The Newtown bee., 1892-03-25
Mrs John Johnson.

Entered into the rest of Paradise on Monday, March 2l, Mrs Mary Dibble Johnson, known by those who knew her best as "Aunt Mary" a name peculiarly sweet in itself and all the more so when associated with one whose daily living exemplified in such marked degree the Christian graces. Born in Woodbridge, Conn.,, April 3, 1Sl6, she lived there until married to John Johnson in 1887, at which time she left her paternal home to cast in her lot with him whom she had chosen for her life companion. Bereav-- ed of little ones in the early part of her married life, sadly afflicted by the death of a son when just nearing manhood, call ed upon to part with her husband when their steps had begun to trend toward Life's sunset, in all her affiictionS she could see the kindly workings of Divine power and, in patient resignation, say, "Thy will be done." For over half century, she has gone in and out from her quiet home ever ready to relieve the distressed, comfort the mourning, cheer the discousolate and throw the mantle of charity over all of earth's unfortunate children. Her widowhood of score of years, less one, has been shared by the constant companionship of devoted daughter; years not entirely free from care and sorrow, but never has there been a cloud so dark, but that she could see the silver lining. Six years ago, she reached the bounds of life, the three score years and ten, but the borrowed time on which she lived did not prove to be ''years full of labor and sorrow." Do- nestle in her habits. literary in her tastes, she kept well up with the times and few women of her age were so well informed in regard to the leading questions of the day, or the literature of the present age. From early life, in deep sympathy with ity, race, creed, color or condition would she allow to interfere in the distribution of her aid and good cheer. She was bap- tised in the Episcopal church in infancy. Reared in the Congregational faith, she, together with her husband, early in their lildI lCu Illt, "ltt bhC l'Ap pbiSo church. Later in life, she became more liberal in her views and, for some years, was deeply interested in spiritualism, but, while retaining to the last strong attachment to both widely diverging bod ies, among whom she always said that she had met some of the best people she had ever known, her closest association, during the later years of her life, was with the Congregational church of New town. In kindly sympathy with all, she was ever ready to adopt the words of Whittier:
 own,
 And while "Lo here" and "Lo there" the null
 titude call,
 Be t. le to ourselves and do justice to all"
 No better evidence of her loyalty to the cause of the enslaved could be given than the following copy of a letter still in existence:
 Received mo, 9th, ls43, ot Mrs John John son one dollar for the Committee of Vigilance and one dollar tor the Canada Mission.
 S2. ISAAC T. HOPPER.
 This was in the earliest days nf the anti-savery movement, only six years after Lovejoy was murdered at Alton, Ill.,, flor asserting the freedom of the press when fugitives from bondage were tlcc- ing from cruel masters to gain their free dom by crossing the border into Canada, on what was called the ''underground railrOad,'' of which the firm Quaker, IS- aac T. Hopper, might justly be called president. The 'commiCtee of vigilance" were the pioneers in the great work that cuIminated in the bombardment of Sum ter and the emancipation of 4,000, 900 bUndmcn. From the time when Garrison sounded the first alarm against negro slavery down to the surrender of Lee at Appomattox, she was loyal in her adher- cnce to the principles of freedom and the names of d long list of worthies who champiOned the cause of freedom were household words with her. Busted with her daily duties, stroke of apopleXy prostrated her on Friday of last week and, without any pain, her hold on life relaxed so gently that, at the last, ir was as one falling asleep and, like q shock of corn fully ripe, she has been gathered 10 her fathers. *#*