Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-01-19
on GOING INTO MOURNING.


4. T.
am sure 'hey eaheo. care moch lot
sneir s'ste,' ior no, Que VI ''ie,' nau eyei M
olack fiopoh on ner oohheN sa'u ""pei
Grant 10 her lnValiu sister
Nay. Maoe' you must NOV JuuSe '"e"'
harshiy'
but only tnink oi ~ Even her nothef
did not SO Tnuch as chahge her bonnet,
"fropapiy they nave views anu oPliiiohs
OF their own upon the subject replied Mary
1rant' leebiy, ior sne was IN .ne last stage
oil consumptlon-that areaaiuI scour8e OIL
our northern cIiihe-ai'u even the eAer'ioi
OF speaking few words was exceedingly
tresome' rr
Ana poor Ellen lawson, our uear irlehu
ana scho3lnnaIe, one oi the la,ies' anu trues, ,
giris IN the village--to thihk that she shouid
go down 10 her carry grave without even a
snow OF mourning III hfI own la'hiiy' IL
LOOKS Ike saoriiege 10 me-
Nay, Mabel, your respect ior mere Gus
tom causes you 10 "iSiesaFu inc Pla'''es'
dictates oil eharity'
40 not mean 70 pe uhcnafi'apie'
know 1t, Mabel but you must remern-
bsr that the practice OF puttingon mourning
IS only custom ana tnere Is no sacrihce
OF love or prlAo'ple III disfesfulhg the
custom,
wen, don't KNOW | cannot thihk thsy
loved poor Ellen as she deserved 10 10
loved.
why not
because IL ,hey had, tney wouiu at sis' lets.
nave SHOWN decent respect ior her "h'ie
they stood around her bier ~ a..
DID thsy seem 70 oe cold, indinSfent
asked the invalid Win great dea' oil III
terest'
NO Mrs' Lawson WAS very llnch ai,ecte,'
whiie III the cehstery' 'he soo'eu AZ '"o"s"
her heart would nreak'
indeed
but II d'1 hot seem ~ os real "er u'ess
was 80 inappropriate,
Ion wrong ner' Mapel-
nope do'
lon cannot see lito tne heart'
Ana her SISTERS 700 II they hai not "orl,
whlte oohlTS' "oulu nave Seeiheu IKE rea
mouTners
" Inc heart weeps' Maoei' ana not tht
dress, nor even Tue tearlui eye MANY one
IN SABLE weeds mas teit no Sor'o" ior '''
loss Oh pateh. OF lIlShu,
!" That may be but don't you think your
sell that whlte oonheis ana oiue dresses are
very improper at tue iuher'' o' nea'
inenu
IL would nVt oe my uaS'e' 'iaoe,, re
pied Mary WIN 'aiht sinl'e, nu' ! WIS.,
TO accord TO every one tne priNnege oi 90
ing ~ tney Piease J" ln"''o' VI '"is Aiuu.
80 DO oil course tley nave arish' u
wear what they please
iou censure then' though'
Not censure then' Mary l only sal
that II looks a, thousi they uiu not car
mucn Tor poor Ellen
"ion iinpuyh their h'ot'Ves you ough
70 be charitaole 10 them' however strahg
they may seem 10 act
~ WIN, sister ou' IL ! n"n 'ps, a ir'e"n
should tcei rs though was dshcisht u
respect to The memory el that iriend' II
did not put on mourning
Mary signed sne khs" not no" soon Una
dear sister womb De eallea 70 put on mourn
ing ior her' Even ahoI'ier uY oil ehiStsnc
might not be permitted her- ohe was calinl
waiting the hour that would bear her irol
the scenes oil earth 70 that brighter Tealu
beyond tue DARK grave AreadY snf near
the music oil the angels hutterihg wing, an
was ready To lay hvr hrah upon Tue zap
earth.
Mabel penetrated nor sister thonyht
. ana turned away 70 mus" 'e"' "n'ch SPruh
There are many things to he oonsidere
Mabel, in relation to the custom OF wearln
mourning For my part, ! think IT woul
be far better If the practice was entirely dii
continued"
"Why, Mary how strange you talk =
/, "You can conceive how very dlsagreeabl
, it must be for those who are waiting 10 col
!, sign the remains OF dear friend to tn
tomb, to be compelled to attend upon mar
tuamakers and mllllners.
Mabel had never thought OF that before.
No sooner has the spirit taken its tiigh
), than the honse OF death Is haue the scene G
commotion and confusion, by the prepar'
' tions 10 appear in black. The holy sorrow
t which Graves solitude, is broken in upon b
' the cares of busincss-by the necessity.