The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-01-18

and MT tendaness and synipathy Jfre
such that 1 could not reuse her. SfSrt-
" after. however, mytgood' houseAep-
er said TO me:
If this blind girl stays with YOU,
shah have 10 leave; she troubles me
soFnnsch." Ii I II
1t was not IN my heart b turn the
blind girl out, and so | lost my house
keeper.
Ny reply to the statement mat the
clerks book shows that | joined the
Tilton Congregational church NJ the
age or II is that my religious ex-
perience seemed To eliminate at rwesye
years O. age. Hence a mistake may
nave occurred as TO the exact date of
my first church membership.
The facts regarding the Mcneil coat
pf-aTms are as follows:
Fannie Mcneil. President Pierce's
niece, afterward Mrs. Judge = Potter.
presented to me my coat-of-arms, say
Ing that it was taken in connection
with her own family ooat-of-arms. I
| never doubted the ~veraclty Of her gift
/ have another coat -of-arms, which ia
Of my mothers ancestry. When |
4 Wis LdSN LII "dcLhlfSbpu. ~. H. WIS.
Judge Potter and myself knelt in silent
prayer on the mound OF lei late
father, General John McNeill. the hero
OF Lundy Lane.
Notwithstanding that McClures
Magazine says, Mary Baker completed
her education when she finished
| Smiths grammar n reached long di-
vision in arithmetic" | was called by
the Rev. r. s. Rust. d. D.. principal
of the Methodist Conference Seminary
al Sanbornton Bridge, 10 supply the
place Of his leading teacher during her
temporary absence.
Regarding my first marriage and the
tragic death of my husband, McClure's
Magazine says: He George Washing
ton Clover o % his bride TO Whining
ton, South Carolina. and IN June, 1914,
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 q
decent burial The maSonS also paid
Mrs. Glover's fare to New York city,
where she was met and taken to her
fathers home by her brother George.
= = = Her position was an embarrass-
ing She was a grown woman,
with a child, = but entirely without
means of support = . Mrs. Glover
made only n effort at self support
For a brief eason She taught school"
My first husband, Major George w.
Glover, resided in Charleston, South
Carolina. While on a business trip
TO Wilmington, North Carolina, he was
c,.ld1-1~ e,ai1nl with ,.allnuy fayar a md
died in about nine days. | was with
him OIE this trip. He took with him
the usual amount of money he would
need on such an excursion. At his
decease, | was surrounded by friends,
and their provisions in my behalf We're :
most tender. The governor OF the
state and his staff, with a long pro-
cessiOn. followed the remains of my be-
loved one to the cemetery.
The free masons selected my escort,
who took me to my fathers home ii
Tilton, N. H. Ny salary for writing
gave M ample support ! did open
an infant school. but it was for the
purpose of starting that educational
system in New Hampshire. The rhyme
attributed to me by MoClure's Maya
zine is not mine. but is, | understand, !
a paraphrase OLA silly song of years
ago. Correctly quoted it is as fol-
lows, 50 ] have been told: |
Go to Jane Clover p
Tell her | love her;
BY the light of the moon
/ will go to her.
The various stories told. by McCIure's
Magazine about by father spreading
the road in front of his house with
tan-bark and straw. and about persons
being hired to rock me. / am ignorant
of. Nor dc | remember any such stuff
as DR.. Patterson driving into Franklin,
N. H, with a. couch or cradle for me IN
his wagon | only know h a my
father and mother did everything they
could think of to help me when was
i'll.
/ was never given to long and lone
ly wanderings, especially at, night, as
stated by McClure's Magazine. I was
always accompanied by some respOn-
sible individual when / took an even
ing walk, but | seldom took one. |
never was especially interested IN the
Shakers. never 'dabbled in mesmer-
ism" never was "an amateur clairyoy-)
ant" nor did the ~supersitiOus coun-
try folk frequently e my advice.
| never went into a trance to describe
scenes far away, as McClure's Maya
zine says. .
Ny oldest sister dearly loved me,
but | wounded her pride when adept
ed Christian Science. and TO a Baker
hat was a sorry offence.
McClure's Magazine calls DIR. Daniel
Patterson, my second husband, AN
itinerant dentist" It gays that after
my marriage We lived for a short time
at Tilton, then moved to Franklin
= = 3 Daring the following nine years
the PattetEJns led n rowing existence
The doctor Vracticed in several towns.
from TiltOn 10 North GrOton and
Rrmney."
When | was married TO him, DR..
Daniel Patterson was located in Ernnk-