yHE WILMING OMAN


AND
DELAWARE ADVERTISER.

Thursday, July l3, 1896.

DEATH OF TIE; JEFFERSON.

JEFFERSON rs NO MORE.
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1t is with feelings We want words to de-
scribe, that we announce to the public, the
decease of the author of the Declaration of
Independence The patriot, the statesman,
the sage, is no more He expired at Mon
ticello, on the 4M Of July, 1926, Just fifty
years from that, first 4th of July, which will
ever live in the annals Of America, and which
owes SO much of its Immortality to the match
less production Of his genius and patriotism.
1t pleased kind Providence to crafty an
ardent wish expresscdby him, few days
before his death, thar lie should live to wit
ness the Jubilee Of his eountry's nativity ;
and his expiring momeIts passed amidst the
grateful aspirations which were simultane-
ously flowing from the lips and hearts OF
millions, who were repcng in his name
unconscious Of the mourning which was tc
follow If any thing COLD add to the i'm.
pressive character Of a, event which ha:
deprived the nation Of on, of its greatest be.
nefactors, it is this extraordinary coinci


deace, which unites his name by a double
tic with the anniversary Of cur country. Ii
alter times, SO long as that anniversary shal


be observed. the name of JEFFERSON will be
identified with this life AMI his death have
both given to it additional titles to our ven


Grafton. He has descended to the tomb like
: great compecrs, Washington and Frank.
lin, full of years, and followed by the sor.
rowing hearts Of lis countymen.