Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-01-26
A Mother In Israel.

nAkSs ~. AAs INV WAC LA Nv. 1SNAS
this week to attend the funeral of her
aunt, Mrs. C.E. Mitchell, wife Of John
j. Mitchell, who, as President of the
C. & A. railroad, is well known in
Mexico. Mrs. Mitchell was a loving
wife, a devoted mother and a con-
sistent Christian, being one of the
most active church workers in the
city Of. st. Louis. Her family being
all grown, her life was devoted to
worthy charities and being a woman
of means she was aule to do a large
amount of good and will be greatly
missed from eve as large a city as
the metropolis of Missouri.
We clip the following tribute to
her memory from the st. Louis
Post Dispatch:
Caroline Eloise Mitchell, whose
funeral occurred this morning at the
Church. of the Holy Communion,
was born in Baltimore county, Md,
May 10, 1925, and removed with
her family to Portland, O., in 1910,
where she resided until soon after
her marriage with Mr.. John j. Mitch
ell in 1847. From that time until
1872 her home was in Alton; since
then in st. Louis.
Mrs. Mitchell inherited from her
father, John B. Bayless-whom in
latter years she strongly resembled
in personal appearance-the domi-
nant elements of a character Of no
common order. While entirely
womanly in word and action, she
had distinctive mental traits which
the majority of her sex do not pos.
sess-at least in the same degree.
Chief among these, perhaps, was
that most uncommon of all sense
common sense. She had a thorough
ly practical way, not only of look
ing at things, but of dealing with
them in everyday life. She went
straight to the essential point al
ways; saying exactly what she
meant and meaning exactly what
she said. Whenever the facts in
the case were presented, her judg.
ment was prompt, clear and sound,
and she had the full courage OF
firm conviction. Of pretense or in
sincerity she had none, was
quick to detect them in others and
never deceived thereby.
No one who knew Mrs. Mitchell
intimately could fail to have the
highest respect and regard for her.
Duty was emphatically the key
note of her life, and in all the rela.
tons of life, as daughter, wife,
mother, friend, she did her duty
faithfully, conscientiously and well.
| know of no higher praise than this
for any woman, or any man.
From girlhood Mrs. Mitchell was
an earnest and active member OF
the Episcopal church and all the
time and strength she could spare
she gave to that church, and espec.
tally to its charitable work. She
was President of the Parish Aid So.
ciety Of Holy Communion for
eighteen years, and what she did in
that office those associated with her
best know. Her place will soon be
occupied, but it will be long, very
long, before it is ever filled. But
this was by no means the only field
of her self-sacrificing labors. She
was prominently connected with the
management of the Orphans Home
at. Webster, and only two days be-
fore her death the Board of Direc-
tors met at her house.
OF her private works of charity and
mercy, systematic and persistent, and
confined to no creed or sect, it is
enough to say that she made them a
part of her religion, never omitted
Tor a single day. And I, at least
certainly cannot forget one good
deed outside the domain of church
and charity. She was mainly III
strumental in establishment and
maintenance of the Alton Public Ii
brary-now, and for many years
past, a most successful institution.
That library is, and ever will be,
a lasting monument to her love Ct
books and to her desire to cultivate
and stimulate hat love in others.
Her portrait hangs upon the wall but
both will crumble back to dust be-
fore the intellectual forces thus set
in motion shall perish from the
earth.
Fortunate in her life, Mrs. Mitchell
was not less fortunate in the ending
of it.
Then with no fiery throbbing pain,
No cold gradations of decay,
Death broke at once the vital chain,
And freed the soul the nearest way.
st. Louis, Jan. %. 7. d.