{"id":810,"date":"2023-12-21T23:24:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T23:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/decidedlygrim.net\/garretdom\/?p=810"},"modified":"2023-12-21T23:24:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T23:24:07","slug":"a-desolate-household","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/decidedlygrim.net\/garretdom\/?p=810","title":{"rendered":"A Desolate Household."},"content":{"rendered":"

A Desolate Household.<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n

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We have before spoken several times of the terrible ravages of diphtheria in the family of Mr. Wm. Holden, in the town of Haverhill [in Olmsted County]. Below we give the melancholy death list, embracing names, ages and dates of death:<\/span><\/p>\n

Clara A., died January 3d, aged 18 years; Emily, died January 8th, aged 10 years; Eveline May, died January 9th, aged 7 years; Lonnie Mabel, died January 10th, aged 4 years; Scynthia [What a very Edward Gorey kind of name! – DeSpair],<\/em> died January 18th, aged 8 years; Henry, died January 31st, aged 13 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are four children left out of a circle of ten, all of whom, we are glad to learn, and the more especially for the sake of the stricken parents, are well and bid fair to be spared to them in their declining years.<\/span><\/p>\n

The following lines, feelingly appropriate to the sad experience of Mr. and Mrs. Holden, are published by request:<\/span><\/p>\n

“Six times since the New Year’s dawning,
\nSix time o’er one saddened home
\nHas the dark winged angel brooded
\nSix times has its summon come.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, six times in quick succession
\nHave the shadows dark been cast,
\nSix times has the slow procession
\nFrom one darkened dwelling passed.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Desolate is now the dwelling,
\nOh, how changed since New Year’s day!
\nWho can speak these parents’ anguish,
\nO, what words their grief portray!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Sorrowing ones, in this dark hour
\nOf your deep, unuttered grief,
\nGladly would I proffer solace,
\nGladly bring your hearts relief.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

But the hand that has afflicted
\nCan alone assuage your woe,
\nHe hath torn and He can heal you;
\nYes, in love He dealt the blow.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

‘Tis but little time at longest,
\nThat death’s waters can divide:
\nSoon a glad reunion waits you
\nWith your loved ones o’er the tide.”<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Culled from the February 8, 1878 issue of the Rochester (MN) Post\u00a0as transcribed in Coffee Made Her Insane.<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Desolate Household. We have before spoken several times of the terrible ravages of diphtheria in the family of Mr. Wm. Holden, in the town of Haverhill [in Olmsted County]. Below we give the melancholy death list, embracing names, ages and dates of death: Clara A., died January 3d, aged 18 years; Emily, died January … Continue reading A Desolate Household.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-death","category-pestilence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/decidedlygrim.net\/garretdom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/decidedlygrim.net\/garretdom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/decidedlygrim.net\/garretdom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decidedlygrim.net\/garretdom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decidedlygrim.net\/garretdom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/decidedlygrim.net\/garretdom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":812,"href":"https:\/\/decidedlygrim.net\/garretdom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810\/revisions\/812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/decidedlygrim.net\/garretdom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decidedlygrim.net\/garretdom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decidedlygrim.net\/garretdom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}