The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-04-14

SsO huDAc sou us cattle 10 MORE
wood Thursday of last week.
Jim Crabtree Of Butler, was selling
chicken medicine round Virginia last
week.
John and Alfred jackson were out
in Linn county. Kan, looking for
farm last week.
Miss Daisy Park spent last week
with her aunt, Mrs ii II Fleshsr, at
Butlsr.
Gee Smith of Butler, WAS in our
city last Thurday.
JWN cFadden was elected director
in the Virginia district; Emanuel
Nestlerode in the Nestlerode; John
Porter in the Crook.
The average attendance at the
Christian the first quarter of lS9s
was -.
The band boys are practicing twice
= week and are making good head
way.
Miss Lulie SchlichmAn of Mulberry
who has been visiting her sister, Mrs
Lowering Williams, near Appleton
City for the past five weeks, has re-
turned home.i
The Easter exercises at the NJ f
church Sabbath was good; the little
fellows did we'll.
Rev w T Pyles preached at Mount
Carmel Sabbath at o'clock; his next
appointment at Virginia will be April
| Gath at o'clock y. IN.
Dat sowing has commenced again;
most of that sown early was badly
froZe Il.
William Drysdale was born near
Mount Sterling, KY, July q, 1915;
died at Virginia April 9Th, 1898. He
moved TO Rush county, Ind, and in
1887 he married Miss Elizabeth Earn
est, who died in 1879. To this union
13 children were born. In 1865 he
moved to Morgan county, in 1868 he
moved to Bates county. In 1877 he
and his nsishbors commenced build
ing the Mount Carmel church on the
old sthodist Plan-A little at n time
and 81 has always been used as n
union church since. The trustees
were johnson Hill, JAS Cowgirl, Oliver
Elswick, Newton King, VIM HAr-
dinger and Pleasant Hill, all OF whom
are dead except the three latter. In
the spring OF 1880 he married Des-
damonia Kennedy OF Rush county,
Ind. In 1881 he sold his farm and
moved to Virginia, but when able
always attended church at Mount
Carmel. He purchased the general
merchandise store OF B + Jenkins,
which he conducted until too old,
when the business was turned over
to his youngest son, Omar, who Is
still Mt the same place. He has filed
nearly all the township Offices with
credit. He was a strong man physi-
cally and mentally, d-m In his con-
victions of right and w-c@g. Tne
last few years of his life his memory
failed him; the past six months he
suffered intensely. Funeral services
at the NJ f church were conducted
by Rev VIM Pyle, after which the
rems ms were laid to rest In the Nor
ris grave yard by the side OF his wife.
followed by a large cOncourse of sor-
rowing relatives and friends. Seven
OF his children have preceded him to
that better land; those Lying are
Henry. of Rush county, Ind, stephen
OF Morgan county, Mo, James, Of
Butler, Omsr, of Virginia, Salhe
sherick and Mary Dark, Of near
Mount Carmel, all Of whom were
present at the funeral. We have
been acquainted with Uncle Billy
Drysdale for 20 years; to know him
wa. TO love him. To his memory the
following:
It's hard to break the tender cord,
When love has bound the heart,
lis hard, so hard, to speak the words
We must forever part.
; Dearest loved one we must lay thee,
/ In the peaceful graves embrace,
But thy memory will be cherished
Till we see thy Heavenly face.
) Sam Hawkins and wife OF Pleasan-
ton, Kan, VIM Kennedy and wife OF
Passaic, Mr. Haynes and wife OF Eos
, ter, Everett Drysdale and wife OF
Butler, Mrs John Drysdals OF Pleas
anton, Kan, attended the funeral Of
Uncle Billy Drysdals.
; silas Landss got his foot hurt
while working at Jones' saw mill
Monday.
AARoB.