The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-04
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To BIS.
'Hark, frem the tombs doleful sound ;
Mine ears attend the cry;
10 living men, ceme view the ground
Where ysu must shortly lls."

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IL il better 20 SO 10 tbs house ol
mourning, then to the house OF feasting
! for by sadness, ghs heart IL MAIDS bet
ter. Thus spsek ks one Of tho wisest oi
Jewish writer's
Ii wtll be thirty-fve years nsxt sum
mer, since We laid ay our gentle Annie
IN ths Southport cemetery. Ms Alfred,
Bullrn, 'hen our nearest ncixhb0r, called
ON It's in cur sfHc,ion-gave Us w"rds OF
comfors, and assisted In preparing our
dear babe for she tomb. In alter years,
I paid the debt. When she died OF
cbe.era l put Ter In he, fir, tenderl y.
aud without the aid ot airy female friend
But I An getting ahead of my narrative
asked good brother CREST whM We
should get 80 attend our funeral. Broth
sr Demlng, of course. He was long
he peoples chaplain. |, tc-iay, rsmcm-
oeG The pleasant. comforting words he
then spoke TO US. We had pn livery
stable then - no morse - n" carriage.
Deacon Whitney aud Descpn BenDett
h ID team and iumbe, wagon. Our
cemetery WAS rot laid out in iots-a piece
of land had been selec'sd. and two or
three iR,erMents made. The first buried
Tiers was the wife al Chailes DIrkee
III was dreary locking place, then.
When il vas surveyed INTO lots. eur ba be
was found 81. lie in ono 81 The paths,
and had to be dis-,nteried; bus how
chsaged the scene. It's now delight
ial place IT, wal. Ia Summer days, on
sunday, it is alive with PERSONS mourn
ing for departed loved ones. | was told
Last summer, by ii:tie girl. that sur
found pack Of naughty boys playing
cards on her mothers grave, IN Sunda,
Why should We fear the beautiful angel
deaths? have heard many n troubled
haart call loudly for him. We have been
scared by our priests. Herodotus tells
us thar, in his travels, he found people
who wept when child was born, and
shouted with joy when q person died.
II is always painful to part with loved
ones; bnt beyond the grave. can see
nothing to iear. Tradition tells US of
two islands 10 nid-ocsan. On one, they
never die; on The other they do. The
islands are in Sigh IF each other, and
the people vino live on the island where
death never comes, look wishfully
towards the other itland, and long to be
released from old age aud its infirmities.
But lam wandering from my narrative.
The first death in the county, 1885,
was q MIS-. Post, who lived in q little
house near judge Hows's. She was
buried there. have often seen her
tombstone there, but see It has been
removed to our present cemetery. The
second person vino died, was Mrs.
Williams, mother Of Henry Williams.
She was buried on the Williams farm,
by request. This was in 1885, also. The
first death that occurred In the town OF
Southport, after / came here, was Mr..
Francis Quarles. He had brought with
him large stock of goods, and was IN
extensive dealer in real cstate.His loss was
severely felt and deeply mourned. Thr
second death was William Bullen. He
had been member Of the Legislature,
and was owner of large amount Of real
estate. He was christian gentleman in
every sense of the word aud had no
enemies. His death was sincerely mourn
ed. DR.. D. StrYksr, was an early settler-
brother of Jas. Stryker He practiced the
healing art and dealt out justlce-justice
of peace-wss pleasant man He dice
early. One Of our best men was Torrey-
b was true az steel. II ANY one VIZ
sick or in distress in any way, Tory wa,
there. He would help any good caus
that needed helping, and oppose any
wrong cause that needed opposing II.
was drowned more thsna quarter OF !.
century ago. His body lies buried H.
the State of Indiana. Am,ng the
ladies who died early, of my recollection.
was good sister Bennett. She was
engaged in every good work Mr..
Samuel Hale, senior, died more tina,