Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1853-03-16

then allowed ten days in which to leave the State.
If he does not 60 within that time he is again
liable to prosecution, and the nfc!io of a fur
Their fine, which is to be doubled on each con-
yiction.
20" If the location and circumscribed limits
of our place preclude the occurrence Of events
startling the attention Of the world, they afford
no etfectua barrier to the ravages of death,
whose ruthless career spreads gloom and dis
may DER city, town, and hamlet The mourn
full death of Mrs. GEO. l.. NORTON was whisper
ed upon many ears, but scarcely realized by all
unit! the solemn funeral rites Of Thursday last
forced conviction upon the minds of multitude
Of witnesses.
AT 2 p. M. Of that day stood near the house
at Mill Point where the funeral ceremonies were
to be observed, and watched the gathering num-
bers, as led by some potent influence they came
from various quarters silently mingng togeih-
er in token of their united sorrow.
The solemnity of the scene enhanced as the
hearse clad in its pail of death approached, fol-
lowed by numerous mourners. Odd Fellows,
took charge of the corpse, and MS they bent over
the body, the roseate emblem of their order, now
shrouded in darkness, told that death had I'M
sheathed his scabbard and wrung his weapon
upon the life strings of mourning brother
All entered the walls Of sadness and mingled
their sympathies with the bereaved.
Twas no ordinary occurrence to see so many
heaving with the burden of grief. Were to
answer why so many had thus collected to pay
their last rites to mortality, would say twas
the heartfelt emotions Of discerning public,
paying their unconscious testimony to the chris
tian character high toned morals, world wide SYM
pathy, and answering domestic attachment, of
her whose lifeless remains drew from them this
token of their bereavement. The wise but in.
scrutablc RULER of all has by sudden stroke,
taken from our midst youthful but lovely char
acter, leaving behind her a companion with five
heart stricken children-living mementoes of
her affection and buds of her departed spirit
Gazing at this little group could discover that
the pale hand of death bad sealed the outward.
emotions of the younger ones. The youth
whose years had taught his spirit how to fly,
staunched his tears with wings Of hope, till full
of the bright future his truthful nature return
ed for her he loved, and then the shaft of death
would smite the fountain of his sorrows and
grief pour down his velvet cheeks. The elder
sister quivered with the poignancy of her be-.
reavement and with palcness checked the utter
ance of her inward desolation He who is now
doubly charged with his remaining offspring, re-
quires no pencil at my hand to trace the bitter
ness of his hours--his soul can be the only list
ener at the knell of his throbbng heart.
This group of mourners, surrounded by the
fraternal sympathizers of a stricken brother;
the smell of death and the large assemblage
rolled deep solemnity upon the scene. The
words of him who directed the arrangement of
the burial ORDER tremblingly traversed the sea
of grief that seemed to suffocate every heart
AS the procession gathered around the grave.
the emblematc staff of Odd Fellowship was
stuck into the newly piled earth, while from
its point death shook his sable banner DER his
conquest, darkening every soul with the tri-
umphant potency of his will.