Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-06-18

electing a President devolved upon the
House Of Representatives, Clay, seeing
that he could not win himself carried
bis strength over to Adams and secured
the latter's election. In March Of the
following year, when Adams organized
his Cabinet, he rendered Clay the
Premier's portfolio. Clay went on to
Washington, and after he had familiar
lied himself with the duties Of Secre-
tary of State, he returned on . visit to
his home in Kentucky, to see his
family, among whom was beautiful
and intellectual daughter, Eliza, whom
he particularly loved. Eliza, at that
time had just turned her twelfth year,
but she was wise and womanly for her
years, and it was one Of the principal
objects of Clay's long and tedious
journey to Kentucky to bring Eliza to
Washington with him on his return.
Travel i'll those days was not the easy,
luxurious affair that it is now. The
cumbrous stage-coach was the only
public conveyance that traversed the
pixies, and the trip from Kentucky to
Washington City was both long and
wearying. Henry Clay and his daugh-
ter started for the Capital from Lexing-
ton, KY, early i'll August. Miss Clay
was rather delicate, physically, and
found travelling by coach a very dis
tressing affair. The hotel fare on the
route did not agree with her, and the
various changes and discOmforts she ex-
perienced brought on malady-inllam-
nation Of the bowels, believe-that
became so alarming when Lebanon was
reached that stop was made here and
medical aid summoned to attend the
young lady at her hotel. She grew
worse instead of better, and one night,
after a delirious flight, followed by a
brief period of consciousness, she died
in her fathers arms.
SIT was impossible for Mr.. Clay to
return home with the remains of his
dead child, so it was determined To
bury her here temporarily. The inten-
tlon was to remove her remains to
Kentucky, and place them in the family
burial place.
"Mr. Clay, sad-hearted and weighted
down by grief, completed his journey to
Washington. His busy and not un.
troubled life at the capital, as Premier
Of Adams Cabinet, is a matter OF
public history. The grass over his
daughters grave, and the SHOWS Of tive
winters covered its mean appearance
with spotless mantles of white, and YET
no move was made to have the remains
transferred to Kentucky. In the third
summer, | think, this rough sarcophs.
gus was erected by Mr.. Clay, whr
seemed to have determined not to dis.
turb his daughters rest. The nscrip.
tion upon the upper tablet tells her sad
story briefly"
The reporter leaned over, and after
taking up with kerchief the wsteI
that filed up the depressed portions Of
the lettering, made out the following
In the memory of Eliza II. Clay
daughter of Henry and Lucretia Clay
who died on the 11th day of August,
1925. Cut down in the bloom Of a
promising youth, while travelling
through Ohio, hence from Lexington
KY, to Washington City. Her parents
who have erected this monument te
her memory, console themselves will
the hope that she now abides in heaven
This graveyard is combination
affair" said the reporters companion,
belonging to the Methodist and
Baptist churches. 1t has been but
little used for a long time. During
Mr.. Clay's life, the grave was kep,
clean by the sexton, but when he died
no one seemed to take An interest in it
and the leaves and briers were allowed
To climb over it without hindrance
The whole graveyard was allowed t,
develop a rank growth Of grass sn'
underbrush, and rubbish rapid,
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