Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-08-23
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MOTHER

Mother" the sweetest word Of
tongue or pen And yet, how many
OF us have realized the full meaning
OF the word at the proper time? How
many have realized the pain and the
worry. and trouble Mother" has
been put to by our coming on earth,
and our pranks, wild as we'll as 9TH
,erwise, in the days OF our thought
lessness. Mother who ALWAYS
stood ready to defend her boy
against the onslaughts of all and
everything; who has plead many
times with father for the boy, and
who has endured many priyations
THAT her boy might have small plea
sure in some way. Our Mother"
was no excpetion to this rule, being
better than any words of ours can
paint her to have been, therefore,
when last Sunday evening the mes
sage was flashed to us that she had
suddenly been called from her far off
mounatin home in Wyoming to meet
those who had gathered on the other
side, it game as a thunderbolt out of
clear sky. Although we knew that
for the. past two years she had not
been in good health, yet her death
was unexpected, even by her hus-
band, who was in another section of
the state at the time.
Eve Josephine Jansen was born
near Port Washington, Wisconsin,
in February, 1851. She was raised in
that vicinity, and in September, 1870,
was married to William A. FEEDER.
With the exception of a few months
they resided in Wisconsin until about
1881, when they removed to Chicago,
later to Ellinwood, this county, in
January, 1888. Father died. as did
Mother, with not relative near. His
end came in December, 1892, in
Southern California, where he had
gone for his health, having been
there but few days when the end
came. In the spring of 1898 Mother
became the wife of George Eberhart,
a young man who had been raised
near EllinwOOd. Since their mar
riage they have made their home at
Encampment, Wyoming. To the first
marriage was born two children, the
editor of the Democrat, and young
er brother. Frank, who lives at Lin
coin, Neb. There are no children
of the second marriage. Her people
were all long lived, but it seems that
the hs-dships she had encountered,
followed by illness, and her residence
for umber of years in a high al
titllde, lad affected her heart, which,
falling to perform its proper func-
tions, caused her death.
The life of our parents was, in
many respects, hard one. 1t seem
ed that no sooner would that get a
fair start in the world than illness or
some other misfortune would over
take them, and they would have to
begin anew. Sometimes it seems to
:he writer that their misfortune had
followed US, but We have inherited
from them that dogged determination
to succeed, or to weather the storm,
let come what may, that we have as
they did, kept up the fight. 1t was
their regret and our misfortune that
we had to begin life without a sin
gle penny of assistance from them,
except a common school education,
and the desire on their part that we
make the best of life. ALI of US
make mistakes and the best we can
do is to put forth the very best there
is in us to live up to the high ideals
that our parents have always held
for US. Circumstances were such that
We could not attend the funeral of.
Mosner, but We revere her memory,
remember her kindly words of eau
tion and advice, and all that we ever
expect to gain is due to her and IA
ther, whose health was never such
after he left the army as to permit
him to accomplish what he desired.
If the God who rules all will give
them their proper place in the other
world, they are now united in
Heaven, from whence they can look
down and see the results Of their la.
bors. God bless them both.