The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-09-23

IHdy Pioneer Who Cam. 10 ~ ia.
derne-s Rnd AIDED In REDEEM.
lag ~, GOue.
Al sn early hour yestrria, morning Mrs
-hHpiey T. Ross. whose maiden name NrG
la'hrriuo u tulsofsou. al the residence Ut
tef huuAnd diel.
When the Unknowabe sends BY the
mute courier the iueSOraOle mandate
which dOOms to death, however long
the watchers have stood eIpcctant,
the change brings the anguish. Msp
viii not bend to the decree philOsu.
phN may stand by and sag ~ reuind
the bercAved people that il is the
common tate. The consider may wills
per tender worCs Piety may point at
prcccptr. but the heart, rebelliOu-,
-till, muttcr-, Why. It comes iutrl
.ise to the soul Man disputes with
death it- privilege. Inch Dy inch. bS
every agency known, man tight-
against the lat aud when at lat the
SILVER wing brushes the stricken one
aud the eternal seal is placed, bending
above the pale ashes OF the departed
the mourner protests aud the WHY
returns the bitter frequeutttiyc OF n
borrowing soul. Through the portals
OF the tomb no message ever comes.
Nut ~ whisper breaks the pulseless
m"uojonl OF the grave. In respect to
it, ny stcry death wears q
sinister aspect and cOusOla
ton Ii bankrupt before the
awful presence, Having then nothing
| tu uilcr TO a-suagc, the comforter can
only stand in silence aud let the terri.
Die tutor, grici, uupArt 10. lesson. At
! lat faith will return and point with
! fixed finger At the promise that there
! be- - hand where death v no dOmiu-
! ion. Ia the case of " =. Ross. IT came
upon the eve OF her lies triumph
This mother ot lsrrel had passed oil
! the shoals aud was lust about to SOS a
| SON OF hers govern the state she had
| helped to redeem from sayhgcry, aud
! IA the second nor x of her lie,
] when the bonded rainbow witnessed
the covenant that AL things are tor
the just, like Moses she was forbidden
- see with her own eyes the fulfill
mcnt.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Mr-. Catherine \. Ross WAS born
september %, 1912, ~ ST Charlc-
county Missouri, sud in that coun
~ She WAS wuocd, Won aud marie,
by Captain ~hHplcy T. Ross
\uo children were boru to them, O'
whom eight are living, namely; ten
t.. IS. Ross. Mrs George Barnard Mrs
] Margaret Harris, aud Mrs. Kate Fad
/ gilt. of Waco; Mrs Pat Fiilw illisms
OF Los Angeles California, Col l.. +
Ross. capt Il :. Ross aud Mr. W. II
Ross. MI of Waco. Until 1888 Captain
Ross aud h- wife bWclt IN Iowa, hAy'
ing removed there from Missouri Ia
l-5S capt. Ross came un u prospecting
tour to WAro, Visiting the spot where
Waco now stands. la $50 hc re-
moved his family 10 Texas, aud IL
isiH they located permanently In Me-
luuutu county.
| During the first year or two of the
family, residence iu Texas they dwell
ina tent. rs did Abraham. aud in that
tent CAPTAIN Robert RIOS, was born
4 great spreading livcOAk ire,
grew beside the tcut aud upOu its
nYugh- the children played. They
nave not forgotten that tree. When
one look. around upon tins country
PIX u NOW appears, lac cannot rttlHc
how 70 appeared NJ the early period
referred Ia llut- were palaces then
the primc,nl beauty of the landscape
was intact Groves we're vocal with
| the melody of song birds Prairie =
were expansive gurdrus Of flowers,
! n.o-,umiug in rich ,urccssipus, each
drnmcd the most beautiful, as the
mrlrrrc vanished ono by one April
had it- hur-, MAY it, glory, and when
| June came tripping with its garlaud7
| ihc Garden of Gud reached perfect
uu Nmd such scenes dad the young
| mNtruu dwell, aud NJ the settlers ar
! rived she cudcarcd them to her by
I, Ll thu-a offices which pure heart
prompts aud practical spirit ~
rrutrs. Mrs hate i'sdgltt, wife of
| \lr. Tom rndgtL Whs born amid the
| primitive conditions described, ami
inc pumas blood-DuIdliug wall WAS
thc hug a.bCn she feared In her era
die.
But Mrs Ross IL gone Her "dull
cold ear Will never listen to ANY
sound Agniu. llouor'- voice cannot
provoke her silent dust The ihau
eurAl ceremonies that viii soon Al
tend her beloved and Distinguished
sons advent into executive state
authority will nll be lost to her ! ct
II IL he true and many believe II D.,
true, that those ~ ho have Joined the
countless army OF phautOms concern
,lcm-clvrs with earthly affairs, that
mother will bend over the battlcmunts
of heaven and watch tho proceedings
nj Austin when her son receives the
decoration which obedience to her
teachings made possible.
TuE 90 NErNI.
At Captain Shaplcy r. Ross resi-
dcucc the funeral will take place At
Iuau O'Clock this morning with Dr. X.
| G. iulr,un officiating and the burial
will take place at Onkwood cen ctary.
Every possible prccaution Will be
taken 10 secure comfortable seats tor
the friends and acquaintance who
wlll attend the last sad rites that viii
conIgn the remains ot this noble
lady to the grave,
az6aEHuEHMEns