Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-07-15

mothers wants For six years before
her death she was in feeble health and
looked up 10 this daughter as a child
looks up to its mother. Often did she
say, "W hat should do without your
This faithful and loving daughter is
worthy of such kind and noble mother.
When Mrs. Houston was married she
and her husband came and settled on the
farm where she died and where they lived
thro' all their united life-56 yearsl Few
couples live to see their golden wedding
day. They saw that day and six years
more. At the time of her death they were
the oldest married couple in the town of
STAFFORD. She had reached the venerable
age of 50 years the 10th of last April. She
and her husband commenced life empty
handed. But they had courage, industry
and faith that honest labor would have
its reward. And they u ere not deceived.
IN age they found themselves in possess
sion OF a competency of this worlds
goods.
For As years they have lived in the
pleasant and comfortable house which
they built in the DAY of their activity.
They enjoyed it more because they put
their thought and the work or their
hands into it. In this house they wit
messed the mystery of life and mystery of
death. Loving children came to them
and they saw them taken away.
With brave and trusting hearts they
met these changes. These experiences
made their lives grow more closely to-
Relher. They bad that thoughtful and
tender love for each other that increased
in brightness and purity as the years
came and went.
During these closing years of suffering
and pain he seemed to share the burden
with her and devoted his life to her loving
service. Through darK days and weary
nights no murmur escaped her lips. Ia
cllmuess and faith she looked forward to
the better land.
She was loved not only bv those III her
own me but by her grandchildren VINO
could not do enough for her. They Woulo
come and watch by her bedside and do
any kind service in her home because they
loved her. She always had kind words
and a generous heart to those in want
and trouble. Her life on earth ended
July s, 1897.
Her last hours were like a child going to
sleep in its mothers arms, peaceful and
restful. Those who stood around her
could hardly tell when she drew her last
breath, so gently and sweetly did her life
pass away.
Her funeral was held in the home where
she lived so long. BY her request the
services were conducted by Rev. ). A. Par
ker, " no OBLIGATED at the funeral OF both
her daughters, who died almost rs wears
a So Twins LNAN'N lf-NNNEs nov SAN vi hNA
casket, reminding US OF the fragrance OF
her Christian life and the beauty OF that
celestial home TO which she has gone.
Gently was her worn and weary body
laid in the family lot in the STAFFORD GEM
etery beside the graves of her two daugh-
tiers, whom she loved so dearly and whom
she gave up with so many tears.
Beautiful and sacred is that spot con-
tanning those household graves overlook
ing the village and Landscape below. Our
faith looks on beyond all these material
things and sees our loved and lost still
alive in the mansions OF tie blest.
"Tbe secrets of her blest abode
No tongue or token tells;
1t is enough for me to know
lis Heaven where'er she dwells."
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