The Portland daily press., 1899-01-13
OBITUARY.
JONATHAN COLE.

MI tODttntH 1Vicf Tue IttlItu nHnu
master, died In this city yesterday at the
age Of IS years. II months and IS days,
from an attack of Bright's disease.
MIR, Cob was at one time one. Of Port
lands most prominent ana popular mu-
siciana. He came to Portland in the
music his occupation and was n remark
ably fine performer ON the cornet. He
had been playing about the country with
small string band organi cations. and un-
der Mr.. kelsey's management, lived for
some time at Augusta. lie came to
Portland from Augusta by the request Of
Mr.. ID. II. Chandler, the veteran land
master, TO join the old Portland band.
Here his fame as cornet player spread
rapidly. MIR. Chandler arranged his
music so as TO give Cole every opportu-
nifty and there were many who used to
declare that Cole was fully the equEl OF
the famous bugler Kendall.
When tine War of the Rebellion broke
out, Mr.. Cole enlisted as musician in the
9TH Maine and was speedily made the
bandmaster of the regiment. he remained
in that capacity until the government
discharged the bands attached TO the vol
unteer regiments, when Mr.. Cole re-en-
listed as musician in the 9th U. S. infan-
try, was made regiwental bandmaster and
served in that capacity to the end of the
war.
After the war Mr.. Cole returned to
Portland and rejoined the Portland band.
Later Mr.. Chandler formed Chambers
band, and Mr.. Cole continued with the
Portland band, becoming Its leader Az
ter about five years the band, which had
become known as Coles band, disbanded,
and Mr.. Cole retired from the band bust
ness. During the summer he used to get
up moonlight hsrbor excursions with
band attraction.
For some years Mr.. Cole owned a Gus
tom made and ready made clothing store
in this city. He bought the house on
Brown street, where he resided at the
time of his death and kept there a we'll
known boarding house which attained
quite reputation after tho great fire of
1866, when the lower part of the city was
swept away and Mr. Coles house was one
OF those that escaped destruction.
Mr.. Cole was musician who was a
master of the cornet and thorough mu.
sician. genial gentleman who made
many friends and held them. Like most
musicians he was not n good business
manager for himself, but in the hands
of such one he could lie made very sue.
cessful. He accompanied the old Port.
land band under Chambers leadership on
the Light Infantry trip to Montreal, the
opening of the Victoria bridge in the
same city and many other excursions
Mr.. Cole leave a widow.
REV. DIR. SAMUEL F. DIXIE
Rev. DIR. Samuel +. Dixie, one of
Baths highly esteemed citizens passed
away sunday afternoon after brief i'll.
rs mt the home on Hon John ii. kim
ball on High street, Bath
DR.. samuel Fuller Dixie, was porn at
North Bridgewater, Mass March II,
1918 lie graduated from B-own Univer-
sity in 1888 and having become an earnest
disciple of Swedenborg soon after leaving
college, he went to Boston to study theol-
ogy with DR. Worcester by whom he was
ordained IN Philadelphia, June 2, 1910.
He subsequently married Miss Worcester,
the daughter OF DR.. Worcester
Although then but twenty five years Of
age DIR. Dike had already shown his abili-
ties as a scholar and thereby attracted the
attention Of William ID. Sswall OF Bath,
who invited him TO become the first pas
tor of the New Church society, then but
recently formed in Bath.
IhIs invitation was accepted and ON
Saturday Junei3, 1910, DIR. Dixie arrived
in Bath where he has since been a promi-
nent and highly respected citizen 1t Is
not unusual 10 find men who have heon
actively engaged in the ministry for fifty
years, but it is very seldom that one of
tn, Sc can point to that period as spent in
Il single parish, while it is more than
doubtful il the State can show another
church of so long standing which has
had hut one pastor for SO long IA time.
DIR. Dixie was installed over the society
October 10, lSil In JlEe 1890 having
served his church faithfully for & ny
years, DIR. Dike preached his farewell ser
mon and withdrew from the pustorate,
much TO the regret of his people. lmme-
diately following his resignation, through
the ge crosby of enc of his esteemed
friends and parishioners Hon Arthur
Sewall, he was enabled TO make 4. tour IF
the we;ld, taking one year for his trip .
In 1871 the graded system OF sci ools
was introduce in Bath ana DIR. Dixie
was chosen the first superintendent,
position he held uninterrupte for
twenty years. The efficiency Of has work
in this line is clearly shown by the fact
that this period is always referred To as
the one when Bath schools were at their
best, and is held up As IA standard Ly
which the work of past times should he
judged Since his resi- gnatinn from this
office Dr. Dixie has been repeatedly urged
20 return, but his other duties have pre-
vented him.
For about twelve years he was onn of
the trustees Cf the Maine Sfata Cnlleua