New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
THREE WOMEN.
MIRA HARRISON, MRS MORTON AND MRS
CLEVELAND
MRS. HARRIsoN's MATRIMONIAL HAPPINEss-
MRS MOTIONS KINDNESS.

From The Home Magazine.
For eight years the Harrisons' life flowed ON under
Ter as three years old The keynote of the wal song was
struck at Fort Sumter, and Mrs. Harrison caught It's
sound with wie's prophetic ear Then her HE began
in dreadful earnest
Mrs. Harrlson's heart had need to DO young and
brave and her hands skilled In every Kind OF economical
housewery enable her grappe with the moro than
double duty that fell upon her now
NJ a " Tiily slowboy,7 Senior she and her husband
decided best to eep the homo ready IN case he should
be brought back wounded he could be better cared ior
! there than In any boarding place.
once her husband, coming home on a short leave
hut the few days Through before the danger
was and he had TO leave her to watch alone Tor tho
Twice She took the children to their father when
his regiment was stationed for some time. but II was
other scomfots of his cam2rcS there was added tho
FIRE Of scarlet fever, and MIS- Harrison found plenty
hand and children through IT. When they babe good
by al Nashville, he marched to Atlanta with sword
with the children. There be few who think that only
one brave heart was needfln for those Journeys.
carl, the maTed ays OF Mr. and Mrs Harrison but to
the friends and neghbors who know their history pes.
abatng their devotion to each other sacrificed an INC
JOS Of their domestic union to serve our Na'iona
Union. ,..o
The following letter gives 50 true glimpse into
their characters that, though 1t seems TOO sacred 70
s many who s"oercy desire $40 to 'G
Camp 10th Ind Vols. oct 60 1858,
Nashville, Tenn
NY Dear Wife On the tenth anniversary OF tho DAY
on which we pledged ourselves TO each other for better
or for worse, could have wished that we might not
me will spend the evening In the closest communion
with you that our separation Will allow. wrote
sDg sTe 0 to mr. Ve probably ROB
received It before This time and now wear it upon the
wedding finger. with that ring do thee wed again
Tho wedding day and IT'S tenth return do not often
show more pathetic contrast than this. An exttact
a children
on The home without the comfort OF his presence and
with the hourly consciousness that his life was In deadly
Atmy Log House, in Lookout Valley,
Sabbath Day. March 81. 1864
My Dear Little Children: Your mother has read you
some of my letters to her, and from them you know
that under promise to write to you. Every day,
and many times day your papa thinks about his dear
little boy and eI and desires SO much to see s them
yon think about your absent father and those happy
remember how you used TO run down the street TO
meet papa when he came up from the office. and what
race you had to see which should get TO I'm hrs -
and then how used to work together 10 the garden
training the vines, wecdlrg the Strawberries. and all
that sort of thinsf Those were happy days, and VIC
the war IS over, and that we may have many glad
happy times In our nice little home.
Mrs. Harrison united with the church when she was
fourteen years old and has always beer regular at
cndant and efficient member Of It here and In orphan
ray7 by her LOYALTY to her God and home and country.
and sterling principles generally Her mother was
Miss Neal, OF Philadelphia, whose fahcr was lucnilHcu
with tho old Moyamensing Bank 50 crcditaoy ina,
even Quaker Phaiclphans. with their sky high moral
standard, marked him man of exceptional integrity
ton, Penn, Mr.. Neal sent to act as cashier, and
II there that his daughter married Rev. John Scott
are not rich in worldly goods nborn honesty
and hghspred independence Of character is the rock
on which Is built their unquestonabe self-rcspeot
Her father was tutor IN Princeton College for several
years In bis early days and his life has been an example
Of faihfulness TO duty. He Is now hale and useful
of the Departments in Washington city at the age
Of elghtynlne. His father also PRESBYTERIAN min
County, Penn, where for services to the Colonial
Government, he was granted tract Of land which he
named Nova 6 otla, for his northumberland.
1t must be admitted that Mrs. Harrison has alb
sract Of title TO soe very old and sturdy Scotch blood
whether or no they were some Of the Scots wha hae
they given to patriotism and daring deds Is shown
IN the only feat recorded OF a remote ancestor Sir
an hundred and died OF fall from his horse while
reviewing his troops Not bad showing for tho old
horse back at that time of life.
One hcstates TO mention the fact that Mrs. Harrison
had grandfather so much has her husband been pecked
at for his
Tho world must think If It judges by our Little
Pendllngton" press-heavcn forbid 1t should though
that II there IS any creature the American citizen re-
CARDS with holy horror, 1t IS respectable forefaher
Acknowledgment Of any obligation to him rob, him
self of just that much Of his precious claim to being
self-made. Among our ten millions OF free and indie
pendent voters there arc too many Mr.. Bounderbys-
Charles Dchcns's braggart who boased moro of having
been born in the gutter" than any worthy son OF
gentleman did w.I OF his origin for where
there IS really good blood In the veins there Is found
the good sense and taste not to be vainglorious
It has been wholesome element in Indianapolis
society 10 have, for many years such genuine proof
Of this truth II has IN Mr. and Mrs. Harrison
Professor David swing; their long friend; says
has often been before. model OF an American home"
and indianapolis says" Amen Everything con
sisent with good heart, refinement and common sense
viii be the leavon to leaven the whole lump
Mr. Harrison graduated in class % four at Miami
College, IN oxford. Ohio all men nearly of the
intellectual cabre that the Faculty OF which Mrs
as0ns father was o m%6e aicr pulling their
up, and decided to bestow no honors.
Anna Livingston Morton born at Poughkeepsic,
where her father the late william street, practised
Street the author Of Frontcnaca and other poems,
made his home and his fame She wa; married to Mr..
Morton at the Church Of the Holy Communion, in New
The stranger from the rural districts who might
walk through the house at ElcsIie admirinG its stately
proportions, and the order and system which prevails,
would little suspect the thought and labor required to
organize its management, and that IT was the sole work
the and education Of her five daughters. whose
ages range from fourteen while she does not
the necessities Of the poor and whom II also
known that for many years Mrs. Morton has been
great sufferer from neuralgia will be seen that she
IL hy means idle or self-indulgcnt.
Mrs. Morton has prceminently tho talent for or
ganzatlOn. The domestic machinery moves without
friction for she inspires strong attachment In her SER
wants hence, order and comfort prevail In every de-
partment
Her hospitality cordial generous, hcr doors are
always open to her friends and relations, whom she
REEVES in a manner which proves that the welcome is
sincere.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Morton keep by no means what
Is called fashionable hours. When alone they retro
early and rise between ana Z. Tho children are
trained In the good old rule" Early to bed early TO
ise7 and love simple outdoor country pleasures. At
the table, where the children always present
hears gossip scandal, III naiurcd criticisms
upon dress or manners. Both mother and children
example of simplicity I'm drcss, which we'll might
followed by people OF more modest fortune and posi-
ton. But when The occasion demands IT, few women
know better than Mrs. Morton how 10 array herself In
rare and exquisite Ostumc her jewels not whittier
than her throat and diamonds CLEAN In her soft hair
prcmarIely blanched by many years of pain
During the years that Mr. Morton was I'm Congress
few houses I'm Washington were more popular than his
The hospitality of the old Hooper mansion historic
long before Mrs. Moron's time, and had been season
he headquarters OF General Mcclellan Ii was not
only the rich and distinguished who felt of a
gracious welcome from their hostess. The writer