The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-15

with kind-heartedness and her two most
salient characteristics are her dislike of
ostentation or publicity and her eagerness
to be OF service to everyone in sickness or
trouble Her love of quiet and retirement
is shown by the fact that she refused to have
the wedding occur before Judge Davis's term
in the Senate expired. A winter in Wash
ington as the wife of the acting Vice-presl-
dent is thing that most women would envy
but it repelled Miss Burr.
Miss Burr has needed love of retirement
in order to keep her contented with the re-
mote spot in which her home has been. Fay
etteville is not very accessible. IL has but
one train and one boat each way daily, and
by either of those conveyances the outside
world can be reached only with some delay
and inconvenience. But Tokay, the estate
OF Colonel W. ]. Greene, is four miles from
Fayetteville, the road running most of the
way through recent pine clearings, and the
only house near the Colonels is that of Colo
mel Mcbride, his shipping agent Old Gen
erai Greene was prominent citizen of this
State and achieved some distinction in the
Mexican war. The present Colonel is his
son by his first wife. The Colonel got his
title in the Confederate army. For a second
wife the General married a widow, Mrs
Ellery, of Boston, who had daughter. This
daughter in due time became the wife OF the
Colonel. The General had some property
and Mrs. Ellery inherited considerable
wealth from her first husband
Her brother was a sea captain,
Captain Burr, who had several chill
dren, and Mrs. General Greene adopted as
her own the one who now becomes Mrs.
Davis. In the meantime Captain Burr went
West and settled in Bloomington ILL.,, where
he lives almost across the street from his dis
tinguished son-n-law. Miss Burr was visit
ing her parents during the last illness of the
first Mrs. Davis, and by her kind attentions
to the invalid greatly endeared herself to
Mrs. Davis and to the Judge.
Colonel Greene, who is a member of the
Forty-eighth Congress, bought the Tokay
vineyard a few years ago, and is now doing
an extensive business as vintner. His house
is one story high, but covers considerable
ground, and is surrounded by broad piazza.
The house is pleasant one, but its location,
as mentioned above, is remote from neigh
bors, and early in the spring it has bleak
aspect For q mile in every direction the
pines have been cut Off and there is no large
tree of any kind near the house. The soil is
white sand on which it isimpossible to make
a sod, and the result is that the surroundings
OF the house are not at this season alluring
The vineyard stretches away from the house
for distance on each of three Sides and in
the summer and fall the prospect about the
CoionePs home must be very beautiful.
1t would be unjust to Miss Burr to repre-
sent that her only views of the world had
been obtained from this remote point She
was carefully educated, as the adopted daugh-
ter of wealthy Boston lady would be likely
to be educated. She has visited her relatives
in New England and the West, and has spent
considerable time in Washington. Last
winter she was at the national capital for
several weeks. She is thoroughly well in
formed, and talks intelllgently and readily
on wide range of topics. In word, the
bride is one of those few women who while
preferring the quiet of country life, know
narfactlv ualI what tho yau world 10 ond 10
abundantly qualified to ornament the higher
circles of metropolitan society. Fayette-
willie, and especially the Protestant Episcopal
Church here, will long miss her.