DEATH OF JOHN A. GOLDSMITH. 



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a few thought that, with another season's rest, he 

 would be back in the sulky. The hope, however, 

 only proved the bright flicker of the candle when it 

 has burned deep in the socket, as in November the 

 kidney trouble returned. Another operation was 

 imperative. Two weeks later, Johnny Goldsmith 

 was dead, Friday, December 13, 1895, being the date 

 of the sad event. His remains were taken to Walnut 

 Grove Farm, which he purchased after the death of 

 his father. On the following Monday he was laid 

 by the side of his father and brother in the village 

 cemetery. He was the ablest and most energetic of 

 his line, as is evidenced by the following table, which 

 presents a synopsis of his work in the sulky from the 

 year that he took Driver to Chicago until he answered 

 the bell for the last time at Nashville in 1894: 



