Yesterday
afternoon at 2.30, John Winegarden of this town died of septicaemia [sic],
the result of an attack of appendicitis. Deceased had had a number of
attacks of this dread disease, and although his physician, Dr. Bowlby,
had advised an operation, he had always declined to have one
performed. He however at last yielded to persuasion and it was decided
to operate upon the patient yesterday afternoon and Dr. Hicks had come
up from Pt. Dover to assist, but death prevented this step. It is to
be regretted that Mr. Winegarden's consent had not been obtained
earlier as in that case in all probability his life would not have
been cut off at the early age of 29 years, and he would have been
spared to his young wife and little daughter for many years.
The late Mr.
Winegarden was a young man who had spent most of his life in Simcoe
and was held in high esteem by his many friends who deeply regret his
early demise. Besides his young wife, for whom much sympathy is felt,
he is survived by an infant daughter, his father and mother, three
brothers and one sister.
The funeral takes
place tomorrow, Friday, afternoon, to Oakwood Cemetery.
