New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07
THOMAS CARLYLE'S SISTER.
THE ONLY SURVIVING MEMBER OF HIS
FAMILY NOW LIVING IN TORONTO.
From The Toronto Mail

| icoiucHt "iliiill itS boundaries the last OF the
| Carlyles.
That sturdy Scotch peasant family. made IA
nous by It's eldest brother in the Chelsea Sage,
| mas dropped its members one by one into the
eternal silence, until now only the youngest re-
mans-a slender fra pathetic little creature
VINO mas crept noiselessy and all unknown into
our nidst. mere TO wait the months or years that
may intervene before she, the last of the Car
| lyes is also laid away
1t is not our purpose to delve into tho details
or the early home life of Thomas CARLYLE nor to
record his relationships with those eight brothers
and sisters whom, despite his cynicsm and iras-
/ cibility worldward he loved faithfully unto the
end Are not such chronicles to be found in the
volumes of Froude?
1t is ours. rather, to state the fact of Janet
| CarlyleS presence in our city and give as sim
ply as may be. picture of her as we found nor
and as she is to-day. She has been long a resi-.
dent IN Canada. having come to this country i'm
1871, as the wife of the late Robert Uanning Of
hamilton The names Jane, Jean, Janet and
Jennie were OF so frequent occurrence in the
carlyle family that a reader searching the nu-
merous volumes Of "reminiscences" for mention
ol ms Youngest member might easily become
| confused.
Jane Carlyle and Janet denny Carlyle were
| the TWO youngest members of the family OF
the former. their famous eldest brother in his
published memories. speaks AT some length and
| always fondly as the CrdW.' or crow from her
plach mar. She was evidently his favorite.
| Oh these two young sisters he writes thus to
Jane Welsh These little beings in their bits
os gray specked straw bonnets | recoIlect as
d par OF nat. prISh Items. tripping about among
US that summer at the hill. The small
| Jenny Il think in some peO had Unexpectedly
| Huhs hersel! on. ana preferred native ndepend-
ence at Mainhill." Later on h. writes This
jean 'arIyle IL my second youngest sister. The
Youngest Of all was jenny Uanet now Mrs
Isopert tanning IN Hamilton. Canada" This
Sdine sinai jenny was porn when her eldest
brother was seventeen and A student at Edin-
| burGh Naturally therefore her own early mem
| 80 ~ mn arr lew WINE 10 MN, during hls
priri nonle MONDAYS 81 later years. she was
o,nS o"e vi par Oh prlsk items, IN speckled
i ",i'"e',' ',ut MS uhNdi!lnS remetn-
Ism ar lh,ouSh tnr long aiter years proved his
! 60 ,'" LOT ."lS last member 81 the family.
=, NJ J II, N"S nlarrl"d When tWrnty-four
etr,,',i ',,i "ii' Tor S'Erral years atter
Icorf e bi JsS & @ puSIn'Ss' ana az
| f,n7tl, r. c,iI ",'u - 'nlIui'h win her
WnriJ -, ,,s, %i mn IT, RIM ." 'he ~
| - 49,, ~! ~ 'y' 'u"''' MS was IN IN.
bt ni, t UNI zen loaiS ldt'f in lN'l, that
! '', ,H'"I'" 'dIi' Out [" JON MN, ana
uu,a''S III, I"lErt piIJ 81 mat period .irs Han
n'E I'HdiH"u AZ 'l'lechan caring for Oh" old
! n'otHrr' Nnom her brother Thomas loved 50 de-
! W. ''lIf' AIi'r MIS-. 'aryIes death. IN 1Ni9.
inYYIl"s 'dIlyie received his sister and her
,".'''H as guests INTO ms own nome AT Chei-
! s,i,,, t, ,tfS i,.i''i''u Mi'u MN uhtl thty
r. vas .i,,I I'm j. il'liiton' Cntar%.
! and b"r f,,,,il,. - " 49,, '''' '"il't odIlSI ~
/ =, ti,i, '.0' S.' mas never returned
/ ,b, . ~. w" nun. lr' III lhr thirty years
/ Gt ~. '"i "'I"'' the Heath ~ IhonaS
az - -, We Idi',"u9 phl.'Sl pher remained al
ways inc klhd eldest brother 10 his young sister,
/ -, - nri WIN regularity ana IN affection.
| !" 100 MI haIllhS dl"d, ana tlrce years
idter ca'n' me death OF Thomas Carlyle. BY
! n'i nI"'lri VIII Mrs tanning inherited SUI
li'l'ht estate To- render her independent: but
trva'nS ."r oi''',''Ss oi het nome ana the al
,n,,t' ., SttiS S.S gay, UP housekeeping and
7 oslio r h, r ,enl "v' ,'"llitu Idusnter' yrs
| $50 ~" nv, ''i"i n'a' 'dkNI". me house
WAS i'"i'u .1,rH hank N memory Of Craig
Iehput'o'k ara mere Janet Carlyle spent fifteen
years III me quiet OF her pleasant room. with
| BOOKS ana memories of her famous .,rOther TO