176 MEMORIAL OF JOSEPH HENRY. 



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

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

 Academy, 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 hands of the son 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. 



