The Osceola times., 1886-11-27

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society and who have zone in,o !. ,asI n,n
iess since they lost their parents i ,
gratihcatIon of their love Of horses r.
.ne stable which is fitted up with ALI IN,
nouerh improvements, are kent, in adj
dluon to the carriage horses and tbos,
used Tor working the farm, three snlen,
uid Arabian steeds of rare beantv and
speed. These are called into use dali,
oy Their mistresses. who are all tbres
aumlrable horsewomen. Totally with.
out lear While in the saddle. they dash
aoout the country, making visits n
,helr pensioners, of which tbev bavo
hundreds in the vicinity. going ON or.
rands to the village, and occssionallv
making calls on intimate friends wbo
i've within riding distance. II is no un.
usuai thing for all three TO be out on
horseback together as early IA six O'Clock
IN the morning, breathing new life and
V,lgor IN the fresh air of the breakino
day and galloping along the ill-kept
roads and over the stubble of Gcl5s
newly harvested. Home they come At
length their cheeks aglow with the ex.
element OF the run, and their horses
covered with foam and dust. And thew
are not only skilled riders, but they are
skilled grOoms as well. Nothing they
ENJOY more than rubbing down their
equine pets with their own fair hands
and currying them until they come clean
and sleek from under their vigorous
manipulation. Many n country horse
doctor knows less of veterinary science
Than 10 these girls. each enc Of whom
IS as fully able to bandage a strained
ietlock as the most capable of DIR. Hui
dekoper's pupils in the University of
Pennsylvania horse hospital.
Brave girls they are. too, living here
IN this great country house, mile from
any other dwelling save those of their
tenants, and with no man nearer than
the stable TO afford them protection.
Dix women servants sleep beneath the
roof of the old brick mansion and four
Spitz dogs and a great Newfoundland
keep guard without its time-furrowed
walls. They employ one coachman
only and an assistant. They wear no
livery, and the carriages in which they
ride are AS plain as the typical pipe
stem. No crest or coat of arms or even
monogram is upon the panels of any OF
their vehicles, and there is nothing
whatever, in the appearance of the
DreXcl equipage of Sunday morning
as it rolls over to Eden Hall, a convent
situated mile and three-quarters from
the homestead, 10 indicate that il be-
longs TO other than modest country
family in ordinary circumstances.
In the convent grounds the girls have
leum and chapel of Grecian architec-
ture, and here rest the remains of their
lamentcd father and mother Here
each Sunday they come to worship and
to offer prayers for the success of their
many charities.
To do good with their wealth and to do
good without publishing it to the world,
to avoid letting their left hand know
what their right hand doeth, was the
eaching of the cstimable Mrs. Drcxcl.
he extent of whose benefactions was
not dreamed of until after her death.
This good woman. it was then learned,
lad for years paid the rent of over one
hundred families in this city, had sup
piled many more with coal and provis-
ons, and had never refused her good
lllices to one of the deserving poor. 1t
5 estimated that she spent S4O,0 each
year in tightening the burdens of the
needy, and when she passed away tears
ell in many a home that she had done
more to brighten than any one else
would ever have thought of doing. Mr..
)rexel, too, was charitable man in
very sense OF the word, doing good
luietly and unostontatiously in many a
luarter where it was entirely unsus-
)ccted.
In Philadelphia, as well as at Torres
lale, the recipients of the benefits of the
Misses Drexel's ever open purse are to
no found. and it is said that together
hey expend in this way a sum roughly
estimated at upwards of $1,000 per
year. while their list of pensioners CON
aims no less than $50 names. The
House of the Good Shepherd in this
,itv. a home for waits, and strays, and
orphans without the means of gaining
for themselves a livelihood. is supplied
altogether with underclothing for the
inmates by these worthy young ladies.
At present the Misses Dreyel are
making preparations TO extend their
bounty still further, and have gone TO
Europe for the purpose of visiting the
rec educational institutions of the Old
World and getting an idea of the hest
method to pursue in the direction of a
for boys, which is already in
,ourse of construction at Eddington.
oyelv spot on the Delaware river abou'
four miles above Torrcsdalc.-N Y