Show DEATH OF A MORMON The following account of the death of ot Brother George Smith Mexboro oldest Inhabitant appeared in the Mex tex borough and SwInton Times Tim England of ot the Ute of or October It was w with extreme regret re ret that Mexboro learned Maat weekend of tN death if of f Its III it oldest Inhabitant e Smith who was wan approaching his ht year and who for tor the last lut quarter of a century has hs conferred quite a distinction on the place by rea isa reason re son non of ot his hie healthy thriving longevity He H died on Friday last leat from senile Penile nil d dl i cay car accelerated by a slight Might cold tOld In some nome respects respect Mr dr Smiths life alga was wan uS a remarkable one on So far tar as our representative who some Pome time ago Interviewed the old man knows hl his life has baa been one continuous smooth passage lie He has hat worked hard bard and long hon ha Indulged In the good Rood tiling thing at ot life lite aa Ita far tr at III his hI means mean allowed and yet has hs never nevel brett been tempted to ex cx cue cess lie He wet was 11 a sen Nn of ot the county seat et of ot Lincolnshire where the people plOll M runs run the legend die He lie II was caa born years ago aAro wO In Lin oln and a good goon port part of ot his hili early life lire waa spent on Lord Jord Yarborough s estate where he ha followed a ft peaceful pursuit Forty I on three years yearn ago 80 the Lincolnshire hep thep herd came to Melton on the Hill lilli hav hay inK ing In taken to himself a wife Twenty years oare later he ha h came to live at Met Mer Me boro In Kirby street and there the t he old couple lived d a happy contented life being models of ot cheerful matrimonial felicity Last Lait year the old couple were the lions lion at the tha old folks treat and were ware the center of at much admiration Then a end thing thin happened Th lb The partnership of 50 O 0 years sears was ae broken up ul and Mrs Mr Smith died dieda a month or to tiO ago on the d da cay r before her husbands birthday Without the partner of ot his hI Joys JOs an ani aM i sorrows George Georte Smiths life was tae all left len a B blank and the wonderful vitality which a contented mind and a healthy upbringing had brought him began to 10 tall fall and end o a slight lIght cold corninG coming aloi got the better of ot the frame haJ I withstood lod without an on effort heat and I cold l rain and fever teer for years earll I lie He was WAa a merry old soul loul and fol tol lowed for tor 60 years with the simplicity Implicit of ot perfect faith the teachings teaching of ot the Mormon harmon Joseph Joeph Smith lie He was wa as A familiar to the as an the bank b clock dock or the water ter tower t w r and so 0 cheer ful tul was his hIli demeanor as a he lie sauntered along alone lbs highway that one could well wn believe b lIeve he had sung his hi way WR through life Before Detoro the death of hie hI wire wife he waa was naked asked It If he hll thought he would like to be one on hundred years year old I f wilt will live he replied as u long as Ot ori pleases pIe to let me After her death he wont went to live lIe with his hll Iii daughter at Terrace and it Jt was wu there thre that he h died 1 The funeral took tHle place on Monday the lUb of or Oct In the Mexboro oem come tery tel tbd service being of the kind pre scribed by the Saints Saint Rome Moans members of at this thle sect coming e from Sheffield to 10 pronounce the th U laM t tad sad rites |