Frostburg mining journal., 1902-11-29
CORRESPONDENTS.
Obituary..

WARRINGTON, FLORIDA, Nov. II, 1902
To the MINING JOURNAL.
There has passed away from your COM
munity an individual whose qualities of
mind and heart We're of the sort that if
possessed by more assuming personal
ity would have carried her name to the
very forefront of what the world calls
fame-Miss Ellen Cecilia ohambers.
She was born on the Connecticut
river 52 years ago in what is now the
thriving city of HolyyOke, Mass, but
then a mere hamlet whose inhabitants
We're mainly of that manly and hardy
race, the trlest, the bravest and most
loyal of all the people who have sought
i'll this free land a refuge from the gov
ernmental tyranny of the old world.
Unassuming, patient and industrious,
our subjects concern was manifested
more for the welfare of her relatives
than for her own comfort, convenience,
or worldly gain. A true, devoted Chris
tian, the hole kindred race We're her
neighbors, and her only thought, when
suffering was to be relieved or sorrow
SOOthed, was the amount of good she
could do regardless of creed, color or
condition. Conscientious in all of her
dealings, she preferred to err against her
own interests than that injury might
come to those with whom she was
associated.
In her whole life the injunction,
Honor thy father and MOTHER was
scrupulously and cheerfully observed, as
all of her friends and neighbOrs will
bear willing testimony. Though loved
and hOnOred by all of her children, our
subject was the especial companion of
our good and noble mother i'll her old
age, and to the very moment when the
last sad rites We're performed, and her
emaciated form was committed to
mother earth. Refusing propositions
that promised independence and conf
fort, Ellen Chambers chose instead to
remain with her mother untrammIled
by other cares that come to women who
choose married life. This was, as the
world views it, her greatest sacrifice,
but to her it was browning glory. No
more edifying spectacle of humility and
love has ever been witnessed by those
who knew her as she was than was pre-
sented by the gentle care this good
woman gave uncOmplainingly to her
aged and feeble mother.
Nor was this all she did-but the
world cannot know it all, for she acted
on the gospel principle that the fright
hand shall not know what the left hand
does" In Obeying the Divine injuuc-
tion is the essence of true charity. But
try as she would she could not hide all
her good deeds, and l, i'll common with
every member of our family, have much
to be thankful for in her generosity,
kindness and counsel. Personally, and
although separated by many miles, l
find in her death an irreparable loss, for
l never failed to find i'll her advice en-
cOuragement to greater efforts while un-
sparingly cOndemning my folly.
In her death we have each lost all af-
fectionate sister, safe adviser, and a
sincere friend, and the world has lost Il
noble woman. Her brother, with whom
she had been associated i'll business so
long and so successfully, cannot hope
ever to find another who will or can
protect and advance his interests as did
this good and true woman. He has my
especial sympathy.
But our loss is her gain. From the
sphere of her activities here to home III
Heaven was for Ellen Chambers but one
moments timethe twinkling of an eye.
And while we shall ever keep her men,
DRY dear. and shall spread over the
mound that marks the last resting place
with freshest flowers of earliest spring,
still we are happy in the belief that she
has found home whera affiictiOn cam
not enter and the weary are at rest.
May herSsoul rest in peace is. the prayer
of her atfectionate brother,
II. A. CHAMBERS.