The news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1882-1891, 1882-07-27

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too much for Mrs. Parnell, who !,
now stopping with relative in III.
house nearest the one in which he,
daughters death occurred.
Miss Parnell was born in Avondale
County Wicklow, ireland, % year,
ago She was the third daughter Of
> ohn Henry Parnell, grandson of Sir
John Parnell, the last Chancellor d
the Irish Exchequer, and Della Tudo,
Stewart, daughter of Charles Stewart
Familiarity known as sOld Ironsides'
and who was made an Admiral. retir.
ing from the service with that rank
during the Administration of Presi
dent Lincoln. On her a others side
she was related to the Tudors d
Boston, and from her father she in.
herited the blood of the CongIetous
and Towards of England. At 40
e.rly age Miss Parnell developed an
extraordinary taste for study. While
but a child she is said to have acouir.
ed an intimate knowledge ofmashemat
les, mastered music, and learned
drawing aud painting in oil and water
colors. Later on she studied chemis-
'ry and astronomy, and before she
had Quilted her teens it is said she
bad attained the remarkable accom-
plishment Of speaking and writing
fiuently in all the European Ian
euages beside Latin and Greek. To
later years she contributed several
spirited poems to magazines and
periodicals on both sides of the Allan
TIC. Having travelled extensively in
Europe, always moving in a refoed
atmosphere, she had acquired a large
store of information, which would be
more highly priced BY philosophers
and poets than BY the gentler sex.
Her interest in Irish affairs dates
back to 1857, when the Fenian organ
ization sorely troubled the Govern
ment. She used to tell of an anus
ing incident which occurred about that
time The Parnell physician was
suspected BY the police Of being an
active Fenian, and his movements
were closely watched. he was in
constant attendance on one of the
family who was stricken down with
cholera, but the police were not aware
of this. The drawn blinds in the
windows of the sick-room and the
constant visits of DR.. O'Reagan left
20 doubt in the mind of a lynx-eyed
detective that escaped Feniaus were
concealed 10 the Parnell mansion.
A descent on the house was imme-
diately ordered, but when the advance
guards had reached the darkened room
and found that it contained a young
lady suffering from the Asiatic cholera
they beat hasty and by no means
dignified retreat It is said her To-
fuence more than anything else in
duced her eldest brother, John
Howard Parnell, who up to that time
had always been ranked with the Con-
servatives, to contest on the Home
Rule platform, the County of Wick
low with the son of Lord Fitzwilliam
for parliamentary honors The deep
interest she had taken in the course
since persued by her brother Charles
is sufficiently shown by the extent Of
her own work in organizing branches
of the Ladies, Land League in this
country. Besides her mother, Miss
Parnell leaves three brothers and four
sisters. Of the latter three are mar
ried--one to Mr. James Thomson,
son Of Mrs. Livingstone Thomson Of
New York; one to Munro Dickinson,
nephew of Sir Drury Dickinson, Of
Dublin, and the other to Lieutenant
Claude Paget, Of the English Navy.
Her only unmarried sister is Anna,
who is now in Ireland
The funeral Of Miss Parnell took
place on Monday morning at Iron
sides, Bordentown. About 1870 ladies
and gentlemen from New York we're
present. They represented all the
Land Lesgue branches and the Ladies
LaDd League. When the train stop
ped the ladies headed the procession
to the house, which they entered at the
rear door and proceeded to the library
where the remains of Miss Paruell
were placed. The body rested 10 a
white oak casket, having gold mount
iugs and bearing on the top a gold
plate with the inscription: ..Fsnny.
Parnell Died July 10th, 1882.
Aged % years" The body was
dressed in white satin embroidered
dress and white kid slippers, and the
head, which was slightly turned on
one side as 10 sleep, rested ON white
satin pillow on which was arranged
\ bunch of shamrocks from the Vale
IF Avooa. Worked in silk on one
corner were the words "Fanny Par
nell with her native shamrock Sleep
NJ. j. Burue." Placed
Alongside the body was a scroll bear
ng poem by Miss Mary Frances
Smith Of Berdentown, written apropos
If the bunch of shamrocks. The
,asket was 10 a bower of flowers,
apder which the delegation passed
while looking on the face of Ireland's
lead friend. After viewing the
remains the delegation proceeded to
he front piazza to await the arrival
If the Philsde phia delegation. The
lowers taken by the. delegation we're
unusually handsome. The design
AIKEN by Parnell Branch No. l at
,rac,ed much attention. 1t was
harp made of siny rosebuds resting
IN bank of full-blown roses, around
which was a wreath of water lilies
rom the Delaware-Miss Parnell's
'avor te flower. On the bank was
lab bearing the first eight lines of
Miss Parnell's last poem 1.-THE Utter
lnces of an Irish Heart" On the
arrival of the train from Philaaelnh,a