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ture bad endowed him richly in every way, 

 and no gift had been abused. Physically, his 

 was the highest type of manly beauty. Six 

 feet and two inches in height, perfect in pro- 

 portion, courtly in manner, his presence was 

 worthy his character. 



We will not linger over the closing scene 

 of his eventful life. That belongs to the 

 sacred secrecy of private grief. His death oc- 

 curred at the very threshold of a new conflict, 

 and upon it his son and executor, Benjamin 

 Wood, entered with intelligent zeal. The 

 closing of it being reserved for two of his 

 daughters. 



The story of these new labors was well told 

 several years ago by a journalist familiar with 

 the facts, and we cannot do better than to un- 

 earth the record from its musty file, and by 

 transcribing it to these pages, give it a kind 

 of resurrection worthy its importance. 



"After the death of Jethro Wood, his son 



