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Miss MoLlineaux . 1831 . June 29 th , at Prescot , Miss Mollineaux , aged 74 . This lady was the oldest member of the . Presbyterian congregation at Prescot , in which she had been a regular and devout
worshiper from early childhood . The last two years of her life were rendered melancholy by extreme debility , and other infirmities , and still more by the loss of an only sister , the companion of her life . She bore her last illness with great composure , and died in peace .
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Mrs . Valentine , July 14 , at Chowbent , Mrs . Valentine , aged 79 . She was the daughter of Mr . R . Hatton , of Park Lane , near Wigan , a substantial yeoman , who brought up a large family in the way they should go , by setting , himself , a bright and efficacious example of piety and virtue . She was married in her
20 th year to Mr . Peter Valentine , the protege " , partner , friend , and residuary legatee of Mr . Johu Mort , of Alder House . After an uniou of twenty years , whose basis was ' pure affection , cherished by mutual esteem , cemented by parental ties , and crowued with prosperity and happiness , she was suddenly bereft of her beloved husband , and her
children of an excellent parent . Attracted by the moral , intellectual , and social qualities of Mr . Mort , a succession of visitors , and more particularly a worthy class of men , who reflected the lustre of the gospel they preached in the holiness and purity of their lives and conversation , were at all times and seasons heartily welcomed to his hospitable roof .
His might , indeed , be emphatically called the ^ ministers' house , as having a preeminent claim to the courtesies , esteem , and veneration of its worthy host . Warrington being at that period the seat of a flourishing Dissenting academy , the pulpit at Chowbent was often filled by its professors and students . Drs .
Taylor , Aikin , En field , and Priestley , bright ornaments of literature , religion , and virtue , were the distinguished and honoured guests of Mr . Mort . In so sweet an intercourse with the wise and good , ° « r departed friend and her intelligent partner profited and delighted , and the former were no less charmed with their
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i affability add attentions , co-operating with those of their venerable friend . The celebrated Mrs . Barbauld , when once upon a visit to Alder House , wrote the following beautiful lines : Happy old man ! who stretch'd beneath the shade Of large grown trees , or in the rustic porch , With woodbine canopied , ( where linger
yet The hospitable virtues , ) calm enjoy'st Nature ' s best blessings all , —a healthy age , Ruddy and vigorous , native cheerfulness , Plain-hearted friendship , simple piety , The rural manners and the rural joys Frieudiy to life . Tho' rude * of speech , yet rich In genuine worth , not unobserv'd shall
pass Thy bashful virtues ; for the muse shall mark , Detect thy charities , and call to light Thy secret deeds of mercy ; while the poor , The desolate , and friendless , at thy gate , A numerous family , with better praise . Shall hallow in their hearts , thy spotless name .
When Mrs . Valentine became a widow , she mourned her heavy bereavement , but not as one without hope , and thought she could not better testify her regard to the memory of her husband than by endeavouring to supply his place , and devoting the remainder of her life to the assiduous care and zealous promotion of her family ' s welfare .
Unostentatious in her charities , the poor , the sick , and the infirm , received from her hands the balm of consolatiou and relief ; sincere , warm-hearted , and constant in her friendships , she was respected and beloved ; cheerful in disposition , her society was pleasant to the young and old . Having been much afflicted with a nervous head-ache in the
earlier part of life , her sight was gradually impaired , until about 25 years ago she became totally blind . This severe visitation was , however , followed by an alleviating relief iu the entire cessatioti of the head-ache , and the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1831, page 717, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2602/page/65/
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