Morning journal and courier., 1893-08-02
NORTH HAVEN.

The Funeral of Miss Mabel Heaton-
Many SorrOwing Friends at the Flu
nera1-General Notes.
NORTH HAVEN, August 1.-Mrs. Roger
B. Hemingway of Redlands, CAL, was the
guest of Mrs. Rufus Thorpe a day or two
last week. Mrs. Hemingway lives near
Mrs. Thorpe's daughter, Mrs. McCabe, in
California and was exceedingly welcome on
that account.
The Smith family, four months in q. D.
Todd's house, moved back to New Haven
last Friday.
Apiazza Is being added to the front of the
reotory occupied by Rev. Mr.. Luak. Mrs.
Lusk fell yesterday morning and fractured
her ankle.
North Haven grange will meet this even
ing. A good program is to be given dur
ing the lecturers hour. The grange voted
to picnic at Pawson Park on August H..
The Congregational Sunday school voted
to picnic at B. A. Pierpont's grove on
Wednesday, August 8. Further arrange
ments later.
Rev. Mr.. Allender preached at the Con-
gregational church Sunday morning and
evening. The Sunday school contributed
$l1.2 for the work of Miss Prudden in
the south. After the school session the
superintendent. Mr.. Foote, spoke of the
death of Miss Mabel Heaton, member of
the school, and said one scholar remarked
that call the world knew she was go
good" Mr.. Foote read from Revelation:
"After this beheld great multitude
which no man can number" and in men,
DRY of Mabel the school sang, "Come I'm
to Me When Shadows Darkly Gather"
OBITUARY.
'There is reaper whose name is death;
And with his sickle keen
He reaps the bearded grain at a breath
And the flowers that grow between"
The funeral of Miss Mabel Heaton, aged
twenty one years, only daughter Of Mr..
julius Heaton, took place from the Con.
gregational church on Monday afternoon
at $40 and was very largely attended by
sorrowing relatives and friends Mrs. Della
V1les of Boston, sister of Mrs. Heaton, was
present with her daughter. Other relatives
from Northtord, Hamden and New Haven
were of the number. Miss Heaton was a
teacher in the Edwards street school at
New Haven, and several of the teachers
and pupils of the public schools were pres
ent, also Mr.. Curtis, the principal.
Inc services commenced with singing
by a quartette, "One Sweet1y Solemn
Thought" A. B. Clinton at the organ.
Rev. Mr.: Reynolds offered prayer and Rev.
Mr.. Lush read the fifteenth chapter of
!! Corinthians. The quartette rendered
hide me, Savior, hide me-" then Rev. Mr..
Reynolds remarked feelingly. He did not
think 1t wise to cay anything that would
add to the deep grief of The afflicted ones
TO day, but rather look at those things
that haI 10
we were to bury one who had helped us
by her faith and cheerfulness; her mission
was ended and che was called homo. The
closing hymn was, ''Sister, thou vast mild
and lovely"
A large number of lovely floral pieces
were arranged on the platform and around
the handsome casket. A bouquet of rink
and white carnations, Miss Mabel's favor
tie flower, was the emblem chosen by her
Sunday school class. A wreath of white
and purple tmmortelles from the gradual
ing class Of 1891 of the 81. a. s. of New
haven, of which Mabel was a member, a
nsIp ana crescent from the New Haven
window Shade company, where Mr..
Heston Is employed, a Maltese CROSS
from the Kings Daughters of St. Johns
from the Y. P. S. G.. E; potted Gala
lily with half-opened bud and other
pieces were all lovely and interesting and
showed the love which prompted the gifts.
Mr. aad Mrs. Heaton aud family have the
heartfelt sympathy Of large circle of
friends; but they can say
20, not in cruelty, not in wrath
,r Inc reaper came that day
twas an angel visited the green earth
And took the flower away"
The bearers were g. E. Thorpe, g. j.
Merz, Goveneur Barnes, Frank Suuires.
Wilbur Blakeslee and Clayton Thorpe. J.
b. smith and Mrs. Smith of Dwight Place
church. Mrs. Charles johnson and Others
from New Haven were among those who
manifested their sympathy by attending
the service at the church.
Miss Heaton was member of the Con-
gregational church, an active member of
the Y. P. @. E., and the Kings Daughters.