Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1897, JUNE. 1101 CONCLUSION. thousand brooks, so each youth will be able to sho that his blood descends from a thousand sources. Pride of ancestry is a virtue. The man that has none is but little above the brute. It is the associate of honor and the companion of truth. It inspires emulation, encourages enterprise, and insures triumph. When our children's children read the records of their ancestors, they will be proud of the names and grateful for their estates. Each will be anxious to add a sprig of laurel to the garland already upon his escutcheon. To hail from Platte will be an honor. No other county in our State has a book of heraldy. My volume is a chronicle. It is a record of the events of my own day. Of course there are many errors; but they are innocent, and I hope will be pardoned. I expect criticism and apprehend censure. But I have been candid, and under condemnation will be patient. I am old, but hop yet to serve my beloved people. I ahve ordered an interleaved copy of my book to be prepared, that while I live I may continue my county's record, and leave it when I die to the historical association that some day will be formed. My files of newspapers shall also be handed down to posterity. I solicit carefully prepared sketches and genealogies of our people, that they may be preserved in good form. I add my patriarchal blessing upon people of Platte County! The End.