The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-01-11

death in my fathers family reported
by physician OF post norton eXamin-
alton as cause by cancer.
McClure's Magazine says that 1.-The
Quarrels between Mary, a child ten
! years old, and her father, a gray
haired man Of fifty, frequently set
the house in an upfoal,'' and adds
that these fits were diagnosed by
DR.. Laid as ''hysteria mingled with
bad temper
My mother often presented my
disposition as exemplary for her
other children to initiate, saying.
"When do you eve see Mary ang-
ry?" When the first edition of
Science and Health was published,
DR.. Ladd said to Alexander Tilton:
"Read it, for it will do you good.
1t does not surprise me, it so re-
sembles the author.n
l will relate the following incident,
which occurred later in life, as illus
trative of my disposition:
While | was living with DIR. Pat
terson at his country home in Rum
lney, N. H.. a girl totally blind,
Rocked at the door and was admit
ted. She begged to be allowed to
remain With me, and my tenderness
and sympathy we're such that l could
not refuse her. Shortly after, how
ever, my good housekeeper said to
me:
"If this blind girl stays with you,
l Shall have to leave; she troubles
NE so much"
1t was not in my heart to turn the
blind girl out, and so 1 lost my
housekeeper.
My reply to the statement that the
clerks book shows that I joined the
Tilton Congregational church at the
age of seventeen is that my religious
experience seemed to eliminate at
twelve years of age.
Hence a mistake may have occurred
as to the exact date of my first
church membership.
The facts regarding the Mcneil
coat-of-arms are as follows:
FANNIE Mcneil, President Pierce's
niece, aflerward Mrs. Judge Potter,
prescribed to me my coat-of-arms,
saying that it was taken in connec-
ton with her own family coat-of-
arms. / never doubted the veracity
of her gift. | have another coat-of-
arms, which is OF my mothers an
cestry When | was last in Washing
ton, d. e., Mrs. Judge Potter and
myself knelt in silent prayer on the
mound of her late father, General
John Mcneil. the nero of Lundv
Lane.
Notwithstanding that McClure's
magazine says, "Mary Baker CON-
pleted her education when she
finished Smiths grammar and
reached long division in arithmetic
! was called by the Rev. r.. S. Rust.
ID. D., Principal of the Methodist
Conference Seminary at Sanbornton
Bridge, to supply the place Of bis
leading teacher during her temporary
absence.
Regarding my first marriage and
the tragic death Of my HUSBAND,
Nj Clure's Magazine says: "He
George Washington Clover took bis
bride to Wilmington, South Carolina.
and in June. 1874, six months after
his marriage, he died OF. yellow fever.
He left his young bride in q mis-
cradle plight. She vas far from
home and entirely without money
or friends. Glover. however. was a
free-mason, and thus received a de-
cent burial. The masons also paid
Mrs. GlOver's fare to New York C,ty.
where She was met and taken to her
fathers home by her brother
George. 49, Her position was an
embarrassing one. She was a grown
woman, with a child, but entirely
WITHOUT means OF support. X X Mrs.
Glover made only n effort at self
support. For a brief season she
taught school.n
My first husband, Major George w.
Glover, resided in Charleston, South
Carolina. While on a business trim
to Wilmington, North Carolina, he
was suddenly seized with yellow fever
and died in about nine days. I was
with him on this trip. He took
with him the usual amount of money
he would need on such an excursion.
At his d%ecease, I was surrounded
by friends, and their provisions in
my behalf were most tender. The
Governor Of the State and his staff,
with a long procession, followed the
remains of my beloved one to the
cemtery.
The Free Masons selected my escort.