St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-07
AN APPALLING MEMORIAL.
The Astonishing Tribute of Mrs.
Barton to Her Deceased Hus-
band.

Inc ASTONISHING lfbUuts, VI NAA ..
Barton to Her Deceased Hus-
band.
New York Sun.
Mrs. Parthena Barton, of Vergennes.
VT, has just completed remarkable
wreath in memory of her husband, who
died several years ago. Every color
produced by artis employed in the me
mento and the articles of its compost
ton would puzzle junk dealer.
"'Taint MATERIAL" said Mrs. Barton,
ito build MONUMENTS an put flowers on
the graves of friends. What you want
is mementO that's a reminder. That's
why made that wreath as it is. Every
piece of it has got a hist'ry.n
In the upper right hand OF the wreath
are stuck dozen or more raisins. and
Mrs. Barton's description begins with
these.
'"The raisins," she writes, s'are the
last Mr.. Barton bought. and kindly said
to me. eat every one of these yourself,
and use none of them for cooking The
first flower is piece of the lining of his
coat, and the white in it a piece OF his
collar. All the buttons, watch-keys
and pencils were his. The second
flower is piece of his stock, and the
third, with red button, the same. Inc
button is the one that was on the cusll-
ion at church, and the black a piece OF
his necktie. All the leaves but two are
pieces of his clothes. The plain cloth
in the flower OH the outside is piece OF
This mothers dress. The briStleS are
those lie often handled while mending
his boots.
'srhe little spoon by the leaves is one
he used in taking his catarrh remedy:
he made it himself. The little plaid
flower on the outside and the stripped
flower on the inside were pieces OF his
pants. The flower with key in the
center'is piece of the lining of his
coat. The black and white flower is a
piece of his necktie made with a piece
of my dress. The red flower inside is
piece of his handkerchief that he wore
in the winter. The brown flower on the
outside is piece of his coat collar.
1.-THE white flower is some OF Mrs.
Lemuel Eldridge's hair, and the brown
hair around it some of her daughter
Julia's. Mr.. Barton's first wife. The
beans, melons, squash and orange seeds
are some he saved. The cloth of the
bird is a piece of the shirt i'll which he
died, and the feather next to its head is
from fowl he raised. The purple and
white flower is made of necktle and a
piece of my dress.
1.-The buckles, fish-hook and line, and
watch chain and little saw were all his.
The camlet flower below the bird is
piece of his fathers cloak, which he
wore after his fathers death. The shay
ingS in the center OF the flower were
taken from Mr.. Barton's coffin, and the
leaf at the right side of the flower is
~f t,t,
flower inside is piece OF his coat lin
ing. The white-edged flower with a
black button was a piece of his hat
band: the red silk piece OF his pocket
handkerchief. The buff and white
flower was a piece of his necktie. and
the velvet in it a piece of his
coat collar. The center flower is some
of his pants, and the pegs on
the stamen he often used while
mending his boots. The dark flower
inside is a piece OF his coat. The black
silk flower on the outside is piece of
his necktie, and the plaid inside is a
piece of his vest that [ made while at
the Water Cure in Northampton in
1861; the red plaid flower part Of the
lining of his coat.
The blue plaid with white button
is some of his mothers dress that she
spun and wove. The inside flower is a
piece of his stock and suspender. The
dark plaid flannel flower is a piece of
his undershirt, and the black inside a
piece of his neclltie. The thick petals
in the gray flower were his hair and
the edglng mine. The teeth and
the tootLpick that came next were his.
The piece in the end of the wreath
grew on the wood that was on his farm
where he was born and lived seventy
two years. The wall paper on the sides
and bottom of the vase was some he
bought for our parlor.''
The astonishing wreath is inclOSed in
a frame which is as fearfully and
wonderfully made.