The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-06-30
The Death OF Mrs. Harris Iuossord.

Upon the occurrence of the death of the
very aged among us we are wont to say
that 'another relic OF past generation has
passed away that " another of the old
and time honorcd members of our commu
nifty has been removed from u.s. and there
fore we are flippantly reminded of the brev-
ity of life, the certainty of death, and the
memorable destiny that awaits us all as we
pass on to the fulness of time. Too often
are we altogether unmndiul OF the indvid
ual whose death gives occasion for these
remarks, and this fact is suggested by the
brief notice IN The GLOBE of the recent
death Of Mrs. Harris Hosford. of Center
Rutland
Tho writer of this article has known Mrs
| llosford for something more than half a
century in the days of her earlier prosper
/ ity, when she was in the vgor of woman
| hood in times when clouds hung heavily
over the family roof-trec and again when
| frightening skies gave warmth and
| comfort to her in her old age and
| yet he docs not feel that it is in
cumbent upon him to make any extended
obituary remarks on the occasion of her
death arise to the fulsomc eulogiums of
the virtues, or the palliation Of foibles, in
horcnt TO all-hc only desires to speak
briefly in regard to a single point in her
character and a single incident of her his
tory In her carly years Mrs. II. main
tanned strong desire for reading, and
which Was for the most part of a more
serious and solid nature than that which
usually furnishes the mental pabulum Of
the present generation. subsequently
Horace Greeley, then Il mere lad, in enter
tering npon his apprenticeship as "A printer
preparatory to that ''busyilifc' which fol
lowed, was thrown, by circumstances into
her family, and during his apprenticeship
was watched over and cared for by her
with the devotion of a mother She in
these early days had the utmost confidence
in the brilliant career which came to him in
after life, and the writer of this has often
heard her say that she ''made Horace his
first jacket (ycst) and she expected TO live
to see him President How nearly this
prophecy came to its fulfilment is known
of AL hut it may be here said
| that but few knew how many
> wise and thoughtful republicans still
mourn at its failures. But, however thi:
may be, it is quite evident that the early
, struggles and after career of Mr. Greeley
5 eXertcd positive influence oyer Mrs. H..
e who childless herself, had thrown ma
ternal watchfulness over her early protege
\ and cntcrng'warmly into the spirit of tho
4 moral, social and political questions dis
4 cussed by him, her general reading wa
kept up and enlarged. and with an active
and vigorous mind to the end, she became
possessed of more general knowledge anC
| practical information in regard to the cur
rent affairs of the day than often pertain
+. to woman, and which, as it may be add
cd is too rarely found " the opposite sex
Had majority of the women of Vernon
but 1.-THE of the political and general in
formation possessed by her the question o
woman suffrage would not seem, as it nov
! does, the nonsenscal movement of few
crazy fanatics
Mrs. II. removed from Poultney to Rut
land some forty years since. She unitet
with the Baptist church by letter from tn
n church at Poultnoy, where she had long bcel
A a communicate, and for many years aftc
c her removal TO Rutland she was an intelli
gent and efficient teacher in the Bible elias
q and Sunday school in that place.
o WEST HAVEN.