Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-08
to sympathise with these oppressed
and overburdened individuals.

to sympathise with these oppressed
and Overburdened individuals.
Died, June 5, 1895, at the residence
of w. r. Holmes, Miss Eta Owens
aged p years. For several week:
prior to her death she had been very
low with malarial fever and othel
serious complications and her deatl
had been daily expected by those in
attendance. During her long Hines!
she was very patient and, although
suffering intensely at times, never
murmured or complained. Mis-:
Owens had resided in our city several
years and, although naturally timiG
in manner, caused doubtless by hel
Affections, she had many friends anC
was loved and respected by all who
knew her. According to her light anG
opportunities, and considering hel
! physical environments, it must be
said of her that she hath done all she
could and we think that more real
nobility of character was displayed by
this humble, deformed girl, than by
many of the heroes whom the world
hath delighted to honor. "She has
done all she could"is the epitaph that
should be written upon the slab that
will mark her last resting place and il
is the highest need of praise, the
highest eulOgium, that can be
awarded. Funeral services were held
in the NJ. E. church and Rev. Hobbs
preached the sermon after which the
remains were laid to rest in the Gem.
etery.
DR.. Jones, accompanied by A. P
Lawrence, started out last Friday to
see patient who lived just on the
other side of the Saline. When they
arrived at the river they saw with
CONSERVATION that the usually placid
stream had been converted into a rag
ing torrent by the recent rains and eX-
tended for great distance on either
side of its ordinary environments,
There was no bridge, nor boat MOI
ferry in sight, nothing but the cold
and turbulent water as it went rush
ing by with mighty and resistleSs
force. What was to be done? His
patient, but short distance beyond,
needed medical assistance to which
the apparently impossible barrier Of
fered a most effectual resistance.
Others might have faltered and turn
ed back But not so with Doc. He
was made of sterner metal and divest-
ing himself Of all his outer clothing,
except his cigar, he boldly plunged
into the damp, wet water and safely
propelled himself to the other side.
But here another embarrassment
awaited him. In his decidedly
decOlette costume, he shrank from
appearing in society, fearing that his
mOdesty, which was about the only
article of wearing apparel he had left,
would not be able to sustain the
shock. AS he stood, ''lingering, shiv-
ering on the brink" and conjecturing
what could be done, the wife of
the sick man appeared on the
scene with some clothing belonging to
her husband and left it for Doc to
put on so that he could make his pro-
fesSiOnal call in some sort of style.
But here was another dismal failure.
The husband and patient is slim
man and his clothing had been con-
structed for his own use and would
not expand sufficiently to allow Docs
adipOse tissue to be enclosed therein.
1t was no go and the outcome again
seemed decidedly gloomy for both
Doc and his patient. But the lady
was equal to the emergency and again
appeared, this time with a mother
hubbard, one of those garments which
are warranted to fit the largest man
or the smallest boy. Lawrence says
that Doc. put it on upside down and
tied it around his waist with wisp
of grass, but Lawrence is sometimes
mistaken and he may have been this
time. Suffice it to say that Doc saw
his patient and arrived home the
same day.