New-York tribune., 1902-12-26
YANKEE SKILL.
Tribute in Poem by the Rev. John Pierpont,
Read at Litchfeld Centennial
Celebration.

The grandfather of J. Pierpont Morgan, the Rev
John Pierpont. was of the early American
poets It Is not known whether Mr.. Morgan has
ever aspre6 to WOO the of his ancestor, al
though his love for books and and costly vol
umes is of every day comment. 1t may be nat
ural inference that Mr. Morgan. with his many and
worldwide interests. does not find the time and
the seclusion necessary for poetic seif-communion
The poems written by Mr. Morgans grandfather
include which in the minds of some residents
of Lttchfeld County Conn. resembles in versih-
cation and swing of sentence Pcpe's Essay on
Man" although instead of being essay on man
kind in general. it deals only with that species
which has been dubbed Yankee.
Mr.. Morgan gets his middle name from this
grandfather. who was his mothers father. The
poem. which Is still read and rected in Litchheld
County. written by the Rev Mr.. Pierpont for
the centennial celebration of LitchheId County.
The exercises took place in Ltchfed August
13 and IA. 1851 Many prominent men of Con1ecti-
cut and OF other States took part in the cereno-
nies including Samuel Church. Chief Justice Of the
Connecticut Supreme Court; Daniel 3. Dickinson,
United States Senator from New-Tork; Amasa J.
Parker, of Albany, Supreme Court Justice of
New-York State; Frederick a. Tallmadge, Recorder
Of New-York City, and George Cionld Of Troy
The poem of the Rev. Mr. Pierpont published
In the history of the celebration, copy Of which
is now in the possession of Erastus Darrow. of
Rochester N I. In reading the verses over again
recently Mr.. Darrow especially struck with
certain passages, in which he thought he
foreshadowing of the character of the great hnan-
cier. These lines. when examined, show that the
grandfather Ike the grandson. had in him that
Yankee facility that American can and WILL
which has made the younger !. Pierpont Morgan
famous the world The grandfather devoted
these qualities 10 the ministry, The grandson has
put them TO account in banking.
Following some selections from the Litchheld
County poem:
'Twere hard indeed. exactly to define
The Yankee nation by boundary line,
Here dwelIs people-by their leave speak
ReG%liar E2,t5 homogeneous mes an and unigge e
Whate,er is going on to see and hear;
ons Te Re hale dG opsn Rs Whe9 Re so p
Industrious; careful how he spends his cash
Quick at his business sas-i IN the field or shop '
AGd # HoG s Eitn the better in or the se
You earn your money, and your fortunes made
These forming powers produce race Of men,
& B Bee ron6 9g9rs oT9 nSr 10 Fl en fg4 hS4
Keen, careful. daring. ready to embrace
TGc fc forms b the q APOSTLE Paul
The Yankee hoy, before. he's sent to school,
We'll knows the mysteries rs cries Of Of that Yankee tool
Turns while he hears his mothers lullaby;
Then aa1sa no no ston gnturned % iii he can whet IT.
And. in the education of the lad
No little part that implement hath had.
His pocketknife to the young whittier brings
Prss"as sfowihs ngsic and Gi thu scbtor art
His chestnut whistle. and his shingle dart
It's sharp eSPiosion and reboundins wad,
That fGlT murnurs from his pumpkin leaf trombone.
Conspire to teach the boy. To these succeed
His His Windmill wind raised the passing breeze to win
His water wheel that turns upon pin;
Ton his shp beam ends 81, upon the oor
And waiting, near the washtub for a launch
Thus by his genius and his jackknife driven,
Ere long he'll solve you any problem given;
Make any gimcrack, music musical ~ or mute mute
A plow. coach. an organ or a flute.
Make canal g9n i9eg2tiTe 6T Pmd 6atGs 96 6GGk dock
or lead forth Beauty from a marble block;
Make anything, in short for sea and shore.
Make it said + G,rA Az nS g4Sg fSe n taf
And. when the thing is made. whether it be
To move earth in air, or on the sea;
Mhsp6Gr or Gpon land an T5t to roll r. revoive or Slide
Whether 70 whir or Jar. to strike or ring
Wheel pulley tube sonorouS N ,7, wood wood or m brass
For When his hands upon IL. YOU may know
That there's go in it, and he'll make it go.
From Yankee genius. industry and. skill.
Since justice +S3 tG9k her Sea{ gp9 a mes n
Of saving labor-multiform machines
IWPsbisd BR sheep y BY "q horse BY the aTde team
Of @ 19f that are woTked BY mice
A lathe that turns out OF a NO wooden den, block
last an o stand So OF that It can get at you
It viii turn you into marble statue
Tvti1I 1t = t1rn marble duplicate of you.
A printing press, that, by hot water power,
Prints twenty thousand volumes in an hour
A car that II you wish TO run away,
VIII carry YOU three hundred miles day.
But think not that when in that car you've fed.
Are off, so fast that nothing else can head You
If so you've thought, without your most you've
reckoned
Along a wire by Yankee genius gwen.
To make telItaie of the fire from heaven;
And If your friends anxious to restore you.
THE lightning starts next day, and gets there Ions
before you
A LARGE FIRE IN ILLINOIS
Bloomington Ill Dec 25.-Fire in the business
section here tonight caused loss of about s2sD0N