Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1872-06-04
WASHINGTON. d. c.,
- MAY "a, 1872.

orrhage OF the lungs, at 7 O'clock z. Nj.
OF the 18th inst, at her residence in this
city. Her death was very unexpected,
even to her Washington friends. not
outstanding their intimate knowledge
of herenteebled and even dangerous con
dition for several weeks before.
A few particulars may be interesting 70
the former neighbors and friends oil MISS
Goodunow and OF her honored family.
Circumstances have prevented me from
Offering them to you at an earlier day;
Miss Goodenow had been clerkin the
office of Internal Revenue, Treasury De-
partment, for several years. For The
last year OF two she had performed the
duty OF "Comparel," which closely re-
sembles that OF 4 pruol-reader in print
ing office, consisting OF the examination
of prescriptions OF official letters and
papers written in. or received by The
Office, Tor the correction oil any detected
unauthorized departures from the erigin'
ais, and of any grammatical o: other
errors.
About three months previous to her
death her appetite and strength-aiways
deiicent-had diminished 10 such de.
gree rs TO arrest the attention OF herself
and intimate friends, and 10 oblige her, II
fortnight or 81 later, in spite OF hei active
temperament and buoy ant spirits, TO rest,
temporarily, it was intended-lrom all
official duty. Two hemorrhages occur
ring soon after, comparatively slight
though they were, put the time Tor her
expected resumption farther off, and the
opinion OF DR.. Bliss, the second physician
called, and who made very careful OK
animation OF her lungs, that tubereles had
already formed in the top OF the lett lobe,
and that she was incurable; that she
would not live beyond the Fall, and
might go off at any time in IN hour, put
M end 10 all hopes in the minds OF her
friends to whom this opinion was con.
fided, Of her ever being able to return.
But our friend improved SO much in =
ten. day probationary period Dr. Bliss had
fixed upon, aud subsequently, that oven
the physician relaxed somewhat the terri
bic hopelessness OF his opinion. and her
friends became absolutely jubilant. 1t
was this rejoicing of her friends that hrsl
betrayed to the invalid the painful appre
heusions with which they had hitherto re-
garded her. And, with now and then Al
interruption, she continued TO enjoy a
good appetite and improve in strength,
down to within three hours Of her death !!
For perhaps two weeks before, she had
been in the practice oil walking or riding
out every fine day. The Spring weather
had become warm enough-sone days
even too warm to admit OF it. Most ire
quently she walked; and she would make
a circuit of from one quarter To \ hall 4
mile, descending one flight oil stairs from
her home and mounting them on her re-
turn, all unaided. without fatigue. The
morning of the fatal day she had availed
herself OF this usual open air exercise TO
do the marketing for her dinner, which
involved round of about onc-quarter
OF mile; and she was about the house
full OF energy and good spirits all day
afterwards, till taken with the first hem
olrhase.
Between 3 and 1 o'clock ~ friend called
in on special business. After that was
dispatched, she entered into an animated
chat with him ON the political situation /;
and on some views being expressed from
which she dissenled. aud in II manner
which piqucd her a little. she. play
but very energetically offered to bet 1.-The
frs thew ten-cent piece they should find. >
or some such impossible thing-that So
and SO would be the case in relation TO
/ the Presidential election OF nominations.
| About 4 o'clock, very few minutes after
this Cher friend having gomez she went
down stairs. On the way down she
coughed little, and at the loot OF the
STAIRS the first hemorrhage took place.
Miss Hale, an intimate friend and IN in.
mate of the house, u lady who had had
much to do with hcmorrhage OF the lungs.
was fortunately present on the spot. to-
gether with the landlady and others.
Miss Goodenow was Immediately carried
up stairs and laid on her bed. Ice and
salt were speedily procured, and admin.
| istered both inwardly and on the chest ;
and the flow was entirely stopped in a
! few minutes, but not before nearly Il pint
had been lost.
Ice was continued. While waiting for
the Doctor, about twenty or twenty nv
minutes of seven the second hemorrhagc
commenced. and nothing which Miss
! Hale, or other ladies' in attendance could
do, ayailed to check the torrent OF blood.
Full quart gushed forth in a very few
minutes. Doctors were sent for in every
direction. In about ten minutes DR..
Johnson arrived, and in few minutes
after Dr. Bliss drove up, The two con-
suited. Evidently without hope DR.. Bliss
put teaspoonfut OF spirit to her lips. II
was directly withdrawn, the doctor re-
marking thst the patient couldn't receive
anything; that she was asphyxiated.
And in another minute he pronounced her
dead
When the Intelligence reached the
office where she had been employed the