Putnam patriot., 1910-06-24

Young Hall vas born in Goshen. His father died when he was thirteen years old, leaving his mother with six small children, of which he wss the eldest. They worked hard upon the farm for three years eDdeaYofing to re- dace the mortgage Their efforts be- ing Of no avail young Hall. then six teen, decided to learn to be carpenter, and received employment al SO ger year. At the age of twenty-one he en- i tered Norfolk Academy for the winter. Al twenty-five, when school days are usually over, he saw in A daily paper of A place where one could attend a college in New York state and work his way through. lie went there with his tool kit and s3Do in his pocget. He intended to study mathematics and be- come an architect. Assigned as a tutor for this young man WAS a young girl named AngeIine. Hall determined to get up problem that would stick his teacher but he failed, 90 the oniy logic Al outcome was to marry her or run. While mathematics say l plus equals 2, Love says plus equals l. When the tutor graduated she and Hall were engaged, They went West to relatives and were later married. Asapb went 1 to Ann Afoof and and entered college. 1 rom there f0 Ohio where he and his vile opened a school, Asaph returning to study during vacations bal finally came back to conneeticut. He next went t0 Harvard lo work with psofes- s0f fond In lhe hiisef{ atofy Tor s5 2 week aud Witn vile io support He made nBsefv aii8ns fof some army of- Geeis which helped hiao. He stayed hefe thtee Xeara and his salary was in- creased lo .610 i yenf
 Then eame he fiqH saf in lse2. Professor Hall Nas recommended for a government position and passed an ex- cellenf examination and was made professor of mathematics at the govern. meut college Not antil he WIS thirty. foaf yeats old was his future assured. Ills lie had heeu work and toll II would take Loo long te tell In detail all he accomplished in science. Aug. Il, lss7, Professor Hall with his great tel. escope discovered thnt Mars had two satellites. He gave the news to the world and his fame began. He reeeiv. ed medals, prizes, memberships in many scientific societies, and all were open fo him.
 This was the man who had worked for si a week, but who was willing to hold te his purpose and carve out hi. destiny. Harvard college called him when he was 60 odd years of age to be professor of astronomy. He alway. enjoyed putting his knowledge to tht use of some struggling student. When among his brother professors there arose a contentiou they would always wait to see what H-ll would say, and went no further. W hen he died aNa. terbufy journal, the nearest paper to where he was born, had three inch notice, while the Boston Evening Transcript had half a page. IL was while on visit to his son al Annapo. lis few years ago that he fell on sleep, but his body lies buried In Goshen.
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