Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-08-28

firm believer in predestiHatiOn, she
remained Il member Of the church of
her childhood mp to the hour of her
sad and untimely death. She WAS
woman of great firmness of character,
trait that has made the family noted
for many generations. The deceased
leaves husband, daughter and many
loving relatives aud friends to mourn
her loss.
No more appropriate or eulogistic
obituary can be written than the adj
dress of the Rev. Mr.. Mowbray at the
funeral, which we print below verba-
tim.
ADDRESS.
With feelings of profound sadness and
with heart full of sorest grief I come here
to-day at the request of this stricken family
to lay my little tribute all that have to give,
on the casket of one who was ever to me a
tried and true friend. was never so pain
fully conscious of the feebleness of mere
words to convey the sincere emotions of a
troubled heart, never so clearly realized
their inadequateness to express a sorrowing
sympathy with those who are overwhelmed
by great calamity. Surely none who are
here were ever before called upon to
assemble themselves under circumstances so
sad, or in a home so terribly desolate, and
God grant that they never may be again.
It is not my wish or purpose to recall be-
fore your minds the details of that awful
tragedy which so suddenly robbed this home
of its joy; which so profoundly shocked the
people Of this whole community, yea, of this
whole commonwealth; which has hung the
drapery of woe around so many loving hearts;
and made them to beat with one throbbing
of sorrow. Would that we could shut out
both from memory and imagination all the
horrible facts and fancies, which against our
wills come crowding to our minds. let us if
possible forget these things and in medita-
ton upon, and recital of the virtues which
adorned and beautifed our sister, look away
from the charred and ruined casket to the
jewel itself flashing in new and brighter
beauty in its eternal setting in the diadem of
her Lord.
She at whose bier we gather to-day, and
before whose memory we bow in loving hOm-
age as she sleeps beneath perfumed tapes
try, was a noble woman, nobly planned to
warn, to comfort, to command. It was my
good fortune to know her we'll, and shall
never cease to thank Cod for the knowledge.
It was my proud and happy privilege to call
her by the sacred name of friend, and on the
fairest and dearest page of memory's volume
her name will ever shine with a golden
brightness She was a woman whom to
know well was to love well, and while to but
few did she reveal bert true nobility ofsoul, and
largeness of heart, yet aworld was not too big
for the embrace of her sympathies, and no
individual case of suffering was too insigiiif-
cant to enlist her aid In the house she
welded an almost magic power, and all who
crossed its threshold and stood within its
hallowed precincts felt as if on enchanted
ground. On every side were to be seen evil
dences of rare taste and skill and tireless in
dustry, the work of her own fingers or the re-
suits of her own planning all of which tended
to and were intended to make that home
cheerful and attractive to its beloved inmates,
to visiting friends and calling strangers.
She herself possessed in a rare degree the
faculty of making all who We're thrown upon
her generous hospitality, feel that they were
welcome and so indeed they were, whether
they came as invited guests from her own
social sphere, or whether they belonged to
that unhappy class to whom friendly greet
ings and richly ladened boards are rare as
angels visits, she had welcoming smile on
her face that shone for all, and welcome in
her heart that included all, Indeed fiat one
time mose than another she exerted her rare
powers to please, and to baHisll awkward
and unpleasant restraint it was when some
weary and homeless wanderer found tempo
rary shelter beneath her kindly roof More
than one of that unhappy class weeps bitter
tears to day because of her sad and untiinely
death. To those with whom she was con-
stantlv identified in the home she was
strong stay and prop. Her fertile mind, her
sympathetic nature, her calm herOism, her
answering faithfulness, caused her to be
leaned upon and looked up to for counsel
and guidance in every hour Of extremity or
sofrow. She was BON to lead but eEeftea
her powers so quietly, and YET so firmly,
that all who followed were proud to own her
sway. As a wife she was afEeetiouate faith
full and true. She knew that God had given
her noble man for husband, one who di- |
rected the energies of his great mind and
greater heart towards her comfort and happi- |
meas, and she never failed to appreciate the |
gift, They seemed to me to be made for
each other and most truly did they live fpF /
each other Their sympathies ever flowed
in one and the same channel, and always to-
ward the INDECENT, the des olate and the
stricken. Their tastes were thoroughly COM
patable, and their natures harmOnized to the
made in heaven, the God joined these two
together How strange and inscrutable that
Providence that has put them SO suddenly
asunder. He was the tall and stalwart oak,
she the clingiug Ivy, When the oak bent
before the storm, 1t was the ivy which lifted
the dropping branches into sunshine again.
The oak still stands, alone and desolate the
ivy has withered and fallen away.
As mother none will ever know how de-
voted and self sacrificing she was, save the
sad hearted, stricken and orphaned girl up
stairs. From the moment when her infant
cry first broke on her ear, to that when the
sound of her coming called her to that dread
ful holocaust of death, she never wavered or
shTank back nom the effort to contribute to
The happiness of her child, She took eTinto
her fullest confidence, and won in return
,oufding trust. Equally youthful in spirit
and bright 10 hope, they seemed more like
.wo sisters than mother and daughter ] be-
speak for this girl as she bends before the {
errible blast. as she carries ever with her