The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-08-02

Daniel WsheteE e lhs SO ef tveptE-six,
|itst as the career of hi ams vas dzWninz,
married ne d6nehfsr ef Rev Eliiah Flstek-
q, Of Hopkinton, New Hampshifs, \ lady
vino, according 70 Mn. Eliza B1ckministsr
Lee, possessed "a high order Of mid, unit
"a with such Sweetness q dispssifis1, rnA-
cafaetsd, fank. snd vinaiag Hianners, that
No one eould spproach lar without wishing
y Know hes, 10 enc could know her Wsn
Iith6zt loving IN. Ths erst-born Of this
1arriage was adaughtsz vh0 bore hsr moth
Us name--Gracs 9 ehile EA8 sngsJMrs.
Lee. Sat the ace Of thFss er fery ysan old
was wonderfully intelligent and . most
agreeable eomPznioa. Thsrs was No one N
90 much demand as Ties litla Grace her
rotbe.,s friends eansiantIy sending fsr hsr,
Isimplicify and, g such IN sxpfeszi0n b6s al
seul seemed to dEeli very near fks author Of
her being. Not only did eHsaEen lie above
her in her infancy, 80 she knew that God
wasafRaya win lhsE. Another peenliarify
was the Tenderness she felt for the poor, and
Hnhappy. Bsggzrs were Eequent at tAis
|time, and begging from doaf 70 9DGeuzsnDt
ferbidaed.- -Gracs Wund never consent that
an asker for charity sho1ld Be ssnt sEay
empty. She would bring them herself INTO
the houasses thzs their Wan6 Ware supplisd,
ceufort then via The miniBtrstions Of
| her own little hands and shs tsndsf eompas.
sion6f her large gray syas., o II her mofher
ever refused, those eyes would IN with
tears, and shs would uies thsir requests 20
perssvsringly that there was no resisting
her," -
/ This child thus intsrsstfng at an age thus
early, followed n quits unbr0ksn process
bsioHr the death of Webstsr's father. Who
lived only to hear his son Ds fFst x9ies IN pub
Ii, Of HIS smothsf, sof his sisters, and tbs
daughter Of HE brother, he afflicted son.
brother. and parent with grief past e0nso-
lati5s, cafrisa 70 hsr grave. Then were born
. him others, Charles julia, Edward, and
iFlstehsr. Bet the arrows Of the Archer
still fem thick shout him. An9thsr shild
.is buried, q son. Thsn the amiahle mother.
of his children. and CONSCIOUS zhzrsr of his
Joys and triumPh1 Then that only and
bei5red brother whom hs NV IN his cofin,
With "a white forehead, g tagged cheek, a
EcpnaplexiUn clear As heavenly Iightl" A
nesr friehd. Nh. EEerstk nanes daughter
fer The little Grace, his frst-beD, and that
nzmesake, coming 10 the zee Of her whose
name he took, and acting IN the same Eay,
the sars part in the family circle Is loved
and lost A granddaughter takes also TIE
1aDe Of IGracs and living teslEks age snd
possessed of similar loTelinsss, numbers the
| third not permitted te prsssfve he name Of
/ he lamsntsd .Hifs- Thea ,falls. the soldier
son in the ieids OF Mexico. Him soon fol-
Iovs the accomplished sister and only daugh-
teri Leaving one child alone In bis arms,
and soothsa by whose presence, the honor-
"a. stzicksd isthsr himself could de- And
bovyhs the srryiVof his fAllas though fall
en- surely as the patriot parent would have
wished, II need Be, he might hll-a wiling
saerifcs on the altar ef that Union up15
whose broken and dishonoEed fragments he
prayed he might not behold ths sun IN hea-
tenshihing. 10 sIor3e 4 bsxisosT Cd ausaa
Thus passed and gone are thsY al.-Har-
bsr's Weekly. t7fc7si iS'1ds 81 ? ''1 u.''