Here she spent the rest of her maiden days, and here she supplied the failure of her labours in needlework by contributions to magazines, generally under the _nom de plume_ of Fanny Forester.

They were chiefly poems and short tales, and were popular enough to bring in a sum that was very important to the Chubbuck family.

The day's employment was very full, and she stole the time required from her rest.

Late one night, Miss Sheldon seeing a light in the room looked in, and found her trembling in nervous agitation, holding her head with her hands and her manuscript before her; and when gently rebuked, and entreated to lie down at once, she exclaimed with a burst of tears, "Oh! Miss Urania, I must write; I must help my poor parents." Her brave and dutiful endeavours prospered so much that she was actually able to buy a house for them.

It was during her stay at Utica that she was baptized, and several of her writings were expressly for the Baptist Sunday School Union; and though others were of a more secular cast, all were such as could only be composed by a religious woman.