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Day
3
Month
June
Year
1885
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Public Domain
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JEWETT- Died at her home in Ann Arbor, May 29th. 18%. after a long and painful illness. Sarah White Jewett, wife of .Samuel P. Jewett, Esq., aged 72 years. In the death of Mrs. Jewett, another link in the chain of the past of Ann Arbor is broken. For nearly 40 years, Mr?. Jewett has been one of the most active and prominent ladies of our city. Whether in the 6ocial or fashionable world, or in the more quiet and secluded, but higlier service of the church, her exalted posltion has been universally recognized, and her name respected aiul honored. No woman ever discharged the manifold and too oft perplexing dutics at the home fireside, with more agsiduitv and couscientious fidelity than Mrs. Jewett. As a wife and a mother, she was as true as the steel of Damascus. Born at Albany, In the State of New York, orphaned when a mere child, at the early age of fourteen, she laid her young head In holy covenant upon the bosoni of her Saviour. From that moment, to the latest, darkest hour of Ufe, when waves of untold agony throuh long weary weeks swept over her shattered frame, she never murmured, hesitated or wavered in her faith. The goodnegs and wisdom of au Infinite God, were ever upon her lif.s. Her liaiid and heart, through the toilsome journey of more than three score years and ten, were ever outstretched iu love and obedience to her Maker. Iu every act of joy or sorrow, whether the thorn or white pose appeared, she saw the magnetic hand of God. As she was a vigilant follower of Christ, so was she jealons of any encroachnicnt upon the territory of her religión. If she was extreme in her views, and worshipped her own Presbyterlan chuich and its pastors, t was an error of the mind und not of the heart, aod it was an error on the side of right and righteousness. Her standard of life, was erected upon the hifrh table laadt of truth and morality. There could be no comproiulse with error or sin. Slie m b lady of refinment, of delicate and careful nurture, and of gieat scriptural culture. A devoted husband, and two lovfng daughters, Mrs. Frank Paul, of Montrea and Miss Fiancia Jewett, of Ann Arbor, moura tliis irreparable beieaveinent. All aloDg the pathway of lier life, are strewn the flowers of her love, her mercy and her generosity. The plaees that knew her ouce ill know her no mine, but slie has left behlnü her for the comfort, the joy and the euiulation of her family, her friends and her acquaintaiices, and the example and ini'iiiory of a pure, unsullied Christian life. Under a calm, cloudless sky in the early days of June, this beloved wife aad mothef, was laid at rest in "Forest Uill," kindly hands asnisted, and there the last sml rites of lilial aö'ection were perfoiuied June 3, 1885. U. F. Overacker, of the Saline Observer, lias bOQgbt the (Jlielsea Heruld and taken possession of the same. He is a good newspaper man, and has a good fleld to work In. The G. A. R. of Toledo are making extensive prepaiations for celebrating the annlversary of the battle of Bunker Hill, at Toledo, on June 17th. Many unique features ara advcrlised. Rev. E. B. Sutton, of Adrián, late lecturer for the Mlchgan State Tem pera nee Alliance, and depuly at large of the I. O. t. T., wilt ;eak upmi llic uWjcl . UtMiitr v. tlie S:ilion, at the Temperauce Uiiion Hall to-niirht. All ara invitad. A large gang of men are at work puttinji in new polos and a neiv copper wire between this j)lace and Ypsilanti, whieh will cIom np the gap in the cnpper wire line that extends Ironi .lackson to Detroit. Tliis will gieatly facilítate the easy transmissiou of messages from Ann Anuir to Detroit. 'Twixt Sunday noon and Sunday evenini the travel along the bank. of the placid Huron reminds one of an advancIng host of "aunts " on a marauding expedition. 'Tis then that the nierry face of the " fair damsel " is seen to wind around the corner leading to the glen, on foot, or, more luckily, in a boat driven throufih the surging deep by the haud of the " lordliest hero of all." Tbis mathematical problem we stole from the Pinckney Dlspatch, but where the Dispatch stole it is a mystery : "If twenty-seven inches of snow give three inches of water, how much niilk will a (tiren cow yield wheu fed on turnlpg? Key- Multlply the numberof snowflakes by the nuniber of hairs on the cow's tail, divide the product in the juice of a dry turnip, add to quotiënt a pound of cbalk and multiply the hydrant. The public exerciaes of the inter-colleriate btate assoeiation of literal y societies were attended by a fair-sized audience Friday evening, in University Hall. The orators were selected froin Albion, Kalawazoo aud Ann Arbor, and the poet was frora Lansing. The debate wlncli was quite spirited was between Mr. Van Loo of Albion, and Mr. Beul of Hillsdale. Mr. McAndrew's novel was good, and the music being variert, was all of a high order. The business meetings were also interesting and the occasion was one ol protit to the societies. Mis. Maria Brokaw, wife of Geo. Brokaw, of Salem, daughter of Horace Coj', of Nortlitield, and half-sister of Charles II. Worden, of this city, died In Ann Arbor, on Friday morning of last week, at ten o'clock. The immediate cause of hor dealh was fioin blood-poisoning-, induced by the reinoval of a tumor some two weeks previous. Deceased was bom in Nortlitield, in 1840, and with the exception of a few years had always lived in thiscounty. Slie leaves a husband, and family of four children, ranging from 8 to 20 years of age. She had been a great suffeier tor a number of years, though beaiing her troubles patiently. Funeral services were held at Leland's church, near her late residetice in Northtield, Kcv R. B. Pope preaching the funeral sermón, un unusually large coucourse of fiiends being In attendance. The Detroit Free Press of a recent date lias a fine notice of the musical achievi-ments of one of the young men of tliis city, a son ot A. D. Seyler. Among otlier things the arlicle says: " To haiidle a program of so wide a range in Dbaraotet entirely irom memory, as did Mr. Seyler, was a brllllant achievement, and the brilliancy of that event was greatly increased by the accurate and comprehensive marnier whieh marked the' reiulition of eacli number. Mr. Seyler, wuo is yet a youtli, is exceedingly modest and earnest witlial, and it is not too much to say that, with continued study and experience, he caunot fail to take his place among tbc noted pianlsts of the country. His very marked success last evening Is another noteworthy triumph for the excellent system of piano-forte development as praiticed at the Detroit Conservatory of Music, where the methods ued produo student f te r student capüble of sucu gtuuintly sutistactory 1 achievements as that of last evening."