The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1892-05-25
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received by her friends IN this her ola
home with the same sense OF bereave-
ment felt at the loss of one of our own
citizens. Coming from New York, the
state of her birth, in mere infancy and
passing i'm Paw Paw the years that
brought her the joys and sorrows OF
childhood, womanhood, wife, and
mother, she became a part of the social
life of our village in those palmy days
when it partook of the nature of new
western town, and its family circles
were largely made up of ambitious
young people before whom life glOwed
with happiness, and the future lay all
roseate tinted.
In 1883 she merged her maiden name
of Charlotte Lyle into that wifely title
to which she was ever loyal, and for a
time her chief happiness centred about
the family hearthstone around which
there gathered three sons and daugh-
ter. But the passing years brought a
heavy load of sorrow to the loving
mother heart, for scarlet fever swept
away two of the children i'm childhood,
and the third son, bright lad of eight
years, was suddenly drowned in Three
mile Lake while at "a picnic, thus leaving
little Grace the one solace and Joy OF
the Borrowing parents.
On her was lavished an affection that
was returned with all the filial devotion
possible; and when, in 1886, she became
the bride of John Windoes, no one was
surprised to see her mother accompany
her to her Kalamazoo home, Mr.. Sell
lick dividing the time between that
place and his business here. But "a still
heavier blow was impending, for in
1888 the beloved daughter entered the
"Silent Land" leaving the fond parents
well nigh heart broken.
From this time Mrs. Sellick's health,
never very robust, gradually declined
and the best of medical skill was sought
vainly. Having spent several months
of last summer at the Battle Creek San
itarium, she seemed to rally for time
and was also benefited by treatment
taken at indianapolis last winter; but
about three weeks ago the great central
organ of life began 10 fail, and for the
last ten days she lowered between life
and death with every breath a pain, the
accomplishing patience with which she
bore her sufferings attesting the sweet
ness of the spirit SO severely ehastened.
A trained nurse was summoned from
Battle Creek, and loving friends minis
tered to every want. No words of hers
spoke of the nearness of the dark river,
though it seems probable that she real
lied it, as she solemnly charged her
husband always to care for an invalid
aunt who is an inmate of their home
and to whom Mrs. Sellick has been like
a loving daughter.
Thus, even in death thoughtful for the
welfare of others, the freed spirit trod
the pathway made luminous by the
footsteps of loved ones gone before, and
so of the little band once numbering
six, only the sorrowing husband and
father remains on this side of the Here
after, to whom we would say in Whit
tiers words,
81 will not mock thee with the poor world rs
Nor wrong the memory of sainted woman
With idle praise.
With silence only as their benediction,
Gods angels come
Where in the shadow of a great affection,
The soul sits dumb"
On Wednesday afternoon her friends
and relatives gathered in the lovely
home whose mistress lay SO silent and
chill IN the midst of flowers, sweet lilies
of the valley shedding their incense
about her and the pictured face of her
lost daughter on IN easel close by typify-
ing the reunion of mother and child in
the spirit world beyond the grave. DR..
Hunting, who spoke the last solemn
words above that casket four years ago,
also repeated the words of consolation
on this occasion. Side by side i'm mar
BILE vaults on Mountain Home" lie
their mortal remains, but the better
part lives where there shall be no more
parting and where all tears are wiped
away.
One of the saddest cases of bereave.
ment by death that we have been called
upon to record, is that of A. +. Barnes
whose wife was so suddenly taken
away last Friday, leaving motherless
one son, lad of twelve years, and a
little baby girl two days old. 1t seems
that no fears of her ultimate recovery
had been entertained and when she
suddenly expired, her death was like a
thunder clap from clear sky.
Rev. A. &. Jones conducted funeral
serN ices at the house on Sunday after.
noon, and in the night II sad funeral
train wound its way to Lawton where
the 1:15 train was taken for Ovid, the
former home of the deceased. b. +.
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Herrick Sutton went with the party to
Lawton as bearers, and Mrs. f. w
Bartram, sister of the bereaved hus
band, accompanied him on his mourn
full journey.
This community received another
shock in the news of the sudden death
last Saturday of Mrs Nelson Armstrong
of Waverly caused by neuralgia of the
heart.
Being the picture of health and sick
only 26 hours, her case was an exempli
tication of the words of the poet,
"'Tis the wink of an eye
IT'S the draught of breath
From the blossom of health
To the paeness of DEATH"
Four motherless children are left &c
he the care and comfort of the husband
thus SO sadly bereft. The funeral
obsequies occurred at one o'clock yes
terday afternoon.
Marriage Licenses.
12S0-John A. Welch, 20, Kalamazoo
and LucV A EAGLES 30 Pine Grove