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Mr. Perkins was a courteous, affable
gentleman, beloved by all
who knew him and honored and respected
by all who had dealings with
him. A touching instance of his
relationship in life to his employes was
the fact that at the private burial at
Oak Wood Cemetery the pall bearers
were the faithful and sorrowing workmen
who had been in his service
for the years respectively noted after
their names: Wm. Gott, twelve
years; Wm. Nesbit, ten years; Thos.
Nesbit, thirty-five years; Jos.
Latimer, fifty years; John Waters,
twenty-five years Howard Craig,
twenty years.
In the funeral address delivered by Rev.
W. L. Swan, a friend and
pastor of Mr. Perkins for many years,
occurs this fitting allusion:
"On one of the many public
occasions when Mr. Perkins was called
upon to preside, was the occasion when
the soldiers' monument was dedi-
cated. Ex-President Hayes then said 'It is a partially truthful saying
that men who need monuments do not
deserve them, and men who deserve
them do not need them.' Equally true is
it of eulogy. And in this community
where he whom we mourn to-day, was born,
and lived his useful life, and
died, where he stood so generously in the
material and moral interests
of the place, to us, who lived with him
and knew him, no eulogy is more
than a vain repetition.
His life was not an ordinary one. Much
might be said of that broad,
strong grasp on practical affairs, of
the judgment quick and clear, of the
tastes as simple as they were refined,
of the kindly sympathy and help-
fulness he was ever so ready to
manifest, of the beautiful, even ideal
home life among those he loved, and who
loved him so well."
SALT LICKS OF JACKSON COUNTY.
We are indebted to Mr. D. W. Williams
for a copy of his History
of Jackson County. This is the first of
other volumes, if the publication
of other volumes is encouraged by the
public. This volume is devoted
mainly to the history of the famous Salt
Licks in the Scioto Salt Reserve,
set aside by Congress May 18, 1796.
"These springs or licks" says Mr.
Williams "are as old as the hills,
for that erosion which carved out the
valleys between, exposed the strata from
which they flow: They were
discovered by the wild animals of the
forest, and became one of their
most favored resorts long before man
appeared upon the earth. No better
evidence of this is needed than the
great quantity of fossil remains of
extinct animals, which have been
discovered from time to time in the
neighborhood of the licks."
Mr. Williams then relates how these Salt
Licks became the popular
resort, so to speak, from way back, even
before the Glacial period, for the
Mammoth, Mastodon, Megatherium, Buffalo,
Elk, Deer and other game.
Then came the Primeval man the Mound
Builder who must have regarded