The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-10-06
LOWELL.

LIZ " LILA.
Mrs. Laura McNay, wife of Peter A.
McNay, was born at Woodstock, O.. /
March 3. 1S47. and died at her home in
Lowell Saturday night. Oct. 4. at the |
age of sixty-six years. seven months |
and one day. Her father and mother |
died in her infancy, and At the age |
of five years she moved with her un- |
Gle, Aaron Fuller. and family, to Lake |
county. since which time she has been |
a resident of the county Had she lived |
until the tenth OF next March she !
would have been married fifty years. |
Until the time of her death she and
| her husband and Mr. and Mrs. John
Hack were the oldest OF the old resi-
dents OF Lowell. and probably among
! the oldest settlers of Lake county.
| Funeral services will be held at the
Methodist church at 1880 .. m, to-
morrow. Interment in the Lowell
cemetery. A husband. two sons and
ten grandchildren survive the de-
| ceased She woman of a warm,
| sympathetic pature, ever ready to an
swer the call of distress. and many
| delicacies found their way into sick
! rooms from her bounteous store room.
| She was of quiet, unassuming ma
| ture ever ready to answer the call of
| distress, and many delicacies found
| their way into sick rooms from her
bounteous store room. She was of
quiet. unassuming nature. who lived
a true. Christian life. and was highly
| esteemed by all for her quiet dignity.
deeds OF kindness, congenialtty and
readiness to help where help was
needed.
Ellsworth Lloyd. the veteran ditch
digger. and his little stray Beigel
| hound that he paid a local editor %
| cents to advertise for it's owner, with
no Claimants were the heroes in an
| exciting fox hunt that the country side
| would have given half their lives to
| have participated in. Mr.. Lloyd is en-
| gagged In putting in thirteen carloads
| of thing on Bernard Carlin's fran.
the old Alderman place, in West Creek
township. near Schneider. and Is camp
Ing in a sottage on the place. About
two o'clock Saturday morning. Mr..
| Ilovd was aroused from his slumbers
by his Beible hound barking furtously,
and making frantic efforts to get out
of the house. He let the dog out and
1t went in hot pursuit of some object.
Lloyd went to bed and about three
o'clock he arose and dressed, becoming
| anxious about the dog. went out
doors He heard the dog coming to-
ward the cottage, still barking. Mis-
trusting he was chasing a fox Lloyd
ran in, got his gun, and made for
| clearing where he knew the animal
would pass When within seventy-1ve
yards of the spot the fox entered the
clearing. Lloyd took aim and fired
and crippled the fox In the right fore
leg The dog closed in on the fox
: I and after a terrific battle killed the
animal, was was almost killed itself
ha
fox to be an aged red fox of immense
size and weight It measured four
feet from tip of nose to tip of tail.
and had tusks an inch long. It was
tstreaked with black Lloyd skinned the
animal and sold the pelt to Bernard
: Corlin, who paid him good round
, hum for IT. Mr. Corlin will have a
rug made of 1t to go with wolf rug.
i the animal having been killed on the
same farm several years ago.
BOYD Davis. the young son of Ben
Davis, the mason contractor. who since
D he quit school has tended" his father,
and responded to the call of dad for
more mort" and assembled the ladder
with the hod on his shoulder, and who
r recently in company with John Wind
0 btgler, demonstrated that boys Of en-
e ergy and determination can make a
y trip to the far west, with money in
i their pocket. and still do little or no
work and spend nothing for travelling
8 expenses or hotel bills. has launched
s out as full fedged contractor. hav-
ing taken a mason contract at Thay-
n err, made his own estimate and figures
e making sure that he has plenty OF
margin and Is now, with his helpers
8 hard at work This is his first con-
s. tract, and like the kid with his first
q pair of red top shoes, feels proud He
II received his schooling in masonary un-
der a pretty good boss. and sooner Of
name will be Davis & Son.
q Mrs o. C. Cole and daughter Glady'
N went to Hammond Saturday. where
l. with Mrs John Klein, were guests a
the home of Mrs. Frank Robinson
r daughter of Mrs Klein. spent Sunda,
IS with them.
lie Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Fuller wer,
Hammond visitors Saturday.
lie Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. McRoberts o
wabash, Ind, who spent a week a.
Ia the guests of their cousin, Horac
Or Johnson. and family, returned to thei
fr home Saturday. They two famflie
* spent the week at the river fishing
e. and enjoyed the sport of catching tn
OF gamy pickrel and other varfetie
y, hugely. Thty also visited the beautt
I'd full city of Kankakee.
k. H. H. Ragon returned Saturday nigh