Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-23

great intelligence and animation os t,,
me ieatuces and complexion. upr higb
ana polished forehead, her aeopiii5c
nose her bright and beautiful black eves
ler small aud lovely mouth had each ltS
peculiar charm, and II all the witcherlcs
Vi rove were not employed by her ii was
not because they were not within her
/ control She was the belle OF her time.
anu some Of the richest and most rem.
! utable men Of the neighburlng towns
were suitors for her hand, when She gayo
her heart TO gay young collcgian whom
her charms had attracted TO her side. and
who, with rs iiue a physique and. hand.
some lace, and with q spirit as nohle
and humor more keen, had easily sup.
planted his older and more wealthy riynls
Ills name was Aaron Cleveland. lie
was man OF dnC understanding and Great
wit, and, what is better OF pure morals
and benevolent disposition. Lam sorry
to ada that he was not celebrated for his
prudence, at least in his youthful davs.
and no one VIII dispute the point when
informed that he married for love. With
out any means OF supporting his wife. AS
soon as lac lett college. After completing
the necessary studies preparatory To en-
tering the ministry, he had q call TO settle
in the small town of IIaddam, Conn. and
thithcr he went with his beautiful little
wife and two children, who were already
added to his family This must have been
4 great triGl to the lady uulcs, the sweets
OF love orcrpowcrcd all painful emotions.
for she was the darling of her family.
as well as of all her acqualntauces,
and had been accustomed all her
life TO ease. and luxury. Her father,
I though not very opuleut, lived IN high
style for that day, and Miss Susy was de-
MED nothing which her fancy suggested.
From this state, from her fathers house,
richly furnished, in Maiden. with sery-
ants and carriages at her command and
the fat of the land TO delight her, she
went with only one domestic to the
obscure country town of Haddam, where
the people OF the little parish had never
seen any table furniture better than wood.
cnwarc where piece of silk had never
found It's way, and where the customs and
manners were ConSouant to their poverty
The munster and his wife travelled on
horseback, for no wheeled vehicle had
evcrpcnetrated so far into the wilder.
ness. The people had erected Il
new house for their PASTORS
| reception, and they conducted the
Clergyman and his family to II and helped
to arrange the furniture, which had been
sent up during the previous winter on
sledgcs. Some OF the men went home to
their impatient wives with wonderful
stories of the magnificent things they had
seen. "Why, Madam has a silk gown
and pctticoat," they said, "aud they are
so rich that they eat off pewter dishes"
but don't know what Madam will do, ="
said one man in Respondent tones, "for
I'm sure she can never work. Why, her
hands are so white, and she is pretty and
little and slender. She is Just III to sit
up on top of the cupboard along with
the cups and sauccrs to be looked att In
such society and under such circumStan-
ces, the trial must have been ascyere one
II is no small proof of Christian pa
thence and bCucyolcnCc that they
remained in this place for six
or seven years. At the end Of this term
Mr.. Cleveland asked Il dismiSsion from
! his church, and urged rs plea that his
salary was insufficient to maintain his
| family, now enlarged to the number OF six
children, and that his wife was too dis
contcnted to allow him to remain there.
He returned to Maiden, Mass, where his
wic's father lived, and, the minister of
that place dying soon after, he was in
| stalled over the church. After 4 time,
| however, he left Maiden and removed to
! Halifax, n. $. This was owing TO n
change in his views, for at Halifax he pro-
/ fcssed the faith of the Church of England,
and, there being at that time no bishop
| in America, he went to England TO take
! orders. Ills wife and nine children re-
/ turned once more TO the patcrnal roof.
| In England he formed friendships and
| found relatives Among the latter Sir
John Cleveland, IN officer of the govern
ment in the naval department, who was
very attentive and kind to him. Mr..
| Cleveland was an inmate OF his house
until he embarked on his homeward Voy-
! age lie received II promise from his
ncw-fomd relative 20 educate and pro-
| y dc for his two eldest sons 1t they were
sent to England. When Mr. Cleveland
arrived in Philadelphia he went to
the house of Or. Benjamin Frank
! lin, whose friendehip and respect
he enjoyed. This, in Itself, Is
no triGing evidence of his merit and
ability. While there, and making prepa-
rations to take charge of parish in New
Castle, Penn, TO which he had been ap-
pointed. he was attacked with fever, OF
which he died, at the age of 3G years.
His widow with her ten children, Jthe
last Of whom hGd been born since the de-
parturc Of her husband was now reSid-
! Ing with her relatives in Salem. Her
unclc--Iudgc Samuel Sowall-was warmly
attached 10 her, and assisted her with adj
/ Vice and means OF procuring her living by
her own industry. So wisely did She
manage that she brought mp her large
family respectfully and preserved her
own standing in society, always assoclat-
Ing with the best people and receiving at
her house the learned, the witty and the
| celebrated of her day.
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