The Somerset reporter., 1892-08-04

very freely with my mother and did not
seem To be fatgned. ~ WIS the ease
with the Powers family only know
that he WAS living in Canaan when the
meeting house Was built. Al the rails
ing his son Ephrain had been upon the
frame quite II while, and When he came
down he was very thirsty. lie came TO
Il pail of drink, tool, up dipper full, Il
pint or more, and drank ii down, being
50 thirsty that he did not taste it--but il
WIS rum. They sent right over To DR..
Whitakers, only II few rods. aud got Il
quantity of pickles OF which he ate free
ly, and felt no toNieating effect.
heard him tell this.
The father lived in the old house with
three or four daughters. Ephraim had
Il separate house nn the other side ot the
brook and the other side of the road
| He had Il large familv. seven soils aud
two daughters. He VA, mol forcible,
energetic man. though mol lazy, aud "a-
considered a man Of sound sensc. Bat
with all these boy and a good farm OF
300 acres he did not raise sulieicneN OF
food for his family. | have an old ae-
count book in which | find charged Ia
him wheat. rye, corn. oat>. beans, pea,
pork. cheese and cloth Of various kinds.
| These were paid Tor by the labor OF the
boys Who when hired WERE good work
ers. The account rln- from lsl3 to
| ls27.
The family are HON all scattered.
When in ekowhegan four years ago,
could not find anybody Who kncW where
one of them lived. except ii was thought
one Was IA blacksmith living in Belfast.
| 4 La n
Ross blacksmith; do not know II the
other. Betsey. ever married.
William, the other son of Mann tar-
son had the LOT on which Roscoe dunbar
now lives, with part of the Capt,
George Pooer farm. In ls02 my tath-
er owned hat lot : and il wa> said HAT
VIM. Carson died before reaching mid
die life Ben Carson who WIS living
with Henry White. and Hannah who
married Isaac Coleman WIRE supposed
to be h- descendants. but | know Moth
ing furthur about Them. Both OF Adam
tarson's SOILS Wrre Among the nine Who
declared themselves Bapli,ts and were
exempted from paving minister tax.
had an impression thai there were
four girl in th- old tamilX. but | recall
he names ol three only. and perhaps
lllfit Ntft no lhtffI NftilA 'FhllA anu
Iizzic. None of them We're married
though Lizzie said -he might have been.
only she forgot 10 ask him 10 come
again. she out lived the Others, lived to
be tired OF life. heard her say She
wished she Wa- we'll dead and buried.
| think she died While Wa- at HE
south
\ man by the namc OF Lawrence lived
in the house On the north side of the
brook before The Gar>on> eane. think
he built it, He Ma one OF shay men
in What wa, called the STAY rebellion,
and had his soldiers uniform. blue coal
faced with red, lie Ms quite secret
about il until the affair Wis all settled,
and then he put ON hi old coat and Wore
it out. He removed Ia Newport with
his son Isaac and the old man Carson
and Tire old maids occupied the house.
suppose they bought him out. He
had two other soils. George and Nathan
el. They both married but | do not
think either oil them had any settled
abode. They sometimes took turns To
carry on for shares. Nathaniel had sons
who fifty years aye hired OH with
farmers. One of them worked carriage
making with Holm Dorothy.
f.BEN WESTON.