New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-04-02

Mrs. Damon agreed to put her SO a month pension
money into Iao the common purse, ~, s, ,,,,oa to
gether IN the little white cottage among the clouds
By the exercise of the strictest economy and the
gift OF an occasional cord of wood. sack of -four
or dress pattern from neighbOrs they got along on
one day Mrs snow received letter from rela-
tves IN Massachusetts, inviting her TO come ana re-
main with them the balance OF her life after
many conferences and much weeping Mrs snow
the STAGE coach drove Iip TO take her away She
would have baked had 1t not been for Mrs Damon
Northern Massachusetts the same night. but her
heart was back in the cottage on the mountain. A
could endure she longed for the rude cottage. with
US pam snrronndngs an6 coarse GO fJd put sb S told
her relatives she was homesick ana wanted 70 go
interposed no objections and the next morning she
was passenger for Plymouth Union -.
The stage driver. a man against whom the
charge OF seRtimentalsm could not possibly lie, re-
marked TO friend that ne na6 never b Dsd bc5 % o
CURED when the stage coach rumbled up and
Damon sitting by her favOrite window had noted
the approach Of the stage, and when II stopped
picion Of the identity OF the passenger When the
IaTEhed and cried. pattei each other on the back.
kissed. smiled and looked into each Others races
Mrs. snow died December O. 1903 and Mrs. Da-
mon. sreakng Of the event; said. with tear hlled
in all my life" There had been tacit under
standing that in Mrs Snow should pass away
first her companion should inherit for her own use,
as long as she lived the little cottage she no"
occupies.
Mrs. Damon is a remarkably we'll preserved
woman, considering she is nnety-One years Old;
face. such as might be expected in an own cousin
of Charles Sumner. and most kindly expression
especially when smiling She enjoys fair health al
though at times she suffers from neuralgia due IN
large measure to the condition of her teeth, her
means having been inadequate 10 enable her 70
give them proper attention. Her appetite is goou'
At such times her friends seek to induce her to re
main in bed. but she has such dread of becoming
in remaining up and about the house.
Mrs. Damon has been great reader from heI
that came to her hand. and through the medium OF
daily papers public documents. Congress RECORDS
and other literature given TO her second hS 5 M
informed concerning important events political and
otherwise. present and past Last winter the gar
sight and now she is dependent upon the kindly
offices of neishbors who come to her cottage and
read to her by the hour.
when she becomes interested and animated IN con
versation the deafness seems largely to disappear
ably acute, especially touching events OCCURRING
half three quarters Of a century ago TO her TN
and she follow many of the armies OF me C1yl
| War through their entire campaigns. Not only
DRY which is literally an encyclopedias of events
for seventy-fve years. but she has original ldea'
and convictions upon the great queStlohS Ia5 hap
commands language and force to express thes'
views clearly and interestingly IL, 4.
Mrs. Damon has Oftentimes expressed a desire tC
visit Mount Vernon the old home and present toni
| OF George Washington. and to see the Capitol anC
very much to visit Mrs. Rebecca Mayo. of Virginia
her partner the roll of Revolutionary Wa
widows, who died last year. but the slender mean:
i expenditure for railway transportation. and unit
Mrs. Mayos death the last two widows Of the wal
| acquaintance within the scope Of the mails, eX
changing occasional letter.