The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise ... - JohnstownCafe

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SLACGHTER OF THE LWOCEX'n 233
If the pluckiiif^ of one fair blossom iiitlicts such a pang, liow j^reat a wave
of s\inpath\- should uo our for those crushed by the loss of .// their buds of
promise at a stroke \ there instances of this kind Vt.'s. many of them.
Listen to one : I'eiin. a prosperous tinner and stove-tlealer, was ixirn in
Johnstown and held in hi'_:h esteem for ir.dustry anil inteL;rity. lie had a de-
\oted wife and se\"en brii^ht chiidien, upon whom the loud parents la\is!ied
their warmest aHection. His store was on \\'ashint;ton strtet and his residence
near the corner of Locust an