Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1882 — Au Affecting Scene. [ARTICLE]

Au Affecting Scene.

“ I shall never forget her last words—her last sad, sweet words,” said the sorrowing son-in-law as he turned away from the grave and followed the procession of mourners to the little cemetery gate. His friends tried to comfort him, but felt how inadequate is all earthly consolation to a heart bereaved of a mother-in-law. “What were her last sweet words?” at .length he ventured to inquire. The poor sufferer raised his tear-stained eyes to his friend’s face and answered: “Take good care of Mary, you freckled faced galoot. ” What is homo without a mother? The three great ports of the world are London, Liverpool and New York. During 1880 they reached their highest trade figures, the imports being at London about $700,000,000; Liverpool, $500,000,000; and New York, $539,000,000.