The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-02-26
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FrsRul1Rr 90. 1908.

| I- FEsRUARY 20, 1908.
| DiED--On the 9th ult at her seat of Cas-
tie-Hill. in the county of Albemarle, Mas.
| JANE. b. WALKER, widow of the late Col.
Francis Walker. Fer sickness, although it
lasted only FIVE days, was nevertheless so
violently painful, as to require the highest
aeSree OF torttude to sustain it. Mrs. w AL
hER sustained 1T, nos merely with philoso-
Pine fortitude, but with the resignation and
meekness of a christian. She had been
deeply tired in the school Of sorrow. She
mad lost her husband, and his death had
Dccn attended with circumstances the most
afilcing. she had afterwards Loss he,. on,r
son, by sudden death. But although stil
IN the prime of life, and entlued with a dc
ncacy and p ignancy of feeling. which is
rarely equalIed; yet her passions had been
long disciplined and regulated bv reason AID
PiHt' ana She bore those repeated a6iicticrs
as 1t became a wife and mother, who knew
uat there was another and better world
where we shall be all re-asscmbled. Mrs
WALKER left two .swect little daughters to
mourn hcr i,reparable loss. She had pro-
iJected scheme OF education for them, which
uu hohor to her superior talents and taste
and IN the employment Of executing it, Size
experienced bairny and el}icacous conso-
laton Tor past misfortunes. What might
1hey not have hoped from the instruction,
ana still more from the example of such
mother! mother, who, while she NJ, sess-
ed every intellectual requirement a. | was
Sraced with every personal Accomplishment,
winch qualified her to shine with distinction
~ the brightest circles of fashion, found
morc genuine and heartfelt pleasure in lu-
raj retreat, and in the silent and ,aiassuming
practice of the domestic and social duties.
Such is the dignifed triumph of virtue over
vanity
The writer of this article knew Mrs. Wal
ker well. He has felt her bcnevolence vet
his opinion of her was formed, before graft
tude had chance of betraying him into ex-
cess.
She presented q model Of female excel
lcnce OF which real life has very few exam
Pies mind of the highest order, illumin-
ed by extensive reading and reflection
manners which exhibited that union Of art
less simplicity and polished elegance which
constitutes the rarest & most resstles charm
OF the sex; conversation which while it
oreathed all the gcntleness and goodness of
the pureSt. spirit, was animated and enlight-
ened, Judicious * instructive anunrepining
patience which sat erect and dignifed under
the hardest pressure Of misfortune a phi
lanthroPy, which did not waste itself in pro-
tessIons, but she'd its active and revivire in
naence on every son and daughter OF distress
that came within the sphere of her Obeerva-
ton. In happier hours, a cheerfulness and
ealetv, calculated to ''lerd new spring to
the pulse of the heart pre-eminent, a
most exquisite taste for music; command
of the piaro-forti and of the organ which is
rarely equalied even bv its professors, and
vocal powers which told to the ravisbed ear
all the angelic sensibilitv of the soul which
directed them. Such were the qualities
which combined to render Mrs. Walker one
OF the most int: est;ng women upon earth
,--" Depth e'er thou hast krd another.
Sc Fair and good and wise rs she,
" Time shsll throw a dart at thee"