Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-07-19
New Athens, Ohie.

The citlZes. OF this place aRd com m u
nily were shocked ana much psinod on
Thursday evening last, when a dispatch
was received Informing them that Mona
| Henderson was dead Mona Was the
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. NJ. n. Hen =
derson we'll known In this county, who
with their family removed from New
Athens TO Waterloo. Iowa. little mors
than a year since. AT that time their
daughter. just blooming into young wo-
manhood, being at the tins OF hsr death
almost Il years old, WAS the picture Of
health. and none thought that So sooH
she would he brought back To be buried
among her kindred. But The work of
that insidious disease, consumption. is
frequently deceiving in its nature. Uu
til February last her health Was appa-
reuily excellent. The attack at that
time was pronounced pnsumOzia, from
which she never recovered. II took the
form Of acute tuberculosis, resulting IA
tally on the day above mentioned. Her
heart-hroktn parents with their yOuRg-
est child, a bright girl Of I years, started
10 Ohio the same night at midnight,
leaving a son in the sadness and solitude
Of their western home, and bearing with
them the mortal remains Of their beloved
dead, TO place them, AS by Nuna's re-
quest, beside those Of a younger sister
whose death they mOurned some seven
years ago. They arrived at st. Clsirs-
Iille on saturday at 10 q. m, whence
they proceeded in carriages accompanied
by number of friends and relatives
who met them there, to the cemetery at
T..;k ~ l.. q
served. From the large concourse of
people assembled there to pay last
tribute Of respect 10 the memory of the
deceased, and miugle tsars of sympathy
with those Of the b-reaved family, 1t is
evident they are held in the highest re-
gard by an unusually large circle of ac-
quaintances. The caskst was solid wal
nut, tastefully Ornamental, on the top
of which was silver tablet inscribed,
Rest in Peace" The funeral ceremo-
niss were conducted by her former pas
tor Rev. R. G. Campbell, D. D., assisted
by Rev. w. G. Waddle, D. D., pastor of
Unity congregation. The addresses
both ministers having known her so in
timateDy Dy-could be nothing other than
appropriate, impressive and touching.
A more sympathetic audience is seldom
II ever assembled. To know Mona WAS
TO lova her, and is 1t strange that gray
headed men in numbers wept Oh behold
ing her lifeles, form? On leaving, 80
beautiful, so bright and joyous; return
ing silent and cold.
She was good girl in every sense of
that word and in all that it implies. Pa
tiently she bore her severe atfliction,
and gradually resigning herself to the
will of God, she trusted implicitly and
confidently in her Savior. She spoke
repeatedly Of the hour Of separation and
calmly awaited its approach. and when
it came Christ was there to soften the
footsteps Of the pale Angel of Death.
and lull the last hour with tones like
distant music as she peacefully fell
asleep.
The funeral exercises being closed, an
opportunity was given to all to lock for
the last Tins on what was once the beauti.
full features. The remains were remarka-
bly, we'll preserved, considering the great
distance they lad bsen brought, but
wasting disease had sadly marred that
pleasing ceuntenanee, being much ema-
oiated. The parents and other relatives
having tskon the last parting look, Nena
was laid peacefully 20 rest on the sunny
hillside.
Leaves have their time to fall, and flowers
TO Either at the North winds call;
Stars to set; moons to wane. But thou,
Thou hast all reasons for thine own, oh,
DEATH"