The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-06-09

Miss Gussie Yockey is on the sick
list. w.
OBITUARY.
DIED -Of consumption. Nav 9, 1885
about 8 o'clock P. NJ, Lillian MAUD.
second daughter OF c. NJ. and II. j.
Blowers, in The l7th year Of her age
"Death, the arch enemy OF life," has
heen in our midst again and taken from
US one we all loved with tender and
warm affection. Maud was young lady
loved by all who knew her. After weeks
Of patient and intense suffering death at
last relieved her A few short months
ago her cheeks bloomeA with the roses
of perfect life. One would have thought,
who saw her then in all her youthful
buoyancy, that she had a long life OF
prosperity and happiness before her but
the "grim monster" Death, laid bis spell
upon her and hlighted her young life ss
the frost blights the tender plants. A
few moments before SIZE expired she call
ed the family to h. bedside and bid them
all good by. She said che was willing
to die. She asked them not to weep for
her and said that everything bad been
done for her that could be done by ten
der parents and loving sister. She said
the Master had called her to a world
where there was no more sickness nor
death. She then closed her eyes and
passed triumphantly from life. The be.
reaved and stricken family have the
heartfelt sympathy OF the entire com
munity.
Away from the family circle
A 10 we'd one is called tonight;
The Master has said. Its done,
Come dwell with the angels Of light"
But yesterday thy cheeks were blooming
With the glow of morning light,
To-day they are pale and wan.
They are cold in death toni ght.
We meet at the family sideboard,
A place is vacant there,
We list for welcome football
Trip down the tufted stair.
In vain may we wait aud listen
For football on the stair;
No loved one is seen approaching
To sit in the vacant chair.
They have lain thee low in the churo hyard, /,
They have hid thy form away:
Yet. Maud. we hope to meet thee
In the realms of endless day.
DIED.-April 80, 1885. OF lung fever.
WALTER LEROY, son of C. NJ, and H. j.
BLowERs, aged 4 years, 6 months and l6
DAYS.
Weep not because your darling
Was borne to worlds on high,
Before his charms did half unclose
To your admiripg eyes.
'Tis true you miss your darling,
And often think him near;
In visions of thy memory,
In STARTS you see him here.
Had he lived bpt few short years,
In all his beauty bright,
His eyes would oft been dimmed with tears,
His heart been touched with blight.
You miss his childish football,
His rrattling tenes of glee;
No more before the cottage deor
His cherished form you see.
But he has gone to dreamless sleep
Mid tears and heart-wrung sighs;
Oil do not for tie angel weep,
His home is in the skies.
He has joined his angel sister,
And they're waiting till you come;
Pray God to guard and keep you
Till you safely meet at home.
The following lines were suggested by
Cora Blowers while speaking OF the death
OF her two sisters and little brother, Sab
bath. Nav II. 1885:
I am thinking to-day Of the lost and the loved
Who have gone to that bourne whence no trav'
eller returns,
Who are lost to me here in this worlds tribu-
lation,
But thrice happy redeemed in the regions
above.
Whose souls have been waited far beyond
where the billews
Tumultuously we'll on the -9irded shore;
Where angels descend on their bright wings Of
zephyr,
And shout loud hosannas to tho Lsmb ever.
! thoug IL it was cruel when the somber-wing
ed angel
Laid the pallor Of death on Olives fair brow;
But Roy and Maud were next summoned te
leave me,
And fate seemed to Charley scarcely life to al
low.
How much will miss her. that constant com
panion.
That sister whose image ne'er shall forget,
When I roam in the meadow and cuL the
bright Aoweret.
| And often recur to the scene regret.
When I roam in the valley or search in th'
wildwood,
Where oft the wild flowers we have gathered
at dawn,
4 Obi say. will thy spirits be round and abou
me, 49,
As guardian angels to hasten me on O.
4 st. Glairsville Gazette.
| Mrs. Elizabeth McMonles, widow o
Samuel McMonies, died at Al o'clool
P. M. Wednesday. May 9th, 1885, a
her residence On the National Road, ont
| mile east of st. Clairsv,lle, in the 67tt
year of her age. Mrs McMonies wal
a daughter OF John Hulse, and was borr
; at the MHnlsn Homestead, a short dis.