Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-08-09

|, little shop. The gray-haircd gentleman still
s. smokes his pipe, as, with complacont arr b
watched his industrious son at work, and bot
IS at the old homestead and the cottage all We
!. sunshine and happiness The dark cloud ha
y indeed passed away
From ms Ncw Y0rl rubuutI
e Alice and Phpbc Cary.
< Six months only have elapsed since W
were called upon to announce the dcccasc Z
#. Alice Cary. and now the sad duty is devolyo
d upon US Of paying tribute to the memoir
II Of her only surviving sister, Phoebe Cary
J.. who died at Newport, r. l., ON Monday, Jul
d. 3lsi after distressing illness Of eight or tel
;. weeks. She was the only one Of six sister
4 who did not inherit consumptye toudonc
e from her mother. aud as She had always been
! until within the last few weeks, in robus
health, her numerous friends in different part
, Of the country will be equally surprised an,
shocked by the announcement Of her death
The death Of Alice was @ sore trial TO her
but she bore il with such courage and rcsg
uation-we might almost say with such cheer
iulnoss-that her friend, confidently auticipa
ted for her many move years OF health and
useful labor. Some time in june. however
while spending few days with o. friend 10
the country. She was exposed 10 % maariou.
atmosphere which brought on severe chill
and that wa. followed by others, which rap.
IDLY reduced her strength. From this attack
she did not rally, and az last She was taken to
Newport in the hope that a change of air
would prove beneficial. For a time there
was some hope Of Der recovery, and even on
the day before her death friend, who saw
her then for the bret time since her illness,
expressed the opinion that she might possibly
live. The life of Miss Gary was so insepara-
bly, blended with that Of her sister Alice, that
their biography would seem almost identical.
She was born five years later than her sister,
but they began to write for the press at about
the same time and during the twenty-five
years that their names were before the public
as authors, they were 80 closely associated
that few ever thought OF one without also
thinking OF the other. And yet, IN spite Of
the mutual sympathy that bound them TO each
other so closely, they were very unlike, not
only IN person but ia mental constitution.
Such was the difference IN their style that 20
poem OF the one was ever attributed, even in a
moment Of lorgeiiulness, to the other Born
IN 1879, eight miles north OF Cincinnati she
hrst became known to the public as contrib
utor to the periodicals Of the unyersalist de-
nomination, aud aiierward more widely as
writer in the National Era at Washington.
She has written lar less coplously than her
sister, and almost nothing IN prose. Her po-
ems are marked by a buoyant faith a sunny
philosophy, and a hearty independence OF man
ner, which no one ever succeeded IN affecting
and no one who possesses them could afford
to barter for wealth or fame.
Ph~be came to New York with Alice in
1852 or 1898, and here they lived together
until they were so lately separated by death. f.
Few homes are more attractive than theirs
was for many years to those who were so for
tunate as to share ITS gracious hospitality. .
Mr.. Greeley, in his sketch Of the sisters in
the Eminent Women Of the Age says /
" Their paror was not so large as some others, .
but quite as neat and cheerful ; aud the few .
literary persons or artists who occasionally
met at their informal invitation, to discuss
with them cup Of tea and the newest books, I
poems and events might have found many
more pretentious but few more enjoyable
gatherings. have a dim recollection that
the first Of these little tea-partics was held
up two flights of stairs, in one Of the less
fashionable sections Of the city bu. good
things were said there, that I recall with
pleasure yet; while Of some Of the company,
on whom have not since set eyes, | cherish
pleasant and grateful remembrance As
their circumstances gradually though slowly
improved, by dint Of dhigeut industry and
judicious economy, they occupied more eligi.
gible quarters; and the modest dwelling they
have for some years owned and improved, in
the very heart Of this emporium, has long