Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-12-08
CONTINUED from last weekly

days of my life among Potosi's honey
comDed hills. and in its valleys and
hollows. There are many of them
besides Snake Hollow. There is
British, Irish. Dutch. Yankee. Dry,
Hog. Brewery, RigsbY and many
other hollows. There is perhaps no
other town in the county that has SO
many hollows that are named. Snake
Hollow in which the first settlement
was made is the most picturesque of
all the hollows that may be found in
the town of Potosi. ANY person who
will travel down Galena hill to La
Fayette during the fall, when the
trees along the side hills exhibit their
vari colored autumn dress and is not
attracted by that fascinating, delight
full vista. would travel the golden
streets of the New Jerusalem uncon-
scious of his surroundings.
l cannot close the articles on Potosi
without paying tribute to that lovely
old lady, Mrs. Elizabeth st. John.
commonly known as Aunt Betsey.
She was the mother of my beloved
wife with whom spent many years
ia connubial bliss. Aunt Betsey
was we'll known in and around Potosi
and on Boice Prairie. Many are
living around Potosi, yes, even in
Lancaster, whom she attended as a
nurse in their infancy. She was
always welcome in homes where she
entered. She loved children. and
children loved her. No one ever left
her door hungry or cold; her bound
less charity was one of her chief
virtues. Our house was her home
ever since our marriage. About the
time of her death I received letter
from one of her old friends, I believe
it was from Aunt Lizzie Davis, from
which I will record a part: Dear
Aunt, Betsey; my earliest recollection
of her are her prayers She was TAX
Ing care of sick woman and to get
away from the worry of the sick room
she would slip. off, up the hill just
back OF our cabin, home,, and then and
there in the beautiful stiffness. she
would pray out loud so earnestly for
Snake Hollow and Its perishing
people. / was then girl but an
admirer of praying people. and used
to listen (all unbeknown to herr to
Aunt Betsey's prayer r
4 Tho o10a;no ,f on nhitI1oru
will not be out of place.
"And if her reward hereafter will
be melted out to her according to the
tenets of the golden rule, she will
wear a golden crown emblazoned with
this legend ''well done good and
faithful servant as thou hast done to
the least of mine 1 will do unto you. -
An obituary published in another
paper closes up thus:
During many years Mrs ST. John
was neighbor to Mrs. Sally Jones.
who was another estimable lady and
who is the mother of Mrs. John
Carthew. Both being widows, a
mutual friendship sprang up between
them; their children grew up to-
gether; mutually they shared their
| joys and SORROWS. And as they lived
side by side on adjoining lots in the
village of Potosi harmoniously during
their lives, they now rest in peace,
side by side on the same lot in the
same cemetery. Peace to their
ashes. - They rest in Hillside ceme-
terry at Lancaster. 1t will not be
many years before the, remains of old
Buchner will be carried there by my
old friends. to be placed between the
graves of my beloved wife and, that
of that good old soul, Elizabeth st.
John, my mother law.