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Considering where and how he lived, died and was buried, one could find the ingredients of a great novel.
A story of love, pity, piety, honesty and truth as well as sadness and sorrow. A lonely elderly man of no importance, laid to rest on a lonely meadow hill far back in the mountains. Buried in a grave given by friends, buried by friends whose pitiful numbers would have been far greater if the deceased had been wealthy or famous.
He was a plave, in the most sincere sense of the wi, d, for others and received only the meagerest fare. I vividly recall visiting him when he was still in the hollow at Burke’s. I could not believe what I saw. This old and decrepit man, scarcely able to care for himself, was cutting weeds and bushes with a sickle DOWN ON HIS KNEES.
On another occasion, I witnessed him carrying an armload of firewood also on his knees. His knees, legs and feet were wrapped in burlap Dags.
The tale® go on and on, of how Mr. Jett was treated and mistreated by those people he still loved. He died as he lived, a pauper, having a total life’s savings of less than $1,500.
I must take this space now to thank two persons. They are Charley and Aubrey Baldwin. These two men gave the balance of the cost of Mr. Martin’s funeral expenses. Indeed they were appreciated and a thanks seems very inadequate. May God bless them both for their charity and kindness.
Bill Martin was, of course, an alias. He was born William Henry Jett, on Tick Ridge in Rappahannock
The harnessed elephant will pull the big top into place before the show, sometime around 7 a.m. today, according to circus director, and will help disassemble the tent after the completion of the show.
Circus USA also plans a show for Culpeper tomorrow at the Agriculture Enterprises show grounds on U.S. 29.
The circus shows also include bare-back riders, considered to be the most difficult circus act to perform.
Tickets are priced at $5 for adults and $4 for children under 12. There is no reserved seating.
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