Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-02-24
DEATH on DANIEIRlPLEY.

W. Editor
lava lev days sgo. 10 che oNroHn
Dr~ocnAr. ihe death q David Ripley
il should have been Daniel Ripley. ]
write th.. % rcciify that misiak'.
Dan.el Ripley wss bora 10 Pans. Dec.
%. 1901. Hc lived ~i'h BIZ hihef tll
be- was tweniy .one be- then veni %
Metanorcook. a place on ihe ienobscoi
River. nov the to~n o. Lincola. lie
an man from che tovn of Osiofd, by
the name ~ Whiiohoase They s'aficd
the D., Of jare. from Pa-s. is-i. and
weui direct io Bangor. who're -, bought
fuppi.-s consisting of h 'rri oi h1lf.
e ghi gai.a1s of mo.assss. COS pounds ~
pork AL zone coffee They made q
baf,a.a With an Indian % uke them uP
tte rvcf io a small lake. which brought
them ~i'hia three mile. ~ Ms'anofcook.
,herc they landed Ell ihc.f gods, they
wefc ail day gsiiing ihere they stayed
al nisht q, che lake. neat morning iley
started early. wiih Their axes ia hand o.
Jay oui a path ID they couli uase. ~iih
bad. Toy psi cofi around each cod
Of The barrel anl ioak pole AID tun q
through che cord and started ~iih Their
Dad. Il took them al thc forenoon %
~ three miles 10 the shefaoou hey
vent another trip. The neat day they
flashed. aal br0gshi az their treasures
oa he spoi vhcr, they built their camp
Net, iay they erected their house, made
u poles And covered With hsmiock bark
thea they vent % woik foiing trees.
they changed work anl both ~ them
could fail one acre per day ] think itey
felisd ten acres each. They stayed there
u.l September. then burned ths piece and
seat o. wofk p.ling and burning ihs
piles and built log house. and ihc hfsi
% DECEMBER they started % Pans.
They were three days on thc way ar.
rived a. my house about eleven o'c.ock a.
nishi. ihcy knocksd ~ the door, awoke
- che ff.i rap. seat o. che doof, openei
o.. ard there stood brother Daniel and
Mr. Wh.,ehousc bAlc them come in;
they said they we're very tired. they
pulled of their boots md each ~ them
bal blis,efs on each heel a. BIZ a. sli-
yer dollar They bad travelled one
hundred and fiiy miles 10 ihfcc days
Brother Daniel a. married January lsi,
ISIS. Hs wife wAs Mes Eliza Zach.
of Hartford. Maize. They moved %
lincola the last % January 90 ihe FRI %
February That year ! made my brother
a visit A few years ago, oae day While
I va there. 1 asked him II be- believed
IN the Immortality u the ,oal % man. De-
aid be dil. and told ne that be believed
IN one God, Who wAs the father q us al.
he aid that ala not clear the guilty; be
believed al will BE- punished fof their
good. be aid God Always punished 20
benefit the one punished; be aid al the
truth existed before We are requested %
believe BE- sGid that Jesus came % save
the world from sin. ignorance snd super
siiiioa and no, from place q endless
suffering. Ny brother was alsays =
very good steady boy, be was called Dca-
con by al the family lie sid be never
troubled himself about the future be
aid God had fixed that AMI progress
here would bring Il al Aboa, right be
said God bad given each one a spirit 90
a guide While be lived here in the body.
bu, II ~ diA 10, obey the dictate q
that spirit. i would stamp . stain upon
the spirit that would take a long time
cor him 10 forget be said Gods love
never goi tired and II progression was
true, the time would come when al o.
the children q men would BE- wiling 10
bow the knee and oonfess with their
tongues. and sAy in God they have
strength he sAid there would b. no love
Of money 20 cause spirit % do wrong
be said there would be no tobacco or rum
10 defle a man with. and progression
being true. be said al. ia due time,
would become rsconeiled. and q course
Be happy be said be had no feAis. be-
cause the record said thA, God vii have
al men be saved and come 10 the knowl-
edge Of the truth hence the record says
that in him al fallness sholld d~ell, and
having made peace through the blooi Of
bis cross. 10 reconcile all Thugs 10 him.
self. whether they be things on earth OF
things 10 heaven" This was all my
brother had 70 say Abou, our spirit home.
lie has nov gone 10 bis home in the
summer land May the God Of love
bless bis spirit.
o RIrLEY.