Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-10-28
Miscellaneous. f5


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4 Rema,lkubi Woman.
rvN mT.
There j. a stone erected ~ tft cemetery of
>-ackhuGge, .teiy ,ill.- -. Of N, steri.
Massachusetts,, Nur-c ts- hills have with.
inwu them~elyc- s littie TO- irt J.Ir sun dow
more warmly upon 50 sweet spot-uron
-aich j. cut TIE iYii1wing striking euitai,h
"ELtzABErH FREENAN:
Known hy the name OF
AlUN BEr:
Died lee IS 1872
Her supposed age Was - years
SIZE vas born a slave and remained slave
fr nearly thirty years. She couli neither read
nor Er.te. Yet in her o-n sphere she had no ~
1--ior nor yet eIuzl She neither wasted time
nor property She never viostei trust nor
tllei TO peff1rm duty. In every situation Of
domestic trial she wss the most e-tc,ut htiper
s-i ths Jnd-rrst friend.
80 Good mother, farewell "
THE rpitsph wa- written is one whose
l'Aa'e Young lie, sustained, under PrOvI-
caroc. hy the good moIher'e iudiciuus and
sca-rr ere, WAS long spared gratefully e.
ra..a.-- Ter virtue, amt i0 He pattpm
aHt l.... blessing To- how many o-.,-- Now
tar7 1r cry close together 10 r'c -tus B.. l8p
u. ,.-t.. Mum Bet was born r. -.uycry 90
Ni-4l-H-sejis, and there hlclm, tao fr-t
-,-t " .,nau 8f h.r o,,n right Nal,in, at
rs tarie of a master 10 whom -'ic had l,,sn
bound f- many vcar-. she hea1i r. me t.,-
-.--|,0 E Jac 3. B.ll OF Bight- She aJ
.H... -. d her.,.lt ,,.y she Wa, u.t entitled
ertv. and rt'icrred ter .i-. &, Mr..
.r...r d. ,i.5.,e) >,-lg,sick who .,s. tb,r
. f.-ia.- .olu., Ia,,y,- .f SaeiF,I, Her mis-
rr... rpo.ei th, objection that Mum Bet
lst beeu too long DEPENDANT ri Dee able tn
Ike care Of herself ana her onl, chu.d. but
she r.torted that o.. Ii vss % ..sIr lln that
couldn't scratch for one chicken Nr
SsdgwIck prosecuted her ca-e b. e.. obtain
ing OF fe. freedom and ~, yss-. for her
services .rom II year- ol asc. Z ..- case was
she reice that split the r9cs l; slavery IN
Massachusetts. ana finally ~ thc entire
North Mum Bet &c once lelt herself bound
ay her IL. legianc- 10 her protector, and lived
ever af.,- with his fsmiiv. The above Ell /
tam eIi.omiz-s utr faithful life There is
me sho-. scene In II. however. which fairly
beianrs o the historical dram 81 Of her native
SLATE. At ,hr time Of the famous ''Shay's
-rtelh.a" IN 1886. Judge Sedgewick' r house.
10 90. absence. vas visited bv some OF the
rowing lands o.! insurgents. Nno Ina,.,. iu- ice
the WstchNord by which they violated it,
-asrcd name. TIE villagers in expectation of
fav. rad committed all yheir ,aluablcs 10
Mum Btz care. She prepared il large caul- .
iru .1iling pumpsiu- ;5r ti,. la-csl- and
awaited .h.lrc,uung Tt,g Gueiv appeared.
-rI ul-,n beer asking wr,5 ra, - ,,rrt,ti. sli-
-si.l. b. Prl-,nrI- ana aumuuli.uu. Ouce
Ir-f- he gave u en- cady adm IS. n-thcy
c,mm.t.d their d,mud 20, ore lrr dtiak
puir.iy armina er-Ii witu "a lilgNr .uii il .
ta- rather hot -lot from th- a.Ilm. -ic
Jed ..-u into th. wine c..ilr. when, amis
-.ir,- mon. worldly Of ,,ue. laeic va- a. 1T /
4.si.- l.lTter. oil. Their, = Jt- 5.-t Vs., re p,
tr tr, like oi We l-' Ta,y I,ircled tuc
"laan uuf." a- ttcv cal cd D.. 3t- S.-1n a,
ui-t-3. and were .lad D. leliueaNav. One %.
-ae larry. AS Nu,n B..t wac l,ading them out
agaa. fingered lovingly over a p TX hsrrd