Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1860-05-03
Died.

On the 9th of April ELIZA F., daughter of Jack
son and Julian Suncbarger, aged years, month and
day.
Within the cold and darksome tomb
Your little daughter lies,
And all alike are light and gloom
To her lldcurtalned eyes.
She cannot see the morning sun,
Or her dear mothers face
Her day Is DER and she has run
Her brief and happy race.
No sorrow can her life restore,
Yet we may fondy say,
She is not dead but gone before,
On her celestial way.
Then. weep not. though your darling child
Has left this house of clay,
She has but gone at Gods command,
To live in endless day. NM c.
For the Gazette.
Died-On the 23d april, 1860, in Lewstown, Miss
SARAH \. DONAHO, for ten years faithful teacher
in the public schools of Lewistown.
Thus has passed away of earth's purest spirits
Seldom called upon to record the death of one
who has filled all the relations of life so beautifully
and could the words Of the Great Teacher be
more truthfully applied, "She hath done what she
could"
The brightest light has faded from the home circle
leaving it sadly dark the unselfsh friend has depart
ed leaving the sweet remembrance of what q friend
NAV be- the devoted teacher has passed away leaving
example to her fellow iaborers OF what teacher
Her private life as daughter sister friend we feel
is too sacred and would leave where it will
live in the hearts and memories of her friends sim
ply remarking that those "who knew her best loved
her most"
of her public life teacher, however, cannot
forbear 10 speak: Commencing To teach when quite
Young, and having prev ously had but limited means
for obtaining an education, she keenly felt her
fitness for the work; but had she engaged
in her calling, than she bent all her energies TO the
work of preparation for her sehooroom duties. As
she looked at the condition of the Common Schools
of PENNSYLVANIA, and saw progress marking every
step of their course, she felt that the inactive stand
still teacher would soon be left behind As this sent
ment impressed itself upon her, she applied herself
more vigorously the work of cultivatng her mind
and for this purpose fear she taxed her already
feeble strength too severely Almost, literally, may
she be said to have died at her post For two years
her health had been falling and during the past year
she had been great sufferer but until longer able
to stand in the schooroom (wthn two months of her
DEATH she left not her work When frequently pres
ed to give up her abors long before she did, her in
variable reply mo, will work while can, for
when leave the schoolroom L shall sink at once.
The Teachers Conventions and Institutes were al
ways hailed by her az means of enjoyment and inn
pr6venent. Her earnest and attentive manner will
ever be remembered by those from a distance, who
Her place in the Teachers Weekly Association was
never vacant, and though almost painfully timid and
retiring, she left unperformed duty assigned TO
her.
In the schoolroom, patience and mdness of gov
ernment combined with thoroughness of instruction,
were her characteristics.
Her last hours were beautiful and serene as her
life had been. As stood by her dying bed there
seemed but little of death there, and greved 0ng
that the ioTeght dying out from those eyes, and
the loving tones of that voice was being hushed for
ever to US on earth. Thus has been made vacant
place which we fear will never be filed. C.