Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-11-17

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1t b~comes our sad duty to record the de-
cease BY consumption of Mrs.. Qoeen Plumer.
formerly OF this city, which occurred at her
home in waterville, yesterday morning. At
the age of "a years. Mrs Plumer vas the
youngest child Of Rev. Amariah Kalloch.
vho,it will be remembered, vas the pastor of
the Baptist church in this city for several
years, and Who went to California in the ear
ly history of that State, and died very soon
after his arrival. Mrs. Plumer vas born in
this city, and until recently, when she moved
to Waterville. has always lived here, and
BY her genial disposition, christian character
and warm and active sympathy for those in
trouble. she had won hosts Of friends who
deeply sympathize with her afflicted family
In their great bereavement. Mrs. Plumer,
it will be remembered. opened q millinery
store on Water street in this city, two and .
half years ago, and it is thought by many that
her close application to the business was the
sowing of the seed which terminated finally
in that dread disease consumption. In the
summer of 81 she had slight hemorrhage
of the lungs and she as urged by her friends
to take much needed rest, but being natur-
ally of strong constitution and very ambi-
tious to succeed in her chosen occupation,
she was loath to give up business, until ex-
hausted nature could stand it no longer.
And since December last she has
been confined mostly to the house, though
oh ipr bok aI;a IS eLo L.
recover her health, and while the probable
fatal result of her disease has seemed appar-
ent to her friends for some time, not till re-
Gently has she realized that recovery was be-
yOnd hope; and when told that her case was
beyond the help Of medicine and physicians,
she felt that she could wish to live to minis
ter to her much beloved family but that if
HE in whose hands are the destinies of in
dividuals as we'll as nations should rule other
wise, His will not mine be DONE" To the
Baptist church of this city, of which for
many years she had been a valued and cher
ished member, her death comes with unusual
sadness and regret; to her many life
long friends, as they have seen her truly
christian character unfold and develop
into beautiful and perfect womanhood filed
with good deeds, her loss seems irrepara-
BILE; to her husband, to whom she was faith
full and devoted wife, no words can express
the loss he has sustained; to her little son
hardly old enough to realize his great Attic
ton, but just the age when a mothers love
seems necessary to make straight and smooth
the path to manhood and usefulness, this loss
can not be measured, and they have the
keenest sympathy of all our people. Her
funeral occurs at the Baptist church Monday
at TO- 80 o'clock, A. NJ.
The following is the programme for the
concert at the Universalist church, Monday
evening"
{ Organ Voluntary. Miss Flora Coclrane.
! Quartette, The Choir.
Song-"Irue Till ID, ath."
Quartette. Stockbridge. johnson. War, Chandler.
Miss L. E. Parke.
Duet-Miss Ena ChadLourne, Master L. J. Croker.
Song
Mr.. W. c. Stockbridge.
PART
Piano Solo-Rhspsodie Hongrose, No. vi.
Miss Flora Cochrane.
Soug-"My Soul to God, My Heart to Thee"
Prof. Stanford Mitchell.
song-"Come in and Shut the Gate"
Miss l.. f. Parke.
Song-Mr. W. c. Stockbridge.
Id Hundred-by Congregation.