Part 29

=White, John T.=, Solicitor to the Treasury for the Province of Ontario, is a native of Belleville, Ont., where he was born on July 3rd, 1875. He was educated at the public and High Schools of his native town and later qualified for the law at Osgoode Hall, Toronto. On being called to the bar of this province in 1894 he practised for a time in Toronto. A few years ago he was appointed Solicitor to the Treasury for Ontario, a post requiring great judgment and knowledge of general conditions. Among the duties it embraces is that of collecting the succession duties on the estates of deceased persons, the collection of the Corporations Tax, the Provincial War Tax, and other sources of Provincial revenue. In the long and delicate negotiations which are sometimes necessary in arriving at a fair valuation, Mr. White has shown himself very shrewd and tactful and has been able to largely augment the revenues of the province without making unfair exactions. When the Ontario Government decided a year or so after the late war began to impose a tax on amusements, Mr. White was also placed in charge of the administration of the new law, a task involving great problems of detail which he has successfully accomplished. He is an Anglican in religion and a Conservative in politics and resides at the Albany Club, of which he is a member, as also of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the Rosedale Golf, and the Mississauga Golf and Country Club.

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=Pugh, Thomas James=, one of the successful business men of Toronto, was born in Kidderminster, England, January 8th, 1871, the son of Charles and Sarah Pugh. He received his first education in public schools in England, which on his coming to Canada as a boy, was continued by courses in the public and High Schools here. On leaving school he adopted commercial pursuits in which he prospered and was finally enabled to establish himself as a manufacturer of novelties. He is the President of the Pugh Specialty Company, Ltd., with factories at 38 to 42 Clifford Street, and the wares of his company are well known to the trade throughout Canada. He is a member of the Canadian Manufacturers Association and of the Toronto Board of Trade. He is a Presbyterian in religion and a member of the Masonic order. In politics he is a Liberal-Unionist. In 1908 he married Miss Alice Maude Collier, daughter of M. Collier, of Hillsburg, Ont., and resides at 87 Erskine Avenue, Toronto.

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=Sutherland, Thomas Fraser, B.Sc., E.M.=, Chief Inspector of Mines for the Province of Ontario is recognized in his own and other countries as one of the leading mining engineers of Canada. He is the son of Rev. J. M. Sutherland, B.A., a prominent Presbyterian clergyman of the Maritime Provinces, and was born at Pugwash, Nova Scotia, on Feb. 23rd, 1879. His professional education was received at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont., from which he graduated in 1904 as a fully qualified Mining Engineer with the degree of Bachelor of Science. On graduation he went to British Columbia and worked in various gold camps of that province and also of Alaska as a practical miner, assayer, operator and prospector. For two years he acted as Western representative of a prominent New York mining firm with important interests in British Columbia. After six years’ experience on the Pacific coast he returned to the East in 1910 and was engaged by the Ontario Bureau of Mines in 1911 as Assistant Inspector at Cobalt, Ont., the centre of one of the great silver districts of the world. Subsequently in 1913 he became Chief Inspector, and in 1916 was attached as expert to the Royal Ontario Nickel Commission to enquire into various problems in connection with that important industry. His duties in this capacity required him to visit the famous nickel mines of the French colony of New Caledonia, which are second only to those of Northern Ontario in extent, and also the nickel fields of Tasmania. In connection with his investigations and other official duties he is the author of various reports to the Ontario Government, which are documents of value to those interested in the mining industry, and is also a contributor to technical journals in connection with his profession. He is a member of the Canadian Mining Institute and in religion is a Presbyterian. In 1908 he married Miss Ethel Young and has three children, Jack Fraser, Gordon McRae, and Margaret Jean. His home is at 133 St. Leonard’s Ave., Toronto.

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=David, Hon. Laurent Olivier=, City Clerk of Montreal since 1892 and for years prominent in the public life of Quebec, is one of the distinguished figures in the Senate of Canada. He is a son of the late Mayor Stanislas David, a farmer and officer of the Canadian Militia, and Elizabeth Tremblay, his wife. Senator David was born at Sault-au-Recollect, P.Q., on March 24th, 1840, and educated at Ste. Therese College, Quebec. He took up the study of law and while yet a student became identified with journalism as one of the founders of the newspaper “Le Colonisateur.” In 1870 he in company with M. Mousseau and Desbarats founded “L’Opinion Publique” an illustrated weekly, of which he became chief editor, and resigned as such because he refused to take the responsibility of approving the Pacific scandal. In 1874 he founded in company with C. Beausoliel, M.P., and edited “Le Bien Public” and later published “La Tribune.” In the seventies he began to win fame as the author of many essays and books on French Canadian history, on which he is perhaps the greatest living authority. These include “Les Patriotes de 1837-8”; “Portraits et Biographies”; “Histoire du Canada depuis l’Union”; “Histoire du Canada depuis la Confederation”; “le Drapeau de Carillon,” a patriotic drama; “Les Deux Papineau”; “Mes Contemporains,” (memoirs); “Souvenirs et Biographies”; “Laurier et son temps”; “Melanges Historiques et Litteraires”; “Le Clergé Canadien, sa mission et son oeuvre,” and other works. For a short time he filled the position of translator to the Quebec Legislature, which he resigned in 1878 and subsequently practised law in Montreal. In 1892 he became City Clerk of Montreal and helped to revise the new charter of that city, drafted in 1898. He served as President of the great French-Canadian patriotic Society of St. Jean Baptiste in 1887-8, and his pen and tongue have always been active in movements for Canadian unity and for the intellectual advancement of his own people. He was one of the important delegates to the Convention of the French-Canadian people at Nashua, New Hampshire, in 1888, and was one of the prime movers in securing the erection of the Monument National at Montreal and also that for a monument to Montcalm in France. Originally a Conservative in politics he left that party to join L’Union Nationale, in the sixties, an organization formed to oppose Confederation. Later his ideas on that subject mellowed and Confederation having become an accomplished fact, he threw in his lot with the newly-formed Liberal party of Dorion, Holton and Laflamme. His independence of spirit was shown, however, in the fact that he favored the policy of protection for native industries in opposition to his party friends. Because of his attitude on that question he was obliged to discontinue the publication of the “Bien Public.” From the first entry of Sir Wilfrid Laurier into politics he became his friend, counsellor and supporter, and during the lifetime of that statesman no living man enjoyed more of the confidence of the Liberal chieftain. His entry into politics ante-dated that of his friend by a few years for he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Quebec Legislature in Hochelaga in 1867 and later in 1875. From 1886 to 1890 he represented Montreal East in that body, when he voluntarily retired, owing to differences with Hon. Honore Mercier, Liberal Leader in the Legislature. He had several bills adopted by the Legislature in order to improve the condition of the workingman, and especially to prevent the seizure of his furniture and wages. He was twice an unsuccessful candidate for the House of Commons, first in Hochelaga at the general elections of 1878 and in Montreal East at the general elections of 1891. He in 1903 was called to the Senate of Canada by the Governor-General, the Earl of Minto, on the advice of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and is recognized as one of the sagest and most able debaters in that body. He had earlier declined appointment as Lieutenant-Governor of the Northwest Territories, though pressed to accept by Sir Wilfrid. He is prominently identified with welfare movements like the society for the Protection of women and children, Quebec; and the Anti-Alcoholic League, Montreal. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Knight of the Legion of Honor of France (to which he was appointed in 1911.) His attachment to the British flag as well as to the interests of his own people has been the theme of many of his utterances. He is a Roman Catholic and was twice married; first in 1886 to Albina Chenet (died July, 1887); secondly to Ludivine Garceau (died, February, 1915). He has had one son and nine daughters.

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=Nanton, Sir Augustus Meredith, K.B.=, of Winnipeg, is one of the leading financiers of the Canadian West and has been for a considerable number of years senior Winnipeg partner in the noted firm of Osler, Hammond & Nanton, Investment Brokers and Financial agents of Toronto and Winnipeg. He was born at Toronto, May 7th, 1860, the son of Augustus Nanton, Barrister, and came from a family that dated from the early settlement of that city. He was educated in Toronto and as a young man was sent to Winnipeg to take charge of the Western business of Osler & Hammond in which he became a partner. He has long been intimately connected with the financial life of Manitoba and the West, and his widespread interests are indicated by the fact that he is Vice-President of the Great West Life Assurance Co., Vice-President of the Osler & Hammond Trust Company; President, Winnipeg Electric Co.; Director and Chairman of the Canadian Committee of the Hudson’s Bay Company; Director of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co.; Director of the Dominion Bank; Director of the Northern Trusts Company; Director, Manitoba Bridge & Iron Works; Director of the Cockshutt Plow Company; Director of the Ogilvie Flour Mills Company; Director of the Canadian Starch Company; and Director of the Guarantee Company of North America. Few men have been so closely identified with the commercial and industrial development of Canada, particularly that section of it in which he resides; and when on June 4th, 1917, he was created a Knight Bachelor, the honor was universally regarded as well-bestowed. Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (July, 1914). In connection with the Victory Loans of 1917 and 1918, Sir Augustus rendered signal service to the Government of Canada, by organizing their flotation in the West, with magnificent results. He is a member of the following Clubs: Manitoba (Winnipeg); St. Charles Country; Winnipeg Hunt; Mount Royal (Montreal); York and Toronto in the latter named city; and Rideau (Ottawa). He is a Conservative in politics and an Anglican in religion. He is married and has three sons and three daughters, and resides at 229 Rosyln Road, Winnipeg.

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=Rogers, Albert S.= (Toronto, Ont.), was born in North York in 1860, the son of the late Samuel Rogers, founder of the Queen City Oil Co., Ltd., and was educated at the Newmarket High School. He married Mary E., daughter of Joseph E. Elsworth, of New York City, by whom he has two sons—J. D. Elsworth and Edward S., and one daughter, Katherine. Interested in petroleum and natural gas, Mr. Rogers was Vice-President and General Manager of the Queen City Oil Co., Ltd., of Toronto—merged into the Imperial Oil Company in 1912—before retiring from active business. He is Director of the Imperial Oil Co., Ltd., and Vice-President of Harris & Company, Woollen Manufacturers, Rockwood. Mr. Rogers is also Chairman and Treasurer of the Board of Management of Pickering College, Newmarket, near which he owns and operates a farm that affords a country outlook to the students. He is a member of the National Club and Lambton Golf and Country Club, of Toronto, as also of the Toronto Board of Trade and the York Pioneers. In religion he belongs to the Society of Friends.

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=Scott, F. Stewart, M.P.= (Galt, Ont.), born August 23rd, 1879 at Galt, Ont. Son of Frank A. Scott and Mary Stewart, both Canadians. Parents are of Scotch parentage. Educated at Galt Public and High Schools. Married in April, 1904 to Minnie L., daughter of William Weir, of Galt, Ont., and has three children, Kathleen, Stewart A., and Isobel Scott. He is a successful manufacturer and public spirited citizen. He is president of the Getty & Scott Limited, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers; President of Scott-Chamberlain Limited, Ontario; and President of the Shoe Manufacturers’ Association of Canada. Was a member of the Galt Municipal Council for seven years, serving two years as Mayor. He is a member of The Business Men’s Club and Waterloo County Golf Club. In religion he is a Presbyterian. Was first elected to the House of Commons in 1915 as Conservative member for South Waterloo and re-elected at the general elections in 1917. The member for South Waterloo is a man of many activities and large commercial interests in which he displays marked energy. He is a good platform speaker and is recognized as one of the most progressive and popular citizens of his home city.

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=Dollard, Rev. James B.=, is one of the most distinguished lyric poets of the day, whose residence in this country must be regarded as fortunate for the cause of Canadian letters, though he is not a native of this country. He was born in Kilkenny County, Ireland, on August 30th, 1872, the son of Michael Dollard a farmer and Anastasia (Quinn) Dollard. He was not without Canadian connections, however, since a grand uncle, Bishop Dollard of Fredericton, N.B., had had a distinguished career in the Roman Catholic Church in this country. His early education was received in Kilkenny and he later qualified for admission to the priesthood at the Grand Seminary, Montreal, Canada. He holds the scholastic degrees of Bachelor of Theology, Bachelor of Canon Law, and Doctor of Letters (Laval University). He was ordained as a priest in 1896 and his later years have been spent in the city of Toronto, where he is now parish priest of St. Monica’s Church, 44 Broadway Avenue. Despite the duties of a hard-working clergyman, zealous for the welfare of his parish, he has employed his limited leisure in literary activity which has won him fame on both sides of the Atlantic. He has published three volumes of poems and one book of short stories. His literary work is nearly all Irish in theme and inspiration; for he has never forgotten the happy days he spent as a lad in the beautiful isle that holds the enduring love of so many patriots, whose duties have called them far from its shores. The growth of his fame as a lyric poet is the more notable in that he is of modest, retiring nature and has never sought publicity of any kind. Irish legend and Irish scenery are woven by him into the most delicate and rhythmical verse—verse that is instinct with music, and alive with lovely imagery. One tribute to him from the pen of the late Joyce Kilmer, himself a poet of distinction and prior to his death with the American troops at Chateau Thierry, the literary critic of the New York “Times,” may be quoted. Of the poem “Fairy Anvils” which appears in the volume entitled “Irish Lyrics and Ballads,” Kilmer wrote: “Here is some genuine Celtic magic—a beautiful blend of melody and fancy. It should be set to music—the words almost carry a tune with them—and sung by John McCormack.” The same tribute could be paid to many other lyrics by Father Dollard. He is a member of the Poetry Society of America and of the Arts and Letters Club, Toronto.

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=Robertson, Edward Blake=, Scotch origin, born at Lanark, Ont., February 27th, 1877; youngest son of Wm. Robertson and Marian Watt. Went with parents to Manitoba in 1879. Educated at Pilot Mound public and high schools and Winnipeg Normal Schools. Taught in Manitoba public schools for six years. Appointed Chief Clerk for Manitoba in connection with the decennial census of 1901. Married on December 25th, 1901, Christina Isola, daughter of Wm. Wrixon. Has one son, Blake Roscoe, born November 2nd, 1902. Resigned from the Dominion service August, 1903, to enter the employ of Sir Clifford Sifton in a private capacity. Appointed Assistant Superintendent of Immigration in December, 1904, and Assistant Chief Controller of Chinese Immigration in October, 1911. In connection with his official duties he travelled extensively in Canada, United States and Great Britain. Of him the Manitoba Free Press says: “He has been recognized for some years as one of the leading authorities on immigration in the Dominion, while his administrative ability has been generally acknowledged.” Resigned from the Department of Immigration & Colonization in February, 1919, to accept a position in Ottawa with the Canadian Manufacturers Association. Recreations: fishing, hunting and motor boating. Residence 347b Kenniston Apartments, Ottawa. Clubs: Laurentian, Canadian and Brittania Boating Club.

=Chaplin, James D., M.P.= (St. Catharines, Ont.), was born at Toronto on March 20, 1863. Son of William and Harriet Chaplin. Educated at the Public Schools and St. Catharines Collegiate Institute, and after a thorough business training became a prominent manufacturer in St. Catharines. His business interests are very extensive and the companies with which he is connected are widely known throughout Canada. He is President of the Welland Vale Manufacturing Company, Ltd., which makes hand agricultural implements; President of the Chaplin Wheel Company, Ltd.; President of the Canada Axe and Harvest Tool Company, and President of the Wallingford Manufacturing Company, Ltd. Despite his commercial activities he has found time to take a prominent part in public affairs. He was a municipal councillor for four years, and in the autumn of 1917 was selected as Unionist candidate for the riding of Lincoln. At the ensuing Federal elections in December he was elected by a handsome majority as a supporter of Sir Robert Borden, and is regarded as one of the ablest members of the Ottawa House. Previously he had been known as a Conservative and a few years ago was appointed a member of the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park Commission, which has charge of the Canadian side of that famous international waterway. He is a member of the A.F. & A.M. and of the St. Catharines Club, and Canada Club, Montreal. In religion he is a Presbyterian and in 1888 married Edna E., daughter of the late Colin Burgess of Toronto, by whom he has one son and two daughters.

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=Creelman, Lieut.-Colonel John Jennings, D.S.O.=, Advocate and barrister, Montreal, is one of the most distinguished, of the Canadian soldiers who won honors in the late war and also holds high rank in the legal profession. He was born in Toronto on Feb. 14th, 1881, the son of the late Adam R. Creelman, K.C. one of the leaders of the Canadian bar, who became Chief Counsel of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and one of the directors of that corporation. His mother was Margaret Jennings, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. John Jennings of Toronto, one of the best known pulpit orators of his day. The subject of this sketch was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto, and the University of Toronto, from which he graduated with the degree of B.A. in 1904. Subsequently he qualified for the law at McGill University, Montreal, and obtained the degree of B.C.L. in 1907. This was supplemented by a post-graduate course at the University of Grenoble, France. Subsequently he became a member of the legal firm of Casgrain, Mitchell, McDougall & Creelman, and is now in practice alone with offices in the Dominion Express Bldg., Montreal. He was also Lecturer on Railway Economics at McGill University in 1913 and 1914. From early manhood Col. Creelman took an active part in military affairs and was a member of the Canadian Coronation Contingent in 1911. He was gazetted a Lieutenant-Colonel of the Canadian Field Artillery on Oct. 26th, 1912. On the outbreak of the war he at once placed his services at the disposal of the Government and went overseas as Lieut.-Colonel, commanding the Second Brigade, C.F.A., and continued in service until Sept. 9, 1917. During twenty-five months’ service in France he took part in many notable engagements with the Canadian Expeditionary Force and was twice mentioned in despatches. He was once officially reported wounded (shell shock) on April 29th, 1915. His services were recognized by the coveted Distinguished Service Order and the Russian Order of St. Stanislas (3rd class with swords). A movement having arisen in Montreal for the betterment of municipal politics, he was induced in April 1918, to run for the city council and was elected. He has since proven a very valuable member of that body. In June, 1918, he was appointed a member of the Protestant Board of School Commissioners. His business interests are also extensive, and he is a director of several companies. In religion he is a Presbyterian and in politics a Liberal, and his recreations are golf, curling and fishing. He is a member of the following clubs: Mount Royal, University (Montreal), Royal Montreal Golf, Montreal Thistle (curling), Reform (Montreal), University (Toronto), and Junior Army and Navy (London, Eng.). On June 24th, 1908, he married Katherine Melanie Weekes (died Dec. 13, 1918), daughter of Nicholas Weekes of Galveston, Texas, retired banker and railway president. He has two children, John Ashmore Creelman, born 1912, and Katharine Margaret Creelman, born 1918.

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=Fisher, His Honor Walter George= (Orangeville, Ontario), County Judge of the County of Dufferin, was born in Township of Tossoronto, County of Simcoe, and is the son of John Fisher. Educated at Collingwood High School and McGill University, Montreal. On being called to the Bar in 1886, he at once commenced the practice of his profession at the Town of Alliston, in partnership with W. A. J. Bell, K.C., and continued to do with much success until his appointment to the bench in September, 1913. Judge Fisher took an active part in the municipal politics of his home town, of which he was Mayor. He married Mary Towler and is the father of two children, Allan, a member of the Canadian Expeditionary Force at the front, and Dorothy, at home. Judge Fisher is a member of the Masonic Order and in religion is a Methodist. He has been prominent in all movements of a Patriotic and National nature and took a lively interest in recruiting the battalion which was identified with the County of Dufferin (the 164th). His services have been in great demand at all public meetings intended for the purpose of promoting recruiting and the national welfare. He is also a member of the Canadian Club of Orangeville. The Judge is an ardent motorist and a keen curler, and a member of the Orangeville Lawn Bowling Club.

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=Burgoyne, William Bartlett= (St. Catharines, Ont.), one of the best known newspaper editors and publishers of Canada, was born in the city where he resides, on August 2, 1855, the son of Henry and Martha Burgoyne. His father was a builder and contractor and the son was educated at the Public Schools of St. Catharines. Leaving at the age of 12, he shortly afterward entered the printing business, with which he has now been connected for upwards of 50 years. In January of 1887 he founded the St. Catharines “Evening Star,” and in 1892 became proprietor and publisher of the St. Catharines “Daily Standard,” one of the livest and most influential newspapers to be found in the smaller cities of Canada. Apart from his journalistic activities Mr. Burgoyne has been a very active factor in the civic life of his native place. He was Alderman in 1895-6, 1898, 1900, 1912-3-4-5, Mayor of the city in 1903, and later, in 1916 and 1917. He was also Chairman of the local Hydro-Electric Commission, 1916-7, and also of the Local Board of Health for the same years. He was Chairman of the St. Catharines Roads Commission, 1918, and a member of the Collegiate Institute Board. In all efforts in behalf of temperance he has been active for many years. He was G.W.P. of the Grand Division of Ontario, Sons of Temperance, 1898-9; M.W.A. of the National Division of North America in the same organization, 1902-4, and M.W.P. in 1904-6. He represented the National Division of North America, S. of T. at the fifty-first session of the National Division of Great Britain and Ireland at Hull, England, June, 1906. His chief hobby is illustrated by the fact that he has been President of the St. Catharines Horticultural Society for fifteen years (1904 to 1918) and was the first President of the Ontario Horticultural Association, 1906-7. He was Chairman of the Daily Newspaper Section of the Canadian Press Association in 1908; President of St. Catharines Board of Trade, 1911; and a member of the Executive Council, Associated Boards of Trade of Ontario, 1914-15. In politics he is a Conservative and in religion an Anglican. He was lay delegate to the Synod of Niagara, 1917-19 and is a member of the Standing Committee of that body. He is a member of many fraternal and benevolent societies, including the A.F. & A.M., L.O.A.B.A., C.O.C.F., C.O.H.C., and A.O.U.W. On June 16, 1880, he married Mary Lavinia, daughter of George and Margaret E. Darker, of Thorold, Ont., and has had three children, Clara E., Mary Estelle (deceased), and Major Henry B. Burgoyne, O.C. of the 71st Battery, Canadian Field Artillery.

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=Drysdale, William=, Appraiser with His Majesty’s Customs, Montreal, Que., was born in that city, April 17th, 1847. His father, Adam Drysdale, a native of Dunfermline, Scotland, settled in Canada during the first half of the nineteenth century and for a long period held a post in the civil service conferred on him by Lord Elgin, during the period when that celebrated British pro-consul was Governor of the old Province of United Canada. The father of Adam Drysdale was one of the first persons to engage in the shipping trade between Canada and Scotland and was one of the earliest shippers to make use of the Port of Montreal. The subject of this sketch was educated at Montreal in the private school of Mr. Hicks (who later became the first principal of the Normal School in that city), and received a thorough commercial training. On leaving school he entered the employ of the late John Dougall, who was at that time publishing the “Weekly Witness” and also engaged in the book business. The aptitude of young Drysdale was such that he was almost immediately placed by Mr. Dougall in charge of the book department. After a short time his services were sought by Mr. Grafton, another bookseller, with whom he remained as confidential manager until 1874 when he founded a book business of his own, which became a celebrated institution in Montreal. Owing to his excellent training and personal popularity he soon built up a business second to none in the Dominion. Mr. Drysdale also rendered a public service in publishing a number of Canadian works which are now of great historic value. Later he retired from business to accept his present post with the Customs Service. As a citizen he gave his support to all movements looking to public betterment, and to philanthropic institutions. He is a Life Governor of the Boys’ Home and a member of the executive of the Natural History Society, Prison Aid Association, Charitable Committee of St. Andrew’s Society Canadian Club, Montreal Art Association, Imperial Home Re-union Association, Numismatic and Antiquarian Society. He is a life member of the Mechanics’ Institute, Governor of the Montreal Dispensary, and one of the most active supporters of the Protestant Home for the Insane. He has long been a member of the Montreal Board of Trade and an elder of the Presbyterian Church, who has frequently been commissioner to the General Assembly. Mr. Drysdale was first married in 1880 to Miss Mary Maltbee Wales, daughter of the late Charles Wales, merchant of St. Andrew’s East. The first Mrs. Drysdale died in 1891 leaving him two sons, William Flockhart Drysdale, Mechanical Engineer with the American Locomotive Sales Corporation; and Charles Wales Drysdale, Geologist to the Dominion Geological Survey, Ottawa. He was married a second time in 1893 to Miss Mary McIntosh of Sherbrooke, who died in 1907; and thirdly in 1916 to Miss Jean Parker, daughter of Archibald Parker of Glasgow, Scotland. He resides at “The Grosvenor,” 756 Sherbrooke St., Montreal. Duncan MacGregor Crerar, a New York poet, sums up Mr. Drysdale’s character in the following lines:—

Some are while careful of their own affairs, And when successfully amassing wealth, Who oft-times will withdraw, as if by stealth To render good to others unawares. Well known to them the haunts of poverty. Clothed are the naked, and the hungry fed, Oft take they place beside the patient’s bed To cheer sad hours; to soothe keen agony. These are earth’s salt—they labor with a mind, Distress relieving, lessening human woe; In all their actions earnest, gentle, kind, Leaving sweet impress whereso’er they go. Theirs Heaven’s reward; a crown upon each brow, Warm hearted DRYSDALE! such a man art thou!

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