| Show TWO mrs steven 0 of f 7 r e A 11 a editor Js davic V sf cf ats from rom the aneid aidi jandard tarl da we s aing ip i p shaba once more with fie fe feelings angs in of fl regret we are called upon C ta 6 e chronicle li ronicle the death of one of Pret tons most honorable and respected citizens thit vine oie death list hat set its colt hand upon the brow of other her who IT ivas a among the early settlers in ia this valley af mra rs A W stevens deveas is ia dead she passed away sunday evening 2 last the forepart of last week mrs airs ate te ens gave birth to a pair of twins twin two lays days later one of them died and on the following sunday the mother followed she leaves a husband to thour her loss and eight children who will miss the care of d kind and loving mother the funeral occurred wednesday services were held in the meeting ine eting hauae I A BROTHER upon us tie this I 1 week devolves the sad duty of a brothers brother g obituary caleb P F davis who had but recently turned ins his twenty seventh year passed from this world last tuesday morning at 3 0 clock ue he vlas vas stricken down in that prime time of life when youth merges emerges pinto into a riper and fuller manhood orhea ahen the shadows were still to the west and hope of a long and useful life was fraught with promise it may seem unbecoming in us to speak praiseful of one so near and to whom ii e were bound by the closest ties of affection bit we can not refrain from doing a measure of justice to one whose manly and generous heart commanded our love aside from considerations of consanguinity guin ity in his heart our brother cherished resentment towards none lie ile aimed to do right according to the light god had given him lie ile ha had 1 his faults as aa who has not but he h was with all an upright generous nian man who loved his fellows and forever sought to help and cheer them to ill his name we pay the tribute of love to his memory the sweetest Bwee test saddest recollections the story of his earthly career is told and the end is the deepest tragedy of life whether bayon the river of death be has found a shore where immortality dwells dwelli and bliss reigns eternal I 1 is the secret of the dead and the mystery I 1 of the living livin but love whispers a promise promis band and hope seems to hear ear the rustle ot of anuel angel 0 wings wing and though we may not penetrate the gloom and silence which separate parate Ee time from eternity yet there is that within us which rebels against the thought that from cradle to grave is the beginning begin and andin ending of all erf creation aaion we a are re comforted with the knowl knowledge edae that many will be the mourners at calebs bier and wherever he was known a sigh of will be breathed breathe his candid candi d sunny nature drew to hiti the hearts of old and young and in his death those who knew him will feel the luss loss of a dear and trusted fj friend bend lie ire was our brother and wo we loved him god knows he be deserved it and god ret his soul smut in pence until that joyous day when death will lie be banished and sundered hearts reunited |
