Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-02-12
Obituary.

BLrEHILL, Jan. 20. This community
was most deeply and sadly shocked to hear
of the very sudden death of MIR. Frederic
A. Darling, of this town, which occurred
on the afternoon of the 22d inst, at the
age Of IS years.
For some four or five months his health
had not seemed to be as good as usual,
but no alarm was felt about him as he
was able to be about and do his common
work and about a month ago he, with 9TH
ers, went on deer hunt and he assisted
in killing and dressing deer and brought
a part OF it out of the woods to his house.
During the afternoon of the day he was
stricken down, he took his axe to cut away
the ice to prevent the water during the
heavy rain storm from coming into his Gel
lar and while there was seen by woman,
who happened TO be passing, to be lying
on the ice and in the water and she went
to him, but found him helpless and uncon-
scious, and at once called the attention
of the women in the house to his condition
and went into a house quite near and got
man to notify II. b. Darling, who, with
Doctors Littlefieid and Grlnde, was soon
there ana assisted in getting him into the
house, but they at once decided that he
was past all human aid and that he was
really dead, and that the cause of his death
was heart disease, or what is now more
commonly called heart failure. He leaves
a widow and one daughter, the wife OF
Rev. H. II. Osgood of Auburn, Me-. and
who, in response to telegram announcing
the death of her father, to whom she was
strongly attached and by whom she was
most dearly beloved, at once, with her hus-
band and their daughter Mira, of Stone
hon MoSS fn uff md ftn ul
which was at the late residence of the de-
ceased and conducted by the Rev. Mr..
Donnell, pastor cf the Congregational
church, in a very able and deeply impress
sive manner
This sudden bereavement falls with
crushing weight upon the widowed wife.
who for nearly or quite year, has been
confined to her house aud nearly helpless
from the effects of fall on the ice and
from which she is but slowly recovering.
In this dark and trying hour of the dis
pensation of Divine Providence she has the
sympathy and prayers of this whole com
munity that He who tempers the wind to
the shorn lamb and notices the fall of q
sparrow will sustain, comfort, support and
bless her.
Mr.. Darling was q very Industrious and
ambitious man and much respected citi-
zen, kind and obliging neighbor, faithful
and devoted husband and an indulgent, kind
and faithful father and was quite liberal
In his contributions for the support of the
Congregational church and society and
took an active interest in the welfare and
prosperity of the town generally.
In his early manhood Mr.. Darling was
an intelligent and successful school teach
er and for several years associated with
his father, J. Darling, and with his two
brothers, Byron w. and William H., in the
granite business, and 10 connection with
Joseph Wescott quarried aud shipped q
large quantity Of granite to various places.
1t is quite singular that Frederic A. should
have died so soon after the death of his
brother, Vespasian, the veteran newspa-
per man, who died In Portland, Nov. 8,
1880, and of the same disease, heart fail.
ure. One brother, Byron w., who IL now
over II years old, still survives him.
ID. in Bang0r Commercial.