Washington telegraph., 1853-08-31
OBITUARY.

Departed this life mt the residence ~ ID r..
Hampstead, Esd in Washintgon. Arkansas on
Tuesday, Che 23d M August, 1855 Miss yfg-rO-
RIA ANN GAAFlOl, daughter of J. ~ Is and
Adel b. Gratiot. Of ST. Louis, Mo-, aged years
and montHss
The subject ol this briel H4crnoir lad besn III
cur midst but short ilae, being Oh a visn TO
some OF her reiatieI4s residing Ill Fi.is place ana
though here out shert perioi. her many GOOD
qualities Of head ANA heart lA.d Won for hur the
love and esteem VI a!i who knew her Young
accomplished intelligent, aud possessed of a cheer
iul dispositions she might well nave been isloLized
by her friends aud relations, ana looked forward
to bright and happy iuture on earth. But aias
our brightest hopes are often tile most deIusiye n
The Destroyer came In the bloom @, youth
she died As q gentle flower that pntteth lorth
its beauty and It's loveliaess Ill tie early spring-
time, aud iaiieth beneath the first cool breath
ol autumn, shc fell With tAe hrgt drop-
ping OF autumn leaves she ell, ana still and sad
they sfie sank to the cold bosom of tha earth I'M
God had surely wIIlcd 1t, else, why should sle
die For, though ~ a strange land yVith many
wide waters rolling between Der anJ hgr child
hoods sunny home; though tar, very Ear, fofn
her earlier scenes ard associations, with strange
skies lending above her. slil, tic Was sur-
rounded bv dear and anxious friends and rela-
tiyes ana oh conli grief and pify-caTla loyc
and kindnes s-couid tenderness ana WI thsr,s
pure and holy and sacred, have STAYED hsr spiryt
"a
ed she the Ioved-the loSt-lanlented B,,s
Cod, who worketh All things well had yvtlleu
Otherwise! The decree that. whom the GoJ.
love die yaung,@ had been pronourced. and She
n1,fst obey bui lut our grief be cbasfapaI a1d
sutdued Uy the thought, tnat we to must sonn
follow Aid that stse. the innocent the loved
a!M laDehtGI. s1apetil welll Her grave bede,y-
Cd BY ma9y tsais IS 10 all who iorlnel her ac-
quaintance acre. A sacred and q holy sn1tl Ard
Oxen at the quiet hash NJ eve or amid the siiil
and soieina shades n twilight, will the strangers
form DC sean lo bend over tAe turi anrl 5,.ltw-
ing Its no i:1wors with tears OF ritv. speat lie
sifpse story n tie bsiRt soiourn-the promise Of
the bright aud illI4Iy Iuti4re. ana tle uatirneiy
death o. te yots. $ anger that sleeps beneath
the sod vi pLr vIlaEa
We deeply sympatbi.c WIFI hcr bnreircd and
distressed relations here. who seemed to love her
as ste well deserved NV be loved aal nIYurn Her
as oaly taose who love can nlsarni But again.
let our sorrows te chas.cnch uih snhsnedI For
she IS very harry HOW ana sleeps well and qni-
ety. ine qHet Stars tina, look dolru in siient
sadness on ner grave--ile solemn winds THAT
stray among the iouely dead and sigh above her
ioT.n- and tla noHra.Hl nishi-1iri tat -ponrs in
throat nom rut the sishing grove disturb n0t
The sweetness Or the qHetuie Of her siuru5er :
ior now. siar dwelis lar up beyond tfie biaziHr
siFSand pins in The .stresy iiie tiiat s,yeiis
~ ceasc!sss harmony ia. aicHg the lweiled wayea
OF t-ternlfy bcuEi--F- sea
Sf- Lon;s Repuhiicaa' please cory. C..
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