The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1870-03-19
o B I T u A r Y

!. DiED--in Etbe 2sffA yearSof her age. on
Tuesday night. March LIST, Sat her fsther's
residence, near Bfnnchsille, Mrs, AUGUST 4
HOGAN, leaving q fond husband, parents
and two dear little children to'rourn her
early exit from this world. 81
= Yes, she 10 gone In the senith of womap-
hood and young mothers glowing pride
"The king of terrors seized her as his prey"
and AyovsTA is no more!
She wns the only child sf two whose locks
have long since been silvered by the frost Of
years. Alas what is there to allure them
to this "busy scene Of splendid wo,' now
that their idol is gone! For Ave long months
previous TO the going out Of her lamp Of life,
she reyeled in the luxury of pain; and over
her sick couch fond parents, whose -odies,
although bent by the rude hand OF age, and
n grief stricken husband were seen to bend
and keep silent and watchful vigils. Better
far, would it have been for them had their
darling been taken at once 10 her father. {.
For although
"The flower in ripen'd bloom unmatch'd,
Must fall the earliest prey;
Though by no hand untimely snatched
The leaves must drop away:
And yet it were a greater grief
To watch il withering, leaf by leaf,
Than see il pluckcd to-day
To trncc the change to foul from fair
we knew II was sad TO see her thus .blotted
from life's page before the burden of accu-
mulated years hal impaired for her the en-
joyment of the evanescent pleasures of this
weld. 'Twere sweet 70 have her with her
friends! But alas the bright sun of her
existence, while shining in all its meridian
splcndor, has been obscured by the advent of
the dark winged angel Of death! and her
soul has passed from the scenes OF this world
into that dreamlcss sleep which will know no
waking joys until the loud trumpet Of the
Arch Angel shall announce that the last page
has been completed in the great volume Of
time.
Yes. Willie, abe IL gone.
Like n star that trembed DER the deep,
Then turnd from ear,h It's dream"
her smiles will no more
"seatter glndness DER your path
Bat let the reflection that you ..sorrow not
with those who have no hope" be n solace to
your grief For if the proprictnrics of con-
duct which she has Mt all times exhibited in
her intercourse with her friends and acquain-
tances may furnish basis upon which to es-
tablish presumption, you must at once con-
clude that your loss is her eternal gain.
Death had not single dread for her. II
was only an exchange OF her mortal vest
mcnts for shining robes Of immortality-a
bidding adieu to the miscriep with which this
life is replete. to enter the portals of n hap
py and fclicitous eternity. Like true Chris
tian, she died quietly aud mrckly submit
ted to the terrible mandate. When about to
enter upon the dark valley. she gave no indi-
cations OF being frightened by horrible ap-
partitions or unwomanly fears; but
Like ono who wraps the drapery of her
couch nbout her,
And lies down TO pleasant Dreams"
peaccnbly: and her immortal soul left its
tcncmcnts Of day calmly and impercepti-
bly, ns the dcw-diop when it is e1ha,ed by
the bright bcams Of the rising sun into the
ccrulean blue of Heaven: after which. all
that was left Of augusta. WAS carried slowly
and measuredly To the old family grave-y ard
and there now fresh mound Of earth Inay
he seen. upon which loved hands ling-rinS'y
bestowed wreath cf bright flowers whose
delicious fragrance will kiss tile lovely moon
n''cams as they fall in clusters around lf~Y
lonely resting place, where she will sleep on
undisturbcd until time shall have ceaaed.
Yes she's inferred in the old graveyard;
but her many virtues will forever live and
bloom in the recollection OF those who
knew her but to love her.
Nor named her but to praise
FRIEND.
BRASCuyrLIy n r. March 1tb lSTO