The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-12-26

Eunice's daughter, whom she care for
while attending school My father left
me to her care wholly while he yainly
sought health in u warmer climate. lie
returned to her and she nursed him
through his last sickness. All this time
she had large Sunday-school class of
young ladies. About 1851 or 1872 uncle
moved t. South Hadley and we went
with him. Miss Chaplin was principal
of the seminary then, l think. 1t was
while we lived III South Hadley that
my aunt took charge of the classes of
teachers whom Elk Gov Slade of Ver-
mont superintended sending to the
West. The candidates went to Hart
ford, Connecticut, twice year for six
weeks at a time and aunt gave them
instruction. There we met Mr.. Gal
laudet, Mrs. Sigourney, Mrs. Stowe,
Harriet Beecher, DR.. Holmes, Dr..
Bushnell, etc, all of whom were an ats
warm friends and admirers. About 80
her brother in California wished his
three children educated at The East and
requested aunt to take house in some
good location and superintend their ed
ucation. She kept them for four years,
when they returned home and she was
called South to Lydia, who had mar
ried in the South and was living in
Tennessee. Twice she took that long
journey and was there when her sisters
husband died. Meantime Eliphalet
mad moved to Clinton, New York, and
on her return the second time she went
there to live and | attended school,
There the society was fine, as it was
the site of a college and various schools.
When uncle left there aud settled in
W'msburgh, Mass, she STAYED in Gin
ton until | graduated and then we
moved to Utica, n. Y, aud lived in
the family OF Clergyman who was a
friend. After time Aunt Lydia aud
son managed to escape from the South
and came to us with nothing left. Aunt
bought house and we four kept house
until married in 20. The home was
broken up. Aunt came with us to
Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Aunt Ly-
dia went with her son to Ithaca, n. y,
where she lives now. We lived Quiet
ly in Elizabeth, aunt training and
loving with her great heart my four
children In 1880 we came here-sev-
en- of us-as my husbands business
called us. The year before she had
visited her brother in California and
enjoyed the trip with all the freshness
OF forty years ago. During the first
year here aunt retained much of her
vigor, but after that rheumatism and
failing strength kept her more aud more
in the house; what exercise she took
was in the garden. She always made
all the pickles, jelly and canned all the
Iruit, never allowing me to do any OF
it. The stockings for five children
were her especial care, and the very
last day she was down stairs she knit.
All during the summer of 'S3 she was
not well; complained of her head, fail
ing sight and heaviness of the limbs.
She was unable to read or to be read
to. On Christmas day she was with
us, but seemed dazed. Her hair was
but little grayer than mine is now, and
her figure was as erect as ever, but the
movements were slow. On the 9th
she gave up and never left her bed
again except to sit in chair. After
the first three weeks that change was
denied he. Paralysis of the left side
made her helpless from tie first and
she suffered great pain. In her delirium
she would have been unable to control
if she had had the use of her limbs
For six months her constitution held
out and she lay talking in deirium and
sleeping never herself AT the last, for
'orty-eight hours she neither moved
nor opened her eyes, and on June sc
she quietly left this earthly tabernacle.
No one but those who lived with her
can know of the exceeding loneliness OF
her character and her entire unselfish
ness. 1t was wonderful, too, how wei
she could see both sides of every sub,
iect and mete out justice to all. She
was a devoted Christian and we needed
no last words to assure us that all wa:
well with her"