New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1883-12-12
Mrs. Arthur Grave.

Mrs Ar5hur's Grave.
Knowing that Mrs. Morgan was able
to speak from long ANA intimate knuwl-
edge OF General AMI Mrs. Art..ul. |
asked her many questions about the lat
ter. by whose grave i'll the rural came-
terry at ALBANY | had stood :, few days
previous. The ssrcophag;ls that ccyers
the grave is OF the finest Italian marble,
and around its edge, like II running
vine, are carved in relief, IN antique
lettering, he.. name, Ellen HernGon
Arthur, the date and place Of her birth.
Culpepcr, Va. August 30, 1887, AMI Of
her death. New York, January II, 1880.
The inscription begins at the lower left
hand corner. bringing the husbands
name, Chester A. Arthur, across the
head of the sarcophagu>. The father
and mother Of the President. HI Jane,
one OF his five sisters. "!,n ,ie,! ut Is,
lie on the same lot; also Ms. Hernhon.
the mother of Mrs. Ar:'l:r. and William
Herndon Arthur .hcir cl,est child.
1t is a very unprc;ent.o,ls scpulohar
for the household of the head OF the ma
ton, and il is rot easily found, lying
well to the reai Of the handsome old
cemetery, OF which it forms :, part; but
the grass Of the burial plot has been
worn nearly bare BY the feet of many
pilgrims, and the myrtle vine, which
grows thrifty around the edge Of the
marble block that covers Mrs Arthur's
grave, is rcvcrently despoiictl of IN
Vulnerable slips to be pressed within
the leaves of feminine bibles and a.
buns as a memorial of her whose pa
thetic fate it was to fade suddenly out
Of life just when that life had reached
its full-orbcd mat.unly prime and was
nearing the zenith OF the proudcst
American woman ambition. Mrs
Arthur has left yivil and pleasing
memory in the circles OF New York and
Albany in which she moved. She WAS
singing spirit, going winsomcly
through life. Mrs. Morgan speaks OF
the more than ordinary attachment be-
tween the husband and wife, and OF his
accompanying her into society more
than most men SO engrosscd in official
life. Her death, of pneumonia, was
Occasioned by cold contracted one
rainy Friday ut a dinner party, from
which she went to u concert, and it oc-
CURED the following Monday evening.
Gen. Arthur was away on business,
and, to his unspeakablc grief, did not
reach home until she had lost the power
of recognition.
There is a place called Three-mile
Point, which every traveller remembers
who has journeyed by carriage from
Rchfeld Springs to Cooperstown,
through the beautiful country lying on
the borders of Ostcgo lake. At this
point, three miles from Cooperstown, q
New England man named Thaycr has
q yeranda-bordcrcd cottage, which en-
joys great reputation for its dinners,
and there parties from Richfield and
Cooperstown come all through the
pleasure season to dine by special az
rangement, late in September, and Mr..
Thayer told us that Gen. and Mrs. Ar
thur and the children came there annu-
ally the last six years OF her life, on the
3Oth Of August, to eat q dinner in honor
Of her birthday.
He said the household, even to the
servants, were always delighted Will,
her coming, and when she good-naturetl-
~ sat down to sing at the piano, as she
always di>l, they would open the kitch-
eli doors to listen, and She had Il smile
and (. kind word for ali, remembering
their names from one year to another,
and saying something bright and merry
to each. Il. came to Washington last
winter and went to the White House 10
see his old patron, who expressed pleas
ure at meeting him, and sat down and
talked over the old days with him for
an hour or more. All that hear of
Mrs. Arthur in the state which became
hers by adoption fills me with sincere
regret that the White House should
have lost by her death SO accomplished
and admirable Il mistress. 1t was sad
to stand at her tomb and see, instead of
the high and brilliant usefulness that
might now be hers, only the solemn
marble pressing heavily on her voice
less breast. Cor. FNilaG@ifjhiu Press.
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