The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-09-29
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Vile ID dmOuS sl93 OO9Sts sHetlA1 kaAAe I'D
thec language :snuob a:n;14 ott Of tz:'Et,
~ ,yn guided n;nml zchoieein o9he
says 5;'oply. By the, blind affection of
ny 5yoaytlh1, Ii ], 7, found a q intelligent com.
[panioqI pnoqI ard 4 tender friend, a prudent
% onltzesss The most faithful OF, wives,
and 2 mothef as tender ~ children ever
u ID the nisfertunei TO- lose.e3Ir met a
d 1omau VIII. b. the tender mana sagement
Of s3EI m3y weaknesses, gradually corrected
the most, pernicious Of them. She be-
came :rrudent from affections;, and
though Of, the! most generous nature,
she was taught economy and, frugality
by her love for me. During the. most
critical period of my. life, she preserved
:orderip my affairs, from the care. Of
which she relieved me-, She. gently
reclaimed ne from dissipation; she
propped ny weak and irresoluts nature ;
she urged my Incidence to, all the exa
ertions that have been useful Or credi--
BILE to NE, and she vas perpetually at
hand to aduoni!ssht !stt my heedlesspess and
improvidence.5 To her I owe whatever
I am, to her whatever I shall be- > ;,,,:f,
1t detracts somewhat from, the ro-
nance of the case, perhaps, that Sir
James became ,consoled for his loss, in
just one year from the time Of his great
bereavement, BY =, second marriage.
And here we may; venture. the some
rhat, , os,blyious s,l Z 9! remark that the domestic
histoqtiiss g,qtiis ,s,'t sot remarkable men are the
most Ile pleasing records of literature, for
the ! 81 reason that, in these matters, every
reader, however, humble, has = sort Of
personal interest il the narrative, readi-
y recalling his o~u feelings in similar
circumstances, Or the history of his own
friends, and SO having a community Of
joy or sorrow. with distinguished per-
senages Ct other tines. 1t must be
confessed, TOO, that the cool and bust
ncss-like way in which biographers
sometimes dispose of domestic events
is noticeable, especially when, as in the
cass Just mentioned, the reader has
hardly er!a got over lis emo emotions Of sadness
at theg the egg. ppd.q5oe ot one chapter, and is told
at the c9mmsncemens of almost the
next one Of the happy marriage of the
man for whose intense , grief bis :eyes
are still moist. It rarely happens, athat
! mar who is his,own Boswell does. not
manage this matter with more delicacy,
Thgs.,, Thgs.,, c.se s e3ab iqf Rev, Dr Spring may, be
regarded rcar Y dlssa as aIa remarkable exception.
This tvell-known: octogenariar. has re-
Gently favored tthe apublic with lively
Personal r "reminiscences Of Ibis 14ife. apd
Times, ia3 iia3 'wyh which 0 he copies {. extracts
from his private journal, that, are not
seldom "1iech and u 1are,l Thus, under
date Of Aug: I, 1860, he writes: "this
morning at aalf:pa,t 8 O'clock, my svee.
wifi, was released from. this. scene of
debility and suffering" and after = par. ,, !:
ticular account of he: sickness; and I: a
statement that khte' t',* vas iIp the m mother Of
fifteen children, he indulaes a strong
expression Of his feelingssT not nunat-
ptal, but perhaps a. . vel suppressed in
ths, printed volume winds up i ;, with
some verses 10 which the Isoundness Of
aosctrin, i is "a more Z remarkable than 81,
poetic ti expression. zsiut' Just Eve pages
fdrthetr: Ii 81 On, i tie yery ne1t entry in the
diary, the worthy Doctor, after admit
ting that hiss s!;,vuveet Wee xifo was too valua-
bic = woman even ven to be forgotten" and
that "neev'eit thought he could love
another;,'' says that b" had advanced
beyond three score yHcar,s, m, and ten, ! was
partially bIind and nneededa helper fit.
ted to lis age and condition: .. '.~ -.
'No one needs such a helper more
than hi man ID ID my advanced Years. I
sought and God gave me another wife.
A few: days only more thar a year after
the death of Mis-. Spring, on tie l4th
Of August, 1851 vas married 70 Abba
Grosveoor Williams, the y oily sulifv''iitv::
ing child IF tie late Elisha Williams,
ESD, 4 Distinguished member of sthe
bas:: She is tbc heeires of7sa' large
pr1befty, aid iretaaiu1sB' It ID Ter " owl
6 a6dsa.' sbs Il ii6tenf ID her ;dutyy'a Is .:
vic; xatohfal of III; wants, tukes good.
.e,fss If ne, Is Il, excellent hous.keeper,
I.pa ias,ssd II addSqs; 10 'tboD expense. EXP I'll q
Of my hSusshold,, shares them viii her
husb,nd ,sdtofa ii senaa o7j8 o' g'1odi'
In addition. to which remarkable cir
cumstapse, the autobiographer asserts
that: ~ .., ~
"Not until after our mutual engage
meot was; s;eqtered Into, did We know
that We descended from the same stock,
and q Z I that our our ;. grandnothers we're 9,.>r s,s !;
tey. ,s:..,,st,,.> ,.,..., "a - .>...s,,r
a French author gives an account Of
4 jnoblepan who lost bis wife, to. whom
he was tepderlys attached, and with
thonghhlla pecapiedfE q Eonly Of Joining. her
ii another. Eprld, shut himself fltup, for
.hresayear5 u eereligiousnresreas. aHel
altered sarpra5et - CT, 1hihis;ah s,a,s