Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1906-02-09
+ RiRUTE
To the Memory of Mrs. Amanda r. SieQ
Schreckhise of Augusta County, Va.

would We fain stand with her on that redi-
ant shore.
Where cometh the shadow of death ne YER
more,
Would We Join the bright band, that win
that lair land,
Ye must march in the path she has trod-
den before"
The sound of the footsteps that "Trod the
rough paths of Tn world by our Side'' echoes
no longer around the fo' saken Preside, and
they VINO listened TO her words of kindly
counsel and love sit desolate where erStwhile
her smile brought cheer to many responding
hearts.
The present generation with all our mod
ern Injuries can scarcely appreciate the life
young girlhood was Cast amid the distress
and horrors of the late civil var. DurIng
that periOu OF bitter pre1udiceS between the
North and South many young Southern
girls would purchase nothing of northern
man ufacture il possible to avoid it. Ken
tucKy girls and those of other southern states
mace beautiful hats from white corn husks;
spun, wove and made their choicest SUNDAY
gowns. The day was near when Mrs.
Schreckhise, then Miss Sieg, was to be mar
ried and win The energy that characterized
her after HE, or she finest wool she drew out
threads OF gossamer-lIke quality, colored the
yarn, wove the Goth and make her own
wedding gown.
AND how at the close of the war began that
struggle throughout the South for even an
existence. n y hands were more ready for
the emergency than were those of Mrs.
OCUT6CklllS0. Sle Ilcb ever ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
with a bold front. AS her husband, Rey. j..
NJ ,chreckhlse, was, by his calling, much
from home, her duties were often doubled,
but faithfully, cheerfuliy she took up all
LIES BURDENS Among the mountains of
Virginia where many hearts would have
tainted she worked untiringly. AT the nu-
merous county fairs were always to be seen
products OF her industry and manv prem1-
ums showed the appreciation of the j. dyes.
She excelled in her weaveS of beautiful
blankets, curiOusly woven curtains, and also
In daliR 70
ed fruits and hundred things that only such
as she had the energy and ability to prepare.
There are left to mourn her loss not only
loving friends, but those oil nearer ties. A
married daughter resides in Oregon. one
unmarried at The old homestead, one son in
| the far ives ;, one at home Her only sister,
moned to the ueathbed and by great effort
succeeded in reaching home In time to be
recognized by her beloved sister.
10 the husband, now on the verge of three
score aud ten ears, no light can drive the
shadows from his darkened day as did the
fail hful wife whose work is ended.
or her fathers family, those who survive
are Miss Lizzie Sieg, General j. r. Sieg of
the Confederate army, living in Missouri,
Colonel ID. a Sieg OF Virginia. One brother,
Samuel 5. sieg a South Carolina painter,
died September 1871. Judge James NJ. Sieg.
| member OF the Virginia legislature from
Highland county, died In Richmond from
smallpox in 1879. On the maternal side her
! grandfather, John Frankham, was a major in
| the war of the Revolution.
An interesting thing in her life history is
the fact that as a Chi d she had sat upon the
knee of Count LemanaSkie. cousin by mar
riage, while he recounted to her family the
terrible story OF the destruction of the prison
| of the lnQuisition. five miles from Madrid.
| He VS. detailed for this work by Napoleon
| in 1879.
! The writer, devoted friend and relative,
will ever cherish the memory of the blessed
/ one who rests
| Under the sod and the dew,
| Waiting the Judgment day."
"We too shall come to the river side.
One by one,
We are nearer its waters each eventide,
| one by one,
| We can hear the noise and dash of the
| stream,
| Now ana then through our LIES deep
| dream,
| Sometimes the floods all the lands overflow,
| Sometimes in ripples and small waves go
| One by one.
| M. E. F.
| Dec. :, 1875 Washington, D. c.