The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-10-12

THE calls of friendship can bid one to |
no sadder office than the futile attempt |
to give voice to a grief and utterance to
sorrow that will not, cannot be told
Who can rob death of its terror and
who can say to grief give way to con-
tent? The inspired voice that says TO
us ssblessed are they that die IN the
Lord" may give assurance for the de-
parted, but it can hardly reconcile us
to afiliction when it takes such shape
as to rob devoted husband Of his well
chosen mate: as to ru1ely tear from a
fond mother a loving daughter and TO
snatch from the circle of admlfihs
friends SO bright companion, so gen
tie a friend, as was she for whose dealh
we mourn.
A few months ago it was the prlvl-
lege of the writer to have renewed with
her an acquaintance that dated back to
the happy childhood of both and on
Wednesday evening last to stand ny
her open grave with and to offer to the
broken hearted husband such sympa-
thy as one who had known him as
school mate, when we were boys to-
gether, might offer in the bitterness OF
his grief. Alas, that the threads SO re-
S Gently, 80 gladly gathered together
: should have been so soon, so rudely
broken by Death!
She was reared amid surroundings OF
culture and refinement and her natn'
! rally. bright intellectual powers were
S developed and cultivated with excep
r tionable care. Her father who as ;
# Minister was so highly endowed witt
- natural and acquired talents that b.
y was called from that sphere to presid
over the educational interests OF tut
State as Superintendent Of Public Edu
:, cation, is hardly the superior of he
u mother in literary requirements, and
IS is not surprising that she hersel
IT should have been possessed of min
- of rare power, of a taste for the goo
20 and beautiful and of an ambition to eA
eel in the literary walks of life. He
J., sprightly writings for various journal
"a in this State had already made her
a welcome contributor to the best
is them, and had earned for her an cnv
10 able celebrity that was increasing an
49, which was destined to gain her marke
- distinction. Her reputation as corre
D. pondent was so we'll assured that tt
TT New Orleans PIcAYUNE selected her
in it's correspondent from the Centennia
of With the becoming modesty that a
y: ways characterizes true talent ar
~ worth, she had not ventured very Il
lei into the other departments Of liter
US ture, but it was from no lack OF pow
or to have adorned the highest walks
7 that profession.
- recall with anything but pleasa
''s reflections, the graphic description g
ng gave of the antics of and the trout
re, She had had with calf she called A
he dromeda, and which she had pnrchas
mr. with the proceeds of a storyAshe h
49, written, think, for the Philadelph
''o TIMES. Of her letters to this pap
'ry within the last few months it is nee
tic less for ME to speak. They were so
II. gerlv read and she had through thu
,os made SO many friends and had so ma
-" who were admirers of her sprigh
20 humor and graceful diction that t
ing death cast a gloom over this ent
of community. She was followed to
it'll last resting place by the sorrowful
nm grets of many who only knew her
Chatty, the bright, the witty and che
"a FIJI correspondent of the DEMOCRAT
n a Nor need I say more Of the activity
an a literary way at this place occasion
lis bv her writings, than that without
mi inspiration Of her genius, it will 81
w. W, pass away, if indeed it has not alre;
anu gone. She left a bright career UNI
ished; a promise Of much usefuln
cen unfulfilled.
hat She was devout member of
,nts Episcopal Church and her natural
-. stincts were so pure, her habit
1a'- thought was so cheerful and her
1or' roundings so happy that there car
ers. no doubt that she met death with
mil fear. Her domestic life was bea
ion full exempliication Of the conhd
A' trust. the loving kindness that sho
Frs; but seldom does, mark the relation
husband and wife. They were al
ali to each other, and her untiu
Owe. death when the world must have sc
ed so bright, when the future n
have been so full of promise and W
slty the present had in it everything
o a could make life desirable and deash
rom rible, is a pathetic ending to two
two wears of married life. TITS ever
,;o, that Jealous Death strikes where
IVA blow falls the hardest, wounds WI
e, of Ills ''"'' R.P.
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