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VOL. 2. 



ST. LOUIS, MO., DEC. AND JAN.— 1869-70. 



NO. 3. 



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IN MEMORIAL. 



It becomes our painful duty to record the 

 death of Mr. Walsu, the Senior Editor of this 

 .lournal. The news of liis demise caused many 

 a breast to heave witli unfeigned and heartfelt 

 grief, not only in America, but in many por- 

 tions of Europe ; but on no one did the sliook 

 fill! so suddenly and unexpectedly as on the 

 writer. 



On Friday, the 121 h of November, he started 

 in excellent spirits on his usual uiorning walk 

 to the post office, and on his return, while walk- 

 ing toward Moline, on the track of the Chicago 

 and Rock Island Railroad, he suddenly noticed 

 the passenger train for Chicago slowly neariug 

 him. Stepping aside, he continued his way on 

 what he supposed was a side-track, which how- 

 ever proved to be the track down which the 

 train in reality came, though he did not discover 

 his mistake until the engine was clos(^ upon 

 him. He now had no time to get off the track, 

 and with great presence of mind, flung himself 

 bodily as far away as possible, ivith the inten- 

 tion, as he afterwards related, of saving his 

 body at the expense of his limbs. Unfortu- 

 nately his left foot got caught and terribly man- 

 gled. The engineer succeeded in stopping the 

 train betore the drive-wheels of the locomotive 

 had touched the foot, and Mr. "Walsh was taken 

 on board and carried back to the depot, whence 

 he -was conveyed to his home. Immediately 

 after the accident, according to his own state- 

 ment, he was so unconscious of pain, that he 

 actually did not know that his foot was smashed 

 until he attempted to raise himself. It was a 



matter of some surprise among his acquaint- 

 ances, how so proverbially careful a man should 

 allow himself to be thus overtaken ; but in all 

 probability his mind was entirely occupied and 

 absorbed at the time, in the contents of a letter 

 which he had opened and was reading. The 

 engineer was ringing the bell and driving quite 

 slowly, and it was so customary for persons to 

 walk along the track, and step off in time, that 

 he did not dream of stopping until it was too 

 late. Mr. Walsh consequently took pains to 

 publish an article exonerating him from all 

 blame. 



Doctors Gait and Truesdale were summoned 

 to the house, and found it necessary to ampu- 

 tate the foot above the ankle. Mr. Walsh also 

 insisted on this operation, which was immedi- 

 ately performed with great success. Mr. Walsh 

 bore the amputation remarkably well and soon 

 became quite cheerful, displaying his facetious- 

 ness by declaring in the most philosophical 

 spirit, that nothing more fortunate could have 

 happened to him. "AVhy," he would say to 

 his grieving wife, "don't you see what an 

 advantage a cork foot will be to me when I am 

 hunting bugs in the woods: I can make an ex- 

 cellent pin-cushion of it, and if perchance I lose 

 the cork from one of my bottles, I shall simply 

 have to cut another one out of my foot." 



On the day of the amputation, he sat up in 

 his bed and penciled to us a letter which was 

 written in such a sanguine and cheerful mood, 

 that we felt no apprehension as to any fatal 

 result from the accident. This letter was tiic 

 last we ever received from poor Walsh, and 

 though written under such trying circum- 

 stances, was yet characterized by much grit 

 and humor. It commenced with : " I have been 

 fool enough to get my left foot smashed,'" and 

 after dwelling at length on matters pertaining 

 to the illustrating of his next State Report, con- 

 cluded with: "Adieu, Yours ever, the 99lh 

 part of a man !" 



For a few days he did exceedingly well, and 

 the amputated limb commenced to heal. During 

 these days he was quite bright and cheerful, but 

 suddenly he grew uneasy, and it became evi- 

 dent that he had sustained internal injury. 



