Madison Whig advocate. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1839-1841, 1840-09-26
Communicated.
Death great proprietor Of all \! it's thine

Death great proprietor Of all tits thine
To tread out empire and toquench the stars
Within the memory Of the writer of tn is o.
bituary, no instance is recolected in which the
mighty Iihhg dttarntfs' '1;fs scfrs ash.S, n,4-se
pregnant with monltons Of the most solemn
character, than IN sabjeeHng TO the mest glaa-
my regions OF his final dominion, Mrs Mary
Jane, conSort o. Mr. James Brown, of this coun.
~,
Mrs. B. died on the morning OF the o5ih OF
August, having been seriously i'll. as it was sup
posed but for = few hours She was in the midst
$3.50 &s.agT.s a.DS.1ssG !a.sss 49, SSge. n yso'h,
not exceeding seventeen, or perhaps 6Ignrae6
years OF age About lan9dry on February 1922.
she become allied 70 MI. b. as the partner of all
his Joys and the willing sharer OF all his sor-
soYs~-. ......,... -
Her uRtimely death hasnot nnly hligbted the
happiness of a fond and dutful husband, but
has LETT father and mother, patterns of pater-
nal tenderness, without child, and two little
infant daughters, one Of which is only few
weeks old, to go through lfe's dreary rounds
without a mothers guidance, withouta moth
er's care.
How sad the thought, that such. pure intelh-
gences, "connecting links between man and an
gels" should so soon be left upon the bolster
Gus stream OF time, without the solaee and heart
cheering privilege of seeing any TO call by the
endearlng epthet OF mother, and 10 ask of her
counsels and her prayers.
The writer was well acquainted with Mrs. B.
and also with every member of her immediate
family end the'it ia not 10 DO expected that =,
ny thing that can now be said or done could
TO benefit the dead, yet il may profit the living
Asa child, Mrs. B. was all that the mos, tender
principles of flial duty could make her instinc.
tive, implicit and afiectionte obedience seemed
to constitute her only rule of action towards her
parents, while reciprocity the most feryid at
tachment invariably marked the tender and no.
ly love that uniformly glowod in the bosom of
each for the other. an enduring precept 10 he
repeated to her babes, and to be assiduously in
culcated in their minds, when they shall have
attained discretion sufficient 10 feel q sense of
duty.
AS wife she was eon6ding, and seemed
only TO we with her husband in affection; nei.
thef SET bounds TO their efforts TO please and
make the other happy.
as mother, her love to her children an
preached devotion: she nursed, she watched
she ioped her chldren--lcyed with all the srdor
that the heart OF an Innocent and youthful mo.
lher could command; untiring and unceasing IN
her Efforts TO dellgh, and make them comforts.
Bile. S0"''V'''-
In word she filled all the relations Of social
NE ~ such manner as to excite the esteem ~
al who might come within The circle of her;n.
i1ene1 Be' saeis gone. Tao.s slsns xh,
ave lesl saea Of heavens good gifl., ca ,o..
me oi'ter gHei which corrodes the bosoms Of
ier husband, her parents and her friends.
Providence 10 this dspensation has taught ~.
hat F'on 2ngfts afr ran'i snDias ~ s-n,s n !
rave" But LEI us console ourselves with m.
aougn'' t"legions ofangols can't con6ne A.
1na the more so, A. a shor, time before sh,
I. 20 sne begged mercy Of him who said, alI,r,
's'fss % s.'pf issas.- 4acs.s .se s,e,.
,sen .wsy from her," =