The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-09-29
DRINKING
FOUNTAIN
SHIPPED
Is a Gift TO the City;
Sketch Of Ensign
the Donor

According to letter received this
morning by Jonas Cook, president OF
the local Humane Society, the En-
sign drinking fountain. donated to
The city by the National Humane AL
lance, was shipped. freight prepaid.
from Rockland, Maine. September
21.
Lewis NJ. seaver, secretary Of the
Alliance. was here several months
ago and Fourth & choctaw was Sc.
lected as the site for the fountsin 1t
will be installed in the center OF the
street intersection, making it ac-
cessible from all sides The fountain
is constructed of Maine granite and
its weight is five tons, the bowl
alone weighing two tons. 1t will be
a handsome ornament to the city as
well as an object of great utility.
It was through the efforts Of Mr..
Cook that the fountain was secured.
In connection with this gift it is
an opportune time to call attention
to the founder Of the National HUI
name Alliance. This man was the
late Herman Lee Ensign.
He was born in carbondale, Pa.
on June 80 1s4s. At an early age
he moved with his prrents to shef-'
lield, H. When fifteen years old he
acquired knowledge of telegraph
ing, and soon became an expert op-
orator. Soon after that he went to
Davenport, Iowa, and later to Den
yer.
He was reared under religious in
fluences and was a member Of the
congregational church; when twen-
ty years old decided to become a
minister. With that object. he en-
tered Phillips academy. His health
or finances soon failed, and he left
school and went to Chicago. where he
began business with a bridge COM
pany.
During the great fire of 1871 he
rendered important service to this
company by saving from the office
valuable books.
A few years later he became the
manager Of a brilliantly written pa
per called the Alliance, weekly Jour
nal, mildly religious and widely hu-
manitariana His experience in jour
nalism he turned to practical account
by later engaging in the advertising
business, following it with marked
success, and acquiring fortune in
twenty years.
Fertile in fancy and quick in ex-
pertinent. he devised a new form Of
newspaper advertising known as
headline reading advertising He
also invented the stereotype plate
with removable base.
In 1882 he moved to Rochester and
two years later to New York, where
he lived until his death in 1899.
Without advantages Of birth or
fortune. living the life Of quiet Am
srican citizen aud dying before he
was fifty, he had rounded out a no
table life. To his business and gen.
eral friends he was known as a gen
ial and companionable man, sue
eessful in his affairs, light-hearted
and satisfied with life. His more in
innate friends know that he had
other interests and feelings. which
represented the deeper and more
vital side Of his nature. He had an
eager and imaginative temperament.
an instructive love of what is good
and true and a hatred of what is
wrong. From childhood he was a
lover Of domestic animals This love
made him detest all that was cruel
or unkind in the treatment Of ami
mails by their natural protector
man. It became more than a senti-
ment-it became a passion. growing
upon him and at last dominating his
life.
To him animals we're not merely
interiors or slaves, they we're com
panions and friends. devoting them
selves TO man and dependent upon
him for their lives and happiness.
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