176 MEMORIAL OF JOSEPH HENRY. 



light-house on Staten [stand will probably be found the record of 

 his last summer's observations. As a member of the National 

 A.cademy, he made many scientific investigations for the Govern- 

 ment, and thus saved the country large sums of money. 



He died, as he lived, a comparatively poor man; and except a 

 policy of life insurance, the only money he ever laid aside was the 

 few hundred dollars he gained in the year when he was a civil 

 engineer engaged in locating a road for the State of New York. 

 This small sum was taken by a wealthy capitalist, and the interest 

 was annually added to the capital. This money has remained 

 untouched for fifty years, and is now in the hand- of the sun of the 

 friend of his youth, ready to be given to those to whom he has left 

 a nobler legacy than money, even a good name that is better than 

 precious ointment. 



