The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-08-10
IN NIEMORIAM.


CONSTANCE TERRELL LOOK, daughter
OF Hon. A. w. Terrell, died in Austin
July "A, 1882.
"Sorrow for the dead is the only sor.
row from which we refuse to be divorced
Every other wound we seek to heal, ev-
cry other affection forget. But .this
wound we consider IL a duty to Keep
open; this affllction we cherish and
brood over in solitude.
"The love which survivor the tomb has
Its wees and likewise Its delights and,
when the overwhelming burst of grief is
Gained into the gentle tear of recollec-
ton, when the sudden anguish and con-
vulslve agony over the remains of all we
most loved is softened away into pensive
meditation ON all that IL was in the days
OF its loneliness, who would root out such
a sorrow from the hearth
1.-THE grave OF those we l0ved--what a
place for meditation There IL Is that we
call up In long review the whole history
or virtue and gentleness, and the thou
sand endearments lavished upon us almost
UNDECIDED In the daily Intercourse of inti-
macy. There Is a voice IRON the tomb
sweeter than song. There Is remem-
even from the charms of the living"
recall this beautiful sentiment AS an
authority for opening anew the fountain
Of common grief.
Above the sleeping dust of Constance
Cook the green grass will. wither, the
bright flowers become sered, but her
memory may be kept fresh-a perpetual
inspiration. Mine be the task
ITO mourn the vanished beam, and add our
mite
or praise In payment ola long delight"
She loved her father with an idulatry
which grew brighter as the cares of life
multiplied around her.
AS sister, wife and friend, few ever
illustrated In their lives more beautiful
aud sincere devotion.
On October %, 1861, she married at the
age of seventeen. Her beauty at this
period Is proverbial. aud. in the light OF
later years, we must believe that her
Judgment was superior: else how did she
cope so well with the pressing duties OF
wife and mothery
As a wife, she was not mere depen-
dent, an idol OF her husbands affections,
an ornament 10 his household. but n CON-
panion and help-meet. who, IL disposition
had been all that was needful, would
have assumed every burden. Sac ruled
the home Kingdom with n seepter OF win
ming tenderness. For the motherless,
home viii now be only dwelling place.
To borrow an idea, home now is but the
frame Of an harp that stands without
strings: In form and outline it will suggest
music, but no melody rises from the
empty spaces. Yet, In the weary wander
inXs Of husband aud children, home
win live again with thoughts OF the
hour when she taught them to say "our
Father"
Her cheerfulness was the most marked
characteristic Of the housewife. She GER
tatnly did not regard this quality as an
accomplishment TO be donned with the
outdoor garments. Under Affections that
tore the heart, because they touched the
being OF her own life, her courage never
faltered; there was no shrinking or shirk-
lag In this nature.
In Gal Koran" there is no truth more
beautiful than this:
paradise Is at the feet of Mothers"
Exceedingly beautiful were her MEND
ships. With great quickness and sym
pathy she saw and esteemed the merit In
those with whom she came IN contact,
and took \ keen pleasure In making
known their projections to others.
There was no difference between her
individual character as revealed in her
family life and Intimate friendships, and
the popular reputation.
Nature rarely lasishes all her gifts
upon one subject .Queenlike flowers
lack fragrance, gay-plumaged birds are
yolceless. But our friend WAS an excen-
ton to the universal law. The form ana
mind alike were exquisitely beautiful
Indeed. her nature alone entitled her 10
be called beautiful, and the revelations al
II were almost always joyous ones. In
her life, as In all others, there were
shadowy corners; but she did not spend
her time idly groping about in tbeer, re
GREETING the past and complaining OF The