Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-11-04

Rev. George Stokes died at the resi-
dence of his son in law, &C. LaBar, esq.
on the 9th ult, after a brief illness,
and was buried at Lansing on the Goth.
Rev. A. w. Edwards of Austin. conduct
ed the funeral services. Elder Stokes
was born Aug. 30, 1914. in Lincolnshire.
England, ard came to the state of New
York in 1888. Moving west. he lived
two years in Illinois, and in 1947 went on
to Wisconsin. In 1866 he came to Min
nesota, and settled in Udolpho township,
Mower county. His family consists of
six daughters and enc son, their mother
having died few years ago. Five OF
the daughters we're present at his funeral,
the other one who resides in Mime
apolis, was detained by sickness. The
son is now living in Idaho. Elder Stokes.
for many years, was devoted Methodist.
having joined the church in 1925. In
1880 he was licensed to preach. which
vocation he followed a>greater part of
the time up to about month before his
death. He was not only christian OF a
high type. and ardently devoted to the
church, but he was true patriot. and
entered as eagerly into the service Of his
country. In 1851, when the call Of duty
came, and true men everywhere res
ponded to the battle cry, he enlisted and
served as First Lieut.. 60. F., 18th Wis
cousin. At the battle of Pittsburg Land
ing he was taken prisoner. and for six
months languished in Libby Prison.
On being exchanged he re-joined his
regiment as chaplain, in which capacity
he served until the din of war ceased.
For the past years he has resided in
Utah and Idaho, until about year ago
he returned to Minnesota. Since his
return he has preached, regularly at
Blooming Prairie and Lansing. While
in Utah he was present at the execution
of John D. Lee, the Mormon Elder who
was implicated in the Mountain Meadow
Massacre, and acted as chaplain on that
occasion.
By life of integrity, industry, and
devotion to duty, and piety, he inherited
the promised long life of the righteous.
and has entered upon the life beyond.
II heard 4 voice saying unto me. write:
from henceforth blessed are the dead
that die in the Lord. Yea, saith the
spirit. They rest from their labors, and
their works do follow them"
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1T was pitlful sight that we looked
upon one day last week on our streets:
wife, supporting and leadinga drunken
husband How Inundated and disgrace
ed she looked, poor wife; it seems to us
that even angels would look upon such u
scene and weep. How these words came
back to US with double force:
HE led her down from love and light,
And all that made her pathway bright.
And cha ined her there mid want and strife,
That lowly thing, drunkard's wife.
o, what will not whiskey do for man
For it he will disgrace, and dishonsr,
and impoverish, and wreck and rum him
self; for it he will impoverish, and dis
grace, and break the heart of noble low
ing wife; he will disgrace. and maltreat,
and neglect his children, Ayes, his own
precious children, that look up into his face
and call him "father." Yes. for strong
drink, he would walk into the very jaws
of hell. If strong drink isn't the cause
of all sorrows, if it isn't the greatest
single curse on earth, we should like to
have some one tell US what is. And we
believe it to be the highest henevolence,
the broadcast philanthropy, the greatest
virture, to assist in curtailing this great
evil in every possible way. We believe
also that no one can shirk this response
bility. The business man who fails to
lift his voice against this evil fails of do
ing his duty. The editor who does not
use his pen and his columns TO the put
ting down of this cursed evil, will read
tor himself by and by the writing upon
the wall, weighed in the balance and
found wanting" We believe the right Of
a man to makea beast of himself, to kill
his wife with shame and sorrow, to DIS
grace and orphan his children; in short.
to worse than commit suicide with alcohol
poison, is 4 fright" which none should
be permitted to exercise And further.
we believe the day is coming when a
man will not be permitted to put him
self in q condition that takes away his
reason and manhood, and renders him
irresponsible for his acts. simply to
enrich and fill the till Of the saloon
keeper.