| Show Death of a Xoble Woman I On Wednesday at 5 a m Janu any Sth Mrs Mary Jane Tanner of lrovo departed this life aged 53 lIer unexpected demise cast quite a gloolll over the community On the Sunday Monday and Tuesday TBVIOUS she w as conll ned to her bed hough not so seriously ill as to et I ate any apprehension or alarm The mmcdlatu cause of death was tendered ten-dered by Uie physicians b ham been paralysIs of flue heart Sirs Tanner vas the mother of nlue children six of whom are hit in ng Tim circui tauces of her pioneer life in Utah nnd those at ending her immigration from thin iist are woven In the ivesof many Latterday Saint and formed a considerable part of the haru5lils encountered by the early founders of tho Territory Shun never po rooH a strong physical constitution and suffered much during mane 13 ears of her life Of late years However her health had much im j proved I At a very early age the deceased showed a strong Inclination toward literary pursuit ami in the Inter sal e > f her domestic calls wrote short iracm A few years ago they I I w ere collected and published under i i the tithe of Fugitive Poems le 1 tided these contributions she wrote frequently for the Human J2x I pantnl and other Utah journals i Shu was very fund of readiugthu I poets alit hocaruu familiar with the standard Knglish author but tine later years of her life were marked by n fondness I for heavy > o literature litera-ture Hume Gibbon Jotephu Macaulay and other wellknown writers she penued with great Interest History was her delight I and 10 carefully did she follow current event as to bu fully conversant convers-ant with the leading topics of the day and was able to explain the relation and descent of most of the i preHnt reigning houses of Europe She possessed 1 a high sense of patriotism patri-otism cad thoroughly enjoyed political po-litical literature and though she neversought publicity and political agitation the was never lost on Iiulitical questions The late Sister Tanner was recently called to tho position 1 of President of theWoraan Sullrage Association of Utah County Coun-ty antI on the occasion of her isp o utineut made an eloquent appeal I r n O ldiJ in behalf her sex one which I did credit both to herelf and the cause which she then advocated advocat-ed For many years she was president of the Itclitf Society In the ward over which her husband presided pre-sided and was devoted to the relief 1 I of sullcring humanity Her life was largely occupied with domestic cares and public > ursuits She was I Territory extensively known throughout the In her poems lucre was a strong pathetic element for which she Stat sometimes criticised and wbleb she appropriately expblus iu beautiful bONn entitled Sly Lyre Is not Toned to Mirth and Glee I wottM nung to yon a nappicr oong Dul my Ire u not toned to mirth and Irtee TIle pldfU ID taimonlnt sept them 5mm And left a few torrowf notes to me I would ting of pleasure to Uoooe that are gay U hoe hearts are yoaar and whose hopes Are Lrlllt llut pleasure it fleeun and I > as ct away Anl tfler She raorslns UMT COmeth the nirtt Then let me umg to the heart that Is tad To Oheceol thl u lowed with Brief and rare I will tell of a land Ihat It strand glad tod the loving fnendi that will greet cs there Bat crte to my lyre a hippie lone ADd Ill touch the chords with a Jojful am for he that it faithful shall wear crown In the day of eternity teeth and fair |
