The Portland daily press., 1893-04-07
OBITUARY.
Andrew j. Shaw.

| Andrew j. Shaw.
Mr.. Andrew j. Shaw, the veteran bill
poster, who died in this city Tuesday, at
the age of Ga years, had made the ac-
quaintanee in his 40 years of service, OF
every one of the old-time stock actors,
now living, besides those of the modern
stage, who have visited the city in later
years.
Mr.. Shaw was man Of many eccen-
tricities. In the days when English ran
| Deering Hall-now Portland Theatre
way back IN the fifties, Mr.. NJ. N. Rich
used to run the job printing for the
journal the State of Maine, whose Office
was located on Middle street Mr.. Rich
printed Mr.. Shaw's bills. Mr.. Shaw at
one time procured a small cart,
drawn by pony, that used to call
marked attention as the team carried
the bills and pastepots about the town.
One day some wicked printer in the
State of Maine composing room, seized
his opportunity when Shaw was in the
Office and the ponysteam was standing in
the rear alley outside, to throw a shovel
full of printers ink out Of the window,
which daubed the pony and harness in a
| shocking manner. When Shaw found
out what had been done he was thor
oughly enraged. He declared that if he
could find the compositor hewould throw
him out of the window, and was only
claimed by the greatest efforts on the
part of Mr.. Rich. He then tried to get
the ink off the poney. Some wicked wag
told him to put lye on the horse, and as
a result, the animal lost. name, tail and
almost all Of the hair from his back.
1 Mr.. Pauncefort was then the leading
actor at the theatre. He was an Eng
lishman, of fine presence. and rather
pompous in manner. One morning he
was talking with Manager English and
others, remarking with some severity
upon a Snowman who was about to exhib
Lit for an entertainment troupe of per-
| forming monkeys. Pauncefort was.
holding up great bill on which were
displayed cuts of the animals. Shaw
came along, caught sight of the animals
and called out Hello, Pauncefort, look
ing at yourself in a glass, are you?'
Pauncefort was terribly shocked and for
a long while wouldn't notice Shaw.
For the last 10 years Mr.. Shaw worked
for F. o. Bailey & Co., at light trucking.
He leaves a widow and five
children, three SONS and two
daughters, Mr.. VIM. Shaw, with
Bailey & Noyes; Henry Shaw of Boston,
and Howard Shaw, the youngest child;
Mrs. Walter A. Paige and Miss Emma
Shaw of Portland. Mr.. E. T. Shaw is
brother of the deceased.
The mother of Mr.. Andrew J. Shaw
and Charles E. T.. Shaw was great
grandchild of George Abbott of Revoli-
tionary fame. Abbott was private at
the battle Of Bunker HILL Wien he was
to be discharged he refused to accept
unless George Washington, commander
in-chief, signed the discharge. The
4 heirs of George Abbott sold the original
discharge to the government. The fact
that private's discharge was signed by
Washington, the only case on record,
made the paper Of inestimable value.
John e. Dow
Mr.. John E. Dow, who lately had leg
amputated for cancerous tumor, died at
the Maine General Hospital yesterday
| morning, as he had not the vitality at
his advanced age to recuperate. Mr..
| Dow was born in New Brunswick, April
Is, 1911. He therefore lacked seven
days of being 80 years of age. When he
was young man he was in trade in
| Aroostook county with his father. He
was in the auction business in st. John,
but came to Portland in the fifties. He
was at first clerk in Blake's bakery and
/ later clerk with j. W. Munger, and
then went into the insurance business
| for himself. His sons were afterward
| associated with him, but for a long time
past, over 80 years, Mr.. Dow alone has
maintained successful insurance agen-
cy. During that time he paid out over a
million and half dollars in losses.
| Mr.. Dow leaves one daughter and
two sons, Edward B. and Fred, both Of
i New York. His wife died some years
ago and his son Sterling more recently
He also has sister, the wife of W. G.
Merrill, living in Clinton, Ind.
Capt william Cowell.
GARDINER, April 6.--Capt. VIM. Cow
ell, well-known citizen and retired sea
captain, died suddenly at his home here
this morning. He was a native of the
: Isle of Man, and was born in 1916. He
leaves a son, Appointment bank officer il
Clyde, Kansas.
Legends About the Moon.
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