Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-06-05
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| q Martins Ferry, 0ilio !, a pril q 4,
/ III rs. KAras Nc AssSIs, Del0vod wife
Of III. a. ] !. Nc n annis 81 this village;,
III response To AHA tiol,ate Inquiries
from i large circle of frisrds We snb.
Join the folio ring particulars concern
ing the illness and death Of this h il
fated lady
AS onr citizens are asare, Mrs. e q
Mannis, with her Young son, had been
absent during tire past autumn and q q
winter. upen ]. visit 70 the homesSo
her girlhood, whittier she had besn
called for the purpose Of nisterine
to the comfort Of ar, aged mother. 'Ehs
date Of her return 10 this place had
been efnitely fixed and the fa, ami
residence had been lovingly arranged
for her reception upon her arrival at
home, when DR.. Nc Mannis was sumo
lnonsd Us Ohio by intelligence Of her
sudden and dangerous Illness. AT
Wheeling, opposite Martins Ferry,
he Iearned from the attendant physi-
clan 81. Mrs. McsIannis, that she was
supposed to have passed The critical
point df her disease and was bslievea|
10 be out Of pressnt danger and pro
I crossing faYorably toward atcure pom
| his subsequent arrival az Martins Fer
Try this satisfactory view Of the case
was orroborated by the family. At 8
o'clock, pom the morning of the day
Of her death, atswliich hour the hl1s-,
band reached her bedside, Mrs. Nc
Mannis was perfectly rational and self.
possessed, expressing with character
ssic enthusiasm her delight at the
song deferred meeting with her hus-
band, and stating 70 him her belief
that she was recovering frein bef
heretofore dangerous condition. AZ
no symptoms Of undue excitement.
40 oeared in the case, the pulse q nd
temperature Of the patient remaining
equable, and her strength being BY nc
! means exhausted further danger Waa
not in the least apprehended. Ths
invalid insisted upor hearing from
her husband various details Of social
life at Little Falls, discussed witt, him
plans and projects for their future and
arranged for bringing, their son Roy,
to meet his father, from the farm "a
his grand parents, shout three nilel
distant. The morning was passed in
happy converse Of the reunited family
alternating with periods Of needful
repose. When, however. the doctor
imne liately after the dinner hour,
again repaired to the couch Of his wife
he found her unconscious at his pres
.ence. She thus remained, giving him
no sign of recognition until her death
at5half-past4 of tire same afterneon
Neither her son, nor he father who
had been dispatched to bring the boy)
returned IN time to see her again,
alive. 1Iso add to tie distressd the
deep afflicted fsifniiy an only brother
Of Is. IA Mannis ii gifted young man.
just On The eve Of graduating from the
thee lo9ical seminary where he had
been. p repairing for the ministry, con,
1tractsd ii cold at the funeral Of his
sister, from the effects Of which he
| also died a week later. .s
Thus passed away in the dew of lel
youth, by the inscrutable decree Of an
overruling Provide a woman whose
viyacity of intellect and whose cour-
ageous cheerfulness rendered her the
life of the family circle and the conso-
lationof her husband q woman whose
Varied talents and accom- lishments
promised 4 brilliant social future, and
whose substantial qualities and strong
religious ,procliyitiss, fortified by early
training, pointed to aprospective ca
reer Of uncommon usefulness. Peace
Eto her ashes. B. b.
| a.Y A seeder, a mower and hay rake