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Show I PAROWAN LOSES GOOD CITIZEN. H Tliottins Bensofi Passed (o Brighter; H World Last Saturday. I H ltj?lil)' Respected ntul Loved by all H Leaves Wife and HlRlit B Children, B Pa rowan, Utah, Nov, 21. m The weather is bo delightful, H that we would much rather be: M diit on a deer hunt than to he j M penning theso lines of daily hap-. m jfenings, but as duty comes be- j Hi ' fore pleasure, here goes: j H Several parties have been out m hunting and got the worth of H their license in pleasure andi m game. They were Jos. Bentloy, M Jr., George Cason, Clarence B Richards, F. W. Jakeman, James ' . Pendleton and John Orton. j R Dr. Donald McGregor lias been ' H hero recently, to assist in the , B treatment of our sick. H Dr. J. P. McGregor and Mrs. H S. J. Ward wore called to Para- H gonah on the 17th to render their m assistance to Mrs. Win, Robb of H that place. H The mother of S. J, Ward of m Pa rowan is at present in a very j critical condition, having fallen M in her home, breaking an ankle m lone. H Jakeman and Cason are on a H deal for part of the Orson 0. Or- H ton lot, which they will convert B a into a place of business. H Mr. and Mrs. S. 0. Lowe leavo H in a fow days for Orton, where B the formor will teach school. mgpL 'WTH& Santo Nekon of CUi mM0tMIWKMJtmWMgtmSB - '&--" -r " illations arjiigorder. H David Alexander of Panguitch H and Miss Lottie Bnrnoy of this H phieo wore married on tho 17th H and have gone to Panguitch to H nmko their home. i H Judge Greenwood of Filmoro, W. L. Cook of Salt Lake City and H John L. Lowder of Parowan left H yesterday on tho auto for Lund, j M stopping at their Lower Valley M enterprise to inspect tho work m being done there and to make M any necessary changes. H Wm. C. Mitchell returned last H evening from Los Angeles where Hh he has boon with a shipment of Mm cattle.. H Mrs. Fannie Stubbs and Clif- B ford Stubbs visited tho former's H mother at Cedar City this week. j Hurt Tvobb is in this city and j m expects to spend tho winter hero , H after a long absence in Nevada. H The artosian well struck on tho ' B farm owned by Loroy Hyatt was j a groat boon to his family. Al- H though not up to tho average, ! H there will be plenty of watch fori H culinary purposes. I H 'Tho house of Mourning is M batter than the House of Feast-' H ing." Grand words, these; but H oh, so hard to understand. And ( b yet, as wo are called upon to ro- m late the departure of still anoth- H or of our loved and respected cit- H ixons, tho veil lifts, and we more B gradually and clearly understand m the meaning of this great truth. H Thomas Bonson, loved by all, H passed to a brighter world, Nov- B ember 18. His sutVering, though B savory, was of short duration, i B and in this time all that medical WM assistance, willing and loving fl hands could do was done; his B faithful wife and only brother B never leaving him until the last ' B He was born May 5th, 1853 at ' i ,j- m ii ir i i Heskin, Lancashire, England, and was the third child of Nathan Na-than and Ann Benson. While very young his parents came to Utah, landing in Parowan the 15th of September, 1808 with the company with Dan McArthur as captain. On the 17th of February, Febru-ary, 1870 he married Lura Mars-den, Mars-den, and was father of 13 children, child-ren, 8 of whom survive him. His grand old father, Nathan Benson, Ben-son, 85 years old, is yet hale and hearty; but his mother proceeded proceed-ed him to the eternal shore some 22 years since. The funeral services ser-vices which were held at 10 a. m. Monday were very touching and appropriate and attended by all of our home citizens, as well as some from Cedar and Para-goonah. Para-goonah. The speakers were Jas. Ollorton, Bishops Morgan Richards Rich-ards and Chas. Adams, and David Dav-id and S. A. Matheson. Miss Ada McGregor sang "Face to Face" in an excellent manner, and Will L. Adams read "There is no Death." |