The Republican journal., 1875-08-19
A Remarkable Woman,
From the Wateryille Mcil.I

apparently as good as ever, which cn,hips
any one to converse with her in an or,lin-
ary tone of voice; but she said her eve
sight had failed her, and she Wore spec,,-
cles-on her iorehead-apparently by way
OF ornament, for we were told that size
| does not wear them otherwise, even whe,.
sewing. AS proof Of her industry, we
We're assured that notwithstanding the
drawback of severe illness in the Spriny.
she made eight log cabin quilts the past
year and knit twenty-six pairs of mittenS
She attended her brother Daniels birth
Gay celebration, last year, and the news
papers assured US that together they led
OF dance at his house in Boston Oh that
occasion. Age has not frozen the current
OF her sympathies nor denumbed her fac
ultles, and she is vet very genial in hrr
manner, and is warmly Interested IN The
affairs OF life. There is little hpsitanc,
IN her speech, but that, we are told SIN.
| always had and there is even vet a girl
| ish trick in her soft laughter which.
charming in age, must have been irrr~j~l-
| ble in youth
| Mrs. Foss, was born in Groton. Ml~-
| and in 1854, when she was three wear, old
| her father removed to Winslow - he aud
| her grandfather, John Simpson. having
visited this country the year prcviou ami
| buIt log house, on the intervac ON the
| Wlnslow side, Just above our village
! They came to Augusta by vessel and thea
embarked on Il canoe to come M the ri,-
er; but the boat was upset while pa~~iuE
| 'Old Coon" Just above CuShnoc. NOS,
Augusta, and the father and mother with
two or three children and their little stock
OF household goods, were thrown into Tia.
water. rThe father swan ashore with w.t,
and children in safety though She, th,
| youngest, was nearly drowned but thri-
| few iron cooking utensils sunk To- the bot
| tom and were lost and were only replaced
after weeks OF waiting, by Others brought
b5 vessel from Boston. The country here
though very beautiful as She remember
1t, with the now naked shores OF the riN-
cr covered with trees to the waters r,l-r
was then n wilderness, without roads or
| bridges, a few houses being mostly lug
hutS. In all the territory OF our li.lagr.
now so thlckIy populated, there was uuI,
| one frame house on the hill-the Dr WI
| IlamS house, though Mr.. Mckim had a
| little shanty on the hill. aud Mr. Sctrj"
| the terryman had Il small house under the
| hill near the Bay. As there were no rp.lJ.
or bridges, of course there We're neither
horses nor carriages, and loads had t. hr
either tOted on the shoulders ut men ,r
taken by boat. The first horse She rculrl-
bers belonged to "Leitenant Brown y W'.'
lived on the Sebastlcook aud used rr,
animal between two poles, Que end ul
which dragged upon the ground. lords1W-
| inc loads, as the Indians of the Wr~f IY
to-day. The first sleigh seen IN Wiu-loW
was bought bv Esq. Rice. when he r,,b.
| f.,, /. /. +.
wife. This sleigh her father aitcrv ARE.
| bought, and it was in his possession ai
| the time of his death
Renj Simpson. her father. WI, aI,vly-
a great man for horses, and after their I'M
PRODUCTION here was probably never witt.
ont one to the day of his death. at thca.,r
of 90, and he was the real hero al tn,.
SLEEPY Dayid' story that used 10 be So
popular in the papers. Two of his sons.
Tuition and Ezekicl-inheritcd this hhinr.
and even this daughter was TAUGHT to rld,.
ANYTHING in the shape OF Il horse urd O.,
ride it anywhere that Il man dared rp
The nearest mill in those early DAYS wa
at Augusta. to which corn u:t. taken h
boat but after the first mill erected here.
was running ON the Emerson Stream. up.u.
the foundry, She used to ford the rlecr AZ
and a bag of corn. On her tir-, trip. she.
WAS demonstrated with hy MIR, Freeman
the wife of the trader at the Fort. who -.iI
it was outrageous that her father ~houId
send her i girl of ten or Il dozen ycar-. ou
such an errand; and 50 great WIS Mr.
Freeman's anxiety tor her safety THAT She
offered her row of bright pius-u GREAT
treasure it those days-it She would turn
.ol nat ta,,,nt t,,.,l tl,.. rtt-.,. Il.,t
the fearless little maid was proof against
the shining temptation and went puckily
forward to do the errand upon which -br
had been sent
She well remembers the Old Fort with
its block houses for there was the first
store, kept by Mr.. Edward Freeman, and
there she went to meeting, walking bare
footed until she neared the building and
then putting on her shoes which She had
carried in her hands Shoes cost too much
in those times to be worn every day. and