The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-10-27
obituary.

A tribute Of love TO "Aunt Hatli." who
died In Manchester, 0st h, and was bur
led In SYNDICATE on Monday, Oct. 10th, 1901,
One CT The brightest and most loved pie
lures that hargs on my memory's walls lie
that OF low, rambling, yellow farmhouse
away up 10 Ssndgate, Vermont, situated on
little blum on the banks OF The Green river
and almost under the shadow ola spur Of
the Green Mountains. Across the road was
the red horse-bsrp, little to The right the
gransries, while from the hillside on the
left "Hopple Brook 9ith is big basin and
swimming hole noisely tunbled down TO
Join its force with Green river and here The
speckled mountain trout played hide ard
seek by day and made love by night.
This was the happy country home OF
I ncle Josiah Hurd, who're father, Captain
Lewis Hurd, fought 10 the evolutionary
War.
OF children there were Mariette, abigail,
Chauncey and Hattie Amells, the latter Of
whom now write.
A sweeter, purer, more lovsble woman
never lived than Hattie Hurd, She had a
fair delicate complexion, bright blue eye,
ripping brown hair, the supniest OF smiles
aud the rnerriest Of laughs. Ia her eirlhood
days she was accounted beauty and many
suitofs came % WOO but the ditmissed them
all with hid words. She was well educat-
81 for her day ard time but she lopeed IT,
expressibly for the higher education which
women OF this day car ccmmstd d, snd the
supplemented her knowledge b. keen OBJ
servation ard much reading.
As child how | loved, admired, adored
her She was my Sunday school teach, r
and /. was my delight to commit 10 memoIy
the long Psalms she loved.
When grew to girlhood and learned
that Longfellow's Evangeine was her fav-
orite poem, learned most Of 1t by heart
that might repeat II to her when | made
her an all nights visit.
In later years she became engaged to Dr..
Byron L. Flower Of Rupert, Vermont, but
he met his death during the Civil War. She
went on to Washington and nursed him I'M
I'll the end came, then she returned and
toek up the burden of life brsvely, not re-
pii lag, but striving to brighten the lives OF
others IS best ihe might. She lived to
bury FAITH r and mother, si,ters and brother.
Miss Hattie then removed West to Che
noA, H., and made | er home with her or.
phan Ilece, Juelms Hale, to VII. IN she was
dsvotedly attached.
There the evening OF life passed quietly
and peacefully with these two dear ones.
Letters and papers which have come to me
frequently assure me that Aunt Hattie was
loved and revertd In the new home as much
as In the old.
Could she have planned her passing away
| believe It would have been az 1t came,
quickly and 10 her beloved Vermont, sur.
rounded by the dear old friends. The
strong arm Of Christ, on whom che leaned
and trusted upheld her to the end and there
10 a grand reunion 10 that heavenly HON
on this her frat Sunday 10 Heaven.
Bya remarkable fatality, her beloved
niece Juelma survived her only few
hours. Juelma was sweet and noble wo-
man and there Is patbe ic beauty In the
thought that those two, who were rot di.
yiied In life, went hand in hand to that
"land that 10 fairer than day"
Though living 10 = distant state and far
removed from those once knew ard loved,
Aunt Hatties memory IL fresh aud green
10 my mind and gladly lsy this tribute 1t
her feet.
There Ia no Destt-.bo stars 90 down
10 rice upon some fairer shor, --sc--ssy rtt
Good Night bu. 10 some brighter cline,
Bid me Good Morning"
AARr HofT NEAL.
Dyersburg, Tenn OF. IL, 1901
Warrington County Post Cambridge. n.
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