The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-06-13

ed, the men from town being joined by
others from the country, to whom the
alarm had been carried. All worked
heroically, dragging the creek, and div
ing in the deeper ponds, and about | |
o'clock in the forenoon the body WAS
found at the bottom, near where she
first sank. She was carried to her
home about two miles from the village,
and on Saturday they were followed to
their last resting places by a large con,
course of sympathizing friends from
Clifton and all the country adjacent;
Maggie being laid to rest in the village
at Q o'clock Il. m, and Ida two hours
later near her fathers residence. A
joint memorial service was held Mt the
College at 10 a. m, on Sunday, Rev. G.
7. Black, officiating.
IN MBMonIAM.
Ida II. Kenny was born at Manches-
ter, Delaware Co, Iowa, Aug 9Th, 1867,
having, at the time she passed away.
almost completed her 18th year At
the tender age Of ten years, she united
with the Advent church, of which her
parents are members, the family then
being residents Of State Center, Iowa.
In May, 1888, she removed, with her
parents, from State Center to Dakota
locating on claim near Clifton. with
whose society she has ever since been
identified
Maggie Alice Walter was born IN
Pulaski, Jackson Co., Mich, Feb. lst.
1870, being in her 10th year when she
was taken from us. In the spring of
1888 she removed. with her parents.
from Michigan to Dakota, spending
the summer with them, on her father 5
claim near Carson. In the fall Mrs.
Walter and the children went back to
Michigan to spend the winter, return
ing in the spring and taking up their
residence IN Clifton, since which time
the histories of Ida and Maggie have
been almost identical. Maggie had
never made any profession of religion,
but all who were familiar with her pure
young life, feel, like the mourner of old
that 1T is we'll with the child" And
hath not Christ himself said, " Greater
love hath no man than this that a
man lay down his life for his friends"
And those of us, too, who were so well
acquainted with lda's devoted friend
ship and fearless disposition, know,
that had their positions IN the water
been reversed Ida's life would have
been just as unhesitatingly sacrificed
for her friend
School mates and mutual confidants,
devoted TO each other with the roman
tic attachment of girlhood, it may well
be said of them as it was of Saul and
Jonathan, Lovely and pleasant We're
they in their lives, in their death they
were not divided" Each of the girls
was the eldest child in the family.
Maggie being an only daughter Both
were members of the Clifton Sunday
School and Literary Society, and stu
dents and class mates in the Clifton
public school. Being naturally talent
ed, and Jealous in the pursuit of knowl-
edge, they were an honor to the school.
and source Of pride to their teacher.
who looked forward TO brilliant flu
ture for both. Oh how lonely it will
be with their vacant seats to remind
us of what once was, and never can be
again. But our loss is scarcely to be
thought OF, compared with the desolate
void which is left in their homes, and
in the hearts of those nearer and dearer
to them. The pride and hope of their
fathers and the joy and comfort of their
mothers, they had reached that age
when their parents began to look upon
them, not as children only, but rs com
panions and contdants. AS each of
the mothers said to me, III almost the
ssiae words, She was such comfort
to me So young" they say, land
just entering upon the pleasures and
useful duties of life, why must they be
taken from us now?" But in the
midst OF the sorrow and loneliness, let
us dwell upon the sweet thought, that,
rs they used to gather the glowing
blossoms to deck their fair young forms
at school and elsewhere, SO have they
been gathered by loving hand, in the
untarnished glow of their blossoming
lives, to rest in fadeless beauty upon
the bosom Of the All-wise and Loving
One. And as they parted, happy and
joyous, ut the verge of the treacherous
and fatal stream, SO, we hope and trust,
they have met again, beside the placid