The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-06-18
Almost Forgotten.


MEN AND WOMEN ONCE KNOWN To FAME
THEIR pREsENr .ppE,p,NCr ,ps TIT
TON. REsSIE .rIrpNER OLIVE u,ppEp on
pHErs z. KERR AND m CoIIIEt
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Olce Ill a"hl'e inc question Is hearo' w ma
has become of Mrs. Tilton!" writes a New
York CORRESPONDENT of the San Frapcisc,
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Shioii'oie' Ing ii''ie woman VINO was d lew
years ago the most widely known American
woman in the world lives with her ooed moth
~, VIII,
ei' MIS- Molse' Oh RACINE street, III brooklyn
in comfort and quiet. Ever since the remark
able scandal trial she bas lived in the sama v.v
AZ no li.le mas sue lhhaolteu sarret, taken IL
sewing lof l'ihs, or liVeu III any OF the pool
NAYS rumor frequently declared she qua. Mrs
Hloise' .eI iilother' ~ the "iie oi tue veteran
guuse Morse one Oh lhe hrst presidents OF tht
I oiiloh reIry COMPANY, anu nov retlreu non
m oIeu iieliioer oi the same Wealthy corporation
he nome ol MIS-. litoh WIN her hotner l.
one OF rennemenl ana elegance. Many OF the
pictules ,haI VERY lhade famous Dy tue OH re-
peate! yarns III tne courtroom ol now neo'
uoie' u III hls HlSh.snlr'' useu 70 20 around ine
nouse rellailslns lheili at an nours OF the night
are ~ oe seen on the Waiis OF her present
pIo"h hs'ont noihe' N tne poys Dearoom IS Il
lile-s'Ztoi pholo ol their latLef' salu Iheodore
taheh wnen very young man. WIN ms arms
lolueu, ms heau ufooped upon MS breast, his
eyes cioseu, anu ms poelicai locks CURING on
sion s.v Look at me- md do auoht hnt admire
me if YOU can" Rare books and various art
works embellish and beautify the home. Mrs.
Titon is still the same quiet, pious little wom-
an that she always was, only shade or two
sadder and much older. She has rare faculty
of trying to be always cheerful and believes
fully in the efficacy of prayer and that what
God wills He Wills and His creatures must
follow His law to be saved hereafter. Her hair
is snow white, her figure a little more robust
and rounded, although still childish in stature
and form. MIR, Tilton has never stepped across
that threshold since the trial. Certainly not
Mr' beecher' II Woulu not , pe Well Tor either
roll and Ralnb are vo,,nt men now hnth occn-
pying GOOD rIerksbins- and live with their
mother. Carroll. The elder is a Tilton in look
and nature R.jnb is 81 nother,s how !, tina
promising younq character. The iva dauoh,
ters are both married and both mothers. Alice.
the younper. lives in Chicaoo and Mrs Tilton
visited her not long Since. That Mrs. TjIton was
'forsaken nv her friends" as the newsnaners
would have # four or five wears aoo is nnt true
either. The fact is. there is more intellectual
companv entertained in Mrs. TiIton's home in
the course of A wear than that of n dozen fami-
lies-s.best families told. Nothing would
be pleasanter to Mrs. Tjlton than to know tbat
the outside world had forootten her 10 q cor.
of friends.
possio rr,r,o, j. ,,.rrioI t NJ cho,,
maker a scion of "A very old Knickerbocker
family. Bessie was verv badly advised for
awhile by Journalist we'll known as ..Joe
Howard" Through his advice and friendship
in which he pictured an immense fortune to the
dpluded girl if she would only 90 upou The
stage she made a failure and "A fool of herself.
Neither she nor ''Joe" made cent, quite to the
latter's chagrin. Since her marriage she has
lived quietly. and is now a middIe-aeed, fairly
good-looking woman, passed in the streets
without recognition as a notable
,
''
lew days since bent, decreplt form and
sem-foolish face attracted attention in the
pariof OF 'n uptown hotel. Upon inquiry II
proved TO be poor Foster, the man who had
Travelled over all the civilized world. aStonish-
~ ;it G1i,,' - II 49, e" :" 49, ''Nie y
in A bospitaj for mild eases Of mania bnt he has
had his liberty for some tjme-a confirmed sub-
iect of softeuiuu of the brain. a pjtiful wreck.
that seems a libel upop life and SUGGESTS the
query. Why are we here He appears TO be :,
man SO wears of age his face once so Intelligent
borders on the idiotic in expression; in dress
and manner n shattered imbecile His AGENT
who attracted nearly as mach notice and popu
iarity as the great medium himself. George
Bartlett. il one of the rising business men of
New York city.
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1t Is not many years since San Franci>cans
used to hail with Zest and delight the printed
letters of Olive Harper from the Orient. She
visited Constantlnople and penetrated into the
sacred clrcie OF the haren, ana her descriptions
y, l,'s nv a. ~ J7 as
Seen III print one day. not long since. she wa.
seen in the business office of Frank LesIie's
publishing house. supporting herself on crutcb-
es. and very much faded in face-only the
bright black ewes, beamino with sad thoughts
and intelligence combined. reminded Us of the
ambitious writer. She still uses her
pen but she is hammered with physical ills and
domestic burdens, and few know her in New
York. Is there ANYTHING more outrageousIy
than growing old and being forgot
ten:
K,rr s.~pop~
maze oaipofh was lhueea almost forgot
zen uhtll the recent death OF GORDON Burh-
ham' to whom IN his ola age she was to have
peeii "he' ne was purieu on tne Gay they
had expected 10 pe married. Miss oahporn at
'thueu nun iu MS Illness anu WAS Htst ihoufheT
al MS opsequies. ohe mas always had stfuS-
Sit VITA ny hoIeu 10 no sillal utSree, oul
note anu ioflune 40 ,iot Always INN hahuS. -
as she would nave peeh hau ne ilNea TO con
sulhihate tue marriage piah. ohe Is OF nlaole
a2t' soiiit"hat eaIe""ih ana Is !aVhei reticeht.
que appears 10 nave the sympathy anu approx
AZ ol Mr. burlhah sons III an OF her ieia-
'iohs. P"S' alN' present ~ theil "eocaeet la'h-
1ano fnrunttan afta. sba no,,ay i,tn hn,. fnr
tune. Such the power of filthy lucre
ppv pp cor,,pp
n
Can man feadly ouliae MS popu'ari'y: IL
must be so anu ply us us So" KEY Dr: COL
iler, pairlafchai III MS massive heao, silVer,
crowned, Is no longer reported, quoted ana
paraSIapheu' as III the years llteie paeh' HIS
church lhrlVes, MS sermons are good as ever,
nut the ilre ana Zest ol carry inahhood seem 10
nave 1aiieh away Nooie ne Is uhdef MS ven
cradle age ana laihe' put the Worlu does not
stop 10 pay nm reverence as II did aWhlle ago.
MUST the grave SEIZE lls Nictim at gwen age
TO spare me lact OF peinS forgotten ana YET
1--we! Kolier-skatlhS world! IL ratlles over
me tracks OF former idois' iofSettlhg now 'hey
loved them once IN the MAD rusn TO hnu some
thing new to love again: Dr; Colher retains
his mental Vlgor Wonder1uil y, bul ne is break
ing IN constitution: His voice also betrays the
blight OF age, ana MS once ROBUST physique
looks as II he h4d grown weary bearing a
heaNy burden ana neeced rest HIS enuncla-
tlon has lost It's clearness and much or It's en-
phasis. His terseness of expression has modl-
ned; IN PLAN words, ne mas iost MS vim: A
grand OLD man, after all. Unllke some OF lhe
pulpit notaoles, ne has been thrifty IN flnahces,
and possesses his soul IN patience" upon a
9oodly bank account. lie mas proven that IA
blacksmith may turn preacher to some ac-
count.
OEPHEIJs C.. KEER
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