The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1910-07-08

genius and industry he developed aud trans
| formed his section Of 'poiecat' Into a dover
| and vegetable garden. comparatively. His
father, who was veteran OF the war OF 2
| to finance him in medical education, and
| also offered to equip him for the cavalry GU
| the side Of the maintenance of the Union la
| our war between the states. The boy
hankered after being "A lawyer, though, as {
| said, he Thought nobody could he n lawyer
but solomon" II turned out. however
| that owing to the early death of his father
his plans were all changed and young Hugh
| took to farming on such solid lines, that all
| things considered. he made perhaps, the most
| substantial success of all the farmers In our
| county. lie had unusual natural gitts-tal.
| cnts that would have made for success In ia
| wider fields ot usefulness. In order to achieve
! renown and do great coed to grent mum.
her. two things are necessary First. that
| master OF human dcstinies," Opportunity y;
second, the gen us to grasp II. The French
Revolution and the distracted conditions
| following created Napoicon's opportunity
| and he had the genius to graspit, The great
pity Is that Hugh A. Jones was always IA
lie was "a marvellous combination In point OF
charaeter. lie possessed In n high degree the
hardhchdcd, commonscnse darinH of Thco-
dore Roosevelt and the tender pathos of WI
liam Tenn. lie had marked pcculiaritiss.
horn of hts environment, and unfortunately
he seemed to have been Judged by some more
| Tor hts pcculiarities than for his real charac-
| ter aud royal principles, Peculiaritira are
merely the mists aud clouds that cling to
| mountains" Milton said "A good ptinci.
pie. not rightly understood. mny prove as
| hurtiul ns a bad"
Hugh A. Jones stood for absolute integrity
at all times; he did not try to get something
Tor nothing. aud he was rarely fever, caught
| on his guard hy dccrivers. All shallow show
aud prctcnse he hated and dcspiscd. In con
| tracts he was for granite rock foundRt ion
aud In argument he was logical aud slcdge.
| hammer; he did not deal In mere statements
| where the debate" became question of
veracity: he gave reasons. Had he been cdu.
| Gated In the law aud trained In forensic ora
tory he could have challenged all comrrs In the
arena nf debate, He Was Democratic for
the greatest good to the greatest number
ana IN all his work he was careful and exact
I" the utmost detail. Its Industry knew
only the limits of time and safe endurance
In some of his wnyShe was somrw hat unique
| and he was. therefore, misunderstood and
mnliHnrd called seliish-but he was really
nympathrtic. He listened above the din aud
looked beyond the dust OF an hour" lie was
neither nm insane nscctiC nor fool Of pleas
ure. but he walked the golden path along
the strip Of Ncrdurc that Hes between the
deserts of extremes" lie was fond nj music
| and poetry, full OF wit and humor, "A student
OF Shakespeare and great reader Of Robert
Burns. A hundred times have heard him
quote these wordsi
"a man may haze an honest heart tho nov.
rrty hourly stare him!
man may TAX n neebot's part, yet haze nae
cash tn spare him.
Aye tree, on hand your story tell. when we n
bosom crony;
Hut stun keep sonnet hing To Yourself We scarce
" tell IL ony,"
Hugh A Jones was a public spirited man In
The hrondr-t aud hest sense. Pre- eminrntIy
man of action, he took the deepest interest
IN public utilities, II WINS largely through
hts influence aud untiting perseverance, that
we obtained al curly. the restoration at
t"nnwlngn bridge. In making his appeal
Ia the legislative committee he said IAN
that We eau do lis nlnok at those old pillars
0at nj hat al. ...a.
advantages that we once had t." lie WI. cE.
trrmrly interesting at anxious tunes, like IN
harvest, should hr happen Ia have some hay
Ia the held, partly cured and II suspicious
looking cloud happen On the horizon land he
reduced the study of the clouds to nu exact
SCIENCE he would suddenly grow intense,
picturesque and RrnicSuur. A. an illustrn.
tion Of his invnriablc methods of throwing
up htchstwOtks of prccHutlon against po44i.
blc dangers. recall that On "A certain ith of
July, On which day ut noon the thci moInrter
registered 100 degrees Fahrenheit In the
shade, he arose ut one O'Clock, A. Nj, and
commenced At once to haul In his wheat
There was thunderstorm On that afternoon,
hut hy that hour he had nearly all ofhiH W heat
In the harm. lie would pay promptly and
big but hr would expect everything to he In
readiness to start nj the first "crRck' of day
aud No stopping. II might lie asked, how
could he get help ~ all when he acted that
way Wed. lac was right on the Job himself
the only way to he successful Ia farming.
nnd he had the genius Of diplomacy H. hIn
management by which he could do IL and his
men liked him, lie had no respect for "po
litIcnl failures who became reIormrrs and
decorated fraud with the pretrnse OF philap.
thtopy, OF sought to gain some private end
III the name at public good lie believed In
honest money" In the hest money In the
world, In pure gold aud dcsplHed with all
his heart financial frauds mud regarded huy
cents that pretended To he u dollar, a.. hr
would u thief In the uniform III u policeman
drHrr To ahy, In conclusion, that In my
opinion the dominant characteristics 81 Hugh
A. Ionrs' ensemble was HIS deep and earnest
desire To do good to Others In the way OF
giving wise counsel lie would do this with
iibrrnlIty and industry that amounted al.
most To an ambition, lie gave mr some wise
counsel which did not heed but have we'd
to know, hy the demonstration of wears
that he vase true prophet. licRnvc hi. ad.
vice with u high degree al pride and nHaur.
nncr, hut not vanity, he was not vain. He
Travelled On solid ground and hr knew II
vanity ffstn an the opinion Oi others pride
On our own. vanity IN u willow that bends
pride " the oak that dehrr the storm "
And Hugh Ionri has passed int - history.
In the presence al death. the good M an
Judges ns he would he Judged. lie knows
that men are only irnRmrntH-thnt the
greatest walk In shadow, and that faults
aud failures minglc with the lives of all 4"
"BraVey he entered the dark neaa--or the
dawn-that We call death. Unahrlnkingly,
lie passed beyond our horizon, beyond the
twiliRhts purple hills beyond the utmost
reach of human harm or help-to that vast
realm of silence or ofiny where the innumer-
able dwell and he has left with us his wealth
nj thought and drcd-thr memory of n brave
aud honest man, who bowed alone To
death"