Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-01-11
GONE TO HIS REWARD.
Death OF the Father Of the Editor Of
the "rimes''-Rrief Sketch Of the
Useful Life Of the Deceased.

Pierre Picotte, senior, father of the
proprietor of the TIMES, died at his
home in Montreal, Canada, Saturday
night. He was about 81 years OF age.
He leaves to mourn his loss q widow
about 62 years old, IL children, the
youngest of who,a is seven or eight
years Of age, and some so or 60 grand
children.
The deceased was stone cutter by
trade, and engaged in building enter
prises all his life until q few years
ago, when admonitory symptoms OF
his approaching end led him to en-
gage in the less arduous grocery bust
hess. He was q man of undaunted
courage and great strength OF char,
acter. AS carver he had few equals,
and specimens of his handiwork can
be found i'll the canal locks at Syracuse,
New York, the Corinthian columns
and capitals of the mammoth court
house in Montreal, the cornices OF the
Bank of Jacques Cartier, Of the Peo-
Piles Bank, of the Savings Bank, the
entablature Of the Bank of Montreal,
the water table Of Christ Church, and
that OF the Hotel.Deu Hospital, the
towers of the Roman Catholic Cattle.
dral of Notre Dame, the pedestal of
the monument to the memory of the
victims of the Rebellion of 1887. SO, the
coping of the Victoria Bird &c, besides
many residences and several of the
most prominent edi6ces Of Canada,
the cost Of some Of which (the Roman
Catholic Cathedral and the Victoria
Bridge, for instance) amounted to
millions Of dollars. His reputation
as a workman was so we'll established
that, in the latter half Of the sos,
when only "a years old, he was offered
the contract TO build the Cathedral in
Panama. That in those ante>
newspaper, ante telegraph, and
ante railroad days chure HIM, should
have come all the way to
Montreal to procure artisans for
such a grand work was in itself no
empty compliment. He selected his
assistants, some SO in number, and
was about to start, when the remon-
strances of his family and friends
finally prevailed, and he relinquished
the co, tract. 1t was we'll that he did,
as Of all who went to Panama only
seven lived to return home to die
within the year. All the others fell
victims to the deadly miasma Of the
Isthmus.
He did not attain to fame; but
there is no doubt that, but for the
numerous wants Of his large family
which required his undivided attention.
he would have attained to no.
unenviable place in the ranks of sculp.
tors whose names will live il history
The deceased was twice married,
aud had Is children by his first wife,
and four by his second. OF those by
his first wife three died in infancy
the oldest Pierre. Jr after following
the same line OF business as his father
for 20 years, retired to his landed
estate near St. Laurent; tho second
son is the editor of the TIMES; the
fifth is foreman of John Lovell's
Sons printing, bookbinding, and
publishing house, Montreal, which
is probably the most extensive
establishment in Canada in that
line, as it gives employment to owe,
200 men, women, girls and boys
and all the others, excepting the f,uI
youngest, are raising families and are
abundantly able to take care Of the NJ.
selves. The family estate is small
but it will suffice to educate the
young children aud to smooth the
widows pathway TO the grave.
The deceased will be buried to
morrow in Noun. Royal Cemetery, it
the family plot where the remains Of
his parents, Of his first wife who dec
in 1871, of three Of his children, ant
and Of the first wife Of the editor O
the TIMES, preceded him. he in
sisted on dressing, carving and polish
ing all their monuments himself, an,
his oldest son will exercise the mourn