The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-07
Obituary.

Mrs. E. p. JEwETT.-It seemed almost as
if Mrs. Jewett was so much needed here
that she would certainly be allowed to stay.
There was apparently much for her to do
and much for her to enjoy. There were the
cares of home, and ministries to the vener-
able husband and his aged sister; there
were not few friends, far and near, who
looked to her for substantial aid in their
times of pressing need; there were hospital
tiles to be rendered. there were the varied
interests of the whole town, in which she
had manifested an intelligent concern for
thirty years; and there was the house build
ing upon the hilltop for a home for her
tenderly- y-cherished daughter and grandson,
with all the happy anticipations associated
with the thought of it. 1t must be that God
would let her stay to perform these duties
and share these blessings 1t is not i'm
possible that some such conviction strength
ened her heart and gave her some portion
of that remarkable courage and beautiful
cheerfulness with which she went forward
to the stern ordeal whose issue has been
for her many friends so sad. Butno. Gods
thoughts are not as our thoughts and in
spite of medical and surgical ability, and
watchful, skillful nursing, the bright hopes
which seemed justified for the first days
after the operation, were changed to de-
spair, and she sank quietly away on the
afternoon of December 80 She had
been cheerful and hopeful till the last
few hours; and then, when the certainty
was unfolded to her, made no sign
of shrinking or reluctance. She will be
sorely missed in the circles where the
strength and beauty of her character were
recognized. She had been as a mother in
care and counsel to a number of young
men, who now " rise up and call her
blessed" She had won the affection as
well as the dutiful service of those who had
long been employed in the household; and
there are many sincere mourners for her
outside the circle of kinship Her funeral
was held on Friday afternoon, Rev. j. G.
Flanders reading the Episcopal Burial
Service, and Rev. j. E. Wright, long a
neghbor and friend, speaking the word OF
appreciation and consolation which was in
his heart. Mrs Jewett was the Oldest
child of Hon. Charles X. and Julia (Kellogg)
Field, late of Brattleboro She was born in
Wilmington, VT, October II, 1929 and
married Colonel Jewett on January 10, 1861.
One child was born to them, who is now
the wife of Professor John w. Burgess of
Columbia College. She was, however, too
much prOstrated by the unexpected be-
reavement TO leave her home in New York
and Professor Burgess was compelled to
come without her Mrs. Jewett's only sur
viviug brother, Henry X. Field Esq, of
San Francisco, and her sister, Mrs. Henry
| 9. willard, who is visiting at Mr.. Fields
/ home in Alameda, Cal, of course could not
be present at the funeral; but many sympa-
| thiZng friends gathered at the house of
mourning, whose hospitable doors had been
so often opened on festal occasions, and
rendered every service that kind hands and
thoughtful hearts could perform.
/ PIXLEY.-Banche E., the eleven-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Pixley of
/ Waterbury, passed away on January 2,
/ after brief illness from peritonitis. She
was very sick from the first, yet bore her
eXcruciating suiferiags with remarkable
| fortitude and patience, invariably thanking
her attendants for every Office of kindness.
Although she naturally wished to live, she
was willing to die, and repeated the Lord
prayer, and also prayers of her own, calling
upon God To bless all, and desiring the
family to so live that they might be unbroken
in heaven. Blanche had always been
precocious child and was the best scholar
of her age in town. OF a lovable DISPOSE
tion, she attracted all with whom she as
sociated, and eXemplhed in her life the
Christian virtues. She will be missed by a
large circle of friends, who extend to the
bereaved parents their tenderest sympathy.