Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-21
TIKI ABUTE TO THE MEMORY OF
MAS. j. w. DAWSON.
PLACERvILLE. Feb IA Is

FLACERvILLE, Feb. IS, 1883.
The announcement of the death of
Mrs. Dawson, though not unexpect-
ed, cast gloom over our little town.
and sorrow was depicted on every
countenance.
For twenty years the deceased la
dy presided over the hotel here. and
the loss of one so Justly and deserv-
edly esteemed as she was, is more
keenly felt than mere words can ex.
press.
] The many travellers who have
stopped at the hotel during the time
1t was under her control, will always
remember the kind attention and
agreeable manner in which she en-
deavored to entertain them during
their sojourn at her house, and none
ever left without being favorably i'm
pressed with the landlady, and there
are many poor miners now scattered
far and wide over this great mineral
belt who have good reason to forev
er cherish her memory with gratitude
for the kindness received from her
hands; for while they were stopping
at her house, suffering from injuries
received or sickness incurred while
pursuing their hazardous avocations,
and In undergoing their medical treat
ment were waited upon and nursed
by her as if they were nearly related.
Well may they remember how, with
her own hands, their medicine would
be given at the proper time, and how
gently she would endeavor to cool
their fevered brow, or kindly encour-
age them with hope and cheer, or
gently chide their impatience and use
every effort to assuage their suffer
ings and pain. There are many moth
ers of these poor miners who would
be praying for her tonight if they
were only aware of the maternal kind
ness she bestowed upon their sons,
when, far away from home, they most
required a mothers tenderness and
care.
There are many poor wayfarers
who had come to her door poor and
needy, and have had their wants re-
lleved with the same attention as if
they were IN the most affiuent circum-
stances, and no one ever wanted long
when knowledge of their necessity
reached her benevolent ears, and her
assistance was not the poor pittance
of hypocrisy, doled out by parsimo-
nious hand for laudation's sake alone,
but the free and liberal donation of
unostentatious charity.
There are many fond mothers who
can we'll remember, when they were
weary and worn from long vigils with
their loved ones, how she relieved
them in their tiresome hours, we'll
knowing how confidently they could
leave their cherished ones to her
watchful care while they could OBJ
tain little much-needed respite from
their labors, and if death would come
who could more tenderly or tasteful
ly prepare for their final abode the
loved and lost!
Whenever sickness came or acci-
dent would happen then would Mrs.
Dawson be called upon and always
be ready and willing to render assis-
tance.
About two years ago she disposed
of her property here and went to
Boise City to reside with her son, who
was then in business there, and re-
mained there about year, returning
once on a visit here to her relatives
and friends, and the greeting she re-
ceived from old and young showed
the esteem in which she was held.
we'll remember how grati6ed she was
. when the hard handed but kind heart
, ed miners of every nationality, when
they would see her, would rush over
and grab her hand with almost filial
, affection, and express their respects
in language that needed no affirma-
ton to prove its sincerity. After
leaving home at that time she went
to Wood River, where her husband
and son were engaged in mining
, She resided there until the insidious
ailment, which finally caused her
4 death, set in, and last fall she moved
r to Boise City for medical treatment