The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-17

trative oi my disposition.
While D was Twins with Dr. patter-
SON at h.s country home jim Rumnev.
n. IL. eiri. totally blind. Knocked at
The door and was admit tcd She bsa-
ged to Doe allowed to remain with me.
and my tenderness and sympathy were
such. Chat / could not refuse her
Shortly after. however my good house,
keeper said To- me.
'lf this blind girl tays with You.
shall have to leave: SHE troubles me so
mugh'
1t was not in my heart 60 sum IN,
blind girl out and SO 1 lost my house
keeper
Ny reply to the statement that the
clerks book shows that l Joined the
Tilton Congregational Church at the
age og seventeen Is that my religious
experience seemed to eliminate at
twelve years of age. Hence a mistage
may have occurred as TO the exact date
ofmy first church membership.
The facts regarding the Mcneil coat
of-arms are as follows:
Fannie Mcneil, President Pierce's
sister afterward Mrs. Judge Potter,
prescribed to me my coat-of-arms,
saying that it was taken in connection
with her own family coat-of-arms. I
never doubted the veracity of her gift.
have another coat-of-arms which is
Of my mothers ancestry. When was
last in Washington, d. c., Mrs. Judge
Potter and myself knelt in silent prayer
on the mound of her late father, Cen
eral John Mcneil, the hero of Lundy's
Lane.
Notwithstanding that McClure's mag
azine says, MARY Baker completed her
education when she finished Smiths
grammar and reached long division in
arithmetic" l was called by the Rev.
r. S. Rust, DID. Principal of the Meth
odist Conference Seminary at Sanborn-
ton Bridge, to supply the place of his
leading teacher during her temporary
absence.
Regarding my first marriage and the
tragic death Of my husband, Mcclure
Magazine says; He George Wash
ington Clover took his bride to VIII
mington, South Carolina, and in June,
1874, six months after his marriage, he
died of yellow fever. He left his young
bride in a miserable plight. She was
far from home and entirely without
money or friends. Glover, however,
was a free-mason, and thus received a
decent burial The masons also paid
Mrs. Glover's fare to New York City
where she was met and taken to hei
fathers home by her brother George
d g
ing one. She was a grown woman
with a child, but entirely without
means of support l Mrs. Glover
made only one effort at self-support
For a brief season she taught school,
My first husband, Major George "
Glover, resided in Charleston, South
Carolina. While on a business trip tC
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 eXcurs on. At his decease
1 was surrounded by friends, and theiI
provisions in my behalf were most ten
der. The Governor of the State and
his staff, with a long procession, fol
lowed the remains of my beloved one
to the cemetery.
The Free Masons selected my escort
who took me to my fathers home in
Tilton, N. H. My salary for writing
gave me ample support l did open al
infant school, but it was simply fol
the purpose of starting that education.
al system in New Hampshire. The
rhyme attributed to me by McClure's
Magazine is not mine, but is, l under.
stand, a paraphrase of a silly song OF
years ago. Correctly quoted, it is a,
follows, so I have been told:
Go to Jane Glover,
Tell her I love her;
By the light of the moon
1 will go to her.
The various stories told by McClure's
Magazine about my father spreading
the road in front of his house with tan
bark and straw, and about persons he
ing hired to rock and swing me, l am
ignorant Of Nor do 1 remember any
such stuff as Dr. Pattersop driving in
to Franklin, n. H., with a couch OF
cradle for me in his wagon. only
know that my father and mother did
everything they could think of to heir
me when 1 was i'll.
was never given to long and lonely
wanderings, especially at night" as
stated by McClure's Magazine. 1 was
always accompanied by some response
BILE individual when took an evening
walk, but l seldom took one. ! have all
ways consistently declared that l was
not a medium for spirits. / never was
especially interested I'm the Shakers.
never 'dabbled in mesmerism," never
was ian amateur clairvoyant," nor did
THE superstitious country folk fire.
quently seek my advice" I never Went
into a trance nor described scenes far
away, as McClure's Magazine says.
My Oldest sister dearly loved me, but
wounded her pride when l adopted
Christian Science, and to a Baker that
was sorry offence.
McClure's Magazine calls DR. Daniel