The end of a long and useful life came on January 4, when Mrs. Perry, widow of James Perry, died in the house to which she was brought a bride sixty years ago.

Mrs. Perry, whose maiden name was Anne Aitken, was born in 1823 in Fifeshire, Scotland, and was therefore in her 90th year. In 1844 she, with her parents and her nine brothers and sisters, came to Canada, settling in Paris. Mr. Perry, a native of the township of Woodhouse, married his Scottish bride some ten years later, and the pair settled in Simcoe, where Mr. Perry was a merchant until his death, [4]4 years since.

With Mrs. Perry's death, one more of Simcoe's links with its past history is snapped. She saw the town grow from a village, set about with dense forests, its only outside communications being by means of a stage coach, into the town of today, with its interests spreading wide and with its modern facilities and conveniences.

Six children were born to Mrs. and Mrs. Perry, three sons and three daughters. A son and a daughter died in early childhood. James and William, the sons who grew to maturity, are also dead. Two daughters, Mrs. Mackay and Miss Perry, who made their home with their mother in the family residence on Victoria street, survive.

Mr. Perry Mackay of Toronto is a grandson; Mrs. E. H. Jackson, Simcoe, and Mrs. John Black, Montreal, are nieces, and Mr. C. A. Chadwick, Simcoe, is a nephew, being children of Mrs. J. T. Chadwick, a sister, from whom Mrs. Perry had never been separated until the death of Mrs. Chadwick.

Of the ten brothers and sisters comprising the Aitken family upon its arrival in Canada, the decease of Mrs. Perry leaves four alive. They are Mrs. Wm. Culver, Mr. John Aitken of Vittoria, Miss Jeannie Aitken, Simcoe, and Mrs. Logan, Hamilton.

The cause of death was simply the breaking up of the constitution incidental to old age. Very mercifully there was no suffering. The aged lady was not deaf, and during recent years dispensed entirely with the use of glasses. There was no organic disease, and until the last few months her mentality was perfect. Latterly, however, she had been living among the scenes of her girlhood in her old Scottish home, and had imagined herself surrounded by her friends of former years. To the last she was distinguished by the [......] and sweetness of her disposition.

Surrounded by every care and attention by her daughters, the last forty-eight hours of her life were slept away, death coming so quickly as to be almost imperceptible.

The funeral services, in charge of Rev. Dr. Day of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, where deceased was enrolled many years ago, were held Tuesday, Jan. 6, interment being in St. John's Cemetery, Woodhouse.