit 1inger near
AS by old Montieello,s slope!
Inspire Missolri's sons who gather
here @
With all the scholar love and patriots
GnFE
hope.
And r who holds the nations fate
Within the hollow Of his hand
Preserve the Union ever strong and
great,
And guide the statesmen Of bur native
land.
5s WAITER WILLIAMS;
Columbia, Missouri.
Tired Mothers. It's hard work to
take care on children and Ia cook,
sweep, wash, sew and mend besides.
Tired mothers should take Hoods Sar-
sapariIla-it refreshes the blood, I'M
proves the appetite assures restfui
sleep, and helps ID many ways.
Mrs. y. p Watson IS unable to at-
tend to the Bismarck exhibit tor Man
dan state fair. But anyone wishing
entry blanks can get them by calling
upon her, and can send over ilndivid-
ually their exhibit. Il
q the Presbyterian church Rev. a
barrie VIII give the annual educational
sermon 70 which the school board,
teachers ana patrons are specially ill.,
yIted oneUnused Brain Cells. sum
day school after the morning hour.
Senior Z. 3. at d. No evening
service.
Ress Dlrrie breaches ii steele
next Sunday evening ana Win ~ I'd
perfect arrangements for tlse perrna,
nsnt minister for Sterling ana for