One of Whittier’s Heroines a 
(From the Boston Sunday Herald) 
From the borders of Whittier’s 
beloved Merrimac, about a mile out 
in the quiet little hamlet known as 
Rocks Village, is a grave which long 
ago marked the finis of an interest- 
ing romance. Whittier, in his 
poem entitled the “Countess,” has 
immortalized the woman who 
sleeps here, but few of the increas- 
ing number of pilgrims who find 
their way each year to this peace- 
ful spot are familiar with the details 
of her story. 
Count Francis de Vipart, grand- 
son of the Marquis de Vipart, with 
his cousin, Joseph Rochement de 
Poyen, in company with a number 
of other notable exiles, fled from 
Guadaloupe on board a brig bound 
for Newburyport in the year 1792. 
De Vipart and De Poyen found their 
way to Rocks Village, putting up 
at the tavern with swinging sign 
opposite the house of Mary Ingalls. 
De Poyen married Miss_ Sallie 
Elliott, while De Vipart married 
Mary, daughter of Henry and Abi- 
gail Ingalls, making her the first 
American countess in New Eng- 
land. She was about 18 years of 
age, the belle of the village, of me- 
dium height, with long golden curls, 
violet eyes and a fair complexion. 
Unlike modern aspiring parents, 
who are so eager to secure titled 
sons-in-law, it is said Mr. and Mrs. 
Ingalls were at first opposed to the 
marriage. 
March 21, 1805, was the wedding 
day. The bride wore a gown of 
pink satin with an overdress of 
white, and white satin slippers, gifts 
of the groom. Their home was in 
the simple house owned by the 
parents; a substantial white  cot- 
tage that is standing today, the 
chamber occupied by the countess - 
being still shown to the visitor. It 
is in the old ell of the house, look- 
ing upon the Merrimac. For a 
year she lingered, and then passed 
away, from consumption. Of her 
Whittier said: 
“Hach grew to each in sweet accord 
Nor knew the gazing town, 
If she looked upward to her lord 
Or he to her looked down.”’ 
In the lovely little cemetery 
known as Greenwood, on the out- 
skirts. of the town, she was laid at 
rest, her grave being surrounded by 
a wire. Qn the stone is the follow- 
ing inscription: “Mary, wife of 
Francis Vipart of Guadaloupe, died 
areeseeree Act: 27.7 
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it’s ‘lard to teil about them 
without: exaggerating. 
T] ey’re quarter sawed 
oax all over, and the grain 
is exc: dingly fine. 
This one at $19.00 has 
a full swell front, divided 
top drawers, one of these 
lined; French legs at the 
base, a pattern French plate 
and a pretty arched top. 
One at $22.00 is quar- 
tered all over, has a full 
swell front, great heavy col- 
umns for. supporting the 
mirror, a great wide shelf, 
a beauty for the money. 
The one at $30.00 with- 
in the past month has been 
said of by many customers 
the like of other people’s 
boards at $40.00. 
It has heavy ball feet, 
Auted columns on the front, 
a double serpentine top, 
quartered oak posts, with 
pretty carved tops to hold 
up the shelf. It has a sur- 
face like a mirror, and is 
truly very pretty. 
as $15.00. 
we not demonstrate? 
Wonders in Dining Chairs from the solid oak cane 
seats as low as one dollar to the French leg box seats 
for an even two dollars, up to the mahoganys as high 
Dining Room needs wonderfully 
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extremes, for only 
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column, a three-knuckle 
claw polished from top to} 
bottom, for only $17.50. 
And this one with a 12- 
inch pedestal quartered as 
finely as the top. 
carved base,’ with 
knuckle claw and 
wonderful table, made with 
a 48-inch top, for $22.50. 
And a. 54-inch top, the 
a four- 
flake of the wood nearly as | 
large as the palm .of your 
hand, so pretty you would 
almost believe it were 
painted instead of being 
natural, a great heavy base, 
with the ascantheus leaf 
carving, for $34.50. 
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