The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-09-29

Macintosh married when only young
man, in great pecuniary straits He
was living in the family of Dr. Fraser,
London, where Miss Catharine Stuart, a
young Scotch lady, was a frequent visi-
tor. She was distinguished bya rich
fund of good sense, and an affectionate
heart, rather than for her personal at
fractions. An affection sprang up be-
tween them, and they got privately mar
ried at Marylebone church, on Feb ls,
1899, greatly to the offence of the rela-
tives of both parties
When composing his VindiciG CALI
cG at Little Ealing, his wife sat by him
in the room; lie could tolerate no one
else; and he required her to be perfect
ly quiet, not even to write or work, as
the slightest movement disturbed him.
In the evening, by way of recreation, he
walked out with his wife, reading to her
as he went along. This amiable wife
died in 1897, when slowly recovering
from the birth of child, and she left
three daughters behind her Mackin-
tosh thus spoke of his departed wife in a
letter to DR.. Parr written shortly after
his sad bereavement, and we do not re-
member ever to have met with a more
beautiful testimony to a deceased wife
than this is
In the state of deep but quiet melan-
choly which has succeeded to the first
violent agitatons of my sorrow,my great
est pleasure is to look back with graft
tude and pious affection on the memory
of my beloved wife and my chief conso-
lation is the soothing recollection OF her
virtues. Allow me. in justice to her
memory, to tell you what she was and
what I owed her l was guided i'll my
choice only by the blind affection OF my
youth. | found an intelligent conpan
ion and tender friend, a prudent moni
tress. the most faithful of wives, and a
mother as tender as children ever had
the misfortune to lose. | met woman
who by the tender management of my
weaknesses. gradually corrected the most
pernicious of them. She became prudent
from affection and, though of the most
generous nature, she was taught frugali
ty and economy by her love for me. Du
ring the most critical period of my life
she preserved order in my affairs, from
the care of which she relieved me. She
gently reclaimed me from dissipation
she propped my weak and irresolute ma
ture she urged my Incidence to all the
exertons that have been useful and cred
table to me and she was perpetually
at hand to admonish my heedlessncss ol
inproyidcnce. To her | owe whatevel
l am to her whatever l shall be Ii
her solicitude for my interest, she neve
for a moment forgot my feeling or m,
character. Even in her occasional re
sentiment, for which l but too often gav'
her cause (would to God | could recall
those moments she had no sullennes
nor acrimony. Her feelings were warn
and impetuous, but she was placable
tender, and constant. Such was sh,
whom | have lost and have lost he
when her excellent natural sense was rap
idly improving, after eight years of strug
gle and distress had bound us fast to
gether, and moulded our tempers to eacl
other when knowledge of her wortl
had refined my youthful love into friend
ship, and before age had deprived it o
much of.its original ardor. | lost her
alas the choice of my youth, the part
ner of my misfortunes, at a momen
when / had the prospect of he
sharing my better days If l hat
lost the giddy and thoughtless com
panion of prosperity, the world coul
easily repair the loss but l have los
the faithful and tender partner of m
misfortunes, and my only consolation
that Being under whose severe patel
nal chastiscment | am bent down to tn
ground"