Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-01

1868 she became a citizen OF Franklin,
where she has since resided with her has
baud. In 1870, at the organization Of the
". Z. Church here, she removed her
church relation to this place where she
has ever been esteemed rs n worthy meXl-
Der. Her religious experience was not
demonStratiye and emotional but deep /
and genuine. Her sensitive and delicate /
temperament made her somewhat retiring |
and unoniciouS in the public affairs Of the
church. But when conscious that her
services were needed, no one responded |
to the call Of duty more readily and cheer !
fully than she did. Al the last ANIMAL
meeting of the Ladies' Benevolent Socic-
ty, connected with our church, she was
sensitive to the opinions Of others con-
corning her, yet she was true to and fol-
lowed her own convictions of duty. She
was one of those rare specimens Of wo-
manly excellence that can only be fully
appreciated by those who intimately
know them. In the family circle her
virtues shonc most brilliantly. She vas
an affectionate and devoted wife, tende
mother and an obligiug neighbor. In her
were combined, in high degree, all Of
those womanly qualities which are indis-
pensable to good home. Industry,
economy, neatness, regularity, conjugal
and maternal affection, constancy, and
religion, were all conspicuous in the
home where she presided. To those who
knew her but partially, she may have APP
peared reserved. But to those who knew
where to find and how to touch the main
springs of her heart, she was genial,
sympathetic and benevolent. She had to
be drawn out and tested before her excel
lenceS could be fully understood. Emer-
gcncies uncovered the beauties Of her in
ner life and noble nature. God illum-
mated her dwelling by the gift of two
beautiful daughters. Twenty months
ago, at tho birth of her youngest child, in
the pangs of maternity, her feet pressed
upon the bank of the river of death,
and well nigh kissed it's waters. She
went down to the border-and of death to
bring little Daisy into life. Since that
time, in consequence of which her reason
has not always held full sway. This was
the first cause of that alteration of mind
which eliminated in the terrible tragedy
which to-day we deplore. Her mental de-
rangement was so slight that it was
known to but few until about three weeks
before her final act, when it assumed q
formidable condition. Her state of mind
was not produced by any unhappy cir
cumstances or relations that can possibly
be discerned, No domestic discord
darkened her household. Husband and
wife were in loving harmony. Financial
conditions were not unfavorable. Social
relations were flatte ing and family ties
were strong. The mystic hand of disease
has plucked the flower and transplanted
it into celestial climes, "wherc sickness,
sorrow, pain and death are feared nc
more.
No blame or disgrace rightfully attaches
itself to either the living or the dead il
this crushing calamity. 1t is one Of those
mysterious, overwhelming affection,
whish may come upon any, and to which
so far as we know, all are as liable as wa,
the deceased. OF cou rse it was not antic
ipated and there fore not guarded against
Several years ago in the state of New York
a Life Insurance Company refused to pa
a policy on the life of an individual who
had committed suicide; suit wa
brought against the Company, and ties
case was made of it in the Supreme Cour
of the State; the final decision of tn
: Court was Substantially as follows "Sui
: eide results from insanity insanity i
= disease; therefore all VIII die of suicide
r die of disease" This decision has neve
: been reversed No decision counter t,
: this has ever been rendered by any lega
t tribunal, so far as l am informed. Thi
E is well authenticated principle in ethics
L and in law, everywhere recognized. Lif
y Insurance Compani es always proceed up
y on it, except when they otherwise stipu
r late in their policies, so far as | hav,
Y known. This therefore is a case of deaf
D by disease as really as If she had died O
8 typhoid fever.
t 1t is great mercy that the life of Dais
was rescued by the almost unprecedente
:. presence of mind and executive abilit
j of Miss Carrie Gardner, who had the fan
II lily in charge at the time when the TRACED
V occurred.
s May grace be given the husband to Ell
|. dure this painful ordeal with Christia
l. trust. In your loneliness ard sorro,
If there remain to you, as angels of mere,
If your two daughters, nearly like the
II mother in temperament and taste, ft
e whom double care now devolyes upo
II you. | commend you to the tender me
ces Of Him who "careth for you," and bids "
"cast all your care upon him." May this mour
full event be sanctifed to the good of all who by
are stricken with grief, so that finally we may
- gathered on the evergreen shore" where "the
n shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor cryin
neither shall there be any more pain, for t
- former things are passed away" Amen
IL The following hymn was sung by the choir as
II closing voluntary:
Ie "Shall we meet beyond the river
Where the surgcs ne'er shall roll,
Il Shall we meet, shall we meet, shall we meet
I'd Yea, We'll meet where bliss immortal,
Sweeter far than rest can be,
rs And before the throne eternal,
h. All our earthly triumphs see.
n "Shall we meet in that blest harbor
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