, 1869-12-25
NARY RUSSELL MlTFQkD.

Miss Nts:erl'n hte a. muur: lai a, It was ha,u.
tl'uI, l. hole otstrvt.g o. remenhranc. than H..y
o. o. ner r. y1s III, e.: Exhibits .9,; Of se sacil
it iu-'GL T--s ktcn In to uo7t Of ~ pas. pt,l.r.
r1It.t,1g Dr. Aittor1. her father, u:Aa e utter
,einsa ,, a. GesIl ana ncspaoe ol asc'1ttcisg rue
f:n "!'f, OF cv-h Of his da1phter,"--har:ue, q. a
.pasT tiap, wsa T." bis u"u pa:1lmonY.-uA1re.l ed
VII IL egft Or b'he gesrs n! tl-'r ua;r1uvc-.ail-
"a y lnr+s. pr1ze os ca O1U {wn,cn, By tue way,
fehtpe" nor to niu-e,f. ont to Ills OILY chLd)'
8 s-iI'a'sh TIL. 1uttune as he han dlee,ia,ed To-
tt1m'r, atG was npaly con;entsd tu live q i:ia pf
Ghtne depti ds1 ce upon tot Literary ear.itgs I t
~. t,aoss y: ssra: 9. t. say. M, w1e cnefi
h*' d..In- face ana axreeAtle u.auGets posse.s-
ed tie unfa'lng lave both pt hts daughter uu4 nus
m ~ ~ Ct o. "hon. ever GO 7nalaed OF the u.su
hspFiress Of both. To a1nIntster to bis comIorts
10 uLu loLe5 iur Liz toes, to prevent Ills lee.tpH
aon o. me aaaosancS Of str4sned clE
lie sole aim OF Nis. s S,1toras a1rs 1Ssn IT,
It 80 s'1nnge ttcry. From school gtrl ihe cngd
lVtG un iefus p curious fam. iartty wish ner ra.
tbochgneIt fat1tr nrgh- nes:o~ 10 ID u 1lil or
3urIR oIshaLd On bis siis. II 1enltls ud or
sne cails III. Milford her ''deAs old T,,d, > 1.r
81 t~s boz ber 'btst belaved darling" her
"desE D oo," az - on; a.d ut tbs y.fy t.me
t' tt l'ii}. she tells hun "the wo.d docs t1ut ro-
tan &c Pr uf', SO happy, 50 lond y ttuuxhte5'
An" t"i>. revere u VAS her sfuex.e ioc exiseuce,
httns To Larc httn tie feeling TO the last
y TT lhree1 fEe rsuarks, IL later life. Z he ~0In
,cut L.. r. csfItdr9 an1teit, that Ale ca t,ot ,I
ss1a e t.t tatce's ~ ou'e 'u.r:n-ss !" oh,sinacy
ni Eo.hv Oh ID 1h- same ~ay - aud at aup,ntr
tue khe tcfcs " there Is o want Of tlu ' III u,y
h'iE hii 10 CO: tflonte his e1Jels tTikh u,ue tl
our ~; l"s." e. hich eifaftu, VIC mas observe, In
alei fletIs. wife tever marcy. h.l .heau were
HI ttate:tn ff l'tg p>st srpar+' tly al s,zp a3
u q. "h,s ,rr trevslt'g tesllee WA ore 81
q tsG:l1t't nGc fht.is III lis tnntl.l4d Yrtue3
II T. ft.t H. q n -e,.r
ti'-'e1, sr1c nte7 oLin have f.1t u orr keruiy
''s fsr"sh r. 4 literary "te:
sht y. ter. - The stts i-rry tnat III. ta,n
f'rd fu't in! 1te'cnra III = nd n.nst N,
nt"' on. 20 l'r, 1t ltns, as my fa"'r s spared
hia, shall 10 Grt-tlS tu the W,rL uou.c uud
t''tE Etc srottt Ant f.r trster.htt nt.+ iuy !"
,ss:s: s IT, w1ts+: uId.r n: Pressure CT
tic hrcsn Of :. family I hu sure u ,nat,-tfatre
!. a III. u st'tl s'n :; n',l a2a,n w'fa a M ,os
a1 sar srnss 1f you a ta
ta-, "ttt III II -eth, :tl wtuI Mun .Hr ,h4t /
&c. ny: ls.t 70 e rm'stt. earsn. N"h ng ,oata
tistt 10 tie o'jrc' CT at xietr,-suco 1oge a. tic
MGt' tr T. hi. to trt slctls nuf G." The s'u.y II
Etnilr' Ian b Ill H.ltR hte childish fAt.er ut ihe
wltch carh ned I. lic is scarcely moro au:t,tI,r
thpE atr~ Att:otl'~ tsi- Of tow f1tr futh.r. = hi
u I'd eief9 rtaf IL h m but ret-ef, uccap.d
cstn d.so'eo to Hosk, nnd Lov, aheu
tttfs ecrur,.u11c1n CO: st4uarca., she HtLt3butrA
~ the ta1n- ~ her own " want II +ntrts,I
Ntthit2 tttm u6st n tlatchOfy 10 tier tOAn
i'e las Il RuLur., hut SIC was ,no toy1or n
ra r TT 1H cotfe-. e,en 10 rclselt 1hat vi! ihc
ha '+Gtl'.!s .: ttfn~p 10 al ~nu'an nf letters
: u Gle IL ire Iii ef 4spsntthrft AID gn,ss,tr.
Il: fht srtIAce to beiford ita,s tie antogr dI5-
s,.'M =. ho ts:l. tt'.ga no c"ucr, iii individual
s's'n ssi 'oS ;noo st at re- re- ca nsaTc,l aos
lrtsen 1rIrusn her .ud IL craving the :,laye cteT
o. 9, ~ IN ~: whe;htr shs Knew i: or not, snd
ls.>, tt.t .tr s,n ,lttCt]e IL srrIk.tg.
Mis- Mtttra's n'r..ry career vas neither
usstf+ 1ur ulp:obtsble.
MISS 81 lclh accumulated 1a~ne }thra1y, aud
We ku>1.tc! ~ aHInr1 her six thnueat d books
4 II hasc l-en f'ssLu vast Lu1 her U! b, ss4 a.
ns o. i eos IN sns iss. to S.s r.
- lu1I itr ost = sllnat eSers work Of n.te III Il
~. rt'I,eht''. ard the passion fer re4d!rV, lac
T0IAh. When she wss 10 rhu ls ss!i to have
fAH htts .hVe vo'ao eA IN thirty one nnys, aur
*h' 'be "st past 10 her talk Was still or 20 sks
IL tysTy ie''tt: aid 10 Que ot the la1es, We
tss ir.d IL hsr ycuth IL remembered
htrsrt IL Ht:stol slcn 10 such rast les, AID xot
lfc1 d ~ aek 1ur sume aud Lie them Tor NE, the
lAIkttl!tT, Eanlt z who vanktd them, uro.e me q
cin1H III ltl'tr, putting Els whole s'ork al my
sheh lave bttD # Yelling 10 ola as.octatlo;s and
knu EtrI,th.'' Iier wurGl adnllfa,,Ou or OH
ELsllsh pc sln t1lan.au.ts Tempered her entha-
s:asE icr Tie 1t1ks oi modern vii tre, 1dteu, it
y d'n' Till VI esef ane ever lnll5 appreciate. tao
t,asutt nt ttr cOsen pfarIes, To their f44l she
uas,ene'''s.1, a's. si.d s1:n alt her gt:odlatula
FIR IN ntt ttth ~ ntfe eateCaeflc ID her c;r,.
Mt Ills a1x ut t&,oks AID tct'ulu- Il Jar3ffl.rs."
stt 1i!er, "is l,Fe c..i,thlns troayarg
Llg.1,." o. Wur<rsty she co1.."trfssi The .ts,,.
etu,. i, aast, s-%ef1ea th4, there ~as en-: IL
'ile rt:'r ot: o. s'uxIc page OF pure ana v+ro-
ecu'sr Ete',sh. Lazy Eyr.n 1ecslsed .oc mucn
|tnts'fs, ftt ks,n. The nsLe v.cea were {uot
md ~. tht'.f, r. do hh~ u,arrs htn bat 10 p1r-
s.ke h'e tsttr.'! "sne La, n"w .he cotntors
ali 1Ft
sr1s mtlsr9 IN the uunths If I'll ~ntrcn: rae
tns, II Htit"vtr-snd e.en !, s:iosstr MS stn, can
ctnover. tie ceun, Of na1nx hrr hub bsna t, tna
AGu hhial atd ess'u' AIlnu u! lho y llt'it world"
Arsn, s'e wines: The Wotd.wottas never
n +, on thos. II e} hate such ao'uR.; y hen to-y
vie bul p1,. tos. 50 to tts cuptoafd ant est"
Uscle lou. Cabin shc could mt rea', ba, stop.
20 shut as htLdsea paaes;;, 1t wa "eo
h"a canr CT wst'e e.,cd Euri III, ".s ue1r,Iicous
IN ecnnn't bt; sto she do not ke Miss Martini
tAu's lott 'cal tcol oay tales, HAVING "ea aver
n1'cA! eeoitmJ III psr;icp1ar." She had 8
fto'sh clsllse or tc'e4 O., Il which she speaks
o.sr, ~fi.s 10 ne anou. rciencs; / Fever can up-
..rs'atn -ths eclehtiuc pt op.e n+au: asd used
10 1use roor dear captain ksses and 10 snoct
1e2.l5 l+s.r co1.d make on,." vt1y f. nin:ne,
s* lu' sf Fract1us " u y ~om arly Il A."t Nit
ittat .!d.it psse'on for ao*ers; Literature vas
setre u Il io>uett Sre hafi her ~ ssro, and IN
tie tooh nR quiet plf fasufe& Of the garden fosgnt
III u tn tho p+fpt1lte4 Of her lAe. F" place
noNeSs," She wines. "ID the very nrst
ssnk Of k!n pie pleasures, and have 10 VERY
e. Cd upbrEn hf tue 1Ard, HorfaiJ people who
I. 1t L0 Ct nxht III treul" She felafes with er1-
Cett euEfo to~ Rsrduer8 are constantly calling
llALtA Aittf her; how dahlts under her HALLE ls
telEr at tep Ru nens d soo1, now snc helseI OBJ
,Ated t. eL1y Rulueaa tor a seeding: that aha
hA. trr. bun red different eorts Of ReEaalums,
III d "khs, be lnaRs lucent N dsnltars havlnE ono
lunoIelt Aoa e'REt Of tue ytrJ noess kuoHa."
MI$s NtfUru's taates Hnd LEO Aleuge were con-
iii I'd RIhio con,pstt1seIs insEOx rage. Sne
tnu tGser uasslt1d she \ Ha8 Alnogt whualy SELL
ttllM ats d she as tot strong thlnEet or pow
eIfLi Hrllty, ytt There arr feK women Of our DAP
phCtc nluoIy will b. more A1ectonateiy
che r,fhed. aid lew wEt+rs OF rctiUu Wno haze
ta,red . n sutat,on go honnT lnle ttd c1nsttent
II = gu be ab-srd TO call Mas Milford Rrsss
utrtlls as apsuin to ca her Rreas tfa1 1el.an
Gut II Ter Own lu pic ltne, ~ tepirr Of village
tslet q, profe descf1ner Of ru.al eeter5s the
has r4rti 1e thtf !, teen eq:at+d Noye' renders
rtqnIe tlIo, Get icoo on sHasb thao she CAD pro-
ssta for them. and tales taAt may. be
Etad TN the Of. absn'u'c acil,ly are 1.anl- TO
b. ,oft tame: Jet ineru II a tIsrzzy xraces q
hrtzy Tttb1 eff, CO elRhttul Womaulttess IN
lH lit1d It. 2W ~ 10 Our Village which Will al.
Nsse stiract teane9s whose t48te hAs DOT oeen
tpL;ltt b. ,e1 tstlcnbl fiction. The la.ter @ofk
trI cc,a}Iy II 0ue ph'on would have dtl'RhteA
Cunpe nj ~ picture oi English FuEh Tito II
| will, ne ,nttk, rttaiL II p!sce wte1 nlAty moro
,ster,iups ~uftl q, forgotten. It IL uo4 = book