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Day
23
Month
January
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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BtlENHAM.- In York, on tlie 16th in&t, in the ..rot' her age, Mrs. Jennie Burnham, only daughter of M.rs. J. li. üoodiDg and vrife of John Burnham of York. Her lickness, "which -was consumption, was of abouttwo years duratiou. Ererything wa9 done by loving frieuds to arrest Sisease and rostora to healtb, but p.l] in vuin. A bout tliree weeks i syp?ptoms becamo more ahirming, anJ she gradually Baak awaj, uniil the last great sou cams, surrounded by a few friends- those she had ever held dear- she ptisaed ïnto that haven ot peaco, cnlled by ui-a, who " giveth his beloved sleep." lier sidsness was most distressing, but aho bore it not only with patience but even with eheerfulness, no wonls of murmuring was lieard to pass her lips. Conseious hrt her end was noar slio cp.lnily made all arrangement) for lier burial, and disposed of ali her =arh!y troasures; her greatest anxiety beias for her only ehild, a Mulé girl of flve years. has fallen in her youthiul Ufe, and many hearts moara, because thj will see her no mere. Bul when spriug time comes ílowers will bo planted, and tears will fall, on Jennie's.grave. B.

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