The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-13

Grove. He also sculptured another
fine work for a Shepherd monument,
TO be placed in the cemetery of the old
stone church, on the fne pfomontory
overlook king the broad alluvfaI at the
forks 'oftWhesling. Creek. kThisEmonnt
ment has not tbeen erected, but lies
about the premises sibroken and neglect
ed. Several fine pieces designed, for
the Shepherd monument, have laid In
the loft of the mansion for forty, years
or more. 71s there not sufficient pride
among those who inheritthep property to
have this monument finished and put
up2 It would be historical
memorial creditable to the county, and
due a family who Contributed so much
Years ago, the writer yalnly tried to
induce the subject of this biographical
notice to have the monument erected.
She always evaded the subject: Any
tdiosyncrasyo of her owl Will not justify,
her for failing to rectiTy the wrong.
Let the Shepherd monument be forth
with erected over the remainaEof the
Shepherd family, in the 8old stone
church cemetery, where so many of the
early settlers rest, and where the good,
and true,i and lovely of other house,
holds await, too, the resurrection.
In constructing the National Road,
Colonel Shepherd was. a heavy con-
tractor, and his accounts remained long
unsettled AT the Treasury Department..
Year after year, he, with hiss wife, at.
tended ataWashingt2nednrtng the SIT
a fashionable lady at the gay court of
Washington. She had ample means,
and gratffied her4taste for dress to the
fullest, Within recent years-recent in
her own prolonged life, but a genera
ton to the rest Of us-she decorated one
side Of her spacions sdrawing.room ,Sith
the attire in which she led the 6egts
anoade OF other days. Her wardrobs
xas Eulys unique, and "a curiosity I'D,
Its way. During the life.time of Col
,onel Shepherd these visits to the ma
tional capital We're yearly continued, ,
and after his death In 1888, She kept up
her annual pilgrimage to the federal
metropolis. 1t was during one of these
visits she met General Daniel Cruger,
a member of the House of Representa-
tives from New York. They were
married, and he. transferred his resi-
dence from, the Empire State to the Old
Dominion. This ismarriage was not pro.
,ductive OF unalloyed happiness. The
bride of over seventy was proud, gay,
and ambitious. Her eye was undim-
med, and her rscheekS glowed with the
lbeautyof fifty. General Cruger died
in 1S43. Years after his death she con-
uHT fNl6lLS sIO5sfN anu
the writer, meeting her there In the
spring of 1850, escorted her to Preside dent
ITaylor,s lsvee. She was then eighty
six, years of. age, and not one Of the
least observed ons that brilliant occa-
lsion.4 10 MOI sfsf - ~ 80. 80
Mrs. Crnger tookya lively interest in
the affairs of the country. She had
been 9. constant reader of the National
IJIteLLi0etceT since It's sComnlencement.-
On The occasion OF the writer's visit,
some months since, noticing number
of the t11teLtig tige,tce1. lying by her side, as
IL she had Just been reading it. i re-
marked, swell, Mrs. Cruger, you still
read the National IlteItigeHcer." !" eyes,"
she promptly replied, my husband
took the paper when 1t was first started i
and he requested me to continue It as
long asI lived" tsue
She was person of frugal habits,
and herein we learn. a lesson that
should not be lost on the rising genera
ti6n. It isone of the true secrets of her
great, longevity. She ate skoipty, aud
7ieVea' tlrdnk her tea or coffee hot! The
writer llas noticed. her half an hour
slipping a cup of tea. -
ph 4 ysiqde; |; newer had a family, aud was
scarcely ever ILL.,, Mr.. Clay frequently
told her she would live to be one hun
dred. He styled her, in his graceful
eloquence, "Oue OF the eCorinthfan coll
umnsy OF, then Repnblic,n A woman
grown when tho Republic came into
she lived to osee not only the
columns, but the fair fabric itself, Ill
most dashed to the earth.
Mrs. Crpger inherited many of; the
strong traits of character of her sturdy
parent. Shs &possessed great energy
of character, courage, endurance, and
fine business habits. In her gfrlhood,
she frequently swan the Ohio river 10
Boggs' Island for her cows, and in ma
tuter years, &ould diride on horseb backyto
Philadelphia to purchase goods. Her
temptationitOth the mountain marauders;
at least they never mOlested her. Such
was the material of which were made
the mothers of the Republic.
EShe managed a large and valuable
estate, from the death Of Colonel Shep-
hard, to within a few years. An ex-
tenslveami hotel ndlother improve
under her immediate direction
At ninety, she went into the
harvest field, and whilst superintend-
ing the men at work, fortified their IN
ner man against the July heat, by
judiclous potations ofieaui de VteI She
was kind mistress, attentive nelgh-
bor, and genial friend. She possessed,
one peculiarly. She would
not permit any of her immediate rela-
tiyes TO reside with, or wait on her. n
The Shepherd property, embracing
the mansion and about nine hundred
acres of ofexcellent land, descends 70 the,
Shepherd heirs, who are numerous, aud
some of whom are said to have died or
old age, 1Dniting IN eEpectddcyt The
balance of the estate, more valuable,
perhaps, than the other, goes TO the
a NgtHRIV
scattered.
The subject of this notice furnishes a
good illustration of the aPhorism, that
tall men consider all men mortal but
She clung tenaclonsly to
life. never made a will, and lived as
though her large property were em.
phatica1ly to remain, as she was won't
10 declare, "Mine, all mine forever.
But, Notwithstanding her tenactty OF
life, Notwithstanding her hne organi-
cation and the admirable working or
der in which she preserved ft FOR oyefA
century still the vial force gaVe'way
with the decline OF regeneradve power,
and death came as a necessary se.
auence. Her life presents wonderIni
of what a well-ofganlzed
body, properly cared for, may perform.
This 'renIarls able; woman not only at
tanned the allotted span OF human ne
three score and ten-but almost
touched the threshold Of a third OF a
century beyondl What memories sne
could call up, as looking far. down the
vista of a century, the friends anu
scenes of other days ca ame trooptng neI
fore herI Hnhian life shows many
phases, but nothing more r 5emar t;1,eIs Sao.e
than. exemplihed, in Lydia Boggs snep-
herd iCruger. W. LEI lE7t;z 4
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