The Republican journal., 1912-10-24
zs5,te John Freeman Hussey

,,.posr. Me-, Oct. p, 1912 Mr.
EN 1,SaWan Hussey of winterport'
hp ffs 'd away in Old Town recently
DO passed to n"f his circle of readers as
j KNOW 'an siderable merit. Mr.. Hussey
ct Of c, eV" literary career in early man.
Gan l M his first volume OF poems
3D. a ' anDished until 1903. As many
IS mol pa Jams we're local in their appll-
tbs'e ~ we're written at first almost
tio1' '.r ,n request for the Lyceum,
l0I4 a,5gas and temperance as well
sDge' "rS otber societies, without a
a1''s'g ,songht of future publication,
e'l'us ' %. irtle volume, Localisms in
h'il'' oong the best of these were
lyns 65stI Of Frances E. Willard"
D '.S ot Neal Dow" and 1.-The
BE D- BOW. Those best show
3a'' -" vein Of humor which char
! us nary Of his shorter verses
e. p ga.ssqs on Mar" Filtration i, a;4'
RE end "Pohticians.' This
ID ,,~r-i many song poems.
~ ,.lIue was entitled
. ~ Ir aas publ shed in 1906, and
'.'' ...-. ZEN finer than the first.
l nearly completed at
4ta. and was a scien-
: i- was a great disap-
-taru when he realized that
'''l' ..... aule to complete it.
r.ar.r Hussey was born in the
''" y.otua Ne, about seventy
S' -. tie was the son of Isaac
.4 IN, .au-.ae CFreeman) Hussey'
~ .',.,oo4 h. earned the trade OF his
s ~, Mae, 81. lmng, as did most of the
''1' ,,a. s.dat his fertile brain soon
" ,-, -gs srjuous toll, and being
rei.s became later on the
'. .s,,fa- orange Store in his native
F. or~sye he odd moments at
T.. .a.. ses he went west with
.rrgarg .- 1T young men. and took
Jam he State of Minnesota.
,,.,-r asuded that Maine was
a enough l returned in the late
~, stl .9us a bride, Miss Susan
,rog of Gushing, Me-, a most estlma-
/. .s Intelligent companion, who in
+.- ,.ars lyge3 and encouraged him in
+ 5,srs-v pursuits. No children bless
,AsrDr,or. but an orphaned nephew,
,Fu a4sssy now of Old Town,
h. The office vi a son. The union was
mast harmonious one, and the loss of
, Vit- 5ca5s oned the production of
s If his numental and pathetic
me, Nj. HIssey enlisted during the
ng nr Of ,0e Civil War, but was
ga seriously Wounded.
h Sal. be became a member of |
r5a .gt F K A. M, in Dixmont,
ataa moving to Winterport village
,l@ be fsaahec himself with How
ID mg. III that place. Here he con-
he. general grocery store, and his
narg and fair dealing made him not
b generally spected, but profited his
Er IT, slca I'm extent that he amass-
.1-sl g4a. wealth, through a well
[anle5 frugality and strictly
|r9as.- .ls.s
b, Hdsss filed many municipal posi-
|nGolsr .4 responsibility. and for
|ny Yeas chairman of the board |
wectae 1T the expiration of |
EDHs .tpi eft the town with a
Fras j. '9a treasury, and that, too,
II ls ws. lax rate in the State.
this sketch, from a re-
Ea.s lr IT. Was spiritually inclin-
| -3-- Sos writing medium, as
Eaelf ia Of his verses bear
E1Fr. .a number of years he
a@r .sl months at his win
9a 81 -z4laga Spiritual Camp
LAX. H.!er Florida, where much of
hH wl.a. VAS tone, and where
1aA a-g .-rm personal friends,
-arr 4r.E the intellectual and
H&y@....
sa. Elm. uming from the South
Ell arity cottage at Camp
.-a .e was stricken with
4a' MS heart trouble, and
'isa -... -amg possible was done
DID, as 2.ea pidly worse and in
'-Je' "as taken to Old Town to
'~- .5 rephew, DR.. Hussey,
'r e2m3ly passing out on
'.' o- aye Of IS years and 9
a@ I5- t.naral services were, by
75l3'. .-'.4 the home of his child
'eal~a Where he was inferred
-' a. ~ BIS wife. Rev. Elmer
sa Of Bangor spoke beautiful
S@ grace and comfort to the as
| 'l-aia and relatives. The
.@s'lngs we're numerous, beauti-
d. h. IDs' 5lr Hussey is survived
@s'ef Ats. Margaret Bickford,
% ',g Afs florence SWEET of Her
% WI MISS Alice Bickford of New
f. 4 ny } o95 osphew, DIR. F. L. O.
'l1l' KNOWN IN BELFAST.
Fat,- !. and aight last week Henry
HI a9ILlNgtOn was in the citv