The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-01-19

sAfPy OhO piaO0 VI us ipadtuS tOoCucl
during her temporary absence.
Regarding my irst marriage and th.
tragic death OF my husband, McClure'r
Magazine says: "He George Wash
iegton Glover took bis b.ide ts
Wilmington, South Carolina, and il
June, 1874, SIX months after hi
marriage, he died of yellow fever
BE left his young bride in a miserabl,
plight. She was far from home anC
eatirely without money or friends
g over, however, was a freemason
and thus received q decent burial
The masons also paid Mrs. Cover
fare to New York City, where she wa,
met and taken to her fathers home by
her brother George. Hel
position was an embarrassing one
She was a grown woman, with a child,
but entirely without means of support.
Mrs. Glover made only one
effort at se~lf.support. For a bret
season she taught school"
Ms irss husband, Major George W.
Glover, resided in Charleston, South
Carolina. While on a business trip to
Wilmington, North Carolina, be was
suddenly seized WITH yellow fever ard
died in about nine da 8. l was with
him on this Trip. he took With him
the usual amount Of money be would
need on such al excursion. at bis
disease, l was surrounded By friends,
and their provisions IN my behalf were
most tender. The Governor of the
State and the staff, with a long bro.
csssion, followed the remains of nv
beloved n to the cemetery.
The Free dasons selected my escort,
who took me to my fathers home in
Tilton, N. H. My salary tor writing
gave nae an ample support. L did
open an infant school, but 1t was
simply for the purpose of starting that
educational system in New Hampshire.
The rhyme attributed to me by
McClure's Magazine is not mine, but
is, | understand, a paraphrase Of a
liy song Of Years ago. Correctly
quoted, il IS as follows, so / have been
told:
Go to Jane Glover,
Tel her / love her;
By the light IT the moon
Iw Ii 60 to her.
Tue various stories told by McClure's
Magazine about my father spi eading
the road ia front OF his house with
bark and straw, and ABOUT
persons being hired to rock and swing
me, | am ignorant ot. Nor do
l remember any such stuff as DR..
Patterson driving into franklin, N.
II , With a couch or cradle ior me IN
his wagon. | only know that my
father and mother did every thing they
could think OF TO help me when / was
I'll.
[ was never given to long and
wanderiugs, especially al
as stated by McClure's
g. l was slwaYs accompanied
by some responsible individual when |
-ook an evening walk, but l seldom
.ook one. l have always consistently
declared tFat l was not a medium for
l never was especially
Interested in the Shakers, never
.'daooled in mesmerism," never was
AN amateur c%lairvoyant," nor did
superstltiops country folk
.rt quently seek my %aGvice.', l never
into a trance nor described
Genes far away, as Mcclure 8
Magazine says.
My Oldest sister dearly loved me,
1ut l founded her PRIDE when
Christian Science, and to d
Baker that was a sorry offence
McClure's Magszine ca Is DR..
Daniel Patterson my second husband,
'an itinerant dentist " II says that
after my marriage we ''llved for a
short time at Elton, then moved
10 Franklin, During the
.ollowiDg zine years the Pattersons
ed a rowing existence. The doctor
'racticed in several towns, from
Elton to North Grolon and Rumney. {"
When l a married to hir, DIR.
Daniel Patterson was located in
Franklin, N. H. He mad the degree
d. s, was a popular man, and
considered a rarely skiliul dentist