The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-08-24
Bristol.

MIS-. HUTCHINSON mQ son, OF Con
necticut, arrived lastweek at Wood.
worth to visit Mrs. j. 4. Loomas. These
are sisters, and I thilk have not met
before for some time. This is large
country, and friends get great dis
lance apart, but, thinks to railroads,
they may come together now and then
Miss Nettie King has gone off to
Tomah. I have not Deen able to find
out why.
A cousin of the Dtvlin young folks
has been to pay them a short visit,
He came all the wayfrom Albany, N.
Y.
| learn that Arthur Devlin is going
to WELD the scep-vell, the birch-in
the school at Grants corners.
Mr.. F. Newell has settled up with
Mr.. Price, and will loon leave for the
east.
Mrs. w. B. Castls is so far recovered
that she can ride cut.
Miss Florence Marsh, of Kenosha,
has spent few days with friends in
Paris and Bristol.
Mrs. LucIus Grayhas returned home
to Nebraska, her health somewhat i'm
proved.
Mr.. FL. H. Tarbell was out to Wood
worth on Monday last. He says that
they had a quiet Sunday inKenosha on
the 10th. Well, there is some hope for
Kenosha yet. I began to think that,
like the Scotch boy with his catechism,
he was over the leaf and past redemp-
ton. Selah.
The hum of the thrasher is now
heard. E. III. Devlin las started a new
machine.
A very sad accident occurred on the
Gray farm on Wednesday of last week.
John Gray, about tweaty-one years of
age, was cutting fax with a reaper,
and he got down to SEQ to something
about the machine. Tie horses started
to run and he started 10 catch them;
they kept to the standing fax as if
they had a driver and turned the cor
ner. John, in hopes of heading them off,
cut across, but suddenl! fell. He was
seen by Mr.. A. Epson, Who, it appears,
was attracted by the cries of " whoap
Mr.. Epson was soon there and found
him apparently dead, and started for
assistance. I believe John Fox also
saw him and hurried to he spot.
Alas! John had crossed the river. He
was an excellent young nan in every
particular. His death will be dread
full blow to his parents.
Though his parents by sorrow are now un-
manned,
They will meet him again in the better land.
John, I believe. was slightly under
the effect of heart disease. The funer-
al was put off to the Sabbath, to allow
his brother in Nebraska to get
here if possible. The morning ser
vice at the church on the Plank
Road on Sunday was not held,
as the funeral was to be at two
o'clock, 1t had been delayed as long
as possible to give his brother Aleck
time to get here, but the news did not
reach him in time, so he failed to get
here. Twenty minutes before two The
body of the church was filled and
crowds outside, and before the service
commenced the church was full in
every place, and many could not get in.
The sermon was a very excellent one,
l think the best I ever heard Elder
Corsbie preach, and I hope will have
some influence on the young folks
around. What a testimony to John
nie's character given from personal
experience of three years! I never
heard him utter a word that could not
be spoken by a lady, and I never asked
favor that was not kindly complied
with. No unpleasant word ever
grieved his parents Though John
made no profession, his conduct was
truly christian, and if religion is life
John was religious. 1t IS not what a
man believes that makes him high or
low, but how he lives to God and man.
John had just bought a new instru-
ment to play in the band, but he has
Joined nobler band above.
Farewell, dear Johnnie, for a while:
Our labor here will soon be DER,
And when we've done with earthly foil
Tbou'lt greet US on the heavenly shore.