Readers of the Observer will
remember, no doubt, the serious accident by which Mrs. Thos. B. Ronson of
Middleton, was rendered entirely helpless through having both of her arms
broken by the running away of her horse and the upsetting of the cutter.
This accident occured on the 14th of February last.
This week it is our
sad duty to chronicle the death of this estimable lady Monday night
through inflammation of lungs and heart disease.
It appears that her system was
very much weakened by the accident referred to, and when, after catching
cold, inflammation of the lungs set in she was indeed in a precarious
condition. Her physician, Dr. Sinclair of this town, managed to allay the
inflammation, which was greatest in the left lung, and there was very
little apprehension about her eventual recovery.
It seems however that she was also
troubled with heart-disease, and the proximity of the infected lung to
that most important organ gave rise to a very dangerous complication,
which no physician could provide against or combat successfully.
Her death
is attributable, therefore, to heart disease aggrevated by the inflammation
of the lungs from which she suffered and her weakened condition consequent
upon the severe hurts she received some weeks ago.
Her death is something of a local
calamity because she was an energetic woman, who, since her husband's
sudden death about a year and four months ago, has endeavored to carry out
all his projects for the forwarding of the interests of this section of
the country.
Nearly all of her children are in
well-to-do circumstances, but there are two very young boys one of them
being about fourteen years of age and the other between 8 and 10 -- at
home. These children it will be the duty of the elder ones to protect
until they become of age when the property connected with the old
homestead, one of the finest farms in the country, will be divided for
their benefit.
The deceased lady was a sister of
the late John Haley, who expired so suddenly, and she made the third one
in the Haley family to die within the last year.
The funeral, which was conducted
by Mr. Carpenter of this town, took place on Thursday afternoon, the
remains of the deceased being interred by the side of those of her
lamented husband in the burying ground of the Methodist Church between
Courtland and Ronson. -- Tilsonburg Observer.
