The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-01-10

Ger, !" will say that there was new
er death in my fathers family
reported by physician or post NOR
tenn examination as caused by can
cef.
McClure's Magazine says that
"the quarrels between Mary, a
child of ten years old, and her
father, gray haired man of fifty,
frequently set the house in an up
roar, " and adds that these "flts'
were diagnosed by DIR. Ladd as
" hysteria mingled with bad tenn
per-"
Ny mother often presented my
disposition as exemplary for her
other children to initiate, saying.
when do you ever 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 resem-
bies the author.''
I will relate the following incl
dent, which occurred later in life,
as illustrative of my disposition:
While I was living with DIR.
Patterson at his country home in
Rumney, N. H., a girl totally
blind, Knocked at the door and was
admitted. She begged to be allow
ed to remain with me, and my ten
derness and sympathy were such
that could not refuse her. Short
ly after, however, my good house,
keeper said to me:
If this blind girl stays with
you, 1 shall have to leave; she
troubles me so much.''
| 1t was not in my heart to turn
the blind girl out, and so I lost my
housekeeper.
Ny reply to the statement that
clerks book shows that I joined the
Tilton Congregational Church at
the age of seventeen is that my re-
ligious experience seemed to culmi-
nate 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, afterward Mrs. Judge
Potter, prescribed to me my coat.
of-arms. saying that it was taker
in connection with her own family
coat-of-arms. I never doubted the
veracity of her gift. I have anoth
er coat-of-arms, which is of my
mothers ancestry. When I wal
last in Washington, d. c., Mrs
Judge Potter and myself knelt il
silent prayer on the mound of hel
late father, General John Mcneil
the hero of Lundy Lane.
Notwithstanding that McClure'l
magazine says, .'Mary Baker com
pleted her education when she fin
ished Smiths grammar and reach
ed long division in arithmetic,
was called by the Rev. r. S. Rust
d. D., Principal of the Methods
Conference Seminary at Sanborntol
Bridge, to supply the place of hi
leading teacher during her temper.
airy absence.
{: Regarding my first marriage an
the tragic death of my husband. Nc
; Clure's Magazine says: HI
. George Washington Glover (took hi
bride to Wilmington, South Carolina
3 and in June. 1874. six months afte
! his marriage, he died of yellow fever
: He left his young bride in a miserabl
plight. She was far from home an
entirely without money or friends
S Glover. however. was a free-mason
3 and thus received a decent burial
: The masons also paid Mrs. Glover
: fare to New York City. where sh
0 was met and taken to her father
: home by her brother George. He
!. position was an embarrassing one
: She was grown woman. with child
0 but entirely without means of sup
: port. .. Mrs. Glover made only on,
J effort at self-support. For a brie
g season she taught school,"
r My first husband, Major George w
: Glover. resided in Charleston. Sout
Carolina. While on business tri
Y to Wilmington, North Carolina. h
/ was suddenly seized with yellow feve
and died in about nine days. [ wa
with him on this trip. He took wit
him the usual amount of money h
: would need on such an excursion. A
: his decease. was surrounded b,
friends. and their provisions in m,
} behalf were most tender. The Gov
( ernor of the State and his staff. with
a long procession. followed the re
mains of my beloved one to the GENE
terry.
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