Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-05-14

upGier her discipline. To- be sure, those el-
emeuts of good may have been strengthen
ed and expanded by loving and noble sis
iers aud loving and true wife, but thu
germs cana from that sweet old lady OF
eighty summers.
She ssugh5 that son the love of kaowl
edge, to respect anc be polite to ladies and
children, to reverence God and holy things.
That son cannot forget FEBRUARY, STH.
1858, when he first saw the light in the old
stone house in Augusta county, Virginia.
He cannot forget the the tonder yearnings
of that dear mother over his cradle while a
helpless babe her guardian care of his
youth, 'snd how she taught him to lisp !:
'INow lag me down to aeep," and Soar
Father who art in Heaven" and in April,
1890, when that dear mother came into his
chamber and tucked the bed clothes around
him, as in days OF Old, thu tears rushed to
his eyes and though ae has come back 20
his Texas home, yet still h5 sees that sweet
face and knows that her prayers follow
him /; and can he with those prayers for
him and that sweet smile on his mind ever
go very far away Oh, this love of moth
er 1t has soft and ennobiing effect on
thu masculine heart. Some one has said
that
A BEAUTIFUL FEATURE
in the character Of the Turks is reverence
for the mother. Tneir wives may repri-
mand, unheeded, but their mother is an Or
acle, consulted, confded in, listened to with
respect and Difference to the latest hour,
and remembered with affection and regret,
even beyond the grave. s'Wives may die,'
say they, sand we can replace them /; chill
dren perish, and others may be born to us;
but who shall restore the mother when she
passes away and is seen no more.
COLORADO SPRINGS
is too beautiful a city to describ in this
nothing else, is famous as the place where
Helen Hunt jackson is buried. Southwest
of the city stands Cheyenne mountain. On
its summit, amid the signing pines is loca-
ted the grave of this gifted writer. A
huge pile of stones marks her last resting
place. 1t is the custom of each visitor to
cast stone On the pile which alone forms
her monument. ----------
MONEY GRAsPING MAN
had acquired possession of the land at the
mouth of the canyon, and barbed wire
fence kept out the respectful pilgrim until
he gave she toll-keeper % cents. This
has since been discontinued. At this
eOilt1Ty SpOb, WuOf6 tuiS pilo VI sGOuo5
marks her grave. alone with natures God
"H. H" wrote Ramona, that sad Spanish.
ludian story Of romance and love. Stand
ing on
THIS SACRED SPOT
one can see Colorado Springs, lying to the
east, not unlike the figures of checker
board, whils beyond is the undulating,
sandy plain, which loses none of its flatness
until it reaches far into Kansas. To the
west of the mountain, after steep descent,
you reach the Seven Falls, one of the
grandest scenes in all the Rocky mountains.
No wonder her pen seemed inspired, for,
far removed from the hustle of busy
world, hearing nothing but the signing of
the pines, and the musical lullaby of the
little mountain stream as it hurried over
precipices and huge boulders, to bury itself
into the bosom of the blue Arkansas, she
was nearer her God than fellow beings
She vas in love with nature, and it was
her wish that she be buried in its bosom.
III. H." WAS BORN IN MASSACHUSETTS,
iu 1881 at Amherst, and in 1862 was mar
riad to Captain Hunt of the U. S. army in
Boston,. During the years of 1868 and
1864, she lost her husband and two bright
little boys; and in 1878 she came to Colo
RADIO Springs for her health, and in 1875
became the wife of Mr.. VIM. s. Jackson,
Of that city, and on August IL, 1885, she
passed away, and now rests in peace in
this