The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-06-19
OBITUARY..

Mss A. Adele Mcdonald died at her
home in fast, Jane 18th, after painful
illness OF many months duration. Miss Me
Donald had been a resident of Belfast dur
ing her whole life and lad a large circle of
intimate friends who deeply feel their loss.
She was a woman of brilliant intellect and
was Identified with much of the work per-
tanning to the civic interests of the city.
To the welfare of her church, to the Chan
ming League, of which she has always been
an active and honured associate, and to the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, she gave constant thought, even
after she had known that the hand of death
was laid heavily upon her To her brothers
and sisters, Dell has ever been a devoted
sister! to her chosen friends ever loyal and
true, and in social relations gave freely of
her gladstone nature aud her keen wit. Be
coming well aware of the fatality at;ening
her disease, she longed to be free from pain
and to lie down at rest within that slow
green tent, whose curtain never outward
swings However strong may have been
her attachment to life she faced the great
change before her with heroic fortitude and
patience. She arranged with minute pre-
cision in regard to the services to be held at
her funeral, and for the distribution, among
those whom she best loved, of those little
treasures that for lifetime she held prec-
i"us to herself. To dear friend she con-
fided the wish that she should be the one to
write her obituary, and added "let it be
brief" The poem accompanying this, SIN
Memoram,' was written by Adele during
the last few weeks of her life. 1t was read
by the pastor at her funeral and is publish
ed at the request of many of her friends.
The change came 1t that season of the year
that she most enjoyed. The grass will
grow upon her grave the summer through.
The flowers which loving hands will bring
Will be those she loved while here, The
birds will sing above her head in their leaty
homes. but naught can reach past the still
ness of her quiet sleep. We mourn her de
parture ior ourselves, but for her
''She has the best that heaven can give her
Rest. Rest from all earthly thoughts and
things.
IN MEMORIAM.
With folded hands she calmly sleeps
I-dl ll ; ION = anu SDllbN ItI jltil tluttl
A joyful trySt with death she keeps
All lights and shadows softly blended.
Not as foe, hut as friend death came
With flowers of mercy his hands were
tiled
With gentle voice he called her name
And 10. the pulse of life was stiled
The burdened heart, the tired brain
No longer counts each weary hour;
Passed are the days SO fraught with pain
Freed the spirit from mortal power.
She has drifted across the harhor bar
Has set sail on seas unknown:
But with the law of love for a guiding star
She shall surely find her own
When the mountain mists shut out the sun
The landscape grows cold and dim
Thus this life appears when its course is
And the harvest is gathered in.
But the sunset mists will be cleared away
In the blush of the next fair dawn:
So ''beyond the veil" may the sunlight play
And the new day be tender and warm.
Then lower her form to the waiting earth
And cover with fresh green sod
But believe, the soul has received new birth
From the Infinite Father-God.
Mrs. Hannah G. Written died suddenly
at her home on Bridge street last Friday
of apopleXy. She was i'll nearly
all winter, but improved rapidly as warm
weather came on. Last Thursday she did
her usual work, and after clearing away
the supper sat and read awhile She went
to a back room and shortly afterwards, Mr. |
u. {. Davis, for whom she was houseleeper,
heard a fall and groan. He found Mrs. |
Written lying unconscious at the foot of a |
short flight of steps A physician was sent |
for and pronounced it case of apoplexy |
She remained unconscious until O'Clock !
Friday morning, when she passed away |,
She was born i'll Liberty,a daughter of Joel |
w. and Julia ID. Haskell, and was the Wild |
ow of Henry W Written of Montville She !
was dressmaker and carried on that bust |
ness in Montville until three years ago |
when she came to Belfast. She leaves one
brother, William F. Haskell of Union, who,
in response to a telephone message drove to |
Belfast. and was with her when she died I,
Mrs. Written was a kind and generous
neighbor and had large circle of friends |
wherever she was known. Prayers were
offered at her late home Sunday morning by |
Rev. G. f. Edgett and funeral services were |
held in Montville in the afternoon.