Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1892 — OBITUARY. [ARTICLE]

OBITUARY.

Samuel Clark, sr. was born Dec. 2, 1816, in Coshocton Co, Ohio. Died Nov. 13, 1392, in Wheatfield, Jasper Co., lud. He was married to Elizabeth Voorhis Apr 22, 1841. To them were born ten children, eight sons and two daughters, ail of whom survive them. His faithful wife preceded him to that land of rest almost eighteen years. He had been a sufferer from kidney trouble for many >ear , and for the past filteen' min ha his sufferings were intense, but he bore them all with that grace, and patience that rsnaracteiizes the Christian. He was 'an companion, a kind and loving father, si good, quiet citizen Mr. Clark ha I been a resident •>f J iiper G-most ot Ihe time for the pist tor: years ml was most high.v esteemed by those who knew him "est H*- was a member of the M. E. chord). He realiztd the end was

i i-iti , ami exliurte-1 tils . iiiiiirea to f»e guo i ouii meet \nin wh :re sorrow Htiii Hufferiiitr nr f U ikmiwu. The fun> rul eerm io w.is preai-hed TueHdny a. m. tty Rev. J. Sebring of MedarjVtlle, so lowed <•» remarki by Revs Davis uufi V-aeh, after which thelioily wasintereii in Wheatfi. id (...tin i.»-ry. A lai_e uumlier of trienis ami neigliifis met to pay the last rributP Tjf respect t«r the defiarted ami to sj Bapalhize with the bereaved family. His children were all with him during his last days except his oldest son, William, of LaPorte City. lowa, and hii t*»«l«st daughter, Ei'Ztbelh, wife of A isou .>ebriug, of Redding, California. *Eve< v day tne Fa'her calleth Some loved, one lu e dleuo rest, And the heart, ’tho’ Allied with anguish, Cuu but cry “He knoweth best.'’ Kvsry ilsy uimsi has finished All Us work for others here, - - And wo uuse a voice'w r nose areeata Fell like music Oo our car. And tho eyes that smiled Answering tack each look of love, Sow arc giirlug ou the gkrie* Of the beauteous realms above. But a day, i ct distant, cometh. When wettead the vast uflfenown We shall find cur ransomed dear ones Seated round the great white throne. .au.q.

The trial of Jackson Plummer is now,g.iing on, at Fowler Ex~ 'Sh-riff Blue anil ife, and Lesiie Ci»rk. went over as witnesses in the case, Tuesday night. - All kind of mill feed atjthe elevator and feed mili r We have, already warned our readera against lli»t da s of adver isements which off *r big sums of money or other templing prizes for the solution of puzzles, rebuses Ac., so simple that a child cau solve them. Tney am frauds, one and all, from, the hooked-nosed old vidian with his three daughters nestin g about his neck, which a slip-noose would mote fittingly adorn, to the one which offers SSO to every person who will supply two missing letters to the

fullflwltttf fonnulaTCb c-go. and make the name of a wonderful World’s Fair citv These frauds must be making lots of money, judging from the number of proposition- we receive for advertising them (but uniformly r* j -ct ) It is said that the Post 1 )f----fice Department is n<*w after them hnd it is hinh time it was.