The Avoyelles pelican. [volume] (Marksville [La.]) 1859-186?, 1861-11-09
OBITU A r. Y.

It is always painful to snrvivin,
friends to have to record the death,o
those whom dProyiaence- calls aways, bu
it is still more so when we are callet
upon to pay tribute to the memory of {.
wife and mother. Friends may sympa
tllise in the grief that overshadows tht
hearts Of a bereaved husband and tender
ofsprings, and thus distil through theil
reflections the soothing oil Of consolation
but still there remains the weight Of sor
rows hanging about the heart which
nothing but the bright hopes Of the
christian religion can remove.
Not very many days have passed since
an aged mother was called to her hea-
venly ho me by the voice of her maker,
and scar rcely Mad she been received into
that "hol1se not made with hands eternal
in the heavens" ere a long afflicted
daughter was transferred with her from
this worl ID of trials, tribulations and sor-
rows, il to that better cline " here the
"wicked cease from troubling and tho
weary are at rest" Mrs Angela Elmer,
was the daughter Of TIE late Judge
.l'arb;n Of this parish, and Of the late
deceased Mrs Cailleteaus In May \. ID.
1898 she was united in marriage with
our fe!low,ci,izen the respected and dis
tinguished DR.. G. r. Elmer. The re-
wards of This marriage were seven chill
dren two sons of whom, preceded her by
some years to the spirit land. AS the
remaining five grew apace toward ages
of maturity, the icy hand of death was
laid upon her. The disease under which
she suffered for long months pointed to
but one sad result, for it has ever been
pronounced an approbyium of the
great medical art. Her coinparion ex-
llaustcd all the remedies with which af-
ter many years of laborious researches,
he was acquainted and finally took her
to New Orleans for the purpose of ha-
wing her treated by the great Aescula-
Plus of modern times, After thorough
examination it was found that she was
beyond rllc reach of art, and she retur-
ned home to lnger out a few remaining
aa,s with her interesting family and
friends, and to draw the "c,lrtains Of the,
grave about her and to die" Before
d,ath had entirely paralized her facul-
ties she spoke p,tAetically Of her patrio-
tic son Edmond wio when the tocsin Of
revolutionary war was first sounded,
went promptly forth to the remotest
borders of the Contederacy to defend
its rights and honor. She called his
name, and with Il mothers invocations
him to the God Of battles.
But her generous heart was rapidly cea-
sing to beat, her vision becomming be-
dilmned and the immortal soul of an af- J.
fcctionate sister, generous friend, a faith
full wife and kind mother escaped its
prison house, of Il long suffering disease
and death, to rest at last i'll everlasting
peace. She died OH the 9th inst at
peace with TIE dreary world through
which she had passed, and with bright
hopes of a full frnition Of all the promi-
scs of.tle CHRISTIANS Bible. Thus en-
'led weary pilgrimage Of forty two
years. i
Let us fender to her surviving COM
panion who for thirty five years has
toiled without ceasing to make himself
useful, and benafactor to our people,
our unfsigned sympathies in this the
hour Of his direst tribulations +! Whilst
to his interesting offspring we point out
the virtues Of female character that so
long and constantly adorned the life Of
their departed mother, as examples
worthy Of their imitation.