Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1871-06-03
DEATHS.

On the Both ultimo, after lingering i'll
ness, at the residence of her son, Mcchan-
icstown Mills, Mrs. MARY W1ERMAN,
formerly of Adams county, Penn, wife of
Thomas Wicrnlan, deceased, aged % years
months and % days.
- Gettysburg papers please copy.
OF consumption, on the 18th ultimo, near
diminishing, LEVI GRIMES aged G2
years months and % days.
In CrcagcrS,Own, on the 3oth ll!t., Mrs.
MARGARET erosion, widow of the
la,e VIM. erosion, aged about Is wears
She leaves four or five children and nllmcr-
ous relatives and friends to,!rplorr her loss.
A, BLOOMINGTON, Illinois, Mrs ttTIIA-
RlNE IIARklTT, formerly Of Nayncs-
horo' Pa, rclict of Henry !IaIrilt, "fFrank-
lin county, Pa.
OBITUARY.
..tS,. .Ioscphs Sistcrhood, near F,nmits-
burg. on Friday. 2iiih of May, 1871. Sister
EAPTISTA DOWD, of Cancer in the
stomach This csiinablc lady was born
10Th December, ISL, in York, Pcnnsylya.
mia. Her parents removed to Nj st Mary's
parish near Emmt>hurr, during the Pas
iorship of the venerable John Dubois and
the ious Simon Brute. Here she was
raised with great care ny sanity mother
whose good example ana religious dcp"r'-
mcnt, WAS the brightest and best LEGACY
she heqncathed To- hcr chll1rcn' MIS- Dow"
Is rcmchlhcrcn anr'll"ha't! ny many no"
living, who tell traits OF hcr many virtues,
her warm 1rlcndslip, nooi" generosity nho
her sympathy with the poorand suffering,
In the lovely moli'h Oh May lo'l' ii iloi''l
when nature is clothed III green ana is so
prodlgal OF MOWERS, inc air rcaoicn' WIN
their sWcct fragrance inns lhoh'n ol DcNo-
ton for all So"l ta'hollcS 10 hoi'or ''le
Virgin Molhrr Oh Jesus, was Sclcc'tu ny
Miss Dowd to enter the Sls'crlood III inc
Vale OF st. Joseph $ TO consccra'e hcf Vr-
gin heart at the early age OF sixteen 10 ne,
Creator. Here III tins vallcy OF peace ana
harmony, she acquired AL lhc virtues So
necessary in religious state. nrr lrS'
mission OF Charity IN 1872 was 10 ihllauci'
phia, where the cholera was at thtt time
raging. She afterwards flllcd many lmpor-
tant positions ana dled III hcr Jhh year
thanking Eod 1or giving hcr INC grace o.
die Sister OF Charity. Long VIII ,hr S"o'l
people OF portsmouth, Norfolk, Iichnoho
and Point Look Out remember 1hc1r klhc
friend, Sister Bappcy as they iamlliariV
called her She really was the orphan
Mother, the soldiers Nurse, ana inc 1r'eho
in need. Persons of all ages could 20 t'
her, tell their troubles and trials INTO men
cars, which were always open to sympathy
and mercy, and come away comterted, anC
feel they had not only received good at
vice, but were carrying with them Sister
blessing. which influence enabled them &c
bear their own cross more patiently. Snt
died holding one OF the highest Offices IN
the Institution, being one OF the four "h,
regulated all tho concerns OF the SiS'crhoou
In less than year, the poor OF TINS
ncighborhood have lost two GOOD mOlhcr>
and bcnciactorcsscs-Slstcr Baptlsta DoWc
and Sister Matilda CoSkcry All VINO nae
the pleasure of their acquaintance loVco
them they chcered every home thcy en-
tered, and prepared many soul 10 meet
its God in Judgment. A little over yeai
tins Institution also lost ny dcalh, Histci
Mary Olympia Nc laggarl, one CT inc
most benevolent, charitable ladies ever
met, She accomplished more real good ny