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GONE: Once
more the death angel has visited our circle of friends and snatched one
of the loved ones for its own. Once more the grave has closed over a
dear friend. Once more school mates have followed one of their number
to the grave. Dear school mate, Grant, is dead! Taken from us, as it
were, in almost a moment of time. O! well do I remember the last time I
saw him, only a few short weeks ago, a smile of welcome on his face.
But now he is gone. O! can it be that we will never see that brave,
manly form again. That frank honest boy is gone from us. Never more
will his voice resound through that "dear old school house", never more
can his teacher call for Grant to recite; his place is now vacant; his
desk empty; his books unopened, The scholars have lost a school mate
and his desk mate a boy companion. The name of Grant Bissey will ever
be remembered by us with affection and esteem. Tenderly and tearfully
they laid him to rest in old Shiloh Cemetery, there to sleep until the
morn when the dead shall rise and the little birds as they tilt by will
warble a song over Grant's grave. .....A School Mate (File note: Grand Bissey died December 8, 1881, at age 17) |