The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-10-10
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DEATH OF ANoBLE WOMAN.-Mrs.
SELMA, wife of Strauder Price, of this
city, and step daughter Of Hon. w. f.
Alexander, died at the residence of the
latter on Thursday of last week, after a
painful illness of three weeks. She
was aged 26 years, months and days.
Mrs Price was graduate of the Acad-
envy Of the Sacred Heart at Salem, at
which institution she received finish
ed and thorough education. Some
thing near year ago she was married
to Mr. Strauder Price. Only week be-
fore her death she buried her infant
babe, and now she has gone to join it
in the Great Unknown. The tidings
of her death was received with pain by
this whole community, where she had
been, loved and priced for her many ex-
eellencies. Hers is indeed sad death.
Gifted with all the generous and sweet
qualities to make and retain friends,
endowed with an education beftting
any station, idolized by a fond hus-
band, the present was to her a bright
reality, the future dream Of golden
promise. OF friends none had more
than she, and in her fathers home cir
Gle she he'd always been throned as the
idol of that pure and unselfish loye an
indulgent father and fond sisters are
alone able to give. There is gloom
to-day in the places that knew Selma
in her pride and joy, but darkest of all
lowers the cloud Of woe over that group
into whose midst death has stalked in
his career of desolation. The buoyant
spirits of the young friends who have
basked in the sunshine ofpoor Selina's
smiles and generous nature, will claim
the sad privilege of mingling their
grief withthat of the AFFECTED relatives.
But who shall soften the visitation
or temper the blow that has
fallen with a double weight upon the
young husband and father in the death
of his infant babe and cherished wife?
Let us here drop the curtain over
scene too sad, severe and sacred for
the public gaze. Hearts wrung with a
grief sanctitied with such intensity as
that felt by the father husband and
sisters, can have no companionship in
their affiiction. We will not intrude,
but, speaking for the friends who mourn
that she has crossed the Dark River
into the habor of Eternity, must attest
the generosity, nobility and fidelity OF
that affactionate daughter, devoted
young wife and Christian woman, SE-
LIMA PRICE. May the green sod rest
lightly over her cherished sepulchre.
tTHERE's MANY A SLIP,u etc.-We
last Saturday received the following
letter from Mr.. Philip Ritz, the cele-
brated Nurseryman and fruit grower ol
Walla Walla:
"Ep. DEMOCRAT: Will you please accept OF Q
box OF our Walla Warla peaches? >, ,r,,, ;,
We were about to calculate in the
choice idiom of the aborignes ''yu bet!'
snatch up our hee-gum and rush fol
the express office, where we supposed
the luscious fruit to be awaiting oul
order, when our eagle eye happened tc
catch hastily scrawled postscript or
the back of the foregoing note bearing
hefollowing soul-harrowing and stom
ach- blasting announcement:
"MR. BROWN: Dear sir--I was Just ready t
ship the peaches when the terrible frost Of las
night came and SO damaged them that the,
will not carry so far. Iregret y very much; ,s ;,
PHILIP RITZ"
Mr.. Ritz,3in yourmost mournful ant
despondent moments, when the blacl
cloud of disappointmentrolls overyou
soul with the crushing weight of
Ieaden mountain you can never know
the black sorrow that fell upon us evel
as would wet blanket, when we rea'
this cruel postscript. And ther
came anipping frost" and blasted ou
peaches? Blast it, why didn't yol
send 'em alongb the autumn frost
came like the serted hosts of blocl
crickets which sometimes visit you
native heaths and blacken your vege
tation in their desolative and death
dealing march? Why, Q, why!-bu
we drop the curtain over 50 sad ca
lamity.
Mfr. Ritz informs us that he will hav
SPLENDID lot of choice peach tree
at Albany for sale this fall.
COUNTY DEPUTIES. .-Messrs. VIM
CYRUS, Of Scio, and Elias Tanning, @