Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 September 1893 — A TRIBUTE TO A WIFE. [ARTICLE]

A TRIBUTE TO A WIFE.

The following comprehensive inscription reoordihg the virtues of i n ancient countess of Westmoreland and written by her husband was formerly to be seen in a large room at Buds'one place in the oounty of Kent, once a seat Delonging to that noble family. It ie a Portrait more beautiful than any of the elegant|productione of Kneller orJßeynolds and would ornament with a peculiar grace a lady's dressing room, thns inspiring tbe owner to emulate so exquisite a model. Says the memorial, in the quaint etyte of another century: “Bhee feared God and kuewe how to serve him: Shee assvned tymes for her devotions and kept them: Sheewas aperfeot Wife anu trewe Frende: Shee joyed moste to oblidge those neerest and deerest to her: Shee wae still the same ever kynde and never troublesome: Often preventyng my desires: Disputing none: Proventille monaging all thatjwae myme* Ly vines in Appear noe above myne estate while shee advanced it: Shee was a grete spiriit; sweettie tempered; of a sharp wit without offence; of excellent speeohe blest with silence; of a brave Fashion to winne respect and to daunt Boldness; plee ynge to all of her sex, entyre withFewe, delytinge in the best; ever avoyding all persons and places In their honor blemyshed, and was as free from doing ille as giving the ocoasion: Shee dyed as she lyved—well."