Evening star., 1918-12-15
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1t has net been with the deslga Of naEaify-
ing the reputation Of Miss Mercer or heaping
Of % surviving friends tSa. thi. nensir Of her
character has been prepared for tie public.
as % GSs che W.: what sse %
tainment. As respects herself. her record 10
.ad s os 1.r frend.. bot few ,.pdS %
passing years will sweep away from TIL: scene
Of existence all who could derive pleasure
Earded AZ belonging TO herself alone. without
looking to the source whence they were DE-
rived.
But In the example of her whose character
is here family delineated. we witness the act
inEs of a spirit freely given to all men ac-
influence Of which each may attain to an
equally faithful discharge Of the duties be-
,onxins to the POSITION 70 to % which A they have
the earth the Creator Of this earth-the Orig
'inator Of that SOULS committed q part in the
out Of the e.. Ss1 for The
yi.ed. and In the The f.ithful psrfornanss Of this
ONCE" Each is responsible only for it's own
part. yet ain all worketh that one and the
:sfs:.s :sf !. '9ts dividing to every man sever
Of an ancient stock which, transplanted to this
u. .ss III !. r.
new soil and added luster here to the emf
.nence 1t had acquired In its former location.
representatives who acted well In their part
and left the impress Of their character On the
times In which they lived.
Miss Mercer sprang from no isnoblc stem. aAd
VIII whether We look to the camp, the Senate Or
she could q %
rs well in Great Britain a. in this country.
The biographer says that the father
OF Miss Mercer was Virginia born, and
tnae tnss. ne was % an intimate friend Of Jef-
brother and himself had partaken OF
all the perils Of the war Of the revo-
Iution and he subsequently was elect
ed to Congress. Having married Miss
Sprigg. the daughter of Richard
napolis. he became possessed of exten-
stve lands on West river. He removed
from Virginia to the neighborhood OF
Strawberry Hill, establishing q seat
on the Sprigg lands. which he called
gates from Maryland to the constitu-
tional convention, and subsequently,
vas elected Governor Of Maryland. Miss
Mercer was born at Cedar Park in I7Sl
AFTER the expiration Of his term as
AsAotSOA WhluVEGW 10 SC"
dar Park. where he devoted himself to
agriculture and the education Of his
children. DR.. Morris says that Gov.
mercer was gentleman Of excellent
education and refined taste and had
prohted largely by his intercourse
with the world: 1t was his great de-
!ight to communicate to his daughter
the advantages he had himself enjoy
ed. and her education was conducted
under his own observation with but
little assistance from other teachers
/ indeed. her own remark was that she
. vas brought up at her fathers feet -
DR.. Norris says:
J Beautiful. accomplished and occu
pying high social position. she en-
tered upon life with the briRhtes,
, prospects before her, and for q time
, participated In the usual amusements
/ and occupations Of tho period ana cir.
+ cles tn which she moved. But thouoh
trequently repairing to Annapolis
then boasting = society of an unusu.
:. ally elevated order: to Baltimore
= washington and Alexandria, and n
, tho popular watering places, tn,
4 great part Of her time was pnssed II
= the seclusion Of Cedar Park. vher,
she enjoyed the advantages Of a iarr,
and we'll selected library, the proof o
=. tne taste and liberality Of her ances