Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-07-08

with vigor, but her sunken face
gave no sign of intelligence, even when
old friends greeted her. Sunday, June
IA, she was "a years old. Last Friday
morning her attendant, Mrs. Arms, when
she went TO call her. found that she was
in semi-conscious condition. Her
nenhew. DR.. Edward 3. Hooker, and his
sister, Isabella Beecher Hooker, were
called, and the matter was kept Il secret
till last night to avoid the annoyance of
inquiries that were sure to come from
all parts of the country.
Sketch of Mrs. Stoves Life.
Harriet Elizabeth (Beecher) Stowe
was born at Litchtield, Conn, June IA,
1911. Her father was the famous DR..
Lyman Beecher. her mother RoXanna
FoOte, his first wife.
At an early age she manifested Il great
eagerness for books. and read the prosy
theological works of her fathers library
with an eagerness only excelled by that
with which the pages of stray volume
of the Arabian Nights" or Don QuiX-
ote," were devoured.
The first twelve years of her life were
spent in the intellectual atmosphere Of
Litchfeld, which was famous resort
for ministers, judges, lawyers and pro-
fessional men of culture and education.
When about u years of age, she went
to Hartford, where her sister CATHERINE
had opened school. While here, she
was known as an abSent-minded and
moody young lady, odd in her manners
and habits, but fine scholar, exc3iling
especially in composition.
In 1882, when her sisters health failed
she went to Cincinnati, to which place
her father had removed, where they
opened a school. On the 9Th of January
1886, she married Prof. Calvin E. Stowe,
a man of learning and distinction.
For several years previous to her mar
L
to the periodical literature of the day
and gave promise of becoming noted
among men and women of letters
At the meetings of the "Semicolon
Club in Cincinnati, she first became
conscious of the power she could WELD
with her pen, and shortly after her mar
riage she published The Mayhower."
part of which had already appeared in
the papers of the 'Semicoi0n Club
From this time her life flowed quietly
along, for several years. In domestic
channels, until the passage of the fugi-
tive slave law. Then, the definite pur-
pose arose in her mind to show up sla-
very, as it really was, and her earnest
conviction at this time laid the corner
stone for Uncle Toms Cabin" which
was first published rs a serial, in the
National Era. A few months after its
republication in book form, Mr.. Jewett
handed to Mr. Stowe $4,000. as his
over 100000 copies were sold
In England 100000 were ordered by
the booksellers IN one month. 1t was
translated into Spanish, Italian. French.
Danish, Swedish, Dutch. Flemish, Ger
man, Polish. Magyar, Arabic and Arme
Man.
In 1852 Mrs. Stowe took up her resi-
dence at Andover, and, soon after, went
abroad to recuperate her exhausted
strength. Her visit was one continuous
ovation, and year later she gave to the
public her Sunny Memories of Foreign
Lands
In 1856 'Dred; Tale of the Dismal
Swamp" appeared, but did not meet with
the furore which attended the publication
of "Uncle Tom
In the Atlantic Monthly of 1859 she
published "The Minister'S Wooing,"
ablest work, in which appear the pic
lures of New England life and charac-
ter, for which her brother, Henry Ward
Beecher is also famous. In 1862, after
a brief sojourn in Italy, ''Agnes of Sor-
rento" appeared in the columns Of the
Atlantic Monthly.
HeryerSeS, a volume of which has been
published, are chiefly religious, and most
sweet in their plaintive sadness
In 1867 Mrs Stowe purchased Man
DARN, a winter home in Florida, and be-
tween the residence in Hartford and that
in the South she divided her time Her
husband died in Hartford in 1886.