The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-05-19

name is famous on account of his
poetry. was especially ANXIOUS
to visit the home of this poet, as
[ had just been to au entertain.
ment a few nights previous,
where 1 heard one of his poems,
That Little Boy of Nine" After
learning something of both the
bright and the dark side of his
life, l could see the motive that
led him to write the little poem:
"Let Something Good Be Said"
when over the fair fame of friend or foe
The shadow of disgrace shall fall: instead
OF words OF blame. or proof Of thus and so,
Let something good be said
Forget not that no fellow being yet
May fail so low but love may lift his head;
Even the cheek of shame with tears is wet,
If something good be said.
| No generous heart may vainly turn aside
In ways OF sympathy; no soul so dead
But may awaken strong and glorined
If something good be said.
And so charge ye. by the thorny crown
And by the cross on which the Savior bled;
And by your own souls hope of fair renown,
Let something good be said
The most notable structure IN
this city Is the Soldiers and Sail
ors' Monument. 1t Is universal.
ly admitted to be the grandest
achievement of architectural and
sculptural art in the world. The
balcony is 22St feet above the
ground, and is reached by an elec
trio elevator or by a stairway con
sisting of thlrty-two flights. On
reaching the balcony, we looked
over beautiful panorama of In.
dianapolls and vicinity. Here we
had view that could not be sur.
passed anywhere. 1t was the
most delightful had had of any
large city during my trip. Below
the balcony Is bronze astragal
bearing the dates 186l-1865 on
the four sides of the shaft, lllum.
mated by electricity. Midway,
the monument is a second bronze
astragal, EN- blematlc of the Navy,
and further down, a third bronze
astragal representing the Army.
On the east and west sides of the
monument are the two largest
groups that have ever been cary.
ed out of stone-the one on the
east representing War, the other
Peace. On the south front are
two heroic statues, each cut out
OF a huge block of stone, one rep
resentlng Infantry, the other an
ideal Cavalry Scout. On the
north are the Artillery and Navy
representatives, same as on the
south. A little farther down
there is a terrace 10 feet in diam
eter and 16B feet high. On the
east and west sides of the terrace
are magnificent cascades, over
each of which flow 1000 gallons
of water per minute.
Monument Place is the most
brilliantly and beautifully lighted
spot In this country. 1t has eight
immense candelabra carrying 48
arc and $50 incandescent lamps,
together with the five hundred
incandescent lamps at the top.
On subordinate pedestals occu.
pylng positions in the four seq
ments, are bronze statues of Gov.
Morton, Gov. Whltcomb, Gen.
William Henry Harrison, and
Gen. Geo. Rogers Clark. In the
part below the floor Is a complete
light and power plant for excIu-
sive use of the monument. Above
the entrance facing south is the
Inscription Of dedication: "To
lndlana's Silent Victors." A
circular. plaza S42 feet and seven
inches in diameter surrounds the
monument. Eight avenues radi.
ate from this circular plaza in the
center of the city.
The time passed by very quick
| ly aud l hurried back TO the sta
tlen for my train was due at three
o'clock. AS we neared the Wa.
bash River / saw many hills that
reminded me OF those IN Penusyi.