Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04
DEATH OF MRS. ]. O, ADAMS.

with rs along the pathway of life for al
most twenty-five years, sharing alike our
hopes, JOYS, ~sorrawaani disappointment;
cheering MS in prosperity and breathing
soothing words Of comfort and hope in
adversely, has passed out into that un-
knows sea that surrounds all the world.
On sunday. at -four o'clock, after a long
aud painful struggle. the frsit tsody yield
cd TO HE stern, upfeeling sickle Of death
and the feed spirit took It's flight to
where God and tile angels dwell-to that
home hey ond tie Stars size so often spoke
Of ss being the haven Of perfect, precious
rest.
Mrs. Adams was born in the town
Of Cory, CouItdown Harbor, Ireland.
May 18th. 1913. FROM here her parents
moved tothe island Of Valentia, the pres
ent terminus oftl,e Atlantic cable Ia 1915.
Ia 1850 her parents moved to America
aud settled in Chicago, where during the
cholera epidemic Of 1852. her father was
sinitten with the fell disease and died.
Afier the death Of her father the widow
ell mother moved to Clinton, Illinois,
about 1853. Here size devoted herself to
the comfort Of her mother, brothers and
sisters and was the Martha Of the family
-her loving though 4iN"ss and care rom
tributing toward ma lag a home, ti.at.
now that the children are scattered far
and Siie, linger still in their memory as
the halcyon days of the past, and they
associate her name always with the stcred
name oftheir mother Here we frs,
met. wood and won her, and here we're
married in Jan. 1860.
In the july following on marriage, we
with three OF her brothers enlisted ia the
service OF our country. During the long
four years tina, followed she devoted her
self to the comfort Of her mother and to
the preservation OF tile home, finding
time always to aid all the patriotic move
ments " the ladies Of that day, for cheer
ing aud comforting the loved ONES ON dis
tant battle-frlds, and many a comfort
from her hands reached the BOYS in blue
IN camp aud hospital, on the plains Of the
sunny South. Brave little woman, what
cherry letter. used 70 reach US aud broth
ersshe loved to well, t0ligliten With their
! pleasant home chat the burden Of the
weary march aud the solitary camp lire.
After the var We moved to Decatur,
Ills. y IN there TO Eureka, Ills, and to
Columbus, Mississippi in the summer Of
1866 Here We remained she always min.
istering to the Happiness Of those around
her, rendering the weary hours Of that
night Of our lives, worth the living be-
cause OF the sunshine she diiinked into
cur home aud lives. From here in Aug
ust, 1870 we moved to Ayoca, Iowa, In
. residence here ii thirteen years. her
deeds pf charity and mercy wrre legion.
Was sllers d iIeart bowel io@n IN the
bitterness ola great sorrow? enc Was
theirs 10 sootlis the anguished SOIL. Did
want, sickness invade the home OF any
one? she was there TO bring comfort and
succor; aEAinsthus unselhshly caring for
Others, she never forgot o u " home
which she made the deaeest spot of all
the world beside.
In 1879 she was taken severely i'll, from
the effect Of whiel, she meter fully recoy.
cred. In JIly, 1888 after a severe illness
We came 10 Dakol., in the hope that the
climate would be a benefit 10 her -ani
for a time it was; butts November she
became worse. During the winter she
suffered untold agony. and July found
her bereft Of al. power t. use her limbs,
still suffering. still enduring, and yet al
ways full Of unscifisis tliought(ulnees foi
others v in the latest hours, whe'
racked with pain and the sands oil life al.
most run out, her motIierly, wifely deyo-
ton showed itself in anxious solieitudt
for the comfort and happiness Of thos,
around h.r. "Don't grieYe for me-" slt
said, II sm going home" she asked that
the hymn Jesus lover Of my soul. lei
me 10 thy bosom ~" aud waiting aud
watching f,r the, should be sung during
her funeral service, and then sank to RES
like one lying down TO pleasant dreams
The story Of many ofthc poblcst, purcsl
lives, all that tile world may know, cat
be told in u few words. The fairest
sweetest flower which molestly hides III
head in aqaiet spot away from the haunt
, ofmen. pms up throusi. leaf. bud anc
: blossom. and when its petals fall lik,
tears Of joy 10 the ground from whenc,
1t sprung. and the course Of its beautifn
fifs ysss the very perfection OF II dcfel
. the narators skill. The simple detaiis o
, it's brief, fragrant summer, speak a finish
ed story. and words pei On tlgne Al
though they knew titgr the Ts,i>y soulf
. mock 1T siy image II might create o.
suggest 80, the picture Of a hp,aan life
perfectly wrought oat in the ietiretnen
Of home, and retained IN The tablets o
faithful, loving memory. rebhkes th'
brush which would repr,dsce il. II
8 those whose own happiness has iowe'
Z ina large measure from the fact that sucl
I a life has lived the aenals which corstI
4 tute its framework-th story OF it's inne
being ARE rich with sweet aud melan
S choiy SUGGEST 5eness; and when enhane
3 ed By a thousand tender M n0ries, the
seem like golden goblets filed with til
wine Of life aud love. In such q wealt
Of affectionate memories is the story @
IS the past embainled falling around us,
y blessed benediciiou TO a character iE
. hers, nothing but memery a do ia
3 justice. Ii were impossible 10 postrs
the story OF her moth sriy patience, b,
81 anselfsh love. her willing selEdenial an
selEsacrince of the life that breathe
= such a pure influence on NIL with wi.o
1t came in contact-good, true. woman
t. tile last.
Mrs Adams was a member OF the Epi
copaIian church from chill ihood, and b.
c!ea ~incisive i~ntellcc. grsaped the WHO
=. truth " God. which she exempIlhed
ler life. The l.eart that ever throbn.
ia sympathy with the sorrows 81 hunia
y itr is siill aud pnlsrlesr; TIE stroiix Ira
- whcse every thought was for the hapl
~ mes; and good OF others ne longer IA
lie tribute 10 the living-a glorious !
union has lssea pace besoad the snlii
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