Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-05

| rich voices, vibrant with heartfelt sympa- thy and the longing for helpful ministra- | tions, players with the clinging, delicate, | loving touch that wakens the soul of the instrument, and without waiting for 8 Saint Cecelia's mission to set you at work, find 6 field for yourselves and therein turn your gifts to the best account, bring ing relief, peace, forgetfulness, content ment eveni to the pain-worn and weary. Inspiration also, the arousing of sleeping ambition, the stirring of stagnant will force, might follow a course of musical treatment. For the right persons there may yet be known such a profession as that of the Musical Helper, if not that of the Healer, profession amply remunera- tive, honorable, and full of interest, pleasure and satisfaction.
 MIDSUMMER SONG.
 Now fits the bee through clover-dales,
 HeW shelley nao9s grsns ,iiiss the es
 And wandering sunbeams quiver.
 Nov thistledown begins to fly,
 "s0es;os, aoos,by'S seSSd-0y'
 o fair Midsummer Like the bee
 we asse ahe e of poom
 Alas! must all this beauty die?-
 Drowsily the soft winds sigh
 -Eilen M Hutchinson.
 A NOBLE LIFE.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, the noted philanthrophist, who, since an attack of paralysis three years ago has been failing physically and mentally, is now, unhap- oily for those to whom she delighted to minister, entirely bereft of reason.
 Always sympathetic, earnest and readily responsive to every call for aid, her life and her wealth have been consecrated to the service of others. Mrs. Thompson was a Vermont girl, of family rich in sterling qualities but very poor in the worldly point of view As child, the sympathy and kindness she showed 10 all about her, animals as we'll as human beings, were her most characteristic traits. She married Thomas Thompson of Boston in 1S44, a dowerless girl, self-educated, beautiful in mind and person, and amply fitted to be- come the almoner of abundant wealth. She was not thoughtlessly lavish, though an appeal to her sympathy usually resulted in impulsive acts of kindness and com passion. Her interest in science and re- form impelled her to make large donations to educational and charitable enterprises; cuo CouIliuueoo llooloiAJ " ehO oooot SoA lege telescope, and presented its building to the Concord school of philosophy. With an income of sixty thousand dollars year, her manner of living was of the simplest, and her dress noticeable chiefly for its extreme neatness. Her one extravaganza in dress, if it ought to be called extravaganza, was the rich black velvet gown, trimmed with costly lace, which she wore upon her pre- sentation to the government of Carpenters painting, "The Signing of the Emancipa- ton Proclamation" On account of this gift she was presented with the freedom of the house of congress, a right never pos sessed by any other woman.
 From the poverty of her youth grew her intense interest in the poor and struggling, and it was through her influence that her husband made his will in favor of fund for the benefit of working wo- men, the income until his wife's death being placed without reserve at her disposal. That after much physical suffering this noble woman should be left to sink into the darkness or to contend with the horrors of insanity seems an affliction as incomprehensible as it is terrible, and to be sincerely lamented by hosts of personal friends and benefc- iaries, as by all who can appreciate a rare ly beautiful and generous nature.
 HILARY.