The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-04-14
Cambria

| Two funerals of considerable in
terest to the township people of
Cambria at large took place, one
day April 5th, both of PROGRESSIVE
Christians. one an old soldier of the
national army, the other a unique
soldier of the cross To-day, the
first mentioned, David Walters, was
buried with partial military honOrs
with civilian honors of the most
spontaneous kind Mr.. Walters died
! in Lake Crystal. and Mr. Shaw in
Mankato poor farm.
| Mr.. Walters was a member of the
Welsh Calvanistici Methodist church
church to himself, his politics was
salvation. his social standing was
high in the Christian community for
his righteousness pure and simple.
! Both these. citizens We're old set
tiers of Cambria, well known and re-
spected, as their large funeral at
tendance PROVED.
The services connected with Mr..
ID. Walters were conducted in the
G. NJ. church, Lake Crystal, by the
Revs. David Edwards, John w. Rob
erts and VIM. Jones, and doubtless
many good things were said of him,
as he deserved The services at the
grave in Cambria were brief on ac-
/ count of the inclemency of the
weather, together with large num-
| Der having waited considerable
| time i'm the cold for the funeral cor
| tege from the Lake. This brief
service was conducted by the Revs.
John ID. Jones and r. l.. Griffith.
The body of Mr. Shaw came in by
the 1870 p. m. train from Mankato
and was taken to the WoOdman hall,
| close by the depot, where a large
crowd had gathered to pay their last
| tribute of respect to this old and
much esteemed saint.
The service was conducted by the
Revs. John Jones, Thomas l.. Griff-
| it'll, and h. J.. Heermance of Man
katO, who had accompanied the re-
mains from MankatO.
Mr. Jones text was Math. 1917,
"And Jesus answered and said unto
him, Blessed art thou Simon Bar
iona, for flesh and blood hath not
revealed it unto thee, but my father
which is i'm heaven" Mr.. Jones
dwelt upon how the departed old
saint had emulated the precepts and
example of his Divine Master.
Rev. Heermance dwelt upon the
uniqueness of Mr. Shaw's character,
his purity of heart and mind Mr.
Heermance spoke of the manner of
his death, that after he had been
comforting one of his fellow inmates
who was sick and bedridden, he
went on to another much in the
same condition when Mr.. Shaw was
stricken by apoplexy while so en-
gagged, extending spiritual help to
his fellow inmate.
Mr. Griffith compared the value
of the spiritual life of the saint with
that of the selfishly worldly. Doubt
less during the service many felt
like the man of old, Let me die the
death of the righteous and let my
last end be like his While Mr.
Shaw went round doing good in his
own unselfish way, the long expect
ed chariot lowered and he stepped
in, as he had long coveted.
Mr. Shaw's unselfshness and hon
esty may be learned from the fact
that when he was disposing of his
stock in Cambria to retire to Man
katO some years ago, cattle were
then pretty high, good COW being
worth about $45. A neighbOr went
to buy one of his last, which was
also a good beast. He was offered
$35, which Mr.. Shaw blankly re-
fused, for he deemed the animal
was only worth $500
Mrs. Richard Williams has been
visiting her daughter, Nellie, in the
east of this state, who has had an
addition in the family. Mrs. Will
liams is expected to return Thurs
day.
Mr.. David Price has been confined
much indoors during the winter
months suffering from severe
cough and advancing years, being
over eighty.
William W. Edwards, who a
| short time ago had a slight stroke
of paralysis, is slowly recruiting,
but has not hitherto left his bed.
James ID. Price, who broke a bone
near his ankle while engaged in
chopping in the timber, is also i'm
proving slowly.
| Mr. and Mrs. Dan W. Harris
have returned from California and
are busy in the store of Harris
brothers.
Last week the Rev. r.. Johnson
Thomas left Cambria to take a pas
torate i'm Wales, Iowa.