The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-05-27
BRRAkINe our or rR PLAeuE.

BRRAEINe OUT or THE PLAGUE.
Wepass over period Of some FIVE years
Of Williams absence, gap Of time that
was marked by no incident Of especial in
terest--and proceed to note the ravages Of
the yellow fever that broke out in the city
of NJ, some time in ls47. Those who
familiarize themselves with the current
news Of the day, will remember how hum
dreds in a single day perished by this fear
ful scourge. Sufferings such as only have
a parallel in the history of the epidemic
of 1888, ensued, and both old and young
were swept away like locusts before
northern blast. Nor was the family Of
Sir William Stanley spared, Father, son,
kinsman and followers,---all, all of that
patriotic band, sank beneath the pestilence.
The old man with his gray hairs, crowned
with wisdom and honor, and the son, glo-
rious in the beauty of his manhood, slept
together in death far from the tender hearts
that loved them, and the gentle hands that
would have closed with weeping love their
dying eyes. The last thought Of the ard
ent and affectionate Edward was with his
brother, and while yet his mind retained
It's consciousness, he dictated few lines
expressive of his dying wish and love:
"'Ere you receive those few .lines.- my
dear brother, the heart Of your dying Ed
ward will have ceased to beat, and can
not think of quitting earth's career with
out saying a few parting words. All Of
our fated house, save you alone, my broth
er, will soon sleep the sleep that knows
no waking, and command you in the
name of your departed father, never to let
the name of Stanley perish Therefore
forsake your cloister, and call upon your
God for dissolution of your vows, and re-
turn to the home of your ancestors, to
cherish the age Of our bereaved and sor-
rowing mother. Come forth, my brother,
at the call of your dying Edward, and let
the love of the blighted Viola console you
for the afiliction of the past. Enter with
her, who was the early chosen of your
heart, into the holiest bond of earth, and
through the long line Of your posterity,
let the name of Stanley descend with that
honor which il has 30 much wont to do
Farewell, dear William, my breath labors,
and the shadows gather before my fading
sight-but blessed be God, feel that
can now say there s world where we
shall meet again. with this new hope, l
shall remain event in death your loving Ed
ward"
: This terrible pestilence soon swept its
! dark wings over the devoted city, and the
: lovely and beloved withered beneath is
> baleful shadow. Dark and silent stood
: her dwellings and mansions, and nowhere
= reigned greater desolation than within the
' gorgeous halls ofthe Morelands They whc
+ had once difused through them the sun
b light of happiness, and who we're as nerves
: and sineWs to the great moving elemen
= of society, now mouldered in their graves
S while in darkened apartment of her Onc'
joyous home, lay the stricken wife ant
: mother Of that lordly house, rapidly draw
: ing near to the last mysterious chang
J. which separates life from eternity. Al
: aged servant moved stealthily about tn
i chamber, in performance other duty Will
h beside the bed knelt young maiden, VIII
Il gently waved fan Of peRcoek's feather
| above the pulid face Of the dying. A pro
E, found silence reigned in the room, inter
T. ruPted at intervals by the labored respiro
.e ton of the sufferer, over whose sunke
" features a fearful change was gradual
= stealing. The young and patient watch
al or knew what il portended, but unused I
ID the aspect Of death, she could with diff
ID Guilty repress the sobs that struggled e
n escape. At length the Stiffness was brc
10 ken. The cold hand Of the sufferer feel
A. lly sought to clasp hers, and the youn
m nurse observed with great emotion th
n denthly face that was turned toward be-
or Even in that moment the pale lips wore
ct loving smile as they parted to address he
W "God bless you, my child-my swe,
Mt YiOla---bless you, for the love have show
70 the deserted and bereayed, in her no,
ey Of sorrow and distress. May He preser
'st you from the Pestilence which walks ]
ar, night and day through the dwellings Of ol
pt fated city-but fear for you who ling