Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-12-08

uC uuuCItohCSs 1MOu oAN sSS
making daily use Of the old gentleman's
bridge free gratis-no tolls, no delay
Orddle.
Woop-SAwISG AT A .PREMIuM.-A
bet was made the other day between
two gentlemen on the result OF the
Mayorality Convention-the loser at
his option to forfeit $50 or saw a load
of wood. The Wood man, Of course
lost, and refused to pay the fifty"
but said to the more lucky one: "lf
you have any wood to saw bring it on"
The wood was accordingly purchased
and dumped in front OF the Girard
House, as specified in the bond, and
Yesterday between l and 2 o'clock
Sewall A. Gilbert with coat off and
sleeves rolled up, was" going it with
his "cross cut, at the rate of $50, and
for an amateur went through his "pile"
well, with large crowds Of lockers on
to help.
The winner of the wood, or rather of
the saving it, Mr.. James B. Brown had
been exceedingly particular not to get
the softest kind Of timber. and the con-
sequence was that the old cross cut re-
CURED frequent fabrication, as well as
the elbows of Mr.. Gilbert himself; but
with these applications, especially to
to the elbows, INDUCED in to very
great extent by the lockers on also, the
Sjob" was finally completed, the hick.
ory was "blocked," and the 'dust"
handed in to the Grad in no small
quantities, it is said. Gilbert is to have
engraved on his SHIELD.
"Veni Vidi? Vici!!!"
came, l saw, conquered.
Tic LOFTS Zen pcrleY poore.-N.
OBITU AIRY.
Died, on the 18th ult, at New Orleans,
Mrs. HELEN c. FERKlDAY, wife of Will
liam Ferriday, Esq.
Mrs. Ferriday was the daughter Of
the late Calvin Smith, Esq, of Adams
county, Miss, and granddaughter of
the Rev. Jedcdiah Smith, ccngrcga-
tional minister, who emigrated to Mis-
sissippi from Granville, Mass, in l77G.
She was connected with the commune
ty IN and around Natchcz by an cx-
tcnsivc family relationship, and by at
tachmcnts, unusually warm, subsisting
between her and large circle of &C
quintances.
Her death occurred at the resi-
dence Of her sister, Mrs. Joseph e.
Fcrriday, in New Orleans, wither she
had gone for the purpose OF receiving
medical treatment in disorder of no
alarming character. From causes ap-
parcntly incxplicable, a slight surgical
operation to which she was subjected,
was followed by pain, fever and ncr-
vous excitement, finally terminating in
death. She died in the fifty-second
year Of her agc-in the maturity of
her excellence and in the midst of her
usefulness--beloved and lamentcd by
all who knew her. Few women IN
dcrstood better woman's sphere, and
few have better filled it. With sinpu-
lar aptness, her portrait may be drawn
in the beautiful words of the Scrip
ture:
"She looketh we'll to the ways Of her
household and eateth not the bread Of idle.
ness.
Her children arise and call her blessed .
her husband also, and he praiseth her.
| "Many daughters have done virtuouslv
but thou exceliest them all"-Prov. 81,
The afflicted friends in the bitterness
Of their grief have this unspeakable
solace, that every rcminiscencc of the
departed is testimoney to her good
ness, and every incident in her history
revelation of the rare amiabil,tv and
rectitude which adorned her character
and life. Their chief consolation, how
ever, arises from the fact that for tho
last thirty years Of her life, she was
consistent and devoted christian. Dur
ing that period she was a member of
the Presbyterian Church. As a pro-
lessor Of the religion Of Christ, she
entertained a high conception of her
dntiea' and with unusual fidelity, in all
positions and relations she DISCHARGED
them. She houored God by a holv
walk and conversation; daily setting
her house in order, and preparing for
the coming Of the Lord And though
that event arrested her as unexpected
ly as the midnight knock at the DOR.
tsrs gate, We may confidently say, she
was ready for the meeting; aud in dy.
ing. has only realized what the Apostle
% joyhlly anticipated Tor himself
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