Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-06-05
MONTPELIER, VERMONT, THURSDAY,

ornamental branches, WHICH WeiV Nea a" 'oS"0'
Returning from thence, they entered at once, at
the age of nineteen, upon their grand pursuit.
| A class of young ladies in their native town
gathered joyfully around them, and into this cir
Gle they cast not only the affluence Of their we'll
stored minds, and the cheering inspiration of
youthful zeal, but all the strength Of their best
and holiest principles. Animated, blooming,
happy, linked affectionately, arm in arm, they
daily came in among their pupils, diffusing love
and chcerfulness, as well as knowledge, and
commanding the most grateful attention and re-
spect. Interesting teachers happy pupils =
Pleasant it is to the writer of this sketch, to re-
view those dove-like days-to recall the Inca
ments of that diligent, earnest, mind expanding
group; and to note again the dissimilarity SO
beautifully harmonious, between those whom
we delighted to call our sweet slssa a-feGchers--
the twO i,tSeparGbles, inimitGbLes Il was mat
ter Of admiration to the pupils, that such one
ness of sentiment, opinion, and affection, should
co-exist with such diversity in feature, voice,
eyes, expression, manner, and movement, as the
two friends exhibited.
!, After pleasing association of two years, the
young friends parted, each to pursue the same
line of occupation in a different sphere. But
another separation, fatal and affective, soon took
: place. The interesting and accomplished Miss
: Hyde, was taken away in the midst of useful
r ness and promise-mowed down like rose-tree
, in bloom, March 26th 1916, at the aye Of twen-
| ty-four. Of this beloved companion Of her
J youth, Mrs. Sigourney wrote an interesting me-
+ moir, soon after her decease and she again re-
ours to her with gushing tenderness, in the
) piece entitled" Home of an early friend,"
: written nearly thirty years after the scene of
, bereavement. In flowing verse, and prose al
most as harmonious as music, she has twined
lasting memorial Of the worth Of the departed,
: and of that tender friendship which was mark
: ed incident in her own young life.
, Before the death Of her friend, she had trans
= ferrel her residence to Hartford, and again en-
= tered, with fresh enthusiasm, upon the task of
J instruction In this path she was happy and
t successful; it was regarded as privilege to be
S received into her circle, and many Of her pupils
became lifelong friends, strewing her subse-
4 quent pathway with flowers. Who would not
j wish to have been teacher of the young?-
With how many hearts and histories it connects
= ones own exstence To her, even at the time,
: the office was ever pleasing,-ful of present
Y compensations, and rich with future hopes.
y In Hartford, she was at once received as a
=" welcome and cherished inmate of the family of
e Madam Wadsworth, relict of Col jeremiah
: Wadsworth, whose mother was q Talcot, and
, nearly connected with the revered Madam Lath-
u ron. The mansion house in wlaGh Madam
Wadsworth and the aged sisters of hor husband
!, dwet, stood upon the spot now occupied by the
8 Wordsworth Atheneum. 1t was spacious
r structure unadorned but deeply interesting in
i its historic associations. To the young guest il
r seemed consecrated roof, whose every room
was peopled with images of the past; nor was
r her ear ever inattentve to those descriptive
y sketches of the heroic age of our country, with
D which its venerable inhabitants enlivened the
l. evening hours. The poem-"O On the remova
3 of an ancient mansion" is graphic delineatior
II Of the impressions made on her mind by her &C
e quaintance with the Threshold and hearth.stont
II of this fine old house, and her communion witt
i its excellent inmates.
= Another member of the same family, DAME
II Wadsworth, ESQ.,, had always manifested live
ly interest in her mental cultivation. He hat
known her in childhood, under the roof of Mad
am Lathrop, and had there seen some OF he
early effusions, both in prose and verse. A
his earnest solicitation, she made collection o
her fugitive pieces, and under his patronage, ant
le with his influence and liberalty cast around he
IN as shield, she first ventured to appear befor
IL the public as an author. Mr.. Wadsworth's re
lie gard for her suffered no elimination until hi
le death, which took place in l848. Few author
have found friend so kind and so true. Ofhe
re affection for him and his amiable wife, her wri
h. tings contain many proofs. Her monody on tn,
Sc death of Mr.. Wadsworth has the following no
re Bile Miltonic stanza =
"Oh friend thou didst o'ermast well
7u The pride of wealth, and multiply
d. Good deeds not alone for the good words of men,
or But for Heav'n's judging pen,
And clear, Omnlscent eye,
IL And surely where the just made perfect dwell,
Oy Earth's voice of highest eulogy,
,l- Is like the bubble Of the far off sea;
q sigh upon the grave
Scarce moving the fra flowers that o'er its surface wave
I'M We have thus far glanced at the principl
#. scenes and circumstances, which appear to hav
nm had an influence in forming the character o
ID. Mrs. Sigourney, and preparing her genius fc
so fight AS Miss Huntley she gave no works t
10. the press except those to which alluson ha
II been made, viz: "Moral Pieces in Prose an
le. Verse" and memoir of her friend Miss Hyde
M The Sketch of Connecticut forty years since,
for was, however, one of her earliest productions
nd though not published until 1924. 1t is honoro
,ot BILE to her sensbilitios, that so large portion
III these works was prompted by the grateful fee
ed ings of the heart. Her later emanations are er
,ld riched with deeper trains of thought, and mel
ar dies Of higher and more varied power, b,
en-. these are the genuine outpourings Of affecto
nd the first fruits of the mind, bathed in the de
TO Of lifes morning and laid upon the altar of ora
iude